Talking about the beach

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Neil: Hello and welcome to real easy English, we're back with another convey in easy English to help you learn, I'm Neil.

大家好欢迎来到真易英语，我们又回到了另外一个话题，帮助你学习的简单英语…

Becca: And I'm Becca, and you can find a video version of this podcast on our website that comes with subtitles to help you learning,that's at BBC Learningenglish.com.

…你可以先到视频，我们BBC英语学习网站上带字幕的博客将帮助你学习。

Neil：Hi Becca, how are you? 嗨，贝克尔，你好吗？

Becca：I'm really well thank you, Neil. How about yourself?

我很好，谢谢，尼尔。你呢？

Neil：I'm very well, you look very relaxed though, so what have you been doing? 我很好，你看上去倒是很放松，最近在忙些什么？

Becca： Well, I recently been to the beach. I went to my… to visit my parents and they live quite close to the beach so that's probably why I… I look and feel very relaxed.

我最近去了海边。我去看望父母，他们住得离海滩很近，所以这可能就是为什么我看起来和感觉起来都很放松。

Neil： The beach fantastic. Well, we are talking about the beach today…Ok, Becca, when you have a beach day, do you like to sunbathe? Which means lying on the beach in the sun doing nothing , or do you prefer to do something active like swimming? People often play sports on the beach, that kind of thing.

海滩真是棒极了。今天我们来聊聊海滩。贝卡，去海边的时候你喜欢日光浴吗？就是躺在沙滩上晒太阳什么也不做，还是更喜欢游泳这类活动？人们常在沙滩上进行体育运动。类似这样的事情。

Becca: I do love to sunbathe, but we don't have a lot of sun in the UK, and the temperatures aren't always the best for sunbathing, but it's still something I really enjoy doing. I'll sunbathe for a little bit. I'll kind of I'll cook under the sun and then I'll go for a swim to cool down. But yeah, I… I prefer more relaxing activities. I know some people enjoy like beach volleyball or some people like a long..long coastal walks. But yeah, I prefer kind of just staying in one…one spot and relaxing there. How about you?

我确实很爱晒太阳，但英国阳光实在不多，而且气温也不总适合日光浴。尽管如此，这依然是我非常享受的事。我会晒上一小会儿，在阳光下暖暖身子，然后游个泳凉快一下。总的来说，我更喜欢轻松的活动。我知道有人爱打沙滩排球，或者喜欢长长的海岸漫步，但我更愿意待在同一个地方放松。你呢？

Neil: I prefer to do something active at the beach, swimming, I like to play beach football, beach cricket, whatever…ah.. And if I am lying or sunbathing, I like to read a book. But, It's a bit uncomfortable.

我更喜欢在海滩上做些活跃的运动，比如游泳。我喜欢玩沙滩足球、沙滩板球之类的活动。如果我在休息或晒太阳，我喜欢读本书。有点不舒服。

Becca: It can be, it can be uncomfortable. Yeah. Also, you mentioned that you like playing some sports on the beach. I imagine it can be quite difficult to play sports on a pebbly beach. Pebbles are small stones, and very different to sandy beaches. Sand is quite soft and I guess easier for beach football and beach cricket.

这可能会让人感到不舒服。另外，你提到喜欢在沙滩上运动，但我想在布满鹅卵石的海滩上运动应该相当困难。鹅卵石就是那种小石子。与沙滩截然不同。沙子相当柔软，我想更适合沙滩足球和板球运动。

Neil: Yeah, lots of the beaches in the UK are pebble beaches with stones on them rather than sand. And yes, it can be more difficult. It can really hurt your feet.

英国很多海滩都是卵石滩，而非沙滩。是的，走在上面确实更费力，而且真的会硌脚。

Becca: Sometimes it is quite funny on a pebbly beach to see people coming out of the sea from their swim, and then kind of, you know, finding it quite difficult to walk along the beach. It it sometimes is quite funny.

有时在布满鹅卵石的海滩上，看到人们游完泳从海里走出来，然后步履蹒跚地在海滩上行走，那场面颇为有趣,有时确实挺有趣的。

Neil: How about food? So do you take a picnic to the beach?

