美語情景對話 第275期:Walkabout 流浪
Todd: Aaron, sometimes I hear from Australians, the term, have a walk-about, or walk-about!
託德：亞倫，有時我會聽澳大利亞人說到“流浪”這件事！Aaron: A walk-about is an aboriginal word. It basically, means an aboriginal boy, when he is growing up goes for a long walk, maybe for twelve months, and he doesn't see his family and he has to live off the land. He can't, he doesn't have money so he can't buy food, he can't buy anything, and he just hunts for food. It's not so common now, and I've never had to do it, but it's more of an old story from the aborigines who tell you about a walk-about.
亞倫：流浪是澳大利亞土著語。大意是說，一個土著男孩長大以後，會去遠行，可能會用12個月的時間，這期間他不會和家人見面，而且要以土地爲生。他不能，他沒有錢，所以他不能剛買食物，他什麼也買不了，他只能去打獵來獲取食物。現在這種情況不是很常見，我從來沒有做過這種事，這很像土著講的老故事，他們會告訴你有關流浪的事情。Todd: Do you know anybody who's ever done it?
託德：那你認識做過這件事的人嗎？
Aaron: No, I've never know anybody to do it, but I don't know if it's a true story or, I don't think it's common now, but maybe in the old days, maybe a hundred years ago, it was common for them to do it, but now they don't.
亞倫：不，我認識的人都沒有做過，不過我不太清楚這不是真實的故事，我認爲現在並不常見，不過可能在過去，也許幾百年以前，這種事很常見，不過現在沒有人做了。Todd: So, there's lots of different aboriginal people in Australia. Where does, which aboriginal tribe does this come from, or group?
託德：那，澳大利亞有許多種不同的土著。這個來自於哪個土著部落呢？Aaron: OK, I'm not sure what tribe it comes from but the aboriginals in the Northern Territories, which is all desert are probably the most famous for it, near Darwin and the top end we way, the north of Australia, where it's very mountainous, and you could walk for a year, and never find your way anywhere.
亞倫：嗯，我不能確定這來自哪個部落，不過在全是沙漠的北部領土的土著人以“流浪”而聞名，那裏位於達爾文市附近，澳大利亞最北端，那裏屬於山區，你可能走上一年，會找不到路的。
重點講解：
1. live off
依賴……生活；
eg. I don't know how she manages to live off her painting.
我不知道她怎麼能以畫畫爲生。
eg. The whole population of the village live off tourism.
全村的人都以旅遊業爲生。
2. hear from
聽說；從…聽到；
eg. What are you hearing from people there?
你在那裏都聽到人們說了些什麼？
When they did not hear from her, they feared the worst.
他們那時聽不到她的消息，唯恐發生了最糟的事。
3. be famous for
因 ... 而聞名；
eg. Dunhuang is famous for its mural art.
敦煌以它的壁畫藝術而聞名。
eg. He is famous for the excellence of his fine arts.
他以優秀的美術作品而聞名。
