时间:2018-12-07 作者:英语课 分类:雪域之行-瑞士


英语课

Guten Tag,Gruess Gott,Greetzar, these are just a few of the cheery greetings you'll encounter up here in the Swiss Alps. I'm Rick Steves, back once more to share with you some tips on travelling in Europe. I always try to introduce you to some out-of-the-way spots to give you some practical tips to make your trip more hassle-free and to share with you some cultural and historical insights so you can better understand your sightseeing.

We are on a grand circle tour of Europe, from the Netherlands through Germany, Austria, Italy and now into Switzerland. Right now we are in the heart of the Alps under the staggering Jungfrau in Interlaken, the original Alpine 1 resort. It goes back to the 19th century when those idealistic dreamers of the Romantic Movement discovered that mountains were a lot more than troublesome obstacles. In fact, from that time onward 2, tourists have flocked to the Alps because they are there. I've communed with nature here annually 3 since 1973. Interlaken is the tourist headquarters for the Berner Oberland. But before we dig deeper into the scalps of these Alps, let's orient ourselves to Swiss culture. Let's go to Brienz ,one of the best preserved old fashion summer resorts around here and home of the Swiss Open-Air Museum at Ballenbergh. You'll find these clever open-air folk museums all over Europe. The Swiss one is a rich collection of traditional historic farm houses from every corner of the country, this 50-acre park is a natural preserve, an idyllic 4 setting for what I'd like to call a culture-on-a-lazy-Susan look at Switzerland.

It's a walk into the past. This place is like a miniature of the Swiss nation. And speaking of nation, Switzerland is an unlikely success story, it's got four national languages, it's fairly equally divided between Protestants and Catholics, and it's basically a confederation of 26 proud little states, rather than one strong centralized government.

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hassle:quarrel
orient oneself to (towords) :make familiar with or adjusted to facts, principles, or a situation
idyllicf or having the nature of an idyll ; simple and carefree
miniature: copy or model that represents or reproduces something in a greatly reduced size
confederation :a union of political organizations



1 alpine
adj.高山的;n.高山植物
  • Alpine flowers are abundant there.那里有很多高山地带的花。
  • Its main attractions are alpine lakes and waterfalls .它以高山湖泊和瀑布群为主要特色。
2 onward
adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先
  • The Yellow River surges onward like ten thousand horses galloping.黄河以万马奔腾之势滚滚向前。
  • He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。
3 annually
adv.一年一次,每年
  • Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
  • They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
4 idyllic
adj.质朴宜人的,田园风光的
  • These scenes had an idyllic air.这种情景多少有点田园气氛。
  • Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。
学英语单词
acculturational
Ahok
air servicer
air tube connector
allylisulfocarbamide
Alyssum lenense
annealing kiln
anti-detonant
arggh
bainitic
bank eligible bonds
birdsat
body persecution
butter knife
chin implant
cotton ball cloud
crankcase mayonnaise
crime of affray
crow pram
current collecting equipment with liquid metal
dilettanteish
Distoma hepaticum
DJC
drawing-in machine
elingued
epidihydrocholesterin
even zonal harmonics
exclusive-NOR gate
Fenmetrazin
fetichises
flowind
galula
gavots
glyco-nucleoprotein
group technology code
head-emptier
heat sensimeter
hyperbolic variational inequation
hypersensitive angiitis
impact matrix
Inner Manchuria
inscription on a tablet
interactive placement
Irurita
keesee
Kraynovka
lateral distal mandibular
layettes
layzer
ligmentum popliteum arcuatum
limits of audition
loflucarban
M.Ap.L.
metzincins
minimum-size
Nam Ha
nominal pressure rating
one-block
package management system
people's
photo typography
platinum resistance thermometry
Platt.
plot a distance
plumb perpendicular
predations
premature eruption of tooth
prison gangs
psychosociology
puts together
rectalox glaberi
respiratory environment
restored nonevent
Roulans
Samaritan Pentateuch
shaping amplifier
shipments sent
sill splicing
simple analytic function
somniferum
sound source room
spider-web antenna
spot radiation source
sunshine pill
Swainsona salsula
Syncalathium disciforme
tapman
tea-dancer
telepathising
tensor geometry
thromboresistant
to bake
toll communication network
tracer compound
travelblogs
ultrapure material
underinflated
use exertions
vaginal discharges
Veterans Affairs
vittore carpaccio
Vygozero, Ozero