英语访谈对话 496 Kiwi Summers
时间：2019-01-30 作者：英语课 分类：英语访谈对话
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Todd: So, Mark, what do Kiwis like to do in the summer?
Mark: Yeah, I think the first thing for some people to realise 1 is that Christmas is midsummer in New Zealand.
Todd: Oh nice!
Mark: So Kiwis combine Christmas holiday and New Year holiday with a summer vacation as well.
I can remember when I was small, we’d have family Christmases and then the next day, which is Boxing Day, we’d go to the beach or we’d travel somewhere and rent a small house on the beach. They call them ‘batches’ in the north of the island or ‘cribs’ in the south island. And you just spend 4, 5 days, maybe a week, 2 weeks, just swimming in the sea, playing in the sand dunes 2, walks in the forest: just a really relaxing time with family and family friends.
Todd: That sounds nice, so you know in Australia they’re really big on surfing. Do a lot of people surf in New Zealand?
Mark: There is a surfing population. I think the Australian beaches are probably much larger and
maybe they have better waves, I don’t know, but several of my friends used to go on surfing holidays in summer as well.
Todd: And what foods do people like to eat when they get together for the summer?
Mark: Barbecue is almost the national obsession 3 in summertime, you know, you’d just throw a sausage on the barbie or friends would ring up and say ‘hey, it’s a nice night, let’s have a barbie!’. I think all my friends have their own barbecue set.
Todd: What meats do people barbecue?
Mark: Again, New Zealand foods used to very much sort of be the lamb or beef, but now it’s getting a lot more varied 4, you can grill 5 a nice fish on the barbecue, you can still have sausage, chicken, pork, beef, lamb, whatever you want.
Todd: Yeah, it sounds good. OK, well thanks, Mark.
Mark: OK.
v.觉悟；明白；实现；兑现
- Wish you realise your dreams as early as possible!祝愿您早日实现自己的梦想！
- How much did you realise on the house?这所房子你们出售后赚了多少钱？
沙丘( dune的名词复数 )
- 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。
n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)
- I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
- She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。
adj.多样的，多变化的
- The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
- The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。