英语PK台 第526期:不到长城非好汉,给外国人推荐长城游览路线(2)

 　　Dialogue 1

　　Mark: Jingjing, I'm glad you suggested coming to the Great Wall.

　　马克：京晶，很开心你建议我们来登长城。

　　Jingjing: Yeah, we sure picked a nice day for it.

　　京晶：是啊，我们确实挑了个好天儿来爬。

　　Mark: Let's go see about tickets.

　　马克：我们去看看门票吧。

　　Jingjing: Would you like to practice your Chinese?

　　京晶：你想来练习一下中文吗？

　　Mark: Sure. Let me talk to them.

　　马克：当然。让我来跟他们说。

　　(Mark comes back with information about the tickets.)

　　马克了解到票的信息后回来了

　　Mark: Well, there are three ways up: a chairlift, a gondola¹, or a hike.

　　马克：嗯，有三条路上去：登山吊椅，缆车，或者徒步爬上去。

　　Jingjing: What about the way down?

　　京晶：那下来呢？

　　Mark: There's also a toboggan.

　　马克：也有雪橇啊 。

　　Jingjing: That sounds like fun. We should definitely² do that.

　　京晶：这个听上去还挺好玩的。我们一定要玩一次。

　　Mark: OK. Then the best way might be to hike up to the wall, and take the toboggan down.

　　马克：好的。那最好的方法可能就是徒步爬上去（长城），然后坐雪橇下来。

　　Jingjing: Then we just pay the entrance fee and whatever it costs for the toboggan, right?

　　京晶：那我们就只付门票钱，然后再看雪橇怎么花费，对吗？

　　Mark: Exactly. But it's not much more for the chairlift. It's run by the same company.

　　马克：对。但是也不会比登山吊椅贵多少，是同一家公司来负责经营的。

　　Jingjing: Yeah, but I'm eager to start hiking. Plus, we can make a loop³ of it.

　　京晶：但是我迫不及待想要徒步了。另外，我们可以走一个环形。

　　Mark: That sounds good. There's a shuttle bus that will take us to the entrance.

　　马克：不错。这儿有摆渡车带我们去入口处。

　　Jingjing: You mean we still have to take another bus?

　　京晶：你的意思是，我们还需要再坐一辆车过去？

　　Mark: It's just a short ride. We'll be hiking in a few minutes.

　　马克：只是很短的一段路。几分钟后我们就可以开始徒步了。

　　New words: 习语短语：

　　go see about 去查看，安排，了解情况 (go to try to arrange, or check out)

　　chairlift 登山吊椅(chairs pulled by a cable-way up a mountain)

　　gondola 索道，缆车 (enclosed cars pulled by a cable-way up a mountain)

　　tobaggan 雪橇 (sled, sometimes on a track)

　　it's not much more for 不需多花更多(it doesn't cost much extra for)

　　run 运营 (operated)

　　loop 环形 (a round trip, not coming back along the same trail/road)

　　Dialogue 2

　　Jingjing and Mark have hiked up to the wall.

　　京晶和马克一路向城墙徒步而行

　　Jingjing: Wow, what a view!

　　京晶：哇！风景真好啊！

　　Mark: You're telling me. Want to take a rest for a while?

　　马克：可不是吗！想要休息一下吗？

　　Jingjing: What are you pooped out already?

　　京晶：怎么你已经精疲力尽了吗？

　　Mark: No, not me.

　　马克：我？我不累啊

　　Jingjing: Me neither. Anyway, it'd be nice to hike along the wall for a while.

　　京晶：我也不累啊。再说了，沿着城墙一路徒步上来还是很爽的！

　　Mark: That's what we're here for.

　　马克：这就是我们来这儿的原因。

　　Jingjing: Which way is the toboggan?

　　京晶：雪橇是哪个方向？

　　Mark: It's that way. You can almost see it from here.

　　马克：是那条路。你从这儿差不多就能看见。

　　Jingjing: Let's go up the other way first. When we start to feel tired, let's turn around.

　　京晶：那我们先从另一条路上去吧。当我们开始感觉有点累了，就折返。

　　Mark: That sounds pretty good.

　　马克：听上去不错。

　　Jingjing: I bet⁴ you'll get tired before I do.

　　京晶：我打赌你一定比我先累。

　　Mark: Wanna make it interesting?

　　马克：想打起精神玩点有趣的吗？

　　Jingjing: How so?

　　京晶：咋着?

　　Mark: Whoever gets tired first has to pay for dinner.

　　马克：谁先累谁来买晚餐。

　　Jingjing: You're on!

　　京晶：没问题！

　　New words: 习语短语：

　　You're telling me. 还用你告诉我吗？可不是吗 (You're describing something that I can see also, or that might be even more obvious to me than it is to you.)

　　pooped out 筋疲力尽 (tired, physically⁵ exhausted⁶, not able to do more)

　　make it interesting 打赌，来真的，来点刺激的 (bet money on something, or use some other kind of leverage)

　　You're on! 我参加，我愿意跟你竞争 (I agree to compete with you.)

1 gondola   

n.威尼斯的平底轻舟；飞船的吊船

参考例句：

• The road is too narrow to allow the passage of gondola.这条街太窄大型货车不能通过。
• I have a gondola here.我开来了一条平底船。

2 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

3 loop   

n.圈，环(状物)；回路，循环；v.(使)成环

参考例句：

• Loop the curtains up.把窗帘卷起来。
• He bends a wire into a loop.他将铁线弯成圆圈。

4 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

5 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

6 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。