25 Phrases to Talk About Nature and Landscapes in English - Visual Vocabulary Lesson

Hi, I’m Martin.

嗨，我是Martin。

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歡迎來到Oxford Online English！

In this visual vocabulary lesson, you can learn to describe landscapes, countryside

在本節視覺字彙課程裡，您能學習 用英文來描述風景、

nature in English.

鄉村和自然。

What does the countryside look like near your home?

您家附近的鄉村景觀是怎樣的？

What kind of landscapes does your country have?

您的國家有些什麼類型的風景？

Let’s see how you can answer these questions.

我們來看看您可以怎樣回答這些問題。

I grew up in a small village in England.

我在英格蘭的一個小村莊裡長大。

The countryside around there is very typically English: there are fields separated by stone

這周邊的鄉下是很典型的英式風格： 有被石墻或綠籬笆

walls or hedgerows, and rolling hills in the distance.

分隔開的田地，遠處是連綿起伏的丘陵。

A ‘hedge’ is something like a wall, or a fence, but made out of plants.

一個”hedge“ 是一些像是墻或圍欄的 東西，但是是由植物做成的。

A ‘hedgerow’ is similar, but it’s used as a barrier between fields.

一個“hedgerow”是相似的，但是是用來 做田地間的一個分隔屏障。

In Britain, farm fields are often surrounded by hedgerows.

在不列顛，農場田地通常是由 綠籬笆圍起來的。

‘Rolling hills’ means low hills with gentle slopes.

“Rolling hills”意思是有緩坡的低矮山丘。

When I was a student, I studied in Canada for a year.

在我還是一個學生的時候， 我在加拿大學習了一年。

Although it wasn’t cold all year, my main memory is of these bleak, wintry landscapes,

儘管不會一整年都是冷的，但在我主要記憶 裡的是那些荒涼、寒冷的風景，

full of never-ending pine forests.

一望無盡的松樹林。

‘Wintry’ is the adjective from ‘winter’.

“Wintry”是一個字根為“winter”的形容詞，

You heard ‘wintry landscapes’; another common collocation is ‘wintry weather’.

您聽到了“wintry landscapes”，另一個 常見的片語組合是“wintry weather”。

‘Bleak’ means empty and cold.

“Bleak”意思是空曠、冷。

It has a negative meaning.

這是一個貶義字。

Bleak landscapes are not necessarily ugly, but they’re often depressing.

荒涼的風景不一定是醜的，但是他們 常會令人鬱悶。

After I graduated, I took a road trip across the USA with a friend.

我畢業後，和一個朋友駕車做穿越 美國的公路旅行。

It was interesting to see how the landscape changed as we drove.

在我們駕車時看到風景怎樣變換是很有趣的。

A lot of the USA is quite flat.

美國很多地方都很平坦。

There are these huge plains, which go on for miles.

有些寬闊的平川延伸數英里。

A ‘plain’ is a large, flat area of land without trees.

一個“plain”是一個寬闊的、平坦的 沒有樹木的陸地。

You can also use the word ‘grassland’ for a flat area which is covered with grass.

您能用單字“grassland”來描述 一個被草覆蓋的平地。

Further south, we passed through mountainous badlands.

更往南，我們穿過多山的惡地。

The mountains there have this weird liquid look, like someone

那裡的山區看上去像是某種怪異的 液體，被某人剛澆到

just poured them onto the land.

大地上。

It was a barren region, but beautiful nonetheless.

那是不毛之地，儘管這樣， 風景還是很美麗。

Have you ever heard the word ‘badlands’?

您曾聽過“badlands”這個單字嗎？

It describes a specific type of landscape which is made of soft rock which has been

那是用來描述一種風化軟岩形成的

shaped by erosion.

特殊類型風景。

Badlands are generally quite bare – without many plants or trees – and often have steep-sided

惡地通常是很空曠無遮掩的 – 沒有 很多植物或樹木 – 以及

hills.

常有陡峭的山丘。

Before, I used the word ‘barren’.

之前，我用單字“barren”。

Do you know what that means?

您知道這是什麼意思嗎？

If something is barren, there are few plants or trees.

如果某些東西是不毛之地， 那裡有極少的植物和樹木。

You could also use the word ‘bare’, which has a similar meaning here.

您也可以用單字“bare”， 在這裡有相似的意思。

We drove through Utah and Monument valley.

我們駕車穿過猶他和紀念碑谷。

It’s a rocky desert, with these incredible mesas and weird rock formations, like nothing

那裡是岩石沙漠，有那些難以置信的 臺地和奇怪的岩石形狀，

I’ve seen elsewhere.

不像我之前在任何其他地方見到過的。

You can use the phrase ‘rock formation’ to refer to an interesting or unusual rock

您可以用片語“rock formation” 來指一個有趣或不常見的

structure.

石頭結構。

One example is a mesa, which is a flat-topped rock formation with steep sides.

一個例子是臺地，那是一種 頂部平而周圍陡峭的石頭形狀。

In California, we visited the redwood forests.

在加州，我們參觀了紅杉樹森林公園。

Of course, we have forests and woodland in England, but nothing like this.

當然，在英格蘭，我們有森林和林地， 但是沒有任何東西像是這樣的。

The trees are enormous!

