英語趣味課堂：阿根廷旅行-Trip to Argentina

Todd: Hey, Jessica, what are your plans for the summer?

Jessica: This summer! I think I'm going to go on a trip with my brother to Argentina. Uh, we are still making the plans to go but I think we're going to go for two weeks. And we're probably going to go from Chicago, because that's where he lives, to Buenos Aires and then go north to the city of Cordoba, which is the second largest city in Argentina, so, and then from there I'd really like to go and see some gauchos, which are Argentine cowboys, so I think that that would be really cool, and have some barbeque and see everything that we can, so..

Todd: Cool! Are you going to work your way down to the southern tip?

Jessica: I don't think we're going to just because I have a buddy of mine that lives in the north, in Cordoba, and I think it's so far from the north to the south, just cause it's such a long country that he said by bus it would take something like some ungodly amount of hours and so, I don't know, in two weeks, I think that would be a little bit ambitious, to try to cover it all so.

Todd: OK, do you know anybody in Argentina?

Jessica: Yeah, yeah, my one friend who lives there. I definitely want to go there and visit him. Oh, so your friend already lives there.

學習內(nèi)容：

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work your way down

Are you going to work your way down to the southern tip?

Used like this 'work your way down' refers to traveling slowly in a southern direction, stopping to see things along the way. Notice the following:

How long do you have to work your way down to Chile?

We are going to work our way down to the southern part of the country and then drive along the coast.

buddy

I have a buddy of mine that lives in the north.

'Buddy' is an informal way of saying friend. This is used more commonly to refer to men. Notice the following:

Have you met my buddy John?

He went camping with some buddies this weekend.

ungodly

He said it would take some ungodly number of hours by bus.

An 'ungodly' number of hours is a lot. Too many hours for the average person to handle. It is similar in meaning to outrageous or intolerable. Notice the following:

My professor give us an ungodly amount of homework.

During the summer he works an ungodly number of hours in the hot sun.

ambitious

I think it would be a little bit ambitious to do that.

If you have an 'ambitious' goal it is diffult to achieve without a lot of hard work. Notice the following:

I think finishing this project in two weeks is a little too ambitious.

He has very ambitious goals for the company.

cover it all

I'm not sure if we can cover it all in two weeks.

Used to refer to traveling 'cover all of it' means to travel through all of the different parts that you want to see. Notice the following:

He covered the whole city in a day on a bicycle.

We want to cover all the area we can in the month that we have to travel.

1 gauchos

n.南美牧人( gaucho的名詞復數(shù) )

參考例句：

2 cowboys

n.牧牛工( cowboy的名詞復數(shù) );牛仔;冒失鬼;(尤指無能的)缺德的商人

參考例句：

children playing a game of cowboys and Indians 玩美國西部牛仔與印第安人游戲的孩子們

There are too many cowboys in the business these days. 近來商界中，瞎吵胡鬧的家伙太多。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3 buddy

n.(美口)密友，伙伴

參考例句：

Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?壓壓氣，老兄。有什么麻煩嗎?

Get out of my way,buddy!別擋道了，你這家伙!

4 ambitious

adj.有雄心的，勁頭十足的，有野心的

參考例句：

One may be poor but never ceases to be ambitious.人窮志不窮。

He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是個充滿熱情與活力的有遠大抱負的青年。

5 definitely

adv.一定地，肯定地;明確地，確切地

參考例句：

The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不參加比賽，這個隊肯定會輸。

I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6點以前，我一定回家。

6 informal

adj.非正式的，不拘禮的，通俗的

參考例句：

I got an informal reception.我受到了非正式接待。

The leaders met over informal lunches.領袖們在非正式午餐時進行會晤。

7 buddies

n.密友( buddy的名詞復數(shù) );同伴;弟兄;(用于稱呼男子，常帶怒氣)家伙v.(如密友、戰(zhàn)友、伙伴、弟兄般)交往( buddy的第三人稱單數(shù) );做朋友;親近(…);伴護艾滋病人

參考例句：

We became great buddies. 我們成了非常好的朋友。 來自辭典例句

The two of them have become great buddies. 他們倆成了要好的朋友。 來自辭典例句

8 outrageous

adj.無理的，令人不能容忍的

參考例句：

Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚會上的無禮行為觸怒了每一個人。

Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地電話資費貴得出奇。

9 works

n.作品，著作;工廠，活動部件，機件

參考例句：

We expect writers to produce more and better works.我們期望作家們寫出更多更好的作品。

The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.這篇小說被公認為是最優(yōu)秀的作品之一。

10 means

n.方法，手段，折中點，物質(zhì)財富

參考例句：

That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段獲取機密。

We must get it done by some means or other.我們總得想辦法把它干完。