2018年商务英语初级口语测试：刚果星球

The Congo rainforest.

A four-day journey to the heart of Africa.

Once the plane leaves, you’re on your own.

This expedition planned to film

two of the Congo’s best-kept secrets.

But to even find them,

the crew would have to work very hard indeed.

You might as well be on a different planet

coming to a place like this, Planet Congo.

Mysterious....

Difficult.....

complex......

challenging.

You know, everything’s trying to bite you.

Suck your blood.

It’s like being tickled by a million feathers at the same time.

The insects might be torture,

but that’s the least of their worries.

刚果热带雨林

离非洲的心脏有4天的路程

飞机一离开就全靠自己了

摄制组计划拍摄

刚果丛林中最深层的两个秘密

但为了找到它们

摄制组必须付出极大的努力

你仿佛身处外星球

一个叫做刚果星球的地方

神秘

难应付.

复杂

极具挑战性

此地的每种生物都想要咬你

吸你的血

就像同时被上百万根羽毛挠痒痒

被昆虫骚扰或许很痛苦

但它们却是此行最不足为惧的东西

重点单词

expedition [.ekspi’diʃən]n. 远征，探险队，迅速

complex [’kɔmpleks]adj. 复杂的，复合的，合成的

n. 复合体

initiative [i’niʃətiv]adj. 创始的，初步的，自发的

n. 第一步

crew [kru:]n. 全体船员，全体乘务员，(一组)工作人员

mysterious [mis’tiəriəs]adj. 神秘的，不可思议的

planet [’plænit]n. 行星

plane [plein]adj. 平的，与飞机有关的

n. 飞机，水平

vocation [vəu’keiʃən]n. 职业，行业，职务

challenging [’tʃælindʒiŋ]adj. 大胆的(复杂的，有前途的，挑战的) n. 复杂

In the absence of my commanding officer, I acted onmy own initiative.

指挥官不在场，我主动见机行事。

I was worried on my own account, not yours.

我担心是为我自己，而不是为了你。

You might as well be on a different planet你仿佛身处外星球

as well也, 又

Often life is much slower outside the big cities, as is true in other countries as well.

大都市外面的生活步调往往是缓慢得多，这在其他国家也是真的那样。

Nursing is a vocation as well as a profession.

护理工作既是职业又是救死扶伤的责任