VOA标准英语2012--Cape Cod Is US Northeast's Summer Capital
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Cape 1 Cod 2 Is US Northeast's Summer Capital
A narrow peninsula that looks like a scorpion 3 curled around Cape Cod Bay, with its stinger pointed 4 toward the Massachusetts mainland, is the summer capital of several northeast states.
Patti Page described it in a 1950s hit song:
If you’re fond of sand dunes 5 and salty air,
Quaint 6 little villages here and there,
You’re sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod.
According to some accounts, Vikings from Scandinavia set foot on Cape Cod as early as the year 1000.
For sure, English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold sailed the waters off Cape Cod in 1602 and named the peninsula for the plentiful 7 codfish his men caught in its waters.
Eighteen years later, Pilgrim separatists from the Church of England landed at the tip of the peninsula before sailing to the mainland and starting a colony at Plymouth.
Within a century, Cape Cod had become a fishing and whaling center, and Cape oysters 8, clams 9, and cranberries 10 were delicacies 11 on tables in Boston and New York.
But these days, tourism dominates the economy. Each summer, people go there to sunbathe 12 and relax amid the little lanes and cozy 13 cottages tucked away in the Cape’s bogs 14 and woods.
Those efficient, one-story, shingled 15 Cape cottages, with their central chimneys for winter warmth and steep roofs to slough 16 off the snow, caught the fancy of architects and developers across the nation in the 1950s, when they created whole communities filled with them.
Residents and visitors alike agree there is something magical about the light on Cape Cod. It draws artists from around the world. They congregate 17 in bohemian Provincetown, at the very end of a 65-kilometer-long national seashore.
There’s a saying in New England that people who live in “Boston and north go to Vermont and New Hampshire” to vacation.
“Boston and south go to Cape Cod.” And according to visitor statistics, thousands of people from “Boston and west,” all the way into New York State and Pennsylvania, summer in Cape Cod as well.
- I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
- She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
- They salt down cod for winter use.他们腌鳕鱼留着冬天吃。
- Cod are found in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.北大西洋和北海有鳕鱼。
- The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。
- The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。
- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
- The boy galloped over the dunes barefoot. 那男孩光着脚在沙丘间飞跑。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat. 将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
- There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里，有很多小巷。
- They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。
- 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。
- We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
- She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。
- The restaurant's specialities are fried clams. 这个餐厅的特色菜是炸蚌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We dug clams in the flats et low tide. 退潮时我们在浅滩挖蛤蜊。 来自辞典例句
- The tart flavour of the cranberries adds piquancy. 越橘的酸味很可口。
- Look at the fresh cranberries. 你看这些新鲜的蔓越橘。 来自无师自通 校园英语会话
- Its flesh has exceptional delicacies. 它的肉异常鲜美。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- After these delicacies, the trappers were ready for their feast. 在享用了这些美食之后，狩猎者开始其大餐。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
- She liked to sunbathe in the seclusion of her own garden.她喜欢在自己僻静的花园里晒日光浴。
- People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
- I like blankets because they are cozy.我喜欢毛毯，因为他们是舒适的。
- We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。
- Whenever It'shows its true nature, real life bogs to a standstill. 无论何时，只要它显示出它的本来面目，真正的生活就陷入停滞。 来自名作英译部分
- At Jitra we went wading through bogs. 在日得拉我们步行着从泥水塘里穿过去。 来自辞典例句
- He was not able to slough off the memories of the past.他无法忘记过去。
- A cicada throws its slough.蝉是要蜕皮的。
- Now they can offer a digital place for their readers to congregate and talk.现在他们可以为读者提供一个数字化空间，让读者可以聚集和交谈。
- This is a place where swans congregate.这是个天鹅聚集地。