体育美语：Mountain Climbing 登山 (1) (音频文字) VOA (ZT)
Y: My gosh Patrick, Where are we?
P: Yang Chen. I'm taking you mountain climbing.
Y: 登山? This is scary!
P: Don't worry, I'm an expert mountain climber. I am as steady on these steep slopes as a mountain goat.
Y: 野山羊? 你倒是smell like a mountain goat.
P: Stop complaining. We're about to reach the crux of the climb.
Y: 什么是the crux of the climb?
P: Actually, the crux of something is the most difficult or important part.
Y: Oh, crux 就是问题的症结、关键、最困难的部分。
P: Exactly. Or I could say that I decided to quit my job for many reasons, but the crux of the problem was that I didn't make enough money.
Y: Right ...Patrick，我开始爬了.. .. (Scream)
P: Oh my gosh! Yang Chen fell off the side of the cliff! Yang Chen, are you OK?
Y: Patrick, please pull me back up. Hurry! 我要掉下去了。
P: Wow, you're hanging off the side of the cliff! This is going to be a real cliffhanger. Do you know what that means?
Y: Patrick, 现在不是教英语的时候。Help me!
P: One second. A cliff hanger is when a chapter of a movie or book ends without a resolution.
Y: 我知道cliff是悬崖， cliff hanger掉在悬崖上，就是留下悬念的意思。
P: Yang Chen, do you think it might be good to have a cliffhanger ending?
Y: No!
P: You know Yang Chen, I like the cliffhanger ending.
Words and Phrases
1. mountain climbing
登山
2. 野山羊
mountain goat
3.crux of something
The crux of something is the most difficult or important part.
crux 就是问题的症结、关键、最困难的部分。
For example:
I decided to quit my job for many reasons, but the crux of the problem was that I didn't make enough money.
4. cliffhanger
A cliff hanger is when a chapter of a movie or book ends without a resolution.
cliff是悬崖， cliff hanger掉在悬崖上，就是留下悬念的意思。
For example:
I like the cliffhanger ending.
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