中阶生活|第41集：自测版纯净原声

音频一：

Did you know that, besides larger places like France and Germany, Europe is home to several extremely tiny countries? One of these countries contains less than a square mile of land. Another is surrounded on all sides by Italy. Yet each is an independent land, with its own government, trade, and customs.

音频二：

One of the best known of these small countries is Monaco. Monaco became familiar to Americans when its ruler, Prince Rainier, married the American actress Grace Kelly.

音频三：

Potatoes and tobacco are grown in Andorra's steep mountain valleys. Andorra is also known for its excellent skiing locations.

重点词汇：

1，besides [bɪˈsaɪdz] adv. & prep. 除此之外，而且

易混词：except /ɪk'sept/ conj. 除…之外

举例： besides larger places like France and Germany

除了大一点的国家比如法国和德国（包括了法国和德国）

except larger places like France and Germany

除了大一点的国家比如法国和德国（包括了法国和德国）

2，tiny ['taɪni] adj.极小的，微小的

同义替换：extremely small

3，square [skweə] adj.正方形的

a square mile 一平方英里

4，surround /sə'raʊnd/ v. 环绕，围绕

5，customs ['kʌstəmz] n.海关部门

易混单词：custom / 'kʌstəm / n.风俗，习惯

6，Monaco /ˈmɔnəkəu/ n. 摩纳哥（欧洲西南部国家）

7，Andorra /æn'dɔ:rə/ n. 安道尔共和国

8，steep /stiːp/ adj. 〔路、山等〕陡的，陡峭的

9，valley /'væli/ n.山谷

跟读训练：

一、

Did you know that, besides larger places like France and Germany, Europe is home to several extremely tiny countries?

你注意过吗，除了大一点的国家比如法国和德国，欧洲还有很多非常非常小的国家。

One of these countries contains less than a square mile of land.

有一个甚至不到一平方英里大。

Another is surrounded on all sides by Italy.

还有一个被意大利包围。

Yet each is an independent land, with its own government, trade, and customs.

然而每一个都是独立的国家，有自己的政府、贸易和关卡。

二、

One of the best known of these small countries is Monaco.

其中最著名的就是摩纳哥。

Monaco became familiar to Americans when its ruler, Prince Rainier, married the American actress Grace Kelly.

当摩纳哥的统治者兰尼埃三世，娶了美国女演员格蕾丝·凯莉之后，这个国家为美国人所熟知。

三、

Potatoes and tobacco are grown in Andorra's steep mountain valleys.

安道尔险峻的山谷之中主要种植土豆和烟草。

Andorra is also known for its excellent skiing locations.

安道尔也作为极佳的滑雪胜地而闻名遐迩。