美語情景對話 第839期:Trinidad and Tobago 特立尼達和多巴哥

Todd: So CleAnn can you talk a little bit about your country?

託德：科勒安，你能談談你的祖國嗎？

CleAnn: Sure. My country is called officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. For short, Trinidad and Tobago. And even shorter, Trinidad. However, it is best to just say Trinidad and Tobago cause sometimes people from Tobago may get offended if you just say Trinidad. People from my country are usually just called Trinidadians, but if you are, again, trying to be inclusive of people from Tobago, we say Trinbagonians.

科勒安：當然可以。我祖國的官方名稱是特立尼達和多巴哥共和國。簡稱爲特立尼達和多巴哥。也可以更簡單地說特立尼達。不過最好還是說特立尼達和多巴哥，因爲如果你只說特立尼達的話，來自多巴哥的人會感到他們受到了冒犯。我們國家的人被稱爲特立尼達人，不過我要再重申一次，最好還是加上多巴哥人，所以我們通常會說特立尼達和多巴哥人。

Todd: Trini-bagonians?

託德：特立尼達和多巴哥人？

CleAnn: Trinbagonians.

科勒安：特立尼達和多巴哥人。

Todd: It's hard to pronounce.

託德：這個很難發音。

CleAnn: Yeah, exactly. So sometimes we just say Trinidadians. But actually, although Tobago is extremely small. I mean, Trinidad is also small but Tobago is I think probably about 1/6 the size of Trinidad and it's actually extremely important to the country as a whole because Tobago is our center for tourism. Trinidad doesn't have much tourism. We are more industry and oil and gas based, but Tobago is very beautiful and is known for tourism, for its natural scenery, and it's actually an ecotourism destination.

科勒安：對，沒錯。所以有時我們只說我們是特立尼達人。實際上，多巴哥非常小。雖然特立尼達也很小，但我認爲多巴哥可能只有特立尼達面積的六分之一，不過多巴哥對整個國家非常重要，因爲多巴哥是我們的旅遊中心。特立尼達的旅遊業不太發達。特立尼達的產業以石油和天然氣爲主，而多巴哥非常漂亮，是旅遊聖地，其自然景色非常出名，那裏是生態旅遊目的地。

Todd: Oh really?

託德：哦，真的嗎？

CleAnn: Yes.

科勒安：對。

Todd: So Tobago has, I take it, rain-forests and beaches and...

託德：我想多巴哥有雨林和海灘……

CleAnn: Yes, small rain-forests, beaches and there is a very famous place called the Nylon Pool. And it's famous because it's actually out in the middle of the sea but you can stand out there because the corals have risen to such a height that it's close to the water. So boats take you out and then you can get off the boat and just stand out in the middle of the ocean on top of corals.

科勒安：對，有小型雨林和海灘，多巴哥有個著名景點——尼龍池。那裏非常著名，尼龍池位於海中央，你可以站在上面，那裏珊瑚的高度離海面很近。你可以乘船過去，然後下船站在海中央，站在珊瑚上面。

Todd: Oh, how nice.

託德：哦，那太好了。

CleAnn: It's very nice and it's white, just white coral. So it's really gorgeous.

科勒安：真的非常好，那些都是白色的珊瑚。真是漂亮極了。

Todd: Yeah, that must be beautiful.

託德：嗯，那一定非常漂亮。

CleAnn: Yes. It's called the Nylon Pool because I think one of the British Monarchies, someone from the British Royal Family, visited Trinidad some years ago and said that the Nylon Pool actually looks like nylon. The water reminded her of nylon so it was named the Nylon Pool.

科勒安：對，那裏名爲尼龍池，我想是因爲英國皇室成員幾年前訪問過特立尼達，他們說尼龍池看上去非常像尼龍。那裏的水讓她想起來了尼龍，所以那裏被命名爲尼龍池。

Todd: So if people go to Tobago on vacation, which island do they fly into?

託德：如果人們去多巴哥度假，那應該飛去哪個島？

CleAnn: They fly to Tobago if you're you're coming from England, direct flights are from Tobago. There are no flights from Trinidad to England. Only we have to go to Tobago and then from Tobago to London. From the US, I think you have to come through Trinidad.

科勒安：如果是從英國出發，那可以直接飛到多巴哥。特立尼達和英國之間沒有直航航班。所以我們要去英國必須先去多巴哥，然後從多巴哥飛去倫敦。如果從美國出發，只能飛到特立尼達。

Todd: Actually how far apart are the islands from each other?

託德：兩個島之間的距離有多遠？

CleAnn: By plane, 15 less.

科勒安：坐飛機的話，不到15分鐘。

Todd: So there's like ferries that...?

託德：那有渡輪之類的嗎？

CleAnn: Yeah, the ferry — the fastest one right now is about 3 hours, but it's not a very fast ferry at all. So there's ferry, we have air transport of course to Tobago also. There's talk now of building a bridge but I don't know how soon that will be done.

科勒安：有，坐渡輪的話，最快需要3個小時，不過其實那一點兒也不快。所以，可以坐渡輪，也可以坐飛機去多巴哥。現在有計劃建一座橋連接兩個島，不過我不知道多久能建好。

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重點講解：
1. for short 作爲簡稱；作爲縮寫；
例句：Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder (Jazzy for short).
我對面是一位名叫賈絲明德（簡稱傑絲）的女子。
2. as a whole 整體而言；總體上；
例句：As a whole our efforts did not prove to be futile.
總體說來，我們的努力沒有白費。
3. be known for 著名的；
例句：He is well known for fair dealing.
他以平等待人著稱。
4. I take it 我自認爲；我以爲；我猜測；
例句：I take it you're a friend of the Kellings, Mr Burr.
伯爾先生，想必您是凱林家的朋友吧？
5. remind sb. of sth. 使記起；使想起；
例句：Daytime television tended to remind her too forcefully of her own situation.
日間電視節目往往使她深刻地認識到自身的境況。