英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Ganges 恒河—11
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2015年
英语课
As well as attending yoga classes, some residents 2 here volunteer to take part in service, including helping 3 out with cleaning and cooking.-Hi, ladies. What brought you here? Are you resdients or are you guests?
-Yes, I'm a resident 1 here.
-How long have you been here?
-I've been here for three years. -Three years, and you live here as well?
-No, I've just come for five weeks to...
-And you've been here for?
-I've been here for six months.
-Six months. And what drew you here?
-Doing so to perform to.... Are you from Rashcash? -I'm not from Rashcash. I'm from G*.
-G*? OK. And you're from?
-London. -Speak that. I'm markably clear. I can say that. Whereabouta in London are you from?
-H*.
-From H*? OK. Why do you come here?
-I've miss ** a few times, and he's come to London as well. And I've been here with family. I just want to keep coming back.
-I think to your question of what drew you here? is... I don't think it was the decision that we took, you know. I was born and raised in America, in California 4. And you know about the c*. Yes, my family is Indian origins and must have through Ganga in a movie or something. But it's not like an American textbook to teach you about a river called Ganga. And something brought me to Rashcash.
-How does your old American self, as it were, differ from your new self?
-You know, in America, it's always like you're working and you're going to school, and there's stress, and there is energy being expanding.
-Which is being and existing and...
-It's the next thing. It's always the next thing, and here it's just who you are, and you just be.
a.居住的，居留的；住校的，住院的
- I've been resident in this place for five years. 我已经在这个地方住了五年。
- They engaged a resident tutor. 他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师。
n.居民( resident的名词复数 )；（旅馆的）住宿者
- Plans to build a new mall were deep-sixed after protests from local residents. 修建新室内购物中心的计划由于当地居民反对而搁浅。
- Local residents have reacted angrily to the news. 当地居民对这一消息表示愤怒。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
n.加利福尼亚(美国)
- He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。
- We were driving on a California freeway.我们正沿着加利福尼亚的一条快车道驾车行驶。