英语听力：自然百科 徒步南非：喀拉哈里大沙漠—5

 Norber witnessed¹ all.--How many people?

--It was two hundred all village.

--And you, your family were one of those...

--Yes, I was grown up with my grandmother. You see, at that time, my mother was in Cape² Town, and I stayed with my grandmother. And my grandmother take me to Riemvasmaak. It was quite probably. Yes, I was nine years old at that time. As I remember, I was nine years old.

--In 1994, when land was given back to the South Africans, this village was the first bit of land to be returned.

--Returned. That's correct.

--Your village.

--My village. Yes, and I'm really proud of it. And I know that the government tell us that the army, they move from Riemvasmaak, and Riemvasmaak has come back. I was the first one. I say go to the Riemvasmaak.

--But now as an adult, does it make you angry?

--No, no, no, no. It is not my problem. It's not your problem. It's about this time. It's off.

--It's gone.

--It's gone. Let's take hands and go forward.

--What's the future for here?

--Oh, we are still have to grow, you see. But I can see, our income would ** to tourism.

--The potential, you mean.

--The potential, yeah.

--Because I went to the tourist office here. I looked in, but it's closed.

--It's closed? Oh, that's way. There's no facilities? Office you can see it, but it's not working yet.

--But it needs to be plugged³ in.

--Plugged in. This is our problem.

There is no doubting that Riemvasmaak has a hunger for change. Norber Amnarld is keen⁴ to attract visitors in the way that many other parts of South Africa have already managed. Just outside of town, on the route⁵ of my walk lies the newest toruist development yet. The Hot Spring project lies close to Norber's heart. He remembers his own grandmother bathing⁶ in the natural warm waters and was keen to help turn the site into a proper spa attraction⁷.

1 witnessed   

v.作证( witness的过去式和过去分词 )；表示；（摆证据）…就是证据；是…的迹象

参考例句：

• Severe damage witnessed the destructive force of the storm. 严重的损失表明了这场暴风雨巨大的破坏力。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He witnessed to having seen the man enter the building. 他作证说看见那个人走进那幢房子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 plugged   

adj.塞紧的v.插上插头( plug的过去式和过去分词 )；以（塞子）塞住

参考例句：

• He plugged his razor in to recharge it. 他把剃刀插在插座上，给它充电。
• The workers plugged the hole in the gas pipe. 工人们堵住了煤气管道上的洞。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 keen   

adj.热心的；敏锐的；激烈的；锋利的

参考例句：

• There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。
• The children are mad keen to go to the zoo.孩子们非常想去动物园。

5 route   

n.路径，途径，路线；vt.确定路线，按规定路线发送

参考例句：

• On the way home, we took an indirect route.回家的路上，我们绕了一个大圈。
• The plane did not fly the usual commercial route.飞机没有沿通常的商业航线飞。

6 bathing   

n.游泳，洗海水澡

参考例句：

• The place is convenient for bathing.这地方适合游泳。
• Naked bathing is not allowed to this beach.这个海滩禁止裸泳。

7 attraction   

n.吸引人的事物；吸引；吸引力

参考例句：

• The main attraction of the place is the nightlife.这个地方最具吸引力的是夜生活。
• Amy is always the centre of attraction at parties.艾米总是聚会上的中心人物。