美語情景對話 第530期:The Day Off 休息

Todd: So, now Terry when you finish your bicycle ride at the end of the day, you go to a campground, so what do you do, I mean, you set up camp, I mean, and how to you take a shower, or brush your teeth, or?

託德：泰瑞，在結束一天的自行車騎行後，你在露營地會做什麼？我是問你把帳篷支好後，你要怎麼洗澡刷牙？

Terry: Oh, in this, as an example on this trip, I was staying mostly in state park in Washington, Oregon, and California. Almost all of the state parks that I stayed in had showers, so of course they have restrooms and all your basic facilities, as far as that goes, and as far as what I did, what we do in camp, or what I do in camp is, I usually pick up a newspaper during the day and I usually carry a novel with me so, part of what I do in the afternoon is just to relax and read the paper, or read a book, and then also in the afternoon, I work on my bike if I need to, just try and get ready for the next day, or unwind from that day.

泰瑞：哦，以這次旅行爲例，我大部分時間都待在華盛頓州、俄勒岡州和加利福尼亞州的國家公園。幾乎我停留的所有國家公園都有淋浴間，所以裏面有衛生間和所有基本設施，基本上我在帳篷裏做的事是……白天的時候我會買份報紙，而且我旅行的時候會帶本小說，所以下午我基本上就是放鬆、看報紙或看書，如果有必要的話我會檢查一下自行車的狀況，爲第二天的行程做準備，基本上就是放鬆。

Todd: Ah, what time do you normally make dinner?

託德：你一般什麼時間做晚飯？

Terry: Ah, it just depends on, usually 5 o'clock, 6 o'clock, something like that. I, when I'm on the road I tend to be the proverbial "early to bed, early to rise."

泰瑞：這要視情況而定，基本上是五六點左右。我在旅行的時候會遵照那句諺語：早睡早起。

Todd: Sure. Like what things do you cook? Cause you probably don't want to carry a lot of food. Like what would be a typical meal that you would have?

託德：好。那你一般做什麼東西吃？因爲你不會帶很多食物。一般情況下你做什麼吃？

Terry: Um, you're absolutely right. You don't really want to carry a lot of access food because you're carrying a lot of weight anyway's. My, when I'm on the road, my bike probably weighs 45 kilos, so it's, that's a fair amount of weight to push up over a mountain range. Um, cook pasta for dinner, so some soup or something fairly simple. In groups you tend to buy more elaborate food, buy salad material and what not.

泰瑞：嗯，你說的完全正確。在旅行時不可能帶太多食物，因爲這樣會增加重量。我在旅行時，我的自行車有45公斤重，在登山的時候這已經是相當重的重量了。我晚上會做意大利麪、湯等簡單的食物。和團隊一起旅行時可能會買像色拉材料這樣精緻的食物。

Todd: Now, what do you actually prefer, doing the bicycle trip alone, or in a group?

託德：你是喜歡獨自騎自行車旅行，還是喜歡跟團隊一起進行自行車旅行？

Terry: Well, they both have their good points. I think the main thing was just that, it just depends if you're interested in doing a trip when a trip is available. In this case, there was a trip that was available, going down the West Coast but it was in the month of September and I had to return to Japan and so, the timing just didn't work out out for me, and then I think lately, doing these trips solo has, is working out for me because I'm not training for the trips. Typically when you're going with a group, you have to be in shape when the trip starts so that you can keep up with the group, so this, this is working out for me, to do solo trips.

泰瑞：兩種都有各自的優點。我認爲最重要的是要取決於你是否對這趟旅行感興趣。就像這次沿西海岸的自行車旅行，時間是在9月份，可是我要回日本，時間不合適，現在我認爲，獨自旅行對我來說是種鍛鍊，因爲我並沒有爲旅行進行過訓練。尤其是你在和團隊一起旅行時，你必須要保持良好的狀態，這樣你才能跟上隊伍，所以獨自旅行對我來說是種鍛鍊。

Todd: Oh, so you prefer the solo?

託德：所以你更喜歡獨自旅行？

Terry: Well, it kind of depends.

泰瑞：嗯，這要視情況而定。

Todd: OK. Well, thanks a lot. Thanks a lot for talking about your trips.

託德：好，非常謝謝你。謝謝你和我們談論你的旅行。

Terry: Thanks I enjoyed it a lot.

泰瑞：謝謝，我很享受。

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重點講解：
1. work out
鍛鍊；健身；
eg. I like to go to the gym and work out.
我喜歡上健身房做運動。
eg. Mr White keeps fit by working out for half an hour every morning.
懷特先生每天早晨鍛鍊半個小時以保持健康。
2. in shape
（身體）狀況良好；（事物）情況良好；
eg. Plenty of exercise will help you keep in shape.
充分的運動會幫助你保持健康。
eg. You'll never be in shape until you eat less and take more exercise.
只有少吃多鍛鍊才能健美。
3. keep up with
（與…）齊步前進；不落後（於…）；
eg. He made an arduous effort to keep up with the rest of the class.
他努力跟上班上其他同學。
eg. They walked so fast that I could not keep up with them.
他們走得那麼快，我沒法跟上。