英语听力：自然百科 徒步南非：喀拉哈里大沙漠—3

 But today Riemvasmaak is fully¹ restored -- an unlikely settlement with a famous past, and quite possibly, a future full of visitors like me. But before I head out into the green Kalahari, let’s take an aerial look at the route I’ve prepared. 

 

From the centre of Riemvasmaak, I’ll be heading west towards the Orange Valley, over undulating ground until the way literally² disappears beneath my feet. 

 

This is the Molopo Gorge³, the dramatic path of a river that hasn’t flowed here for generations. The cliffs eventually shorten and the valley widens as the river bed makes its way downhill to join the consistent waters of the Orange. 

 

Here is the lifeblood of the green Kalahari. And this is where one of South Africa’s least-heralded fruit industries resides. The vineyards here produce masses of grapes, more even than the famous vineyards of the Western Cape⁴. 

 

But the grapes give way to untouched wilderness⁵ as my walk enters the national park and follows one of Africa’s most remarkable⁶ stretches of river. The Orange’s created an 18 kilometres gorge that gets ever deeper as it gets nearer to my walk’s conclusion, the tumbling waters of Augrabies Falls.

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 gorge   

n.咽喉，胃，暴食，山峡；v.塞饱，狼吞虎咽地吃

参考例句：

• East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
• It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。

4 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

5 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。

6 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。