英语听力：探索发现 2012-03-21 荒野求生 澳洲金伯利—9

 Australia really is a place of extremes. You know, when it’s hot, it’s roasting. When it rains, it pours. And when it’s beautiful, it really is spectacular. 

 

In the heat of the day in the Kimberley, you can expect 125 degree heat and energy-sapping humidity. But even in this wilderness¹, there’s food.

 

This is a rock fig² tree. Look at that. I can tell this just because it has this very distinct gray bark, and they often cling to the side of just little cliff just like this. And actually if you look at the leaves, they are oval-shaped and also they are furry³. And the reason for that is that that fur stops them from loosing a lot of their precious moisture. The problem is all the fruits are up there.

 

But climbing up to get the fruit is a risk. This sandstone is brittle⁴ and can be greasy⁵ when it’s wet. So I’m gonna use the roots as handholds to help me. The roots go deep into the cliff. So they should be strong and safe. 

 

Ok. These are the guys I’m after. Here we go. And if I plug one of these off, all of this fruit is edible⁶. It’s not ripe, but it’s edible. If you open it up, see all of these fig seeds inside. All of those are really good vitamin C. It’s pretty tasteless. It’s like chewing on a cardboard, but I know it’s good. I want to collect a load of these, take them into my pocket as many as I can. Two more for luck.

1 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 fig   

n.无花果(树)

参考例句：

• The doctor finished the fig he had been eating and selected another.这位医生吃完了嘴里的无花果，又挑了一个。
• You can't find a person who doesn't know fig in the United States.你找不到任何一个在美国的人不知道无花果的。

3 furry   

adj.毛皮的；似毛皮的；毛皮制的

参考例句：

• This furry material will make a warm coat for the winter.这件毛皮料在冬天会是一件保暖的大衣。
• Mugsy is a big furry brown dog,who wiggles when she is happy.马格斯是一只棕色大长毛狗，当她高兴得时候她会摇尾巴。

4 brittle   

adj.易碎的；脆弱的；冷淡的；(声音)尖利的

参考例句：

• The pond was covered in a brittle layer of ice.池塘覆盖了一层易碎的冰。
• She gave a brittle laugh.她冷淡地笑了笑。

5 greasy   

adj. 多脂的，油脂的

参考例句：

• He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。
• You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。

6 edible   

n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的

参考例句：

• Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
• This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。