美語情景對話 第1164期:Best Beach in Sri Lanka 斯里蘭卡最棒的海灘

Widuri: Now, can you tell me more about another famous place in Sri Lanka?

威杜裏：你能再介紹一個斯里蘭卡的著名景點嗎？

Danu: Sure. As I mentioned before, Sri Lanka is a beautiful island.

達努：當然可以。我之前提到過，斯里蘭卡是一個美麗的島國。

Widuri: Yes.

威杜裏：對。

Danu: So Tooth Relic and the city of Kandy is right in the middle of Sri Lanka.

達努：我還提到了佛牙，而坎迪市就位於斯里蘭卡中部。

Widuri: Oh, I see.

威杜裏：哦，我知道了。

Danu: If you go to the coastal area, there are so many beautiful beaches.

達努：如果你去沿海地區，你會發現那裏有很多美麗的海灘。

Widuri: Wow.

威杜裏：哇哦。

Danu: And I will talk about the place called Marble Beach.

達努：我要介紹的地方名爲大理石沙灘。

Widuri: Marble Beach.

威杜裏：大理石沙灘。

Danu: Why do you think we call it the Marble Beach?

達努：你認爲爲什麼那裏名爲大理石沙灘？

Widuri: Marble Beach. Maybe because the sands look like marble?

威杜裏：大理石沙灘。可能是因爲那裏的沙子看上去像大理石？

Danu: Exactly. When you get in the sea, the sea bed looks like exactly like marble.

達努：完全正確。你在海里的時候，海底看上去非常像大理石。

Widuri: Wow.

威杜裏：哇哦。

Danu: It's so blue, it shines when the sun is bright. You can see even from far away the blue sea bed of Marble Beach.

達努：海底是藍色的，在陽光明媚的日子裏，海底會閃閃發光。在遠離大理石沙灘的地方也能看到藍色的海底。

Widuri: Wow.

威杜裏：哇哦。

Danu: And the best thing about the Marble Beach is for about 1 kilometer, the depth of water is the same. It's really, really shallow.

達努：大理石沙灘最棒的地方在於，那裏的面積大約爲1公里，水也很淺。非常淺。

Widuri: Oh yeah?

威杜裏：真的嗎？

Danu: So nobody drowns if you swim in Marble Beach. You can swim even if you cannot swim.

達努：所以沒有人在大理石沙灘游泳會溺水。即使你不會游泳，也可以在那裏游泳。

Widuri: Oh really?

威杜裏：哦，真的嗎？

Danu: Yes. And since Sri Lanka is a tropical country, if it is not the rainy season, Marble Beach will be filled with people from outside Sri Lanka as well as with the people from Sri Lanka, local people and foreign people because tourists, they love to do sun bathing.

達努：對。斯里蘭卡是熱帶國家，如果不是雨季，那大理石沙灘會擠滿來自世界各地的遊客，當然也有斯里蘭卡本地人，既有當地人也有外國人，因爲遊客喜歡曬日光浴。

Widuri: Yeah, they are. Have you visited that Marble Beach?

威杜裏：對，沒錯。你去過大理石沙灘嗎？

Danu: Yes, so many times. Usually, my friends and we do road trips to this place because the road to Marble Beach is very beautiful and especially, there is no police in this area so you can drive freely.

達努：我去過很多次。通常，我會和朋友開車去，因爲通往大理石沙灘的那條公路非常漂亮，而且那裏沒有警察，你可以自由自在地開車。

Widuri: Oh I see. So you mentioned that Kandy is in the middle of Sri Lanka and this one is in the southern part.

威杜裏：我知道了。你剛提到坎迪位於斯里蘭卡中部，而大理石沙灘位於斯里蘭卡南部。

Danu: No. Kandy is in the central part of Sri Lanka and Marble Beach in northeastern part of Sri Lanka.

達努：不是。坎迪位於斯里蘭卡中部，大理石沙灘位於斯里蘭卡東北部。

Widuri: Is it far?

威杜裏：這兩個地方離得遠嗎？

Danu: It is roughly 170 kilometers from my city.

達努：大理石沙灘離我的家鄉城市坎迪大約170公里。

Widuri: Oh, not so far. Interesting. Any other famous place near those two places?

威杜裏：哦，不是太遠。有意思。這兩個地方附近還有其他著名景點嗎？

Danu: Oh yes, sure. Near Marble Beach, there's another Hindu temple.

達努：哦，當然有了。在大理石沙灘附近，還有一座印度教寺廟。

Widuri: Okay.

威杜裏：好。

Danu: And the landscape of this temple is very interesting because in Sri Lanka, usually, around the beach, around the coastal area, there are no highlands or mountains. But this exact Hindu temple is situated on a little mountain right next to Marble Beach. And if you look down from the Hindu temple, it's like a cliff. It's like a straight fall into the water.

達努：這座寺廟的景色非常特別，因爲在斯里蘭卡，通常海灘和海岸地區附近，沒有高地或高山。但是這座印度教寺廟就坐落在大理石沙灘旁邊的一座小山上。如果你從這座寺廟往下看，看上去就像懸崖一樣。好像會直接掉入水中一樣。

Widuri: Wow.

威杜裏：哇哦。

Danu: So there had been people jumping off from here and trying to suicide as well.

達努：所以，有人會從那裏跳下去，試圖自殺。

Widuri: Oh really?

威杜裏：真的嗎？

Danu: As an offering to the god.

達努：作爲上帝的祭品。

Widuri: Wow.

威杜裏：哇哦。

Danu: Yeah.

達努：嗯。

Widuri: That's a bit scary. But it's so interesting. So near that Marble Beach, we have the beautiful cliff plus the Hindu temple.

威杜裏：那有些嚇人。不過也很有意思。在大理石沙灘附近，有美麗的懸崖和印度教寺廟。

Danu: That's true.

達努：沒錯。

Widuri: Very interesting. Wow, I definitely want to go there. I will stay at your house and then we go to both...

威杜裏：真有趣。哇哦，我一定要去那裏遊玩。我可以住在你家，然後我們兩個一起去……

Danu: Temple of the Tooth Relic...

達努：佛牙寺……

Widuri: Yes, and then...

威杜裏：對，還有……

Danu: And the Marble Beach.

達努：大理石沙灘。

Widuri: The Marble Beach and then to the Hindu temple.

威杜裏：去大理石沙灘，然後去那座印度教寺廟。

Danu: Definitely, I'll be your guide.

達努：一定要去，我可以當你的導遊。

Widuri: Oh thank you, Danu.

威杜裏：哦，謝謝你，達努。

Danu: Thank you, Widuri.

達努：謝謝你，威杜裏。

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重點講解：
1. in the middle of 中部；中央；中間；
例句：I reached for the lamp, which stood in the middle of the table.
我伸手去夠位於桌子中央的燈。
2. even if 即使；儘管；縱然；
例句：Don't let down even if the going is good.
即便在順利的情況下也不要鬆勁。
3. be filled with (使)裝滿；(使)注滿；(使)充滿；
例句：Soon the hall was filled with people.
不久，大廳就坐滿了人。
4. love to do sth. 喜歡；喜愛；
例句：Children love to paddle at the beach.
孩子們喜歡在海灘嬉水。