English monolgues for listening practice (英文聽力練習) - The Matterhorn (馬特洪峰)

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Chinese and English subtitles: 中英文字幕: This is the famous Matterhorn. 這就是著名的馬特洪峰。 You might have seen it on the package of the famous Swiss chocolate, Toblerone. 你可能在著名的瑞士巧克力 Toblerone 的包裝上見過它。 It’s one of the most famous mountains in Europe, and it is where I am going to show you in this video. 這是歐洲其中一座最有名的山，我將在這個影片中帶大家來這裡看看。 This is Zermatt, a small town where people will normally stay in before they go to the Matterhorn. 這裡是策馬特，一個人們通常會在前往馬特洪峰前停留的小鎮。 There are a lot of hotels here, and as you can see, they are still building new ones. 這裡有很多飯店，你可以看到他們還在蓋新的。 I think it is easy to understand because this small town relies on tourism very much. 我想這很容易理解，因為這個小鎮非常依賴旅遊業。 If the weather is good, you can see the whole Matterhorn in Zermatt, but I guess today is not my lucky day. 如果天氣好的話，你可以在策馬特看到整個馬特洪峰，但我猜想今天不是我的幸運日。 The Matterhorn is blocked by the clouds. 馬特洪峰被雲遮住了。 Let’s take a walk in Zermatt. 讓我們在策馬特散步吧。 You can see all these wooden buildings with flowers on the balconies. 你可以看到這些陽台上擺滿了花的木造建築。 You can see this style in many mountain areas in Europe. 你可以在歐洲的許多山區看到這種風格。 I think it’s beautiful. 我覺得這很美。 I like this view. 我喜歡這個景色。 You can see the water and the mountain. 你可以看到水和山。 Most of the houses here are made of wood. 這裡的大多數房子都是木製的。 And just like in many places in Switzerland, you can see the flags of Switzerland everywhere. 就像在瑞士的許多地方一樣，你到處都可以看到瑞士國旗。 There are actually a lot of shops here. 這裡其實有很多商店。 I love how everyone grows flowers in front of their windows. 我喜歡每個人都在窗前種花的樣子。 As you can see, this is the traditional way of building houses here. 如大家所看到的，這是這裡蓋房子的傳統方式。 There is some extra space under the houses here. 這裡的房子下面有一些額外的空間。 Perhaps they want to protect their houses from snow water. 也許他們想保護房子免受融雪水的破壞。 This one is cute. 這個很可愛。 This is like those houses in fairy tales. 這就像童話裡的房子。 It’s smart to store timbers under the house. 把木材存放在房子下面是個聰明的做法。 It feels like walking in a medieval town here. 在這裡散步感覺像走在中世紀的小鎮裡。 Look at all these houses. 看看這些房子。 I think perhaps the story of Little Red Riding Hood happened in a town like this. 我覺得小紅帽的故事可能就發生在這樣的小鎮。 Zermatt is such a special place. 策馬特是一個如此特別的地方。 It’s a small town in the mountains. 這是一座位於山中的小鎮。 And it gives you a bit of the feeling of walking in a medieval town in a fairy tale. 而它讓你有種行走在童話故事裡面的中世紀小鎮之中的感覺。 Wow! And you can just see sheep in the center of the town. 哇！你城鎮的中心就可以看到綿羊。 To go to the Matterhorn, you need to take the train and the cable car. 要去馬特洪峰，你需要搭火車和纜車。 You can admire the glaciers in the cable car. 你可以在纜車上欣賞冰川。 It’s magnificent. 這很壯觀。 We don’t see this in Taiwan. 我們在台灣看不到這樣的景象。 There are hiking trails everywhere here. 這裡到處都有登山步道。 So, after you get off the cable car, you can hike for a bit. 所以，在你下了纜車後，你可以稍微徒步走走。 Many people will join you, so you won’t be alone. 