【英语趣味课堂】厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚-Ecuador and Colombia

 Katia: Hello Felipe, how are you?

Felipe: Hello, I'm fine.
 
Katia: Listen, I was 1 thinking 3 you know a lot about Ecuador and Colombia right?
 
Felipe: Yeah.
 
Katia: What is it that you like about those two countries or what is it that you don't like that much or what would 4 you like to change?
 
Felipe: Well, what I really love of both countries is nature 5 because, you know, my hobby is mountain climbing so I enjoy climbing high mountains in both countries because you have that, you know that in Colombia and Ecuador there is the highlands and you have really, really high mountains so I enjoy that. And also let's say one thing that I don't like is that cities are too big, you know, and if you get lost, if you travel 6 to Bogot·, it's huge 7 so I don't like cities in Colombia because they're so big, they're huge and you get lost.
 
Katia: What about in Ecuador? Quito, is it also a big city?
 
Felipe: Well it is a big city but it's not as 2 big as Bogot·. If you think, you can travel from the south to the north in a couple 8 of hours, maybe two hours, it's not that huge as Bogot·.
 
Katia: That is so interesting. What about something that you would like to change perhaps 9 of Ecuador or Colombia?
 
Felipe: Well, the only thing I would like to change is something about tourism 10 because you know that people overseas 11 outside of Colombia and Ecuador, they don't know too much about Colombia and Ecuador. So I don't know, I think the government 12 should, you know, make people overseas know more about Colombia and Ecuador so that we can attract 13 more tourists 14 to our countries.
 
Katia: That is so true 15. Actually 16 just by knowing more I want to go to Ecuador and Colombia.
 
Felipe: There you are, that's great.
 
Katia: So thank you Felipe.
 
Felipe: OK, you're welcome.
 
重点词汇：
 

Learn Vocabulary 17 from the lesson
get lost
 
Sometimes cities are too big, and you get lost. 
 
When you 'get lost,' you make a mistake 18 in the direction 19 that you are walking or driving, you arrive in an area 20 that you are not familiar 21 with.Notice 22 the following 23:
 
It's almost 24 impossible 25 to get lost around here.
I get lost a lot when I first move to a new city.
perhaps
 
 
What is something you would like to change, perhaps of Ecuador or Colombia?
 
'Perhaps' is another way to say 'maybe.' Notice the following:
 
I was going 26 to go for a bike ride or perhaps a run this afternoon.
Perhaps you should go to the doctor. You sound really sick.
huge
 
 
I don't like cities in Colombia because they are so big; they're huge.
 
Something 'huge' is really, really, really big. Notice the following:
 
This sweater is a size 27 medium 28, but it's huge.
It's impossible to understand how huge the ocean 29 really is.
overseas
 
 
People overseas don't know much about Colombia or Ecuador.
 
Here, people 'overseas' just means 30 people in a different country. Notice the following:
 
We are going on an overseas honeymoon 31 next month.
She has been living 32 overseas for most of the last 15 years.
There you are
 
 
There you are; that's great.
 
You can use this sentence 33 when you have given 34 someone 35 else something he wanted and the conversation 36 is ending 37. Notice the following:
 
There you are. Have a nice day.
I have the books that you wanted to borrow 38, so there you are.