美语情景对话 第446期:Kiwi Summers 新西兰的夏天

Todd: So, Mark, what do Kiwis like to do in the summer?

托德：马克，新西兰人在夏天喜欢做什么？

Mark: Yeah, I think the first thing for some people to realise is that Christmas is midsummer in New Zealand.

马克：我想一些人应该首先意识到圣诞节正值新西兰的盛夏时节。

Todd: Oh nice!

托德：哦真好！

Mark: So Kiwis combine Christmas holiday and New Year holiday with a summer vacation as well. I can remember when I was small, we'd have family Christmases and then the next day, which is Boxing Day, we'd go to the beach or we'd travel somewhere and rent a small house on the beach. They call them 'batches' in the north of the island or 'cribs' in the south island. And you just spend 4, 5 days, maybe a week, 2 weeks, just swimming in the sea, playing in the sand dunes, walks in the forest: just a really relaxing time with family and family friends.

马克：所以新西兰人把圣诞假期、元旦假期和夏日假期结合到一起。我记得我小的时候，我们会一家人一起过圣诞节，圣诞节后就是节礼日，我们会去海滩或者去其他地方旅行，然后在海滩上租间小房子。岛屿北部的人称房屋为batches，而南部的人称之为cribs。你可以在那里度过四五天，甚至是一两周的时间，可以在海里游泳，在沙丘上玩耍，在森林里散步；和家人和朋友享受休闲时光。

Todd: That sounds nice, so you know in Australia they're really big on surfing. Do a lot of people surf in New Zealand?

托德：听起来不错，你知道澳大利亚人非常热衷于冲浪。新西兰喜欢冲浪运动的人多吗？

Mark: There is a surfing population. I think the Australian beaches are probably much larger and maybe they have better waves, I don't know, but several of my friends used to go on surfing holidays in summer as well.

马克：有喜欢冲浪的人。我认为澳大利亚的海滩要大得多，而且可能那里的海浪也更适合冲浪，我不清楚，不过我的一些朋友在夏日假期也经常去冲浪。

Todd: And what foods do people like to eat when they get together for the summer?

托德：那人们一起过夏日假期时喜欢吃什么食物？

Mark: Barbecue is almost the national obsession in summertime, you know, you'd just throw a sausage on the barbie or friends would ring up and say 'hey, it's a nice night, let's have a barbie!'. I think all my friends have their own barbecue set.

马克：新西兰人在夏天最喜欢的是烧烤，你可能刚刚开始烤香肠，你的朋友就会打电话来说“嗨，这是个美好的夜晚，我们去烧烤吧！”我觉得我所有的朋友都有烧烤装备。

Todd: What meats do people barbecue?

托德：人们喜欢烤什么肉吃？

Mark: Again, New Zealand foods used to very much sort of be the lamb or beef, but now it's getting a lot more varied, you can grill a nice fish on the barbecue, you can still have sausage, chicken, pork, beef, lamb, whatever you want.

马克：我要再说一次，新西兰食物以前基本以羊肉和牛肉为主，不过现在种类就很多了，烧烤时可以烤新鲜的鱼类，也可以烤香肠、鸡肉、猪肉、牛肉、羊肉等等，任何你喜欢的食物都可以烤。

Todd: Yeah, it sounds good. OK, well thanks, Mark.

托德：好，听起来真不错。谢谢，马克。

Mark: OK.

马克：好的。

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重点讲解：
1. combine with
（使）结合；（使）组合；（使）综合；
eg. I am partial to desserts that combine fresh fruit with fine pastry.
我偏爱加有新鲜水果的精致油酥甜点。
eg. The furniture managed to combine practicality with elegance.
那些家具将实用和典雅完美结合。
2. be big on sth.
热衷于；
eg. That engineer is big on research.
那个工程师热衷于研究工作。
eg. I'm not very big on eating raw meat.
我并不喜欢吃生肉。
3. ring up
给…打电话；
eg. You can ring us up anytime.
你随时都可以给我们打电话。
eg. John rang up and invited himself over for dinner.
约翰打电话来，主动要求过来吃晚饭。