英语听力：探索发现 2012-03-18 荒野求生 澳洲金伯利—8

 I’m in the Kimberley in north Australia. It’s a wet season. A thunderstorm is raging. And more rain is probably on its way. I’m making my roof at an angle to help the rain run off. I’ve put up a basic frame made from thin branches and I’m tying it all together with vines. OK, now I just need as much green foliage¹ as I can just to cover this. And that’s gonna be my waterproofing². I’m using eucalyptus³ leaves. They are plentiful⁴ in the outback and they make excellent thatch⁵. And what I can also do is use some of these smaller, softer stuff as a bit of a springy mattress⁶. Look at that. that’s gonna be much more comfortable than that. All I now need is a fire to get these clothes dry. 

 

And the kapok⁷ tree shells have kept my tinder dry. I’ve got tinder, some kindling⁸ and some wood. And then what I’m gonna use to light a fire is this striker and this flint. And flint is an ancient way of lighting⁹ fires. And all this is a modern way of doing it. and I strike the flint there, steel along the flint like that, and it creates a spark. And the great way about this is that will even go when it’s soaking wet. Put a flint right down low and as I strike it, I’m blasting all that spark straight into it. and look, first time. 

 

And it’s not surprising. The spark given off by the flint is over five and a half thousand degrees Fahrenheit¹⁰. And incredibly, it’s brighter than the sun. All I need to do now is gently coax¹¹ it. 

 

I think the feeling is when it suddenly rains is it brings out fresh hope, you know. And certainly that time which is so dry and so hot, you think how is it possible just to sustain life here. And the answer is when it rains.

1 foliage   

n.叶子，树叶，簇叶

参考例句：

• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage.小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
• Dark foliage clothes the hills.浓密的树叶覆盖着群山。

2 waterproofing   

v.使防水，使不透水( waterproof的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The company will come up with a new technique for waterproofing walls. 该公司将推出防止墙壁渗水的新技术。 来自辞典例句
• Large scope of heat-resistant, waterproofing and the anti-chemical properties. 耐温范围大，具防水及抗化学性。 来自互联网

3 eucalyptus   

n.桉树，桉属植物

参考例句：

• Eucalyptus oil is good for easing muscular aches and pains.桉树油可以很好地缓解肌肉的疼痛。
• The birds rustled in the eucalyptus trees.鸟在桉树弄出沙沙的响声。

4 plentiful   

adj.富裕的，丰富的

参考例句：

• Their family has a plentiful harvest this year.他们家今年又丰收了。
• Rainfall is plentiful in the area.这个地区雨量充足。

5 thatch   

vt.用茅草覆盖…的顶部；n.茅草(屋)

参考例句：

• They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.他们点着一支火把，放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。
• They topped off the hut with a straw thatch. 他们给小屋盖上茅草屋顶。

6 mattress   

n.床垫，床褥

参考例句：

• The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
• The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。

7 kapok   

n.木棉

参考例句：

• As all we know,kapok is the city flower of Guangzhou.众所周知，木棉是广州市的市花。
• Kapok becomes red when spring comes.春天来了，木棉红了。

8 kindling   

n. 点火, 可燃物 动词kindle的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• There were neat piles of kindling wood against the wall. 墙边整齐地放着几堆引火柴。
• "Coal and kindling all in the shed in the backyard." “煤，劈柴，都在后院小屋里。” 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

9 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

10 Fahrenheit   

n./adj.华氏温度；华氏温度计(的)

参考例句：

• He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
• The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。

11 coax   

v.哄诱，劝诱，用诱哄得到，诱取

参考例句：

• I had to coax the information out of him.我得用好话套出他掌握的情况。
• He tried to coax the secret from me.他试图哄骗我说出秘方。