每日一句口語 170

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Three-quarters of a million tourists flock to the pristine,

white beaches every year - but this booming industry has

come at a price. When the influx of foreigners left the

government struggling to cope with a relentless stream

of rubbish, their answer was to turn one of this islands

into a dumping ground.

每年，全球有75萬名游客來到純凈的馬爾代夫海灘，但繁榮的旅游

業(yè)也讓當?shù)馗冻隽舜鷥r。大量外國游客持續(xù)遺留下的垃圾令當?shù)卣?/p>

府疲于應(yīng)對，不得不將一座島嶼變成垃圾場。

【Vocabulary】

1. flock:聚集;成群而行

Example: There are many flocks of tourists in the palace.

宮殿里有好幾群游客。

2. pristine:原始的;未受損的;清新的;純樸的

Example: The jungle was pristine; it looked like no person had ever been there.

這個叢林是原始的,看起來像沒有人到過那里。

3. influx:流入;河口;匯集;涌入

Example: There was a sudden influx of goods onto the market.

大批商品一下子涌入市場。

4. struggling:努力的;斗爭的

Example: We should help those still struggling for liberation.

我們應(yīng)當幫助那些仍然為獨立而斗爭的人。

5. dump:扔垃圾

Example: A fine for dumping trash on public land; dumped the extra gear overboard.

因在公用土地上傾倒垃圾而受的罰款; 把多余的裝備丟到船外。