赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第35期:堤防

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　　堤防

　　A day at a beach on the North Sea. Kathy and Evan see their first dikes.

　　北海海滩一日游。凯西和艾凡毕生第一次看到堤防。

　　K:It's really heavenly here. It's not hot at all.

　　凯西：这里真是人间天堂。天气一点也不热。

　　E:You know, the climate in the Netherlands is rather mild. It's hardly ever hot, and the winters don't get too cold, either.

　　艾凡：你知道的，荷兰的气候相当温和，几乎没有炎热的天气，冬天也不会太冷。

　　K:Let's move here.

　　凯西：咱们搬到这里吧。

　　E:Whoa! We still have to visit Denmark and Sweden, not to mention the rest of Europe sooner or later. Besides, I don't think I could ever leave New York.

　　艾凡：慢着！我们还要去丹麦和瑞典玩，更不用说有一天会到欧洲其它国家去。此外，我不认为我会离开纽约。

　　K:See ya!

　　凯西：那拜拜了！

　　E:Oh, stop it! You love New York, too.

　　艾凡：哦，别闹了！你也喜爱纽约的。

　　K:That's true, but it sure is a treat to see something different and as beautiful as Holland.

　　凯西：没错，但是看看不同于纽约而且和荷兰一样美丽的事物确实是件愉快的事。

　　E:You're right there. Hey, did you see those sea walls out in the ocean on our way here?

　　艾凡：你说得对。嘿，在我们来这儿的途中，你有没有看到外海中的那些海墙呢？

　　K:Yeah. What were they? Piers³?

　　凯西：有啊。那些是什么东西？码头？

　　E:No, those are the dikes. They keep the sea water out and have allowed the Dutch for hundreds of years to reclaim⁴ land from the sea. Where we are right now used to be underwater.

　　艾凡：不是的，那些东西叫做堤防。它们挡住了海水，数百年来一直帮助荷兰人与海争地。现在我们所在的地方以前是在水中。

　　K:Really? That's amazing! Well, just don't stand there. Help me look.

　　凯西：真的？真是不可思议！那么就别光站在那儿。帮我找找看。

　　E:What for? Did you drop something?

　　艾凡：找什么？你有东西掉了吗？

　　K:No, silly. Help me look for some seashells!

　　凯西：没有，呆子。帮我找些贝壳！

　　单词短语精讲：

　　1. dike¹ 堤防

　　2. climate 气候

　　3.mild 和煦的

　　4.hardly ever 很少(=very seldom

　　例:It haT-dlv even snows on the mountains around San FT-ancisco，maybe only once in a decade.

　　(旧金山周围的山头很少下雪，也许十年才下一次。)

　　5 .sooner or later 早晚

　　例:Sooner or later dad will notice the hr-oken window_and when he does he’ s going to be very angry!

　　(老爸迟早会注意到这块破掉的窗户，而当他注意到时会非常生

　　气的!)

　　6. You're right there.这一点你说的没错。你说对厂

　　类似说法如:

　　You’ ve got a point.你说对了。

　　I can agree with that.关于这点.我可以同意

　　I' 11 go along with 这点我赞成/同意

　　I can accept that.这点我可以接受。

　　7. pier² 码头

　　8. reclaim land from the sea填海拓地

　　reclaim 填筑

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