美語情景對話 第471期:Tips for New Zealand 新西蘭旅行貼士

Todd: So Kate, if somebody had a month to spend in New Zealand where do you recommend they go and what do you recommend they do?

託德：凱特，如果有人打算用一個月的時間在新西蘭旅遊，那你會建議他們去哪遊覽或建議他們做什麼？

Kate: Well most often you will fly into Auckland airport so you can start off in Auckland whch is a nice big city, however the most important thing about New Zealand is the smaller countryside parts of New Zealand, so you should go up to the north… past… further north than Auckland. Go to the beautiful beaches and you can go all the way up to a place called 'Cape Reinga' which is the very top of New Zealand. From there you can see the Pacific ocean.

凱特：一般來說，你乘坐的航班會在奧克蘭機場降落，所以你可以從奧克蘭開始遊覽，那是一個漂亮的大城市，不過新西蘭最著名的是小型鄉村的美景，所以你應該往北走……去奧克蘭以北的地方。在美麗的海灘玩耍後，你可以一直往北到一個名爲雷因格海角的地方，那裏是新西蘭的最北端。在那裏你可以欣賞到太平洋的美景。

Todd: Sounds nice.

託德：聽起來不錯。

Kate: Yeah, it's very beautiful.

凱特：是啊，景色非常漂亮。

Todd: How long do you recommend someone stays there?

託德：你建議在那裏待多長時間？

Kate: Just stay there maybe only a couple of days, maybe a week maximum at the top of New Zealand. Just get to see some beaches and the top of the north island, Cape Reinga.' And then travel down the island by car or just hire a car or a camper van. You can just sleep in the camper van or on the camping ground and one, it's cheap and it's a lot more fun with your friends.

凱特：幾天的時間就夠了，在新西蘭最北端的時間不要超過一個星期。欣賞欣賞海灘和北島最北端的雷因格海角就可以了。之後開車沿着海島旅行，你可以租輛車或是租輛房車。這樣就可以在房車裏睡覺了，也可以在露營區睡覺，這樣比較划算，而且可以和朋友們享受到更多的樂趣。

Todd: Sounds like a good time. So when you go camping, when you move down the islands, the north island or the south island, what do you recommend that they see or do?

託德：聽起來會度過很愉快的時光。那要是去北島或是南島露營，你建議他們欣賞什麼景觀或是做什麼？

Kate: Well definitely go to the national park. It's called Tongariro national park. It's where Lord of the Rings was filmed.

凱特：當然要去國家公園了。湯加里羅國家公園，那裏是電影《魔戒》的取景地。

Todd: Oh woah!

託德：哇哦！

Kate: And I'm sure if you've seen that movie you can.. you know the beautiful scenery that was there. Really amazing.

凱特：我確定如果你看過那部電影，你就知道那裏的景色有多美了。美得令人驚歎。

Todd: Good deal. So besides Auckland are there any other cities that people should see?

託德：太棒了。除了奧克蘭，還有其他推薦遊玩的城市嗎？

Kate: Then you can go down to Wellington, the capital city and you can just see the museum and the harbour. Just the museums. That's the main thing.

凱特：你可以去首都惠靈頓，參觀博物館和海港。可以主要參觀博物館。

Todd: Ok well, sounds like a nice country to visit. I would definitely go!

託德：好，聽起來這是個值得遊覽的國家。我一定會去新西蘭旅行的！

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重點講解：
1. fly into
（使）乘飛機到達；
eg. Pilots fly into the area every year, hoping to see the intriguing clouds.
飛行員每年都會飛往這片區域，希望能看見這些迷人的雲彩。
eg. This depends on what airport you fly into.
這視你抵達在哪一個機場而定。
2. start off
使開始；
eg. If you try to start off in top gear you'll stall.
要是剛一發動就用最高擋，那就會熄火。
eg. We've set some rules and we have all that we will start off again from these.
我們訂立了一些規矩，並且我們全部同意將跟從這些規矩重新開始。
3. all the way
（強調距離）一路；
eg. He rushed all the way to the station only to miss the train.
他一路衝往車站，結果還是錯過了火車。
eg. He has come all the way from Leeds to look for a job.
他從利茲遠道而來尋找工作。
4. a couple of
兩個；幾個；
eg. Dave, the pianist, played it over a couple of times.
演奏鋼琴的戴夫將這支曲子反覆彈了兩三遍。
eg. I'll see you later, I have a couple of things to do.
以後我去看你，我有幾件事情要做。