Walking on Water at Pitch▼ Lake 彼奇湖讓你在水上漫步
Visit this one-of-a-kind lake where you can really take a walk on the wild side.
去參觀這座你真的可以在上面漫步的獨特之湖。
When you think about going to a lake, you probably think about swimming or lying on a sandy beach to enjoy the sunshine. You would never dream about walking on the water. But that’s exactly what you can do at Pitch Lake in Trinidad, a body of water unlike any other.
First of all, Pitch Lake doesn’t only contain water. It also has a mix of oil, clay, and tar called pitch. This sticky black goo▼ is extremely thick, but still a liquid. Even so, the mixture can be walked on. Move too slowly, though, and you might start to sink.
The lake is huge, 100 acres▼in size, and it could be over 70 meters deep in some places. Rather than swimming and other water activities, the pitch is mined for asphalt▼ and sent around the world. It has been used to pave▼ roads in over 50 countries to date. Experts say even if mining▼ continues, the pitch could last for another 400 years. That means you’ve still got time to plan a trip there and see Pitch Lake in person.
1. unlike prep. 和……不同，不像
Unlike her sister, Jenny is very quiet.
不像她妹妹，珍妮很安靜。
2. contain vt. 含有，裝盛
Fried chicken is unhealthy and contains a lot of calories.
炸雞很不健康且含有大量卡路里。
* calorie n. 卡路里
3. mix n. 混和 & vt. 混，混合
mixture n. 混和物
Dave’s retirement party was a mix of fun and excitement.
戴夫的退休派對結合了歡樂與興奮。
The formula includes a mixture of egg whites and milk.
這個配方含有蛋白以及牛奶的混合物。
* formula n. 配方；公式
4. sticky a. 黏的
My children’s fingers were sticky from all the candy they ate during the movie.
我孩子的手指因為看電影時沾到他們吃的糖果而變得黏黏的。
5. extremely adv. 極其；極端地
It is extremely dangerous to swim alone.
單獨游泳極為危險。
6. sink vi. 下沉，下陷，沉沒（三態為：sink, sank, sunk）
The wooden boat crashed into the rocks and sank.
那艘木船撞上岩石後便沉沒了。
7. mine vt. 開採；採礦 & n. 礦坑
Blood diamonds are precious stones that are mined in countries that are considered war zones.
血鑽石是從被視為戰區的國家中開採出來的寶石。
8. to date 迄今；到目前為止
To date, over 200 people have been hurt in the terrorist attack.
迄今，已有超過兩百人於這場恐怖攻擊事件中受傷。
* terrorist n. 恐怖分子
▼ pitch n. 瀝青 ▼tar n. 煤焦油瀝青；柏油 ▼goo n.（令人生厭的）黏性物質（非正式用法） ▼ acre n. 英畝（土地丈量單位） ▼ asphalt n. 瀝青，柏油 ▼pave vt. 鋪（路） ▼ mining n. 開採行為；採礦（業）
度量單位表示法��
本文中的用語 in size 可用來表示「某物有……大」，其中介詞 in 加上不同的搭配字詞可以用以表達事物在「狀態、本質上」的描述。表達「（某人／物）有……高」可以用 in height；表達「某物有……長」可以用 in length；表達「某物有……深」可以用 in depth；表達「某物有……重」可以用 in weight。例：
Can you believe that Freddy is 180 centimeters in height?
（你相信弗萊迪有一百八十公分高嗎？）
The river is 200 kilometers in length.
（這條河長達兩百公里。）
The lake is not particularly deep since it averages about 12 meters in depth.
（這座湖並沒有特別深，因為平均深度只有十二公尺。）
