英語趣味課堂：厄瓜多爾 Ecuador

Jose: Ecuador, what do you want to know about my country?

Todd: Well, can you talk about Ecuador like, um, you're from Ecuador?

Jose: Yes, yes!

Todd: How big is Ecuador?

Jose: 80% of Japan.

Todd: Oh, really! 80% the size.

Jose: The size of Japan.

Todd: OK, what is the landscape like of the country?

Jose: Ecuador is a country where you can experience, they say, all seasons in one day. You have so many microclimates because you have the Andes ranges, you have the coast and then you have two ranges, mountains, it's got actually, it's called the avenue volcanoes. It's got key mountains. It's very beautiful. You have these subtropical valleys and then you have, you go to the amazon basin. You have the jungle. So you have the jungle from the coast, the jungle also going to the Amazon, and you have this beautiful area in the Andes, so it's very, very nice.

Todd: Oh, I want to go!

Jose: Please, please come!

Todd: OK, when is the best time of year to Ecuador?

Jose: Also, as I said the micro climate, that means that it depends on where you want to go. You want to go to the Galapagos the best time is from November to April probably.

Todd: I don't want to go there now because you scared me because you said about the people going there.

Jose: Yeah, yes! But it's a very beautiful place. I mean if you go just like tourist, you're going to, it's fantastic, it's a unique place. You can actually swim with the sea lions and they are chomping next to you, very beautiful. But I can not separate nature and from the people, so that is my problem. I think Ecuador is a very interesting place to be.

Todd: Well, I would like to go. I'd like to go Ecuador and learn Spanish actually.

Jose: Yeah, there are so many schools actually. There is a big business. Lots of music and culture. Mm, very pretty girls. That is the part that you like.

Todd: Maybe!

1 avenue

n.林蔭道;大街;途徑，手段

參考例句：

This is a shady avenue.這是條林陰大道。

He drove slowly.The avenue was crowded with people.他慢慢地開車，因?yàn)榇蠼稚蠑D滿了人。

2 volcanoes

n.火山( volcano的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )

參考例句：

Volcanoes and geysers erupt. 火山和間歇噴泉均能噴發(fā)。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

He has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive. 他現(xiàn)在比任何人都能更多地向我們講述有關(guān)活火山的情況。 來自《用法詞典》

3 basin

n.臉盆;盆地，流域

參考例句：

He washed his hands in a basin.他在盆里洗了手。

The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水與盆邊平齊了。

4 means

n.方法，手段，折中點(diǎn)，物質(zhì)財(cái)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(jī)密。

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

5 chomping

v.切齒，格格地咬牙，咬響牙齒( chomp的現(xiàn)在分詞 )

參考例句：

Elizabeth and Lawrence are chomping at the bit to go on vacation. 伊莉莎白和勞倫斯迫不及待要去度假了。 來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

She was chomping away on a bagel. 她在嘎蹦嘎嘣地啃著一個(gè)硬面包圈。 來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

6 separate

n.分開，抽印本;adj.分開的，各自的，單獨(dú)的;v.分開，隔開，分居

參考例句：

Are they joined together or separate?它們是合在一起還是分開的?

Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前應(yīng)當(dāng)把淺色衣服和深色衣服分開。