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Conversation Two
对话二
Listen to the conversation, mark each question as A, B, C or D according to what you hear.
听对话，根据对话内容选出最佳答案，并将答案的标号A，B，C，D写在答题纸上的相应位置。
Harry, you run a travel company which organises adventure holidays in some difficult places.
哈里，你经营着一家旅游公司，在一些困难的地方组织探险度假。
How did you first become interested in ‘adventure travel’?
你是如何开始对“探险旅行”感兴趣的？
Well, my father worked in an insurance company once he had a family.
嗯，我父亲曾经在一家保险公司工作，他有一个家。
But before that he’d spent several years travelling the world, and he never stopped telling us about it.
但在那之前，他花了几年时间周游世界，他从未停止过给我们讲这件事。
His stories were much more exciting than the books I read, and they made me want to travel and have adventures of my own.
他的故事比我读的书更令人兴奋，它们让我想要旅行和进行自己的冒险。
And what made you decide to start an adventure travel company?
是什么让你决定创办一家探险旅游公司？
Well, when I was in my twenties, I travelled a lot in different countries.
嗯，当我二十多岁的时候，我经常在不同的国家旅行。
I went exploring and climbing in mountains and deserts.
我去了山区和沙漠里探险和攀登。
I wanted to show other people how wonderful these things were.
我想向其他人展示这些东西有多棒。
The business has been very successful, but when I started it I didn’t know if I’d make any money.
生意做得很成功，但当我开始做的时候，我不知道我能不能赚到钱。
Your company’s called Far and Wide.
你们公司叫Far and Wide。
How did you choose the name?
你是怎么选择这个名字的？
Well, I just called it Park Travel at first.
嗯，一开始我只是叫它公园旅行。
But everyone thought that was terribly boring!
但每个人都认为这太无聊了！
My wife kept suggesting different things, but in the end it was a customer who gave me the idea.
我的妻子不断地提出不同的建议，但最终是一位顾客给了我这个想法。
Far and Wide is also the title of a book that a friend wrote, so it reminds me of him, too.
Far and Wide也是一位朋友写的一本书的书名，所以它也让我想起了他。
Great...the places you visit are usually very unspoilt, Harry.
太好了……你去的地方通常都是很干净的，哈利。
Some people think it’s not a good idea to take tourists there.
有些人认为带游客去那里不是个好主意。
What would you say to them?
你会对他们说什么？
Well, most of the places we visit have no inhabitants, so we aren’t going to spoil people’s way of life, or bring in things like television and fridges!
嗯，我们参观的大多数地方都没有居民，所以我们不会破坏人们的生活方式，也不会带来电视和冰箱之类的东西！
And I make sure that we always take care of the environment.
我要确保我们总是爱护环境。
We are careful not to cause pollution, so we take all our rubbish away.
我们小心翼翼地不造成污染，所以我们把所有的垃圾都带走了。
Some of the things you do are also dangerous.
你做的一些事情也是危险的。
Do you enjoy danger?
你喜欢冒险吗？
Well, it’s not a question of enjoying it—it’s just that you can’t do what I do without thinking about the possible dangers.
嗯，这不是享受它的问题--只是你不能做我做的事情，而不考虑可能的危险。
I’m never frightened, though.
不过，我从来不害怕。
If I’m taking a group up a mountain or something like that, I just concentrate on what I have to do and get on with it.
如果我要带一群人去爬山或类似的地方，我只会专注于我必须做的事情，然后继续下去。
You’ve been to some fascinating places, Harry.
你去过一些迷人的地方，哈利。
What’s your favourite?
你最喜欢的是什么？
It’s in India. You travel along a river through spectacular scenery and up into the mountains in Madhya Pradesh.
它在印度。你沿着一条河旅行，穿过壮观的风景，进入中央邦的山区。
In the valley on the other side there’s a wonderful old castle.
在另一边的山谷里有一座很棒的古堡。
It’s magical.
太神奇了。
The mountains hide it, so few people know it’s there...
山上隐藏着它，所以很少有人知道它在那里。
Thanks for talking to us, Harry.
谢谢你和我们谈话，哈利。
Thank you.
谢谢。
