觀光英語
R: The artwork and artifacts in this museum are incredible.
M: I know. I can’t believe there is such a wide collection of pieces from different parts of the world.
R: Yeah, we’ve seen sculptures from ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as carvings from North and South America.
M: I don’t think we’ll be able to see all of the exhibits in a single day. I wish we had more time.
R: You’re right. I heard there are thousands of items on display here.
M: Do you think we should come back tomorrow?
R: I’m not sure. There are still lots of other great sites around London.
M: Oh, look at this. It’s a brochure for virtual tours of the museum.
(Misty picks up a brochure and shows it to Randall.)
R: That’s so cool. Look! We can take a virtual tour of the modern artwork showcase that we skipped this morning.
M: Nice. Let’s do that once we’re home from our trip.
R: OK. But what about the rest of the afternoon? It’s 4:00 p.m. now, so we’ve still got an hour to wander around the museum until it closes.
M: Hey, let’s check out the exhibit on Northern India. That looks really cool.
1. incredible [ɪnˋkrɛdəb!] a. 驚人的
It is incredible that YouTubers can make so much money by making videos.
YouTube 創作者可以靠拍影片賺大錢是很驚人的。
2. collection [kəˋlɛkʃən] n. 收藏(品)
An album is normally a collection of songs recorded by a singer.
一張專輯通常是歌手所錄製的歌曲合集。
★ 3. sculpture [ˋskʌlptʃɚ] n. 雕刻品
At some fancy restaurants, seafood is served on ice sculptures.
有些高檔餐廳會將海鮮放在冰雕上出餐。
★ 4. exhibit [ɪgˋzɪbɪt] n. 展覽(品)
There are many exhibits at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei.
臺北松山文創園區有許多展覽。
★ 5. on display 展出
display [dɪˋsple] n. 陳列;展出
With a large number of paintings on display, the gallery drew many artists.
展出大量畫作的藝廊吸引許多藝術家前來。
* gallery [ˋgælərɪ] n. 藝廊,畫廊
6. virtual [ˋvɝtʃʊəl] a. 虛擬的
Virtual reality is certainly one of the greatest developments of computer technology.
虛擬實境絕對是電腦科技最厲害的進展之一。
★ 7. skip [skɪp] vt. 略過;漏掉
John always skips the advertisements when watching videos on YouTube.
約翰在觀看 YouTube 影片時總是會略過廣告。
★ 8. wander around + 地方 在某地閒逛
wander [ˋwɑndɚ] vi. & vt. 漫遊,閒逛
Iris likes to wander around the supermarket after work.
艾莉絲喜歡在下班後去超市閒逛。
check out 的常見用法
check out 這個片語常常會在口語對話中出現,一起來看看這個片語有哪些意思吧:
★ 瞧一瞧∕查看……
A: Hey, I heard there’s a new restaurant downtown.
B: We should go check it out!
甲:嘿,我聽說市中心有一家新開的餐廳。
乙:我們應該去瞧一瞧!
★ (在飯店)辦理退房手續
Please hand in your room key when you check out.
請在退房時交出你的房間鑰匙。
★ (在圖書館)登記借……(書)
A: I would like to check out these five books.
B: Sure. Please give me your library card.
甲:我想要借這五本書。
乙:沒問題。請給我你的圖書館借閱證。
► artifact [ˋɑrtɪ͵fækt] n.(手工製作的)歷史文物
► carving [ˋkɑrvɪŋ] n. 雕刻品;雕刻術
carve [kɑrv] vt. 雕刻
► brochure [broˋʃʊr] n. 宣傳手冊
► showcase [ˋʃo͵kes] n. 玻璃展示櫃
請圈選出最適當的選項以完成句子
1. It is (virtual / incredible / mature) that the athlete broke two records during the match.
2. Kyle was busy in the morning, so he (wandered / skipped / destroyed) breakfast.
3. As a book lover, Tim is proud of his large (discount / collection / exhibit) of novels and magazines.
答案: 1. incredible 2. skipped 3. collection
參觀大英博物館
R: Randall M: Misty
(蘭德爾和蜜絲緹在倫敦旅行時參觀大英博物館。)
蘭德爾:這個博物館的藝術品和古代器物都太驚人了。
蜜絲緹:真的。我不敢相信有這麼多來自世界各地作品的收藏。
蘭德爾:對啊,我們看到了古埃及和希臘的雕像,還有北美和南美的雕刻品。
蜜絲緹:我覺得我們無法在一天內看完所有展覽品。真希望我們有更多時間。
蘭德爾:妳說的對。我聽說這裡有數千個展覽品。
蜜絲緹:你覺得我們明天要再回來嗎?
蘭德爾:不知道耶。倫敦還有很多其他很棒的景點。
蜜絲緹:喔,你看這個。這是博物館虛擬導覽的手冊。
(蜜絲緹拿起一本手冊給蘭德爾看。)
蘭德爾:這個太酷了。妳看!我們可以在虛擬導覽中看到我們今天早上錯過的現代藝術展覽。
蜜絲緹:太好了。我們旅行結束回到家時就來體驗看看。
蘭德爾:好。但下午剩下的時間呢?現在是下午四點,所以我們距離休館還有一個小時可以在博物館閒逛。
蜜絲緹:嘿,我們去看看北印度的展覽吧。那個看起來很酷。
蘭德爾:好主意!
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