【新唐人2010年6月18日訊】【看新聞學英語】

Tourists Flock to Manali, India to Beat the Heat

觀光客湧進印度馬納里避暑

By Wan-Chun Chang, David Lee

【新聞關鍵字】

1. flock vi.聚集

2. plain n.平原

3. magnet n.磁鐵

4. paragliding n.高崖跳傘運動

5. white water ph.激流

6. rafting n.泛舟運動

Summer temperatures continue to rise in the plains of India. To beat the heat, thousands set off to spend time in places like the town of Manali in India’s northern Himachal Pradesh state.

夏日的溫度在印度平原持續上升。為了對抗炎熱，數千人動身前往印馬納里北部的Himachal Pradesh城裡度假。

Here the cool weather and calm atmosphere act like a magnet attracting tourists to the area.

這裡的涼爽天氣，平靜的氣氛，就像磁鐵般地吸引觀光客到此。

[Shivani, Tourist from Punjab]:

“It is a nice place for holidays and atmosphere is also too good rather than compared to other states and other countries."

來自旁遮普的觀光客Shivani說：

“這是個度假的好地方，氣氛好到其他的國家無法相比。”

Every day during the month of June, more than 35,000 tourists visit Manali.

六月裡，每一天都有超過35,000名觀光客來到馬納里。

On weekends, as many as 50,000 tourists flock here.

每個週末，多達5萬名觀光客聚集於此。

Manali is a place where tourists can enjoy snow, winter sports like skiing, mountain biking, snow scooter riding, paragliding, white water rafting and other adventure sports.

馬納里是觀光客可以享受雪、冬季運動如滑雪、山中健騎、雪上機車、高崖跳傘運動、激流泛舟、以及其他冒險的運動的地方。

本新聞影音出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞

http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_life/2010-06-07/657245154552.html

【每日一句】

Are you in good shape?

你身體狀況好嗎？

【今日諺語】

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

逆境生智，而非富有

【看笑話，學英語】

Mr. Smith arrived his office in a hurry, an hour late. He was banged and bruised, and he had one arm in a sling. His clothes were torn and tattered.

史密斯先生匆忙地到達辦公室，遲到一小時。他被撞到瘀傷，一隻手懸著吊帶，他的衣服被撕到破爛。

His boss was purple with rage. “Look at your watch, it’s ten o’clock," screamed the boss, “you were supposed to be here at nine. What happened?"

他的老闆氣的臉色發紫：「看看你的錶，十點鐘了！」老闆吼叫著，「你應該九點就到了，怎麼回事？」

“I’m sorry," explained Mr. Smith, “I fell out of nine-story window."

“Then that took you a whole hour?"

「很抱歉」史密斯先生解釋：「我從九樓窗口掉下來」

「那麼那花了你整整一小時嗎？」