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美语咖啡屋 Lesson 26: John, A Scuba Diver

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Y: 各位听众好,欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。我是杨晨。

J: And I'm Jody! Welcome to American Cafe! Thanks for dropping in. Summer is just around the corner.

Y: 没错,夏天要来了,我想夏天水上运动应该是最受欢迎的吧。

J: Oh yea! Water sports! I love it! Swimming, rafting, boating...

Y: ...嘿,别忘了潜水。

J: Oh, that's right. I thought you would forget about it, since last time when the topic of scuba1 diving came up, you sounded kind of ify about it.

Y: Ify? 我才不ify呢! 哎, "ify" 到底是什么意思啊。

J: "Ify" means you're not sure about something. You're full of ifs, "if this happens..." or "if that happens..."

Y: Oh. 就是不太确定的意思。没错,我 是有点ify,因为我怕水。

J: Well, whether or not I'm afraid of the ocean, this year I'm going to try it! I've had a strong feeling lately of wanting to leave the Earth. Do you know what I'm talking about?

Y: 我看你又有点异想天开, 想离开地球可不好办。你又不能去太空,那剩下的选择就只有到水底下了。

J: You got it! So, I thought I should meet some people who scuba dive. Today we're going to meet John.

实录1 John : My name is John. I'm from the Dive Shop in Fairfax, Virginia. Well, I started scuba diving in 1957 so I've been diving longer than most people I know have been alive. I have almost 10,000 scuba dives in my life and this is what I do for a career.

Y: Wow, 他从57年就开始潜水了,那时候我还没出生呢。

J: Me either.

Y: 那你说John 为什么热衷于潜水呢?

J: Let's have John answer the question "Why do you love scuba diving?"

实录2 John: Well, most everyone that you know doesn't dive, so that separates you from most people. What I find is it's an opportunity to go ahead and appreciate a portion2 of the Earth that most people will never get a chance to see. An opportunity to go out into a relatively3 pristine4 and wild environment is quite fascinating.

Y: 他刚才说的pristine这个词很好听,是什么意思呢,Jody.

J: Pristine. Pristine is spelled P-R-I-S-T-I-N-E and it means that something is pure and untouched. Usually, pristine is used to describe a natural environment or landscape.

Y:就是原始,或者说没有被污染的意思。

J: But you know, Yang Chen, simply going underwater is not the end goal of scuba diving. There's much more to it than that.

Y: 那么潜水的真正目的是什么呢?

J: Well, John says that scuba diving is not the end activity. It's all about underwater recreation, you know fun activities. Again, here's John.

实录3 John: Scuba diving itself is not the end activity here; it's underwater recreation whether or not it's exploration, whether or not it's photography, whether or not it's examination5 of sunken ships, or whether or not it's just simply a walk in the woods.

Y: 听他这么一说,水下还真的有那么多有意思的活动呢。不过对我来说,幻想一下还可以,真要到水底探险,那我还真的先克服怕水的心理。

J: Okay, we're going to try something here. Yang Chen, I want you to join me in a little exercise to get over your fear of water. Okay, close your eyes.

Y: 在这儿?

J: No, really close 'em. Just close your eyes. In fact, everybody out there close your eyes with us.

Y: 哎,你怎么没闭上眼睛啊?

J: Hey, just listen. Okay, just close your eyes, Yang Chen. Trust me.

Y: Okay.

J: First, we're stepping into the cold ocean water.

Y: 我们现在走进了冰冷的海水。

J: We're slowly sinking down, down, down

Y: 沉下去,一直往下沉。

J: You're breathing is relaxed.

Y: 在宁静的大海里你仿佛能听到自己的呼吸声。

J: You hope.

Y: Jody, 不要开玩笑,我们现在可是在水底下呢。

J: Sorry, sorry. Okay, let's go back. Let's go back. Let's go back. Suddenly, a dark image obscured6 behind a school of fish and seaweed becomes clearer.

Y: 突然之间,你看一个巨大的黑色怪物,越来越清晰地出现在你面前。

J: It's a ship long sunken and long forgotten.

Y: 原来是一艘沉睡了好几百年的船。

J: Forgotten treasures awaits7 you!

Y: 哇,船上有那么多金银珠宝,我们发财了!!!

J: No, no, no. We have to go back!

Y: 这时候,你还念什么诗啊 。快点帮我拿个大口袋来!


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1 scuba YjDzRf     
n.水中呼吸器
参考例句:
  • I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。
  • While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
2 portion EuLyN     
n.部分,份,命运;v.将...分配,分配
参考例句:
  • You are paid your portion not later than a week. 不会晚于一周你就可以得到你那一部分报酬。
  • Three thousand dollars is no more than a portion.3000美元只不过是一部分。
3 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地,相对地
参考例句:
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
4 pristine 5BQyC     
adj.原来的,古时的,原始的,纯净的,无垢的
参考例句:
  • He wiped his fingers on his pristine handkerchief.他用他那块洁净的手帕擦手指。
  • He wasn't about to blemish that pristine record.他本不想去玷污那清白的过去。
5 examination pn6xJ     
n.考试,考查,试题;检查,调查
参考例句:
  • Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
  • He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。
6 obscured 2036301d24f2e52d30590500bdf80c91     
v.使…模糊不清,掩盖( obscure的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • All trace of his working-class background was deliberately obscured. 他工人阶级出身的所有痕迹都给有意地隐藏起来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Heavy mists hung in the valley and obscured the mountains. 蒙蒙雾霭笼罩着山谷,遮掩了群山。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
7 awaits e71d064050e45e1fa45941f73ab2ad74     
v.等候( await的第三人称单数 );等待;期待;将发生在
参考例句:
  • A warm welcome awaits her. 热烈的欢迎等待着她。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A warm welcome awaits all our customers. 对我们所有的顾客准备好热烈的欢迎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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