【一起听英语】探索发现
有些探索发现是为了去探索人类文明去的.......
Rob: Hello, I’m Rob. Welcome to 6 Minute English. I’m joined today by Finn. Hello
Finn.
Finn: Hello Rob.
Rob: In this programme we’re talking about exploration – that's a journey to a
place to learn something new about it. It's a sort of educational trip.
Finn: Yes, you may have heard about famous explorers – the people who made
these journeys and learned 1 new and amazing things – like Captain Cook or
Christopher Columbus.
Rob: Yes, Columbus was the Italian explorer who explored the Americas over 500
years ago. There are many other people who travelled around the world
seeking out – or looking for – new land, people, plants and animals. But
now in the 21st century, do you think there’s any more of the world left to
discover?
Finn: Ah, well, that's a question we'll be 'exploring' today and we'll also discover
some exploration-related vocabulary. But first Rob, I'm sure you have a
question for me?
Rob: Of course, yes. My question is about a modern-day explorer from the UK.
He's called Ed Stafford. In 2011 he became the first person to do what? Was
it…
a) circumnavigate – or go all the way round – the world in a canoe 2
c) walk the length of the Amazon River
Finn: I'm going to say a) the first person to go round the world in a canoe.
Rob: OK, well, we’ll find out if you are right or wrong later on. So let’s talk more
about exploration. There are many reasons why people have wanted to
explore.
Finn: Yes. Sometimes it was to find new natural resources – things like oil,
rubber or gold. Sometimes people wanted to find new land to occupy and
build on; and sometimes people have just been inquisitive 4 – or interested –
in finding 5 out what somewhere is like. That sounds a bit like you Rob?
Rob: Well, I do enjoy travel and adventure – and although I've explored places
that are new to me – I haven't yet found an undiscovered river or island.
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Finn: Well, I hope you do. With satellite technology and modern transport, maybe
every corner of planet 7 Earth has already been discovered and there’s nothing
left to find, I wonder?
Rob: Well, that's not something that the travel journalist, Christina Lamb, would
agree with. She's seen a lot of the world but says there's still more to be
discovered. Let's hear from her now. What phrase does she use to describe
somewhere that hasn't been found yet?
Christina Lamb, travel journalist
There still are a few places in the world that are unexplored. I've travelled quite a lot in
the Amazon and there, there really are still places where maps don't have anything on
them and it says uncharted territory, which I think is the most exciting thing you can
see on a map.
Rob: So there are still a few places to explore – places that are not on a map!
Christina Lamb called them 'uncharted territory'.
Finn: 'Uncharted' means a place that is completely new – and 'territory' is another
word for an area of land. So, uncharted territory – imagine discovering
somewhere like that!
Rob: It would be amazing – but sometimes people are already living in these
places – these are the tribes 9 – or groups of people – who have never had
contact with the outside world.
Finn: Well, even if every tribe 8, every lost city, every piece of land had already been
discovered, a travel writer called Colin Thurbron claims we can still re-explore
and discover new things. So, what things keep changing which mean we
should never stop exploring?
Colin Thurbron, author
What there's always a role for, is for reinterpreting a culture – going back there for
every generation. Not just because the culture has changed but the judgements and
priorities 10 of every generation of traveller has changed too.
Rob: OK, so he talks about culture – that's the way of life for a particular group of
people. Cultures change, but also our views change too: he says our
judgements and priorities change – that means we keep seeing things
differently.
Finn: So you mean we see things in a new way every time we go back and look at
them. In that case, maybe we will never stop exploring our planet.
Rob: Yes, there's always something new to discover in the world and even beyond
it – people are already venturing 11 into space, the universe – where next?
Finn: Yes, absolutely. But I think I still need to explore my own city first – there's a
lot more to discover in London before I head off to Mars 12!
Rob: Maybe you just haven't got any wanderlust – that's the desire to travel –
unlike explorer Ed Stafford. Earlier I asked you what he became the first
person to do in 2011?
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Finn: I said a) go round the world in a canoe. I guess I'm wrong.
Rob: You're wrong. Nice try! He was actually the first person to walk the length of
the Amazon River. Your challenge now Finn is to remind us of some of the
vocabulary that we've explored today.
Finn: In a canoe? Of course. Well, we had…
exploration
explorers
seeking out
circumnavigate
natural resources
inquisitive
uncharted territory
tribes
culture
venturing
wanderlust
Rob: Well, that brings us to the end of today's 6 Minute English. We hope you’ve
enjoyed today’s programme. Please join us again soon.
Both: Bye.
- He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
- In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。
- They slid the canoe down to the water.他们使小舟滑到水中。
- It is only the second time he has been in a canoe.这仅是他第二次乘小游艇。
- Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。
- She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。
- Children are usually inquisitive.小孩通常很好问。
- A pat answer is not going to satisfy an inquisitive audience.陈腔烂调的答案不能满足好奇的听众。
- The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
- That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。
- The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation. 这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- The inflation did the corporation up. 通货膨胀使这个公司破产了。
- Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. 海王星是离太阳最远的行星。
- Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. 然而, 垃圾只是我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。
- This is a subject tribe.这是个受他人统治的部落。
- Many of the tribe's customs and rituals are as old as the hills.这部落的许多风俗、仪式都极其古老。
- tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest 居住在亚马孙河雨林偏远地区的部落
- In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes. 非洲许多部落仍认为蛇是不可冒犯的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The document provided a revealing insight into the government's priorities. 这份文件使人看出政府的轻重缓急是怎样安排的。
- We must work together to fund only our most important priorities. 我们必须共同努力，只为最重要的项目提供资金。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- Not venturing to go myself, I sent several sham messengers. 我不敢自己再去，就派几个假装的探信人去。
- I'm not venturing out in this rain. 我不敢冒这样的雨外出。