-课程导读

今天在“动物世界”栏目中，我们来聊聊“大象喝醉了”，Let's talk about “Elephants got high on local liquor.”in today’s program.

印度24头大象包括9头小象，偷喝村民自酿酒后醉倒在森林。村民称罐子里的发酵酒全没了，大象们睡得很沉。林业部门工作人员只能强行唤醒它们，一边敲鼓发出声音，一边拍打大象。今天我们就来学习和这一则新闻相关的话题。

-课程内容

词汇积累：Word Bank

1、24头大象：24 elephants, two dozen elephants, a herd of 24 elephants

2、喝醉：get drunk, get high on

3、自酿酒：home-brew alcohol

4、酒：liquor

5、罐子：pot

6、发酵：ferment

7、睡觉：fall asleep

8、敲鼓：beat drums

9、含酒精的，醉人的：intoxicating

10、丛林：jungle

【初级水平】基本对话：Conversation

场景：

有一阵没见小红和小华了，周末大家相约在咖啡馆见面，小红提议在咖啡馆提供微醺酒，这引起了小波的思绪。

Xiaohong：Long time no see, Xiaobo.

小红：好久不见，小波。

Xiaobo：Hey, what brings you here? Where are you hiding? I haven't seen you for ages.

小波：嘿，什么风把你吹来了？你躲哪儿去了？我都很久没见你了。

Xiaohong：Haha, your English has improved a lot. Where are the young couple?

小红：哈哈，你英语进步很大啊。那两位呢？

Xiaobo：I think they're necking somewhere. Any good news?

小波：估摸着去哪儿亲热去了吧。有什么好消息吗？

Xiaohong：Yes. I was wondering whether we can sell alcoholic drinks like cocktails.

小红：嗯，我在想要不要卖点含酒精的饮料，比如鸡尾酒啥的。

Xiaobo：Oh, I don't really drink at all. Young lady. But speaking of which, I've got a funny story to tell. A herd of two dozen elephants got so drunk after drinking home-brew alcohol made by villagers in India that they collapsed and fell asleep for hours in a forest.

小波：哦，我不甚酒力。我的大小姐。但是，说起喝酒，我有个故事和你分享。印度24头大象喝了村民们自酿酒后醉倒在森林，大象们瘫睡了数小时。

Xiaohong：Home-brew alcohol？What's that？

小红：自酿酒？那是啥？

Xiaobo：They actually drank water fermented with 'mahua' flowers. These flowers are used to make traditional country liquor.

小波：他们实际上喝的是用mahua花发酵的水，这些花被用来制作传统的乡村酒。

Xiaohong：How did they come across those clay pots of liquor?

小红：他们是怎么发现这些土罐子的酒的呢？

Xiaobo：The villagers had kept the mahua flowers in large pots of water for fermentation, but pots were found broken and missing because of those tuskers, including nine calves.

小波：村民们把mahua花放在大罐水中发酵，但是由于大象，包括九头小象，这些罐子被发现的时候已经破损或丢失了。

Xiaohong：Okay. It's a good story, though. So, your point is to sell home-brew alcohol?

小红：好吧，不过，这是个好故事。所以你想表达的观点是咱们卖自酿酒？

Xiaobo: What do you think? Like MouTai. We can use Moutai with fried rice. Now, you see...

小波：你觉得呢？比如茅台。我们可以用茅台配炒饭，你看......

【完美发音】Perfect Pronunciation

目标句子：Then officials decided to beat drums to wake the sleeping elephants.

目标音：drum n. 鼓

断句：Then officials |decided to beat drums |to wake the sleeping elephants.

中速/快速朗读：Then officials decided to beat drums to wake the sleeping elephants.

参考翻译：随后，林业部分工作人员决定击鼓叫醒熟睡的大象。

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