华尔街初级英语学习教程第11课：国外旅游Act2 (MP3和文本下载)

DEBORAH:Well, here we are in Lewes. It’s a small town about 8 miles from Brighton, and, as you can see, we’re standing outside the train station - or railway station, as the
British call it. So, today we’ll visit Lewes Castle, and one or two other historic places in this lovely old town.

ALAN: Hey, what about lunch? I’m real hungry, remember?

DEBORAH:And we’ll have lunch, too, honey. But first we’ll go to the castle.

DEBORAH:There is just one thing. I must go to the ladies’ room. I think there’s a toilet just up the road here. Yes, there it is! You wait here, honey; I’ll be right back.

DEBORAH:Hey, what are you doing? You mustn’t do that!

ALAN: I’m taking a photo.

DEBORAH:Not of the public toilet! Come on, honey!

ALAN: So it’s not a typically British, historic public toilet?

DEBORAH:Of course not! Now come on, let’s go to the castle!

DEBORAH:There’s one problem: I can’t remember where the castle is.

ALAN: Well, there’s a tourist information office here.

DEBORAH:Oh yeah, right. I’ll go in and ask. It’s just up the road, on the right.

ALAN: OK.

DEBORAH:So, this is Lewes High Street. What do you think, honey?

ALAN: Uh, it’s very … old. And, uh, kind of narrow.

DEBORAH:It’s historic, honey. Some of these houses are, like, hundreds of years old.

ALAN: Really? So why don’t they, like, change them? Build some new houses?

DEBORAH:Now don’t be stupid, honey.

ALAN: I’m not being stupid, I’m just saying, like, what’s so great about something, just because it’s old? It’s just old, that’s all.

DEBORAH:Just take it easy, honey, and try to have a good time.

DEBORAH:Now look at this honey: ‘The 14th Century Bookshop’. Just think: this is nearly 600 years old. 600 years!

ALAN: Yeah. Great!

DEBORAH:And they have a lot of old books. Do you want to take a look inside?

ALAN: If you like.

DEBORAH:Here we are. Just look at all these old books.

ALAN: Yeah. They’re really old.

DEBORAH:Do you want to buy some books, honey?

ALAN: Uh, not right now.

DEBORAH:OK. Let’s go and look at the castle.

ALAN: But what about lunch?

DEBORAH:So, this is it. There’s a museum on the right, and that’s the castle, on the left. Are you ready?

ALAN: Ready for what?

DEBORAH:Ready to go up the castle. There are about 500 steps.

ALAN: Geez! OK.

ALAN: Can we stop for a moment?

DEBORAH:Alright. But you must take some exercise, honey! When we’re back home I’ll see you do. I’ll look after you.

ALAN: Thanks!

DEBORAH:Anyway, let’s go on now.

ALAN: Are we near the top yet?

DEBORAH:We must just go up those stairs.

ALAN: Those stairs? Are they safe?

DEBORAH:Of course they’re safe, honey. Come on!

DEBORAH:So, here we are. And we’re … what does it say here … a hundred eighty meters up. That’s, er… about six hundred feet.

ALAN: Yeah, if I look down, I can see … Aaagh! Geez!

DEBORAH:Don’t look down, honey! Just don’t look down.

ALAN: Can we go back down to the street, please? I’m not feeling well.

DEBORAH:OK. But don’t you want to look around first?

ALAN: No, thanks. I just want to go back down to the street. Right now.

DEBORAH:Alright, honey.

ALAN: Gee! That’s alright! Now, can we have lunch, please?

DEBORAH:Alright, honey. What do you want to eat? I know - let’s look for something typically British, OK?

ALAN: OK, let’s go!