公共英语PETS-2每日对话练习(108)

 Boss: Don't take the highway from Suao to Hualien. There are too many big trucks.
　　 Morley: But isn't that the only way to go?
　　 Boss: You can go up into the mountains from here and then go down into Taroko Gorge.
　　 Morley: That sounds like it involves an awful lot of uphill riding.
　　 Boss: It does. You gotta get up to 2,600 meters high.
　　 Morley:[Looks at Dan shaking head] I think we'll take a bus.
　　 Boss: That's what I always do.
　　 (续上期，下期续)

　　 老板：不要走苏花公路。大卡车很多。
　　 莫理：可是那不是唯一的一条路吗？
　　 老板：你们可以从这里骑上山然后下山进入太鲁阁峡谷。
　　 莫理：听起来要骑一大堆上坡路。
　　 老板：没错。你们必须骑到两千六百公尺高。
　　 莫理：（看到阿丹摇摇头）我想我们还是搭公交车好了。
　　 老板：我也是都这么做。

　　 重点解说：
　　 ★ gorge (n.) 峡谷。
　　 ★ involve (v.) 涉入
　　 ★ uphill (a.) 上坡的