高中英语 口语情景对话 非洲生活素材.doc

原版英语口语情景对话第0010集：非洲生活africa life 非洲生活todd: ok, leath, youre from zimbabwe. could you talk about that?leath: yeah, ok. well, im from harare, which is the capital of zim. and i was born there. my folks are british. my dad is from manchester and my mom is from scottland. they went out a long time ago. and, yeah, growing up in zimbabwe was lacker as we say there. that means really cool in africans. it was like.you grow up in an open free place with animals and sunshine and its just a really healthy place to be. well at least it was. today its not doing to well because the economy is crashed, but growing up there was really slick.todd: wow! what animals could you see?leath: ah, just about an hours drive out of any city, you are liable to come across just about anything. ive seen leopards often at night about an hour out of the capital where i live. you see monkeys along the road, right up to the city outskirts. in certain areas youll have to stop for elephants. theres quite a few buck warning signs because they are actually quite dangerous at night. they jump across the road and your cars hit them at windscreen height. it is a bit of a problem. so, theres buck everywhere. and then away from residential areas, theres you know your big five, rhino, lion being the most. well interesting and i guess for foreigners. they are never really never around human settlement cause they are very very dangerous. they do take people from time to time.todd: wow! thats fascinating. thanks a lot leath.l