在线听力:英语小达人 15 Two Farmers

 Unit 15 Two Farmers

第15单元 两个农夫

A Texan farmer goes into Australia for a vacation. There he meets an Aussie farmer and gets talking.

有个德州农夫去澳洲度假时遇见一个澳洲农夫，两人攀谈了起来。

The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says,"Oh! We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large."

那个澳洲人像他炫耀他那一大片小麦田，结果德州农夫说：“哎呀!我们那里的小麦田起码比你的大两倍。”

Then they walk around the ranch¹ a little, and the Aussie shows off his herd² of cattle. The Texan immediately says,

接着他们又逛了一下农场，澳洲人又炫耀起他的牛群，德州人马上说：

"We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows."

“我们那里的长牛角起码比你的牛大两倍。”

The conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping³ through the field. He asks,"And what are those?"

说着说着，德州人看到一群袋鼠在农场上跳来跳去，一时不知道讲什么，于是问道：“那些是什么东西?”

The Aussie replies with an incredulous look,"Don't you have any grasshoppers⁴ in Taxas?"

澳洲人一副难以置信的表情，回答道：“怎么，你们德州都没有蚱蜢吗?”

1 ranch   

n.大牧场，大农场

参考例句：

• He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
• The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。

2 herd   

n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。

3 hopping   

n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
• I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。

4 grasshoppers   

n.蚱蜢( grasshopper的名词复数 )；蝗虫；蚂蚱；（孩子）矮小的

参考例句：

• Grasshoppers die in fall. 蚱蜢在秋天死去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are usually a lot of grasshoppers in the rice fields. 稻田里通常有许多蚱蜢。 来自辞典例句