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Jana: You mentioned snow. I had no idea it snows in South Africa.
Peter: Yeah, maybe I should qualify1 that. The central part of South Africa actually there's a range of mountains that run straight through from the northern part of South Africa right through almost to the southern tip of Africa called the Drakensberg and around these mountains and obviously on top of these mountains, you can find snow during wintertime. Actually it doesn't compare with snow in the Northern Hemisphere2 where you really have deep snow and things like that but it gets really cold during winter and temperatures would be far below zero for most of the time up in these mountainous areas. So, yeah, it's not enough snow to ski in but it's pretty cold.
Jana: Hmm, that's sounds interesting. I always thought South Africa is really wild and rugged3 and hot. Are there any such areas?
Peter: Oh, yeah, right. Actually South Africa is very diverse when it comes to areas. Like there are many different climate zones, different landscapes and actually if you travel around the country, you'd be really struck by how the vegetation4 can be so different within a morning's drive or an afternoon's drive. You could be in a completely different landscape and different vegetation, animals around you, different plant life. On the western side of the country, it can be really hot. It's almost got a desert type of, well it does have a desert type of landscape, very sparse5 vegetation, very little rainfall, not many people, not many animals, very beautiful. It's really a place I recommend people to visit because you can hear silence and it'd be quiet around you and yeah it's really beautiful but almost a bit strange, strange to be confronted6 by so much raw nature, I guess, if you can put it that way.
Jana: Wow, it sounds really interesting. What about, are there any tropical areas?
Peter: Hmm. I think on the eastern side of the country, close to the seaside, it's really hot and tropical most of the year. Winter it's a bit cooler but especially the north eastern parts of the country lush tropical vegetation, wonderful fruit of course, but really, really hot. Temperatures of forty five, forty degrees Celsius7 every day and ninety per cent humidity8. Yeah, like really, really hot.
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1 qualify | |
vt.取得资格,有资格,限定,描述;vi.取得资格,有资格 | |
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n.半球,半球地图 | |
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adj.高低不平的,粗糙的,粗壮的,强健的 | |
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n.植物,草木,(植物)生长 | |
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adj.稀疏的,稀稀落落的,薄的 | |
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面对( confront的过去式和过去分词 ); 使面对; 使对质; 处理 | |
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adj.摄氏温度计的,摄氏的 | |
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n.湿度,潮湿,湿气 | |
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