实战口语情景对话 第275期:Walkabout 流浪

 Todd: Aaron, sometimes I hear from Australians, the term, have a walk-about, or walk-about! 

托德：亚伦，有时我会听澳大利亚人说到“流浪”这件事！

Aaron: A walk-about is an aboriginal¹ word. It basically², means an aboriginal boy, when he is growing up goes for a long walk, maybe for twelve months, and he doesn't see his family and he has to live off the land. He can't, he doesn't have money so he can't buy food, he can't buy anything, and he just hunts for food. It's not so common now, and I've never had to do it, but it's more of an old story from the aborigines who tell you about a walk-about. 

亚伦：流浪是澳大利亚土著语。大意是说，一个土著男孩长大以后，会去远行，可能会用12个月的时间，这期间他不会和家人见面，而且要以土地为生。他不能，他没有钱，所以他不能刚买食物，他什么也买不了，他只能去打猎来获取食物。现在这种情况不是很常见，我从来没有做过这种事，这很像土著讲的老故事，他们会告诉你有关流浪的事情。

Todd: Do you know anybody who's ever done it? 

托德：那你认识做过这件事的人吗？

Aaron: No, I've never know anybody to do it, but I don't know if it's a true story or, I don't think it's common now, but maybe in the old days, maybe a hundred years ago, it was common for them to do it, but now they don't. 

亚伦：不，我认识的人都没有做过，不过我不太清楚这不是真实的故事，我认为现在并不常见，不过可能在过去，也许几百年以前，这种事很常见，不过现在没有人做了。

Todd: So, there's lots of different aboriginal people in Australia. Where does, which aboriginal tribe³ does this come from, or group? 

托德：那，澳大利亚有许多种不同的土著。这个来自于哪个土著部落呢？

Aaron: OK, I'm not sure what tribe it comes from but the aboriginals⁴ in the Northern Territories, which is all desert are probably the most famous for it, near Darwin and the top end we way, the north of Australia, where it's very mountainous, and you could walk for a year, and never find your way anywhere. 

亚伦：嗯，我不能确定这来自哪个部落，不过在全是沙漠的北部领土的土著人以“流浪”而闻名，那里位于达尔文市附近，澳大利亚最北端，那里属于山区，你可能走上一年，会找不到路的。

1 aboriginal   

adj.（指动植物）土生的，原产地的，土著的

参考例句：

• They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
• The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。

2 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

3 tribe   

n.部落，种族，一伙人

参考例句：

• This is a subject tribe.这是个受他人统治的部落。
• Many of the tribe's customs and rituals are as old as the hills.这部落的许多风俗、仪式都极其古老。

4 aboriginals   

（某国的）公民( aboriginal的名词复数 )； 土著人特征； 土生动物（或植物）

参考例句：

• He remained fascinated by the Aboriginals' tales. 他一直对澳大利亚土著居民的传说极感兴趣。
• They drove the aboriginals out of their lands at sword point. 他们以武力将土著人赶出他们的家园。