【英语趣味课堂】那达慕大会-Nadam

 Chugi: Hi, Mike, how are you doing?

 

Mike: Hey, Chugi, I'm good.

 

Chugi: I'm so done we're with classes.

 

Mike: Yeah, me too.

 

Chugi: What are you doing for the summer vacation?

 

Mike: Right now, I have no plans.

 

Chugi: Well, I am planning to go home to Mongolia. You should come with me.

 

Mike: Really? Mongolia?

 

Chugi: Yeah, summer time. It's very nice. We have a very nice holiday called Nadam and during the Nadam we have three days festival.

 

Mike: Really. I've always wanted to go to Mongolia. That sounds like a good time to go.

 

Chugi: Yes, it is. Nadam is in July. And then it's for three days, from July 11th to July 13th and it's happening all over the country. You can experience anywhere in Mongolia. And during the Nadam festival we have wrestling¹, archery and horse races.

 

Mike: Really. Wresting², Archery, and horse-racing³.

 

Chugi: Yes, and you can get to see all of them in one place.

 

Mike: Really, can I ride horses?

 

Chugi: Yes, you can right next to the place where they horse-race, people are offering⁴ horses for other people to ride, and they just charge a little bit of money.

 

Mike: Really.

 

Chugi: Yes.

 

Mike: And wrestling? That sounds interesting.

 

Chugi: Yes, wrestling is held just a few kilometers away from the horse racing in the biggest stadium⁵ and it's for like two days. I mean, if I were you, I would go to the second day and see them. It's very nice.

 

Mike: And the archery? What kind of archery is it?

 

Chugi: It's more like the traditional kind of archery. You just hit the target, and just as many targets as you hit, that's the better, and even in archery they have female⁶ and male together. It's not separated⁷, so that's a very unique thing.

 

Mike: Oh, sounds interesting. And how long is the horse race?

 

Chugi: The horse race? It's actually very different than other places. The horse race there is six different kinds of horse races, depending on the differerent ages of the horses

 

Mike: Oh, really?.

 

Chugi: And the distances are different because of the ages as well. For example, the youngest horse would run for thirty kilometers, but the oldest horses would run for forty kilometers.

 

Mike: Oh, really.

 

Chugi: Yes.

 

Mike: Very interesting.

 

Chugi: Yes, I think you should come with me and experience the big festival in Mongolia.

 

Mike: Well, this sounds like a good plan.

 

Chugi: Yes, it is.

重点词汇:

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

all over

 

It's happening all over the country

 

Here, the phrase⁸ 'all over' means⁹ 'in many locations¹⁰.' It can also mean 'covering a large area.' Notice the following:

 

She flies all over the country for her job.

There are ATM's all over the city.

right next to

 

You can find it right next to the place where they horse-race.

 

When something is 'right next to' something or 'right beside' it, then is it very, very close. Here, the word 'right' is similar in meaning to 'exactly.' Notice the following:

 

I live right next to a park.

My friend lives right down the street from me.

charge

 

They just charge a little bit of money.

 

When businesses charge people, they make them pay money for a service or good. Notice the following:

 

I think they over-charged me on the bill.

That cafe charges too much for it's coffee.

If I were you

 

If I were you, I would go to the second day.

 

The phrase 'if I were you' states what the speaker would do in the same situation. It is used when giving advice. Notice the following:

 

If I were you, I would see a doctor. You look terrible.

If I were you, I would leave now. Traffic is bad at this hour.

I think you should

 

I think you should come with me and experience the big festival in Mongolia.

 

'I think you should' is a softer way to say 'you should.' Notice the following:

 

I think you should take a day off.

I think you should call your mother.

1 wrestling   

n.摔跤；摔角

参考例句：

• There is a wrestling match tonight.今晚有摔交比赛。
• He defaulted in the wrestling tournament.他在摔跤比赛中弃权了。

2 wresting   

动词wrest的现在进行式

参考例句：

• The amphitheater was a sealed off round structure. Swordplay, wresting, gladiatoral and other contests were held there. 该竞技场为四周封闭式结构，可以举行斗剑、格斗、斗兽及其他竞赛项目。
• This paper introduces mechanism and control system of instrument for wresting training. 本文详细介绍了摔跤训练器的机械机构与控制方法。

3 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

4 offering   

n.提供，奉献物，牲礼

参考例句：

• What is your competition offering?你的竞争者提出的条件是什么？
• The police are offering a big reward for information about the robbery.警方出大笔赏金要求提供那起抢劫案的破案线索。

5 stadium   

n.露天大型运动场

参考例句：

• The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.新的足球场可以容纳八万人。
• The stadium is being used for a match.那个露天运动场正在进行一场比赛。

6 female   

adj.雌的，女(性)的；n.雌性的动物，女子

参考例句：

• We only employ female workers.我们只雇用女工。
• The animal in the picture was a female elephant.照片上的动物是头母象。

7 separated   

adj.分开的v.分开(separate的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• Her parents are separated but not divorced. 她父母分居但没离婚。
• No child should ever be separated from his mother by force. 绝不能强行使任何一个孩子与母亲分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

9 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

10 locations   

n.位置，场所( location的名词复数 )；发现[找出]…的位置[地点]；外景（拍摄地）

参考例句：

• The massive-head buttress dam has some attractive features for certain locations. 大头支墩坝对于某些地区仍有其值得注意的特色。 来自辞典例句
• Knowing which one of 4096 date memory locations is not so simple. 要想访问4096个数据存储单元中的某一个绝非易事。 来自辞典例句