英语听力：探索发现 2012-04-06 荒野求生 澳洲金伯利—15

 Dawn has broken over the outback in north Australia. As soon as the sun comes over the horizon, I can feel its warming rays. The temperature is already 90 degrees Fahrenheit¹ and rising. But at least, I’m near water. It’s time for an early-morning river dip. By following this river downstream, you could reach the coast. But the danger as I head down is that this water is gonna get wider, bigger and also, as it gets closer to the sea, crocodiles. And especially dangerous to me are the salt water ones. And soon I start to see crocodiles. And some of these are man-eaters. 

 

I’m in the Australian outback, close to the back for a river which should run down to the coast. This is crocodile territory. In life-or-death situations, it’s so important to set yourself a structure to work within, you know, like a discipline and goals to have. The way I’m working at the moment is the thing we used to do in the army. It’s just, when you are walking long distances, breaking it down and marching for like an hour and then taking ten minutes, just sit down, rest, find some shade, bit of water and then another hour and sticking to this timing² religiously. It just helps break the day down. 

 

And what better opportunity to stop than a fruit bush?

 

What I’m sitting under here is a wallaroo bush. I can tell that just from these oval-shaped leaves with this yellow veins³ running through it. But more importantly because of these white berries⁴ that they’ve got. And these are edible⁵ and they are also delicious. They sort of feel like blueberries when they pop in your mouth. They’ve also got these seeds, so they are a little bit bitter. But you don’t kind of notice that because the rest of it is so sweet and so much of survival⁶ actually is just about the psychology⁷ of it, you know, things that give you a lift and keep you going. And these berries are just so sweet and tasty. And anything that makes you smile will help you keep moving. It’s a good thing when you are out in the wilds. 

1 Fahrenheit   

n./adj.华氏温度；华氏温度计(的)

参考例句：

• He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
• The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。

2 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

3 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 berries   

n.浆果( berry的名词复数 )；（葡萄，番茄等）浆果；干果仁；干种子

参考例句：

• Birds feed on nuts and berries in the winter. 鸟类靠坚果和浆果过冬。
• We went here and there looking for berries. 我们四处寻找浆果。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。

6 survival   

n.留住生命，生存，残存，幸存者

参考例句：

• The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.医生告诉我的妻子，说我活下去的可能性只有50%。
• The old man was a survival of a past age.这位老人是上一代的遗老。

7 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。