英语听力:自然百科 徒步南非之德拉肯斯堡山脉 The Drakensberg—8
时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:自然百科2012年
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It was a very thought of wandering these mountains that first attracted Brian. He's remained a firm fan even since. He's even written a book about the hotel's history and his experience here.-It's so different from anything else you can find anywhere else-- a diversity of nature, its uniqueness.
-What about the weather?
-The weather is beautiful, horrible, generally as unpredictable as a woman's character.
-Impossible. Have you even been caught out?
-I've caught several times. Yes, been caught several times...
-Badly?
-Badly, yes. Unexpectedly and badly. It was a mega-storm, which r* on for three, four hours. There's a huge clap of thunder and a flash of lightning. And I looked ahead. I found that the porter who was carrying out pack, and I mean striking by lightening. He means strike by that bolt of lightning. He's been thrown to the ground and he was paralized from the throat almost.
-Did he live?
-He survived and was on his feet again in about three or four months. This is actually s* about the pack from thirty years ago.
-This one.
-This is the one, and I've actually got the spot at the pack, with the lightning spot.
-Oh, my Lord!
-It came through the pack, and even struke the bleak 1 can inside here. Lift Indian ** on that tomb.
-So your poor guy. It was carrying this...
-So you can imagine if the dent 2 to the pack has some impact on him. It was really a shocking storm, which killed other people in this valley as well.
adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的
- They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
- The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。