很多人會和你一起走，所以你不會只有一個人。 Look at all these mountains! 看看這些山！ I think the clouds make them even more mysterious. 我覺得這些雲讓它們顯得更加神秘。 Do you think people will believe me if I tell them this is Mongolia? 你覺得如果我告訴別人這是蒙古，他們會相信嗎？ I haven’t been to Mongolia, so I am not sure. 我沒去過蒙古，所以我不確定。 If you have been there, maybe you can leave a comment below and let me know. 如果你去過，或許你可以在下方留個言跟我說哦。 Do you see the grass here? 大家看到這裡的草嗎？ The wind is too strong up here, so the plants can’t be too tall. 這裡的風太強了，所以植物沒辦法長太高。 I love this picture. 我喜歡這張照片。 The back of that person in the orange mountain jacket shows a bit of poetic loneliness. 那個穿著橘色山地外套的人背影稍微帶著一點詩意的孤寂。 I also love this one. 我也喜歡這一張。 The poetic loneliness in the mountains. 山中的詩意孤寂。 Do you think it is worth some money? 大家覺得這值得點錢嗎？ This is a famous spot for taking pictures, but I am just not lucky today. 這是個著名的拍照地點，但我今天運氣不好。 The clouds block the Matterhorn. 雲遮住了馬特洪峰。 Let’s take a picture anyway. 總之我們還是拍張照片吧。 I think the clouds make it more mysterious. 我覺得雲讓它顯得更神秘。 Do you agree? 大家同意嗎？ Look at these clouds around the mountains. 看看這些圍繞在山上的雲。 It’s like walking in an unknown world. 這就像在未知的世界中行走。 You can see some glaciers on the mountains over there. 你可以看到那邊山上的一些冰川。 Some of these glaciers never melt. 有些冰川永遠不會融化。 You can see Zermatt from here. 你可以從這裡看到策馬特。 It’s a town in the valley. 這是一個位於山谷中的小鎮。 The Matterhorn is still blocked. 馬特洪峰還是被擋著。 Let’s still take more pictures anyway. 總之我們還是再拍些照片吧。 Now we are at the Matterhorn. 現在我們在馬特洪峰。 If people tell you they are going to the Matterhorn, this is where they are talking about. 如果有人告訴你他們要去馬特洪峰，這就是他們說的地方。 There is a cute small church here. 這裡有一座可愛的小教堂。 Look at the glacier here. 看看這裡的冰川。 It’s magnificent! 這真是壯觀！ It’s almost like being in a movie. 這就像身在電影裡一樣。 People can’t actually go to the top of the Matterhorn, so this is where they come when they visit the Matterhorn. 人們不能真的去到馬特洪峰的頂端，所以這就是他們造訪馬特洪峰時來的地方。 If you think you are bad at taking pictures, you don’t need to worry about that here. 如果你覺得自己拍不會拍照，在這裡你不用擔心。 It’s hard to take bad pictures here. 在這裡很難拍出不好的照片。 Now, let’s check out what the room looks like on the Matterhorn. 現在讓我們來看看馬特洪峰上的房間是什麼樣子的。 Wow! It’s quite good. 哇！這真不錯。 Let’s open the window. 我們打開窗戶來看看。 People are not allowed to go out now because it can be dangerous. 現在人們要出去是不被允許的，因為這可能很危險。 I am amazed by the room. 我對這個房間感到驚艷。 I didn’t expect a room on a high mountain to be this clean and warm. 我沒料到在高山上的房間能這麼乾淨和溫暖。 Good morning, glaciers! 早安，冰川！ Let’s open the window and get some fresh air. 讓我們打開窗戶來點新鮮空氣。 It seems that it’s another cloudy day today. 今天似乎又是多雲的一天。 Yeah, look at the sky over there. 看看那邊的天空。 The good thing is that we can see the whole Matterhorn now, but it will look more beautiful with sunlight. 好消息是我們現在可以看到整個馬特洪峰，但有陽光的話它會更漂亮。 Well, I guess it’s lucky enough to be able to see the whole mountain. 我想能看到整座山就已經夠幸運了。 We can’t ask for too much. 我們不能要求太多。