美語情景對話 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.

幾年前，我去歐洲旅行了，我想我最喜歡的國家是土耳其。其實我並沒有遊覽這個國家的太多地方。我想我在伊斯坦布爾待了7天的時間，那真是一個神奇的地方。那裏真的非常非常有趣，因爲你可以體驗到不同的文化。那裏並沒有多少被西方化的影子，大體上來說不是，一天中你會聽到5次喚禱的聲音，那裏有許多值得遊覽的地方，有許多可以做的事情，那裏的人們非常友好。嗯，天氣也很好，我們結束了在伊斯坦布爾的七天行程後，就直接前往埃及中部一個名爲卡帕多西亞的地方，基本來說，那是一個所有人都住在洞穴裏的地方，因爲那裏非常熱，看到他們的生活方式很有趣，我想他們主要通過製造地毯賺錢，於是我們進了一些地毯店。他們試圖說服我們買地毯，整個旅行中都是這樣，但是他們真的很友好，很熱情。我真的很喜歡土耳其，我想再去那裏旅遊，去海岸線看看，做更多的事情，總體來說，伊斯坦布爾和土耳其是我會推薦大家去遊玩的地方。

重點講解：
1. as such
（與否定詞連用）嚴格來說，真正意義上；
eg. Mark joined as an office boy at the age of fourteen with no academic qualifications as such at all.
馬克在14歲的時候以勤雜員的身份進入公司，他當時根本就沒有任何學歷。
eg. There is no rudder as such, so the craft can be steered only when under power.
沒有真正的方向舵，所以只有在動力驅動的情況下才能操控船隻。
注：as such 用於名詞後表示“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.
房價很容易受與地產本身無關的因素所影響。東南部房價的下跌很大程度上是由於抵押貸款利率的上漲所引起的。
2. in general
總的來說；總體上來看；大體上
eg. I think we need to improve our educational system in general.
我認爲有必要從整體上改進我們的教育體系。
eg. She had a confused idea of life in general.
總的來說，她對生活非常困惑。