夏威夷趣聞！：英語精讀講義

Vsauce,

Vsauce，

Michael here and I am back from vacation.

我是 Michael，我度假回來了。

You may not have known, 文法

你可能還不知道，

but I just spent the last week in Hawaii

但我上週才剛在夏威夷待了一整個星期，

with my mother and my sister.

和我媽媽、妹妹一起。

She's the one hiding right there. 文法

她就是躲在那邊的那位。

I worked on my tan, 片語搭配

我把皮膚曬黑了一些，

grew my beard back out, 片語動詞

又把鬍子留長了，

and most importantly, 表達脈絡

而最重要的是，

I learned a lot.

我學到了很多。

And I wanted to share some of that knowledge with you today.

今天，我想和大家分享其中一些知識。

In fact,

其實，

on Saturday,

就在星期六，

I'm gonna release a brand new Vsauce Leanback made out of videos from producers all over YouTube 片語搭配

我會推出全新的 Vsauce Leanback，內容集結了 YouTube 上眾多創作者的影片，

that I was inspired to watch after learning things in Hawaii.

這些影片都是我在夏威夷學到各種知識後，受到啟發才去看的。

It's going to be exciting,

這一定會很精彩，

but today

不過今天，

Right now,

就是現在，

let's get started and begin with Pearl Harbor. 表達脈絡

讓我們開始吧，先從珍珠港說起。

In 1941,

1941 年，

more than 300 Japanese fighters attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. 文化背景

300 多架日本戰鬥機襲擊了美國位於珍珠港的海軍基地。

The USS Arizona was one of the many battleships damaged or sunk, 文法

「亞利桑那號」是當時受損或沉沒的眾多戰艦之一，

and the Arizona was left right where it sank. 文法

而「亞利桑那號」就留在它沉沒的地方。

It's still there,

它至今仍在那裡，

and a memorial has been built right on top of it.

人們還在它正上方蓋了一座紀念館。

From the memorial,

從紀念館裡，

you can see something pretty surprising.

你能看到一件相當驚人的事。

The ship is still leaking fuel.

這艘船至今仍在漏油。

It once held more than a million gallons of fuel,

它原本裝載了超過 100 萬加侖的燃油，

and so even today,

所以即使到了今天，

70 years later,

70 年後，

it continues to leak 5 gallons of gas every day into the ocean.

它每天仍會向海裡洩漏 5 加侖的燃油。

In fact,

事實上，

you can actually smell it from the memorial.

你在紀念館裡甚至聞得到燃油的氣味。

The Navy hasn't fixed it yet because the leak is seen as a constant reminder of what happened 講解

海軍至今沒有修復漏油問題，因為人們把它視為對當年事件永不消逝的提醒，

and as tears that have continued to flow ever since the day of the attack. 講解

也視為從遇襲那天起便一直流淌至今的眼淚。

Pearl Harbor also has this giant map,

珍珠港還有這樣一張巨型地圖，

which shows you something else I was excited about being close to the International Date Line. 文化背景

它也顯示出另一件讓我很興奮的事：這裡離國際換日線很近。

It's an arbitrary line where the new day begins.

這是一條人為劃定的線，新的一天從這裡開始。

You see, 語氣意圖

你看，

when the sun rises in the morning for these Pacific Islands, 文法

當這些太平洋島嶼迎來清晨的日出時，

different days are beginning.

各地開始的卻可能是不同的一天。

In Samoa,

在薩摩亞，

it might be 9 in the morning on Thursday,

可能是星期四早上 9 點，

but just a few hundred miles away across the date line,

但只要跨過換日線，幾百英里外的地方，

it's 9 in the morning on Friday,

已經是星期五早上 9 點，

1 day in the future.