关于食物呢？你们会带野餐去海滩吗？

Becca: Yeah, sometimes another reason actually. We talked about pebbly beaches, but I really love a Pebble Beach because it's easier to have a picnic on a Pebble Beach. I don't know about your own experiences, but every time I sit on a sandy beach with a lovely picnic, it always gets ruined by all of the sand.

其实，有时还有另一个原因。我们聊过卵石海滩，但我特别喜欢卵石海滩，因为在那里野餐更方便。不知道你有没有类似体验，每次我在美丽的沙滩上野餐，总会被沙子搅得一团糟。

Neil: Exactly. You end up with a kind of crunchy sandwich.

没错，最后你会得到一种口感松脆的三明治。

Becca: Yeah, sandy sandwiches. 是的，沙质三明治。

Neil: Sandy Sandy sandwiches. 桑迪三明治。

Becca: Not tasty, so I do love a picnic on the beach. But yeah, you do have to be careful about where you are and the wind as well.

味道一般，但我还是很喜欢在海滩野餐。不过确实得注意选好地点，还得当心海风。

Neil: Yes, especially in the UK because they're quite windy.

是的，尤其是在英国，因为那里风很大。

Becca: Mm Yeah, very windy in the UK. 嗯，是的，英国风很大。

Neil: But the world is full of beautiful beaches. Have you got a memory of a favorite beach you've been to somewhere?

但世界上美丽的沙滩数不胜数。你是否还记得曾到访过的某个特别心仪的沙滩？

Becca: Yes, I have beautiful memories, probably the most recent and the most beautiful was when I was in Thailand last February, very cold and rainy in the UK. So I decided to go to Thailand and I just remember seeing the sunset at the beach and I'd never seen the sun so red before. It was incredible. So when the sun is setting and it's kind of it looks like it's going below sea level at night time, just beautiful, stunning.

是的，有些地方我有很美好的回忆，可能最近也是最美好的一次，是去年二月在泰国的时候。当时英国又冷又下雨，所以我决定去泰国。我还记得在海滩看日落，我从没见过太阳那么红，真是不可思议。当太阳落下时，它看起来就像在夜晚沉入海平面之下，美得令人惊叹。

Neil: Time now to recap the vocabulary we've heard in this podcast, starting with Sunbathe. If you sunbathe, you sit or lie in the sunshine to relax, but you have to be careful in case you get burnt.

现在来回顾一下本期播客中听到的词汇，从"日光浴"开始。如果你进行日光浴，就是坐在或躺在阳光下放松，但必须小心，以免晒伤。

Becca: Yes, and if you sunbathe for too long, you might need to cool down. To cool down means to do something to cool yourself when you're feeling too hot, and you can do that by going for a swim. To go for a swim is to literally go swimming, but it could also mean just to relax in the water.

是的，如果晒太阳时间过长，你可能需要降温。降温指的是当你感到太热时，通过一些方式让自己凉快下来，比如去游泳。去游泳就是字面意思下水游泳，但也可以指在水里放松一下。

Neil: We talked about two different kinds of beaches, pebble beaches and sandy beaches. Pebble beaches are covered in small, smooth stones. They can be difficult to walk on. A sandy beach is covered in sand and sand is that fine grain and it's much more comfortable to walk on.

我们讨论了两种不同的海滩：卵石海滩和沙滩。卵石海滩遍布光滑的小石子，走在上面可能不太方便。而沙滩则由细沙覆盖，沙粒细腻，行走起来要舒适得多。

Becca: And lastly, we mentioned picnics. A picnic is a meal that you enjoy outside.

最后，我们提到了野餐。野餐是一种在户外享用的餐食。

Neil: That's it for this episode of Real Easy English. But don't forget to go to our website to download a free worksheet that's at BBC learning English .com.

本期《地道英语》就到这里。别忘了访问我们的网站 BBC Learning English . com，下载免费的学习资料。

Becca: And we'll be back next week with another episode of Real Easy English Bye for now.

我们下周将带来新一期《地道英语轻松学》，感谢收听，再见。

Neil: Goodbye.