18-9-19【最简美式口语068】秋日远足•登山，美景言欢 Going for a hike in autumn

沈复在《浮生六记》里说，秋日远足，最好迷失而不知归途。浪漫的意境。挑个凉爽晴好的日子，约上好友郊野小游，在山野小径中疾步而行，或徐徐慢走。旷野山气氤氲，林中虫鸟啁啾，一路闲谈小憩，分享食粮与水，一二时辰便能登至峰顶，凭栏远眺，美景言欢，实在别有一番秋趣。【地道美语068】秋日远足·Going for a hike in autumn

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Dialogue 1

Mark:  Well,Jingjing, we sure picked a nice day for a hike.

Jingjing: Yeah, this reminds ---------went up to the Great Wall.

Mark:  Right. I can't believe a year-------of the city.  This'll take us rather alot longer to get to the top.

Jingjing: How long is the climb?

Mark:  Youknow, I didn't time it when I was here before.  -------------

Jingjing: We'd better get started, then.  You lead the way.

Mark:  -----------------------------------

Jingjing: Can we see the top from here?

Mark:  We cansee the ridge.  We won't see the summit until we get upthere.

Jingjing: Ok, then.  Let's pace ourselves.

Mark:  You'repacking water, right?

Jingjing: Now you ask me?  ------------I didn't have any?

Mark:  Ithink there's some for sale at the village up ahead, but I'm not sure. -------------

Jingjing: Not to worry.  I have four or five bottles in my backpack. That's what's making it so heavy.

Mark:  Ok. ---------------------------

Jingjing: I'm just glad to be out of the concrete jungle, --------cool-but-not-coldweather for our climb.

dialogue 2

Later, Jingjingand Mark are more than halfway up.

Jingjing: Mark, you said the summit is just over this ridge. ----------

Mark:  Yep. We still have a ways to go.  It's only steep in a few places.

Jingjing: -------------- Wecan already see a lot from here.

Mark:  ---------------------------------

Jingjing: Nope.  If it's just a half an hour, I'm all for gettingto the top.  There's a place to sit up there, right?

Mark:  Sure. There's a deck.  ------------------

...

Jingjing: Wow, that was worth it.  We can see Beijing from here.

Mark:  I'mabout ready to eat. ----------------we stopped.

Jingjing: Here's what I have.  Did you bring much.

Mark:  Youbet.  Help yourself.

Jingjing: Great.  ----------------way we came up?

Mark:  Wecould.  There's a gentler way, but it's a lot longer.

Jingjing:  ------------------- Myfeet are aching.

Mark:  Thenit's better to go down the long way. ----------The climb took a lot outof me.

Jingjing:  Haha.  Let's not talk about hiking for now.

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

time (v) pay attention to how long something takes

summit  thehighest point on a mountain

pace ourselves  don'twalk too quickly, save some energy

concrete jungle  thecity, without green spaces

from dialogue 2

breather  abreak, stopping to catch one's breath

all for  totallyin favor of

took a lot out ofme made me exhausted,used up all of my energy/talent