4-An exciting trip(錄音)

Lesson 4. An exciting trip

I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim.
He is in Australia.
我剛剛收到弟弟蒂姆的來信, 他正在澳大利亞.

He has been there for six months.
他在那兒已經住了6個月了.

Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm,
蒂姆是個工程師. 正在一家大公司工作,

and he has already visited a great number of
different places in Australia.
並且已經去過澳大利亞的不少地方了.

He has just bought an Australian car
他剛買了一輛澳大利亞小汽車,

and has gone to Alice springs, a small town
in the centre of Australia.
現在去了艾利斯斯普林,這小鎮於澳大利亞中部.

He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth.
他不久還將訪問達爾文, 從那裏, 他再飛往珀斯.

My brother has never been abroad before,
我弟弟以前從未出過國,

so he is finding this trip very exciting.
因此, 他覺得這次旅行非常激動人心.

【Text】
I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is
in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an
engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already
visited a great number of different places in Australia.
He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to
Alice springs, a small town in the centre of Australia.
He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth.
My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding
this trip very exciting.

參考譯文
我剛剛收到弟弟蒂姆的來信, 他正在澳大利亞. 他在那兒已經住了
6個月了. 蒂姆是個工程師, 正在一家大公司工作, 並且已經去過
澳大利亞的不少地方了. 他剛買了一輛澳大利亞小汽車, 現在去了
澳大利亞中部的小鎮艾利斯斯普林斯. 他不久還將到達達爾文去,
從那裏, 他再飛往珀斯. 我弟弟以前從未出過國, 因此, 他覺得這
次旅行非常激動人心.