英文原版对话1000个:869 Along the Shore

Todd: When you were going down the Amazon did you see any wildlife? Lots of animals?

Jeff: None! We didn't see any. We didn't see an alligator¹. We didn't see a monkey. We didn't see a snake.

Todd: You didn't see one snake?

Jeff: Nope. The villagers... I think they hunt animals for food, for their food, so I think the animals know and they stay away from the side of the river. They stay away from the villages, so if you want to see animals, you have to go further into the jungle, but it's very dangerous and it's difficult, so we didn't go far from the river's edge.

Todd: Oh, so you never ventured into the jungle.

Jeff: You can't. You really can't. It's too thick. You need a machete to hack² your way through. You need someone who knows where they're going. A guide with you. It's not... you just can't go on a nice walk in this kind of Amazon jungle-- it's dangerous, it's difficult.

Todd: So, how many days did it take you to get down the river?

Jeff: I think it took us, say, fifteen days.

Todd: The distance wasn't so far. I was only I say 300 kilometers but the canoes didn't go straight down. There wasn't any public transport. These canoes were just transporting goods from one village to the next, so we had to wait until a transport canoe came along, and then we just hitched⁴ a ride to the next village, wait there for a day or two and then hitch³ a ride to the next village so a very unorthodox kind of travel. No tour buses. No trains. No taxis. So..

Todd: Well, that sounds like a pretty amazing trip.

Jeff: Mm, it was lots of fun, but I wouldn't recommend it to everyone.
 

1 alligator   

n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼)

参考例句：

• She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她开始玩鳄鱼玩具。
• Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。

2 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

3 hitch   

v.免费搭(车旅行)；系住；急提；n.故障；急拉

参考例句：

• They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch hike.他们要走80英里的路程，最后决定搭便车。
• All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.所有报考者都能对答如流。

4 hitched   

（免费）搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 )； 搭便车； 攀上； 跃上

参考例句：

• They hitched a ride in a truck. 他们搭乘了一辆路过的货车。
• We hitched a ride in a truck yesterday. 我们昨天顺便搭乘了一辆卡车。