每日对话围绕一家人在美国50个州的旅行见闻展开。请来跟随他们一起体验地方风情和历史。这个对话系列适于中级或中级以上英语水平的学生使用。
今天他们来到北卡罗来纳州（North Carolina）的外滩群岛（Outer Banks）。
Sam: I didn’t realize we’d have to take a ferry to get to the Outer Banks.
Paul: Of course. The Outer Banks is a long string of peninsulas and islands.
Claudine: And the place of the Wright brothers’ first successful flight!
Paul: That’s right. But we’re going to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, so we’ll be seeing more nature than airplanes.
Claudine: There must be a lot of great sea life here.
Gina: Yes, and if we’re lucky we can see the baby sea turtles returning to the sea after they hatch.
Sam: They’re born on the beach?
Gina: Yes. The mother digs a hole with her back flippers, lays her eggs and covers them. After the baby turtles hatch, they walk across the sand into the ocean.
Claudine: Wow, little baby turtles are brave.
让我们复习一些词语：
A ferry ：轮渡
The Outer Banks 外滩群岛，指沿北卡罗来纳州海岸（以及一小段弗吉尼亚州海岸）伸展的长条半岛及一些小岛。
A peninsula ：半岛
The Wright brothers ：