美语情景对话 第177期:土耳其 Turkiye

A couple of years ago, I went travelling around Europe and I think my favorite country was Turkey. I didn't see a lot of the country as such. I think we spent about 7 days in Istanbul, which was an amazing place. It was really, really interesting because you had the different cultures. It was slightly Westernized but mainly not and you'd hear the call to prayer five times a day and there was so much to see and do and they were really friendly there. Um, the weather was great and then after our 7 days in Istanbul we went right to the middle of Turkey to a place called Cappadocia, which was basically a place where everyone lived in caves because it was so hot and that was so interesting to see their way of life and mainly I think they just made their money from carpets, so we went into of carpet shops. They tried to get us to buy, the whole tourist thing, but they were such friendly, welcoming people. And I really liked Turkey and I want to go back and do the coastline and more things but Istanbul and Turkey in general is a place I'd recommend.

几年前，我去欧洲旅行了，我想我最喜欢的国家是土耳其。其实我并没有游览这个国家的太多地方。我想我在伊斯坦布尔待了7天的时间，那真是一个神奇的地方。那里真的非常非常有趣，因为你可以体验到不同的文化。那里并没有多少被西方化的影子，大体上来说不是，一天中你会听到5次唤祷的声音，那里有许多值得游览的地方，有许多可以做的事情，那里的人们非常友好。嗯，天气也很好，我们结束了在伊斯坦布尔的七天行程后，就直接前往埃及中部一个名为卡帕多西亚的地方，基本来说，那是一个所有人都住在洞穴里的地方，因为那里非常热，看到他们的生活方式很有趣，我想他们主要通过制造地毯赚钱，于是我们进了一些地毯店。他们试图说服我们买地毯，整个旅行中都是这样，但是他们真的很友好，很热情。我真的很喜欢土耳其，我想再去那里旅游，去海岸线看看，做更多的事情，总体来说，伊斯坦布尔和土耳其是我会推荐大家去游玩的地方。

重点讲解：
1. as such
（与否定词连用）严格来说，真正意义上；
eg. Mark joined as an office boy at the age of fourteen with no academic qualifications as such at all.
马克在14岁的时候以勤杂员的身份进入公司，他当时根本就没有任何学历。
eg. There is no rudder as such, so the craft can be steered only when under power.
没有真正的方向舵，所以只有在动力驱动的情况下才能操控船只。
注：as such 用于名词后表示“本身”的意思；
eg. House prices are easily upset by factors which have nothing to do with property as such. The fall in prices in the South-East results largely from the high rate of interest on mortgages.
房价很容易受与地产本身无关的因素所影响。东南部房价的下跌很大程度上是由于抵押贷款利率的上涨所引起的。
2. in general
总的来说；总体上来看；大体上
eg. I think we need to improve our educational system in general.
我认为有必要从整体上改进我们的教育体系。
eg. She had a confused idea of life in general.
总的来说，她对生活非常困惑。