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orchids 蘭花

orchids are also celebrated and very famous for the great variety. they are very adaptable, populating all continents, except for the coldest antarctic continent. the unbelievable orchids are as old as time and as beautiful as rain drops.

蘭花也因其品種繁多而赫赫有名。除了最冷的南極洲外，它們適宜在任何大洲種植。不可思議的蘭花，古老如歲月，精美如雨滴。

cherry blossoms 櫻花

the most treasured flowers in japan, cherry blossoms look truly wonderful. there is nothing more poetic than a flowering cherry tree.

櫻花是日本最為珍貴的花，看上去也極為美麗。沒有什么能比花團錦簇的櫻花樹更富有詩意了。

游樂園里樂悠悠

dialogue

sarah's family went to disneyland last weekend. on monday she is talking about it with her colleague susan.

莎拉全家在上周末去迪斯尼樂園了。在周一她正在和同事蘇珊討論這次游玩。

sarah: have you ever been to disneyland,susan?

莎拉：蘇珊，你去過迪士尼樂園嗎？

susan: when i was young, my parents took me to the one in california.

蘇珊：小時候，我爸爸媽媽帶我去過加利福尼亞的那個。

sarah: oh, last sunday we took our son to the disneyland. he likes amusement parks very much.

莎拉：哦，上星期天我們帶孩子去了。他非常喜歡去游樂園。

susan: did you have a good time?

蘇珊：你們玩得盡興嗎？

sarah: of course we did. first we took a roller-coaster. i was sick and dizzy. but my son thought that was totally coolsville! he said the roller-coaster rocked! he wanted to ride it again!

莎拉：我們當然玩得很盡興。我們剛開始做了過山車，坐得我暈頭轉向的。但是我們的兒子卻覺得很棒。他說做過山車太刺激了，還想再坐一次！

susan: if you don't think twice about the rides and go on every ride that you can,you'll have loads of fun.

蘇珊：如果你能不假思索地去坐每樣游樂設施，而且什么都能玩，那你就一定能玩得很開心。

sarah: maybe. my son also thought the characters in costumes were cool and when he grew up, he wanted to be one.

莎拉：也許吧。我的孩子還覺得穿道具服的卡通人物很酷，長大了也想做一個卡通人物。

susan: ha-ha, kids are always so cute!

蘇珊：哈哈，孩子都是那么可愛！

notes

1. disneyland ['diznil?nd] n. 迪斯尼樂園

2. california [?k?li'f?:nj?] n. 加利福尼亞，加州

3. amusement park 游樂場

4. roller-coaster ['r?ul?'k?ust?] n. 過山車；云霄飛車；驚險游戲車

5. coolsville ['ku:lzvil] adj. <美俚>頂呱呱的，極好的

6. loads of 大量，許多

7. cute [kju:t] adj. 可愛的，聰明的，伶俐的；n. 智取敵方的策略 / 手段，靈巧

小貼士

ferris wheel 摩天輪

giant stride 旋轉飛椅

monorail 單軌列車

swinging boat 海盜船

merry-go-round 旋轉木馬

excursion boat 觀覽艇

revolving boat 碰碰船

mini-train 小火車

go-cart 單座賽車

mad-mouse 瘋狂老鼠

與海洋動物親密接觸

dialogue

susan and julie had an appointment to go to the aquarium together at 9:00 a.m. on sunday. now they meet outside the aquarium.

蘇珊和朱莉約好在周日上午9點去海洋館。現在她們在海洋館外面碰面了。

susan: hi, julie. i'm sorry for being late. have you waited for a long time?

蘇珊：嗨，朱莉。很抱歉我遲到了。你在這等了很久嗎？

julie: i've been here for an hour.

朱莉：我已經在這等一個小時了。

susan: what? that's impossible. i couldn't have been late for so long.

蘇珊：什么？不可能的。我不可能遲到這么長時間的。

julie: ha-ha, just kidding. i arrived here just now, then you appeared. let's get in. i have bought two tickets.

朱莉：哈哈，開個玩笑。我前腳剛到，你后腳就跟著來了。我們進去吧。我已經買了兩張票。

susan: oh, julie. i am at a loss whether to cry or to laugh.

蘇珊：噢，朱莉。你真是讓我哭笑不得。

julie: look at this! it's so cute! what on the earth is it? it's only about three centimeters long. and more interestingly, it has wings, looks like an angel.

朱莉：看這個！好可愛呀！這到底是什么東西？差不多只有3厘米長。更有趣的是，它還有翅膀，看起來像個天使。

susan: i know it's called a sea angel!

蘇珊：我知道這叫海洋天使！

julie: it swims by flapping its wings. wow…it's so beautiful!

朱莉：它靠拍動翅膀來游動。哇……太美了！

susan: yeah, it's also intelligent.

蘇珊：是呀，還特別有靈性呢。

notes

1. aquarium [?'kw??ri?m] n. 水族館；養魚缸

2. at a loss 困惑，不知所措

3. fla [fl?p] n.拍打，拍打聲；片狀垂懸物；v. 拍打；鼓翼而飛

4. intelligent [in'telid??nt] adj. 聰明的，智能的；有理性的

小貼士

have you ever seen a whale in an aquarium? “of course”, you may answer.and have you even seen a whale that can talk? a japanese researcher says he has taught a beluga whale called nack to “talk” by using sounds to identify three different objects. isn't it wonderful? nack emits a short, high-pitched sound when he sees a swimming fin, a long, high-pitched sound when he sees goggles and a short, low-pitched sound when he sees a bucket. he correctly chooses the right object when the three sounds are played back to him. the research offers hope that one day humans may be able to hold conversations with sea mammals.

你在水族館見過鯨魚嗎？你也許會說“當然見過”。那你見過會講話的鯨魚嗎？日本一位科研人員稱，他成功教會了一頭名叫納克的白鯨用聲音“說出”三個不同的物體。這難道不稀奇嗎？每當納克看見游動的鰭狀物時，它會發出一陣短高音；當它看到潛水鏡時，會發出長高音；而看到水桶時，它又會發出一聲短低音。之后再將這三種聲音播放給它聽時，它也能正確地識別出相應的物品。這項研究成果為人類有朝一日與海洋哺乳動物對話帶來了希望。