美語情景對話 第939期:Hiking in Africa 非洲徒步旅行
Jana: Peter, you're from South Africa, right?
嘉娜：彼得，你來自南非，對嗎？Peter: That's right, yeah.
彼得：沒錯。Jana: I heard there's a lot of beautiful mountains that are famous for hikes. Is that true?
嘉娜：我聽說南非有很多漂亮的高山，非常適合徒步。是這樣嗎？
Peter: That's true, yeah. Actually, I've been hiking since I was in elementary school really because there's so much, there are so many hikes to go on. The area that I grew up is actually quite close to the Drakensberg which is a famous mountain range in South Africa and it runs almost the whole length of the country and there are so many hikes, camping spots, places that you could go to and the hikes that you can go on for like a day, or two days, a week, ten days, a month if you want to. Really so much so I used to go most, I guess most holidays, or twice or three times a year even go hiking.
彼得：沒錯。我從小學開始徒步旅行，因爲有很多可以徒步的地方。我成長的地方離德拉肯斯山很近，這座山是南非著名的山脈，幾乎橫跨整個南非，有很多徒步旅行地和露營地，你可以選擇爲期一天、兩天、一週或是10天的徒步旅行路線。有很多路線可以選擇，我以前在節假日會去徒步旅行，一年大概去兩三次。Jana: That sounds great. Is it safe? Are there any dangerous animals like snakes?
嘉娜：聽起來太棒了。那安全嗎？有沒有蛇之類的危險動物？Peter: I guess, hmm I guess I'd have to say yes to that but in all my years of hiking, I have, I have seen many snakes but I've never been bitten or even felt in danger. Like once or twice maybe but South Africa is like also famous for its many poisonous snakes and there are quite a few things that you'd rather avoid but I guess, especially in the Drakensberg, the altitude for the mountains it's quite high so not many dangerous animals live at high altitude if I can put it that way. So it's really, it's really kind of, yeah, it's not dangerous I would say. Like obviously you have to take care and, you know, go during times of the year that is less, that you are less likely to get caught in a snowstorm or get snowed in or freeze to death or something but I think if you take adequate preparation there shouldn't be any problem and it's really gorgeously beautiful.
彼得：我想應該是有的，不過雖然我徒步旅行時看到過很多蛇，但是我從來沒有被蛇咬傷過，我也沒有感覺到危險。南非也因有許多毒蛇而聞名，有許多事是你最好避免的，不過尤其像德拉肯斯山這樣的地方海拔非常高，可以說，生活在高海拔的危險動物並不多。所以我認爲那裏並不是很危險。顯然，你要小心，選擇在一年中不會被暴風雪困住或是不會被凍僵的時間去徒步，在準備充足的情況下，應該不會有任何問題，那裏真的非常壯美。Jana: It sounds really nice. Is it easy to get to? Do you need a car to get around?
嘉娜：聽起來真好。去那裏方便嗎？需要車嗎？Peter: Yes. Mostly you should, you should, you need a car and in some places you'd even need a...
彼得：需要。你需要開車去一些地方，你甚至還需要……Jana: Helicopter?
嘉娜：直升飛機？Peter: No. I guess you could go with a helicopter but like if you have something like a Land Rover or a Land Cruiser or a four by four vehicle of some kind then you could get even into more beautiful places and more far away distant places that I would recommend even more. There are really so many places you can go to.
彼得：不是，我想你可以坐直升飛機去，不過如果你開路虎或是豐田陸地巡洋艦或是四驅車，你可以去更多美麗的地方，可以去更遠的地區，我可以推薦。有很多地方可以去。Jana: It sounds really great. I'll ask you again. Hopefully one day I will get a chance to visit South Africa.
嘉娜：聽起來真不錯。我會再問你的。希望有一天我有機會去南非遊玩。Peter: Yes, you should, you should go I say. Do you like hiking?
彼得：你應該去。你喜歡徒步旅行嗎？Jana: I do but I hardly ever go, you know, as you get so busy with your daily life and I like the idea of hiking but I hardly ever go, do any sort of outdoor activity but yeah I guess it's a good thing to do during holidays.
嘉娜：我喜歡，不過我很少去，因爲日常生活太忙了，我很喜歡徒步，不過我很少有機會進行戶外活動，不過我想可以在節假日去。Peter: Hmm.
彼得：嗯。Jana: Yeah, when I was a kid we often went to the mountains with my parents so we would go for walks, short hikes, that kind of thing.
嘉娜：我小時候經常和父母一起去山區玩，我們會散步、短程徒步。Peter: OK.
彼得：好。Jana: But yeah then one just gets a bit busy with the daily life so I kind of forgot.
嘉娜：但是後來生活忙碌了以後，我就忘了這種活動了。Peter: Yeah, life really has a way to get away with one, it really goes fast.
彼得：嗯，生活真的過得很快。
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重點講解：
1. be close to 近的；接近的；
例句：The church is close to the school.
教堂在學校附近。
2. be famous for 著名的；有名的；
例句：Spain used to be famous for its strong armada.
西班牙曾以其強大的艦隊而著稱。
3. take care 當心；留心；
例句：Take care not to cut off the buds.
當心不要把幼芽切掉。
4. get around 到處旅行；遊歷；
例句：Cycling is a cheap way to get around.
騎自行車是一種省錢的旅遊方式。
