时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语练习册


英语课
托德和海迪在讨论蒙古有什么好玩的,准备去度假
 
Todd: So Heidi, I was talking with my friend and he actually lives in Mongolia now and he says it’s a great place. He recommended that I go there. So if I go to Mongolia, what season is the best season to go?
Heidi: Fall.
 
Todd: In the fall?
 
Heidi: Yes, because in the fall we have a celebration called Naadam and that’s the best time to go. And you get to see horse racing 1 and archery and wrestling and so many tourist come to Mongolia at that time.
 
Todd: Okay, now in your city, what is one food I should definitely try?
 
Heidi: Well I would say khuushuur.
 
Todd: Wow. khuushuur?
 
Heidi: Yes. Everyone loves it. And for me, I love it too. It looks like dumpling but fried and it’s more bigger and inside is meat.
 
Todd: So it’s like a dumpling and inside it’s meat.
 
Heidi: Yes.
 
Todd: So outside, the dumpling part, it is like bread or is it like...
 
Heidi: It’s a flour, yeah.
 
Todd: Like a flour-based...
 
Heidi: Yes
 
Todd: Okay, now Mongolia is quite famous for meat, correct? So, what is probably the most popular meat?
 
Heidi: Beef.
 
Todd: Beef?
 
Heidi: Yes.
 
Todd: So not chicken, not fish...?
 
Heidi: We don’t really eat chicken and we don’t eat fish. Well, we have a river fish. It’s like really delicious but then we don’t have sea so seafood 2 is not popular at all.
 
Todd: So people mainly eat beef.
 
Heidi: Yes.
 
Todd: So when I’m there in your country, what place should I go to. Like, what should I see?
 
Heidi: Probably, [it’s] better to go to the countryside because if you go to Ulan Bator it’s just the same as other cities -- other cities around the world. But the countryside is a whole different world. And the countryside is where you can see the Mongolian tent and horses, like, Nomadic 3 places like where people live in the outside. That’s the best place for foreigners to go.
 
Todd: Is there anything I should buy? Like, what would be a good souvenir or gift from your country?
 
Heidi: Well, in the department stores they have sections for Mongolian traditional gifts and stuff so probably you can get the tent -- a small tent.
 
Todd: A little tent?
 
Heidi: Yeah, and then if you open the door you can actually see all the furniture is inside it. So it’s kind of interesting.
 
Todd: Wow, like a little doll house?
 
Heidi: Yes.
 
Todd: Okay, wow, it sounds good. I hope to go.
 
Vocabulary
 
archery
 
Archery is a sport where the players shoot at targets with a bow and arrow. In Mongolia, the sport of archery was traditionally practiced to develop military skills. They continue the tradition in the Mongolian Olympics. Notice the following:
 
The archers 4 were incredibly accurate. They could shoot an apple from 100 meters.
Archery made early human beings much better at hunting animals for food.
wrestling
 
A sport between two people where the fighters try to control their opponent and hold them on the ground. It is one of the most popular events in the Mongolian Olympics. In Mongolian wrestling there are no weight classes so a very large wrestler 5 may compete against a much smaller opponent. Notice the following:
 
Wrestling is a very difficult sport.
I wouldn’t want to make a wrestler angry.
horse racing
 
Horse racing is a sport where the rider of each horse tries to be the fastest. In many parts of the world, people place bets on the winner and try to win money. In the Mongolian Olympics, mostly children participate in the long 20-30 kilometer races. Notice the following:
 
I went to the horse races when I was in Las Vegas and I won 400 dollars.
In my opinion, watching horse racing is more interesting than watching a marathon.
dumpling
 
So it’s like a dumpling and inside it’s meat.
 
A ball of dough 6 made of flour and then deep fried or steamed. In Mongolia, dumplings filled with meat are called Khuushuur. Notice the following:
 
During the holidays, my grandmother used to make dumplings.
The steamed dumplings were absolutely delicious.
tent
 
The countryside is where you can see the Mongolian tent.
 
A tent is a shelter supported by poles that can easily be taken down and moved to a new place. Modern tents for camping are made of light nylon materials. Mongolian tents are called yurts. Traditional yurts have a wooden frame and are covered with lambs’ wool. Notice the following:
 
We went camping in the mountains. At night, we slept in a tent.
Nomads 7 are people who move from place to place and sleep in tents.

1 racing
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
2 seafood
n.海产食品,海味,海鲜
  • There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
  • Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。
3 nomadic
adj.流浪的;游牧的
  • This tribe still live a nomadic life.这个民族仍然过着游牧生活。
  • The plowing culture and the nomadic culture are two traditional principal cultures in China.农耕文化与游牧文化是我国传统的两大主体文化。
4 archers
n.弓箭手,射箭运动员( archer的名词复数 )
  • The next evening old Mr. Sillerton Jackson came to dine with the Archers. 第二天晚上,西勒顿?杰克逊老先生来和阿切尔家人一起吃饭。 来自辞典例句
  • Week of Archer: Double growth for Archers and Marksmen. 射手周:弓箭手与弩手(人类)产量加倍。 来自互联网
5 wrestler
n.摔角选手,扭
  • The wrestler tripped up his opponent.那个摔跤运动员把对手绊倒在地。
  • The stronger wrestler won the first throw.较壮的那个摔跤手第一跤就赢了。
6 dough
n.生面团;钱,现款
  • She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
  • The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。
7 nomads
n.游牧部落的一员( nomad的名词复数 );流浪者;游牧生活;流浪生活
  • For ten years she dwelled among the nomads of North America. 她在北美游牧民中生活了十年。
  • Nomads have inhabited this region for thousands of years. 游牧民族在这地区居住已有数千年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
aerosil
Authon-du-Perche
automatically programmed tools language
axoplasmic flow
blemished
bonito stick
Brachytome wallichii
bromocriptine, bromocryptine
bruneau r.
Brynkovskaya
Captocillin
cattle-trespasses
Chadwick, Sir James
chiddler
cholangiofiberscope
co-construction
coelioxys rhinosus
complex image
compound dyke
control transfer operation
coonhounds
corrugated (card) board
cultural implication
dernier-cri
dianemobius chibae
differences of co-ordinates
east malaysias
electrophotometry
endo-intoxication
Episcopia
et cetera
European redbud
evil-favoured
expanding lid
facial
fireballs
foldomes
Gelidium corneum Lamouroux
genus Conilurus
gland excretory duct
glottis
guayaba
hambrecht
heygate
ion(ic) mobility
ionic size
iphone effect
it's a wonder
know what it is
let be
liquid roofing
mineralized limestone
molecular graphics
molecular rotatory power
monetary agreement
moonward
mrap vehicle
myxoboluss
n-nitroso
navigation light inverter
neutral combustion
neutron radiobiology
nubbing
one-credit
optical character recognition (ocr)
overcompetition
overuse
oxycarpus
part(ly) cloudy
partial innovation
perfumery crop
pontellopsis strenua
psychogalvanometric
rate of water consumption
ready-issue room
return of loans
sasakwa
scutum pectoris
semoted
sexual-assault
shave-rush
shot copper
Sibiti
sickleman
sinoatrial rhythm
slurry water content
snailflowers
specification of quality
Sstreptocccus thermophilus
stavesacre
steep turn
subclavian arteries
suprapubicly
Taunton turkey
test ... out
Thomas,Clarence
three-roll bending machine
unbrookable
uni-FET
West Godavari
Wolof empire
work upon