美语情景对话 第267期:India 印度(2)

Indians are great people. I love Indians. They are very happy and very fun, and very welcoming people even though Indians are poor, many Indians are poor, they're still very nice, and when you go to Indian, India, the Indians welcome you there, and they're very happy that you're in their country, and you feel this happiness and it makes you happy, and it's a great place.

印度民众都非常棒。我喜欢印度人。他们幸福又快乐，而且也很热情，虽然他们很贫穷，大部分印度人都很穷，但是他们人非常好，当你前往印度的时候，印度民众会热情的欢迎你，他们很开心你们来到他们的国家，而你会感受到这种幸福，这会使你很高兴，那里是个很棒的地方。

India is full of surprises. When you are in India you see many things that are very shocking and very strange to your culture. For example, the cow is a very holy animal there. It's part of the religion so you don't eat meat in India, and the cows are allowed to go free and go wherever they want, so maybe when you are driving down the street there will be a cow standing in the middle of the road and you have to drive around him, so this is very, very strange sight. You'll never see a cow in New York city, but you will see a cow in the middle of New Delhi city and it's very surprising at first, and maybe another strange site are the holy men, the Indian Sadus or Indian holy men. They give up everything. They give up their family, they give up all their belongings. They give up their car, their money, and they just wonder around the country, from religious site to religious site, and they beg for their food and they beg for money to take the bus, and they all wear orange, orange robes and many of them have big long beards and long hair, and they are very distinctive looking, and their very wonderful people, very kind and very nice, and they're very, their inner strength for their religion and for life is very strong and you learn a lot from these people, and you learn a lot from India.

印度充满了惊喜。你在印度时会看到事情，这些事情以你们的文化看来可能震惊又奇怪。举例来说，牛在印度是非常神圣的动物。这是宗教的一部分，所以在印度不能吃肉，而且印度允许牛类自由前往它们想去的任何地方，所以，当你沿街开车时，你可能会看到有只牛站在路中间，而你必须要绕过它，这是非常非常奇怪的景象。你永远不会在纽约市看到牛，可你会在新德里市中心看到牛，刚开始这种情况非常令人惊讶，而另一个奇怪的事情就是圣人，印度圣人。他们放弃了一切。他们放弃了他们的家人，放弃了他们的财产，放弃了他们的车、钱财，他们只是在印度各地游走，从一个宗教场所到另一个宗教场所，他们乞讨食物和钱财来支付公车费用，他们都身着橘色长袍，他们中的许多人都留着长长的胡子和长发，他们的相貌很独特，他们是非常了不起的人，和蔼可亲，他们对所信奉宗教和生活的内在力量很强大，你会从这些人身上学到许多东西，你也会从印度民众身上学到很多东西。

重点讲解：
1. even though
即使；尽管；纵然；
eg. Even though I'm supposed to be working by myself, there are other people who I can interact with.
即便是需要我一个人工作，我还是可以和别人进行交流的。
eg. It's a thrilling movie even though it lacks subtlety.
这部电影虽说不算精巧，但还是扣人心弦的。
2. be full of
有大量…的；满是…的；充满；
eg. The streets are still full of debris from two nights of rioting.
街道上仍到处可见连续两晚的骚乱留下的残迹。
eg. Mom's face was full of pain.
妈妈的脸上写满了痛苦。
3. at first
最初；起初；开始时；
eg. The drugs work well at first but gradually lose their effectiveness.
这些药的效果起初非常好，但后来逐渐失效。
eg. Driving on the left is strange at first but you get used to it.
沿著路的左侧驾驶刚开始时有些别扭，可是习惯了就好了。
4. give up
放弃；戒除；
eg. Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.
海岸警卫队对两位潜水员生还已完全不抱希望。
eg. He was not prepared to give up that easily.
他可不是个善罢甘休的人。
5. beg for
讨（食物、钱等）；恳求，乞求；
eg. In those years they were forced to beg for a living.
那些年他们被迫乞讨维生。
eg. We are not going to beg for help any more.
我们不会再乞求帮助。