情景交际-被甩了?去旅行吧

 　　J: to be honest, I was just dumped.

　　M: oh, I'm sorry to hear that. You can go on a holiday to cheer up.

　　J: no, thanks. I'm not in the mood for traveling.

　　M: come on. A trip will do you good. Are you doing anything this weekend?

　　J: I was planning on doing a lot of wallowing.

　　M: well, my friends and I are planning on going to Shangri-La on Saturday. Do you want to come with us?

　　J: where is that?

　　M: not very far from here. We'll fly. It's about one and a half hours.

　　J: what's there to see?

　　M: there is a large canyon¹, vast grasslands², ancient forests and mountain lakes.

　　J: oh, sounds nice.

　　M: yes, the scenery there is breathtaking. I have some pitcures at home. You can come over and take a look if you like.

　　J: ok. Then I can make up my mind.

1 canyon   

n.峡谷，溪谷

参考例句：

• The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
• The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。

2 grasslands   

n.草原，牧场( grassland的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Songs were heard ringing loud and clear over the grasslands. 草原上扬起清亮激越的歌声。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Grasslands have been broken and planted to wheat. 草原已经开垦出来，种上了小麦。 来自《简明英汉词典》