英语听力：自然百科 徒步南非 喀拉哈里大沙漠(12)

Here is the lifeblood of the Green Kalahari.

这里是绿色喀拉哈里沙漠的命脉。

And here is where one of South Africa's least-heralded fruit industries resides.

也是南非水果产业先驱的聚居地。

The vineyards here produce masses of grapes, more even than the famous vineyards of the Western Cape¹.

这里的葡萄园盛产大量的葡萄,甚至比西开普葡萄园的更为著名。

But the grapes give way to the untouched wildness.

但是葡萄则臣服于野性。

As my walk enters the national park and follows one of Africa's most remarkable² stretches of river.

当我走进入国家公园，开始沿着一条非洲最显著的绵延的河流行进。

The Orange's created an 18-kilometer gorge³ that gets ever deeper as it gets nearer to my walk's conclusion, the tumbling waters of the Augrabies Falls.

奥兰治缔造了18公里长的峡谷,变得更深,因为它越来越靠近我行进的终点,翻滚海水的阿格比斯瀑布。

1 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。

2 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。

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。