樹木非常巨大。

You can use different words for land which is covered with trees.

您可以用不同的單字來描述 樹木覆蓋的土地。

You heard ‘forest’ and ‘woodland’.

您聽到了“forest”和“woodland”。

If you’re talking about a tropical forest, you can say ‘rainforest’ or ‘jungle’.

如果您在談論一個熱帶森林， 您可以說“rainforest”或“jungle”。

You might also hear ‘wood’, as in ‘There’s a small wood next to the river.’

當緊靠河流的地方有小樹林 時，您也許也聽過“wood”。

Technically, a forest is bigger than a wood, but English speakers sometimes use the words

技術上說，一個森林是比一個小樹林 要大的，但母語是英語的人有時

interchangeably.

互換用單字。

We finished in Yosemite National Park, which is one of the most stunning places I’ve

我們在優勝美地國家公園結束行程， 那是我曾參觀過的最

ever visited.

歎為觀止的地方中的一個。

The highlight was this towering waterfall.

亮點是那個高聳的瀑布。

You can use the word ‘towering’ to describe natural features which are tall and impressive.

您能用單字“towering”來描述高而令人 印象深刻的自然景觀特點。

‘Towering’ is usually a positive adjective.

“Towering”通常是一個褒義形容詞。

You can have ‘towering mountains’, ‘towering cliffs’, or ‘towering trees.’

您可以說“towering mountains”、“towering cliffs”、或是“towering trees”。

Now, I live in Germany, in a small town on the banks of a river.

現在，我住在德國，在河畔邊 的一個小鎮。

The countryside is quite similar to England, with fields, forests, and lots of greenery.

鄉村與英格蘭十分相似，有田野、 森林和大量的綠色景觀。

It’s pretty, at least, when the weather’s nice!

在天氣很好時很漂亮。

Here’s a question: what’s the difference between ‘bank’, ‘shore’ and ‘coast’?

這有一個問題：“bank”、“shore”和 “coast”之間有什麼區別？

They all mean a place where the land meets the water, but they’re not exactly the same.

他們所有都是指一個水邊的陸地， 但是他們不是完全相同的。

Do you know the difference?

您知道區別嗎？

Generally, you use ‘bank’ for the sides of rivers.

一般來說，您用“bank”來指河岸邊。

‘Shore’ is mostly for lakes; ‘coast’ is for where the land meets the sea or the

“Shore”最多用來指湖邊；“coast”是 指海邊或大洋邊，

ocean, although ‘shore’ is also possible in some contexts.

“shore”在一些場合也有可能被用來指海邊。

Another useful word you heard here is ‘greenery’.

另一個您在這裡聽到的有用的單字 是“greenery”。

‘Greenery’ means plants in general.

一般來說，“Greenery”意思是指植被叢。

It could mean grass, flowers, trees, bushes, or a mix.

可以是草地、花叢、樹叢、灌木叢或 一個混雜植物的植被叢。

If you come to Germany, you should try to visit Neuschwanstein castle.

如果您來到德國，您必須要去 參觀新天鵝堡。

It’s in a beautiful setting, perched in the mountains.

它坐落在山區美麗的環境裡。

The landscape all around is incredibly rugged and dramatic.

景觀周邊難以置信地 高低起伏和令人驚歎。

If you want to describe mountainous terrain which is very steep and rocky, you can use

如果您想描述非常陡峭和多石的 山區地形，您可以用

the word ‘rugged’.

單字“rugged”。

You can also say ‘rugged coastline’.

您也能說“rugged coastline”。

If you describe landscape as ‘dramatic’, you mean that it’s impressive and beautiful.

如果您描述景觀是“dramatic”，您的意思 是令人印象深刻的、美麗的。

It’s often used for wilder, more remote landscapes, like high mountains.

那常用於更野性的、更遙遠的 景觀，像是高山。

I like where I live, but my dream is to start my own business and work online, so I could

我喜歡我生活的地方，但是我的夢想是開始 我自己的生意和在線工作，這樣我能

live by the sea, maybe on a Greek island, with sandy beaches and clear, turquoise water.

生活在海邊，也許在有沙灘和清澈、 綠松石般顏色海水的希臘島。

‘Turquoise’ is a colour between blue and green.

“Turquoise”是一種介於藍色和綠色之間的顏色。

It’s not that common in everyday conversation, but if you use it to describe water or the

這在日常對話裡不常見，但是如果 您用它描述水或海，

sea, you usually mean that the water looks beautiful.

那通常意味著水看上去很漂亮。

What about you?

您覺得怎樣？

If you live in a city, what’s the surrounding countryside like?

如果您生活在一個城市， 周邊的鄉村像是怎樣？

Are there forests, fields, or mountains?

有森林、田野或山區嗎？

Do you live near the coast?

您生活在海岸邊嗎？

If you live in the countryside, describe it!

如果您生活在鄉村，描述它！

Look out of your window; what does the landscape look like?

往您的窗戶外看，風景 看上去像是什麼？

Think about your answer.

考慮下您的回答。

You can write it down, say it out loud, or put it in the video comments.

您可以寫下來，大聲地說出來， 或者寫到影片的留言板裡。

Or, do all three!

或者，三者都做。

That’s all.

本節課就到這。

Thanks for watching!

感謝觀看！