賴世雄英語書信通Unit 37：向友人再次告知旅游近況函
February 18, 2005
Dear Joyce,
As you can see from the postmark, I’m now in Nepal. Katmandu is a really cool place. There are a lot of narrow, winding streets, ancient temples, and even cows wandering around. It’s like I’ve gone back in time. Of course, even here they have cars and Coca-Cola, but a lot of things don’t seem to have changed in centuries.
The people are interesting, too. Since Nepal is a poor country, it’s not surprising that there are a lot of beggars. There are also holy men called sadhus who wear colorful clothes and wander about asking for alms. The other day I spent an hour sitting on the steps of a temple watching people pass by.
My next stop is India. I’ll write you from there in a week or two.
Sincerely,
Vincent
親愛的喬依絲：
你可以在郵戳上看到，我現(xiàn)在正在尼泊爾。加德滿都真是一個很棒的地方。有很多窄而曲折的街道、古老的廟宇，甚至還有母牛四處走動。我仿佛回到了過去。當然連這里也看得到汽車和可口可樂，但許多事物似乎好幾個世紀以來都沒有改變過。
這里的人也十分有趣。因為尼泊爾是一個貧窮的國家，所以有很多乞丐并不令人感到意外。另外也有很多身著華美衣裳稱為圣人的宗教人士到處化緣。前幾天，我在一座廟宇的臺階上坐了一小時觀察來往的人群。
我下一站要到印度。一、兩個星期內(nèi)我會從那里寫信給你。
文森 敬上
2005年2月18日
字詞解說：
1. postmark 郵戳
2. Katmandu 加德滿都(尼泊爾首都)
3. cool (理)很棒的(=wonderful, fantastic, great)
例:I just saw a really cool movie.
(我剛才看了一部很棒的電影。)
4. ancient ['emfant] a.古代的
例:This ancient wall was built by the Romans.
(這座古墻是羅馬人建造的。)
5. cow [kau] n.牛
6, wander 四處走，徘徊
wander around/about四處溜達
例:The tourists went to the night market and wandered around for a few hours.
(那些觀光客到夜市四處溜達了幾個小時。)
7, century 一世紀(一百年)
8. beggar乞丐
例:Beggars can't be choosers.
(乞丐不得選擇所乞討的東西;饑不擇食—諺語。)
9. holy 圣潔的，德高的
10. sadhu (印度、尼泊爾等國的)僧侶
11. ask for.二要求……
例:The beggar asked for some money and a cigarette.
(那個乞丐乞討一些錢和一根煙。)
12. alms 救濟金，施舍物(恒用復數(shù))
13. the other day前幾天
例:I met her in a bookstore the other day.
(前幾天，我在一家書店里遇見她。)
