Chapter8 Natural Wonder 自然景观
Unit1 The Grand Canyon 大峡谷
第三部分 Conversations 实用对话
情境对话1
Walking to the Canyon 步行去峡谷
Frank:Where did you go?
弗兰克：你们到哪儿去了？
Ben:We hiked to the botrtom of the Grand Canyon. It was sure a long way down.
本：我们一直步行到大峡谷底部。往下走真远啊。
Frank:Was it dark and gloom y at the bottom?
弗兰克：谷底是不是很黑暗阴沉啊？
Ben:Oh！ no!
本：噢，一点也不！
Frank:Did you see any boats there?
弗兰克：你们在那儿看到船了吗？
Ben:Yeah, we saw a lot of them.That may be an easier way to get to the bottom of the canyon than the way we went.
本：是的，我们看到了好多船。可能乘船漂到峡谷底部比我们那样下去要容易得多。
Frank:How far was it?
弗兰克：那儿离地面有多远?
Ben:lt's over 5,000 feet deep.
本：谷底有五千多英尺深。
Frank:Did you have to make camp and sleep along the trail?
弗兰克：你们有没有在山路上宿营过夜？
Ben:We were able to make it all the way down 'in one day. That was easy.
本：我们一天之内就下到谷底了。下去很容易。
情境对话2
Lance:Those mesas are spectacular!
兰斯：那些阶地真壮观！
Louise:They do look like tables. Everything looks so beautiful covered in snow.
露易斯：它们看起来的确像桌子。万物一被雪覆盖起来，看上去都很漂亮。
Lance:lt's so desolate here now
兰斯：这儿现在好荒凉。
Louise:Yeah, I wouldn't want to be stranded out here. Oh, no! What's that noise?
露易斯：是啊，我可不想被困在这里……糟糕！那是什么声音？
Lance:No! The car is breaking down!
兰斯：完了！车子要坏掉了！
Louise:VVhen you are repairing the car I can see a round,
露易斯：你修车时我可以到处看看。
Lance:You can t do like that.
兰斯：你不能那样！
Louise:But I don't know about cars.
露易斯：可我对车子毫不了解。
Lance:You can stay here with me just talking with me!
兰斯：你可以留下来陪我说说话啊！