You can use this video to train your listening and comprehension as I speak.

您可以用這段視頻來訓練您的聽力和理解能力，就像我說話一樣。

So today I'm going to talk about the beach.

所以，今天我要談談海灘。

This is a subject that most people like, because most people like the beach.

這是一個大多數人都喜歡的話題，因為大多數人都喜歡海灘。

But I would say that I'm actually in that small minority of people that don't really love the beach.

但我想說的是，我其實是少數不太喜歡海灘的人。

I'd say that I sometimes like going to the beach, but honestly I prefer other types of terrain.

我有時會說我喜歡去海邊，但說實話，我更喜歡其他類型的地形。

But I'll get back to that later.

不過，我稍後再談這個問題。

Let's talk about all the cool beach activities that you can do.

讓我們來談談您可以參加的各種很酷的海灘活動。

First of all, there are a ton of cool sports that can be played in the sand, like volleyball, soccer, football, etc.

首先，有很多很酷的運動可以在沙地上進行，比如排球、足球、橄欖球等。

I've got to say that even though I'm not all that crazy about the beach, beach volleyball is one of the sports that I love the most.

我得說，儘管我對海灘並不那麼痴迷，但沙灘排球卻是我最喜歡的運動之一。

There's just something about moving and diving around in the sand that I really like.

我非常喜歡在沙地上移動和潛水的感覺。

And I'm fairly tall, so I have the advantage of being able to spike the ball over the net, which is pretty fun.

而且我個子相當高，所以我的優勢是可以將球扣過球網，這非常有趣。

Soccer and football can also be fun to play on the beach, but for me I think I prefer to play those sports on normal grass.

在沙灘上踢足球和橄欖球也很有趣，但對我來說，我更喜歡在普通草地上進行這些運動。

It's just easier to move around, it's flat, and you can play on a bigger field.

它更容易移動，地勢平坦，可以在更大的場地上比賽。

So besides sports, of course one of the other things that people do on the sand is sunbathe.

是以，除了運動，人們在沙灘上做的另一件事當然就是日光浴。

Now this is something that I could never do in a million years, because I'd burn super easily.

這是我一輩子都做不到的事情，因為我會很容易被燒傷。

If you put me out in the sun for a few hours, I'd come back looking like a ripe tomato.

如果你把我放在太陽下晒幾個小時，我回來時就會像個熟透的番茄。

No joke.

別開玩笑了

I'm sure some of you might say something similar.

我相信你們中的一些人可能會說類似的話。

Some of us get a nice tan when we're out in the sun, and some of us burn badly.

有些人在太陽底下晒得黝黑黝黑的，有些人則晒得很嚴重。

I remember one of my all-time worst sunburns was when I went on a pretty long bike ride wearing a sleeveless shirt.

我記得我最嚴重的一次晒傷是穿著無袖襯衫騎了很長時間的自行車。

It was kind of cloudy outside, so I didn't think I needed sunscreen, and boy was I wrong.

外面有點陰天，所以我覺得我不需要防晒霜，但我錯了。

My arms were peeling for a long time after that day.

那天之後，我的手臂脫皮了很長時間。

Okay, so back to the beach.

好了，回到海灘吧。

Let's talk about some of the different water activities now.

現在讓我們來談談各種水上活動。

Growing up, I did some boogie boarding, which I actually find pretty fun.

在我的成長過程中，我玩過一些滑板，我覺得這其實很有趣。

It just doesn't look as cool as surfing.

只是看起來沒有衝浪那麼酷。

If you've never been boogie boarding before, it's when you have a rectangular board and you lie down on it, and when a big wave comes, it pushes you into the shore.

如果你以前沒有玩過浮板衝浪，那就是你有一塊長方形的衝浪板，你躺在上面，當大浪來臨時，它就會把你推到岸邊。

It's pretty fun.

挺好玩的。

I've actually been thinking about learning to surf recently, because I've had a few different students who were surfers, and they talked to me about it and made it sound pretty cool.

實際上，我最近一直在考慮學習衝浪，因為我有幾個不同的學生都是衝浪愛好者，他們跟我談起衝浪，說衝浪聽起來很酷。

So maybe I might try it, but I don't think I'd be that good at it.

也許我可以試一試，但我不認為我會做得那麼好。

Besides surfing and boogie boarding, there are also some other more exotic-looking activities, like kite surfing and windsurfing, and some boat activities, like jet skiing or sailing.

除了衝浪和浮板衝浪，還有風箏衝浪和帆板衝浪等其他一些看起來更奇特的活動，以及水上摩托艇或帆船等一些船艇活動。

I have been sailing before, but on the bay, not in the ocean.

我以前出過海，不過是在海灣，而不是在大海里。

Sailing is something that would be cool to get into, but it takes a lot of practice, training, and dedication, and so I don't think I'll ever go that route.

航海是一件很酷的事情，但它需要大量的練習、訓練和奉獻，所以我想我永遠不會走這條路。

Alright, so I mentioned earlier that I'm not a big beach guy, and that's mainly for two reasons.

好吧，我之前說過我不太喜歡海灘，這主要有兩個原因。

The first is the sun.

第一個是太陽。

I burn easily.

我很容易燒傷。

And the second is that if I have free time, I prefer to go to other places, like the mountain, the forest, the countryside, even the desert.

其次，如果有空閒時間，我更喜歡去其他地方，比如山區、森林、鄉村，甚至沙漠。

So it's not that I don't like the beach, I just like other nature places better.

是以，我並不是不喜歡海灘，只是更喜歡其他自然場所。

But despite that fact, I've lived close to the beach for most of my life, and I know I'm lucky for that.

儘管如此，我大半輩子都住在海灘附近，我知道這是我的幸運。

Alright, so that's all for today.

好了，今天就到這裡吧。

Leave a comment and tell me some of the things that you like doing at the beach.

請留言告訴我您喜歡在海灘做哪些事情。

I'll see you next video.

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