也就是未來的一天。

This means that some pretty weird things can happen. 用詞

這意味著一些相當奇怪的事可能會發生。

For instance, 表達脈絡

例如，

Amelia Earhart disappeared without a trace 慣用語

愛蜜莉亞·艾爾哈特曾消失得無影無蹤，

while traveling from New Guinea to Howland Island. 文法

當時她正從新幾內亞前往豪蘭島。

She was talking,

她當時還在說話，

communicating,

還保持著通訊，

and most definitely live on July 3rd, 講解

而且在 7 月 3 日毫無疑問還活著，

but then she crossed the date line and disappeared forever on July 2nd.

可接著她跨過換日線，卻在 7 月 2 日永遠消失了。

At the Dole Plantation,

在都樂種植園，

you can take a train called the Pineapple Express and see coffee being grown. 文法

你可以搭一列名叫「鳳梨快車」的火車，看看咖啡是怎麼種出來的。

Or you can visit Kona and toast the camera with coffee made from beans right below you. 語氣意圖

或者去 Kona，拿一杯用腳下種植的咖啡豆沖泡的咖啡，對著鏡頭舉杯致意。

If you prefer softer beans,

如果你比較喜歡軟一點的豆子，

grab a shaved ice from Matsumoto with red beans at the bottom. 文化背景

那就來一份 Matsumoto 的刨冰，底下還鋪著紅豆。

Or eat some shrimp so fresh that they were grown in ponds right behind the shrimp shack. 文法

或者吃些新鮮無比的蝦子——牠們就養在蝦屋後方的池塘裡。

This is the hospital Barack Obama was born in, 文法

這就是巴拉克·歐巴馬出生的醫院，

and the top of Diamond Head, 文化背景

而在鑽石頭山頂，

a volcanic tuff cone in Honolulu,

這是一座位於檀香山的火山凝灰岩錐，

has a great view of the city,

你可以欣賞到絕佳的城市風光，

but it's so windy that all around the steep sides are clumps of lost hats. 文法

但那裡風大得驚人，陡峭山坡四周散落著一堆堆被吹走的帽子。

By the way, 表達脈絡

順帶一提，

the camera I've been using this entire time says it's waterproof. 文法

我一直在用的這台相機標示為防水。

And to find out if it is, 片語動詞

為了確認它到底防不防水，

I'm gonna send my sister down.

我要讓妹妹帶著它下去。

Good luck.

祝妳好運。

Finally,

最後，

Mauna Kea, 文化背景

毛納基山，

the highest point in Hawaii,

夏威夷的最高點，

and if measured from its seafloor base, 文法

如果從海床上的山腳算起，

a mountain taller than Mount Everest.

這座山甚至比聖母峰還高。

It's above the clouds,

它高聳在雲層之上，

so driving up is really freaky.

所以開車上山真的很嚇人。

You literally drive into and through the cloudline. 用詞

你真的會把車開進雲層，再從中穿過。

The dry air,

乾燥的空氣、

high altitude,

極高的海拔，

and Comair make it perfect for observing space.

以及平穩的氣流，讓這裡成為觀測太空的絕佳地點。

Well,

不過，

I didn't get to use those telescopes, 片語搭配

我沒能使用那些望遠鏡，

but people had smaller ones I could use pointed right at Saturn.

但有人帶了較小的望遠鏡，我可以用它們直接觀察土星。

I tried to get camera footage of it,

我試著用相機把它拍下來，

and this is the best I could do. 文法

這已經是我能拍到最好的畫面了。

To learn more about Saturn and Hawaii's volcanic activity and a whole host of other issues, 片語搭配

如果想進一步了解土星、夏威夷的火山活動，以及其他許多議題，

be sure to watch our Leanback coming out this Saturday. 片語動詞

一定要收看我們這個星期六推出的 Leanback。

It's an autoplaying playlist that I host full of video clips from producers all over YouTube,

這是由我主持、會自動播放的播放清單，裡面滿是 YouTube 上各路創作者的影片片段，

so they get the views.

這樣影片的觀看次數就會歸給他們。

And if you like what they make,

如果你喜歡他們做的內容，

you can subscribe to them.

也可以訂閱他們的頻道。

Stay tuned for that. 慣用語

敬請期待。

And,

還有，

as always,

一如往常，

thanks for watching.

謝謝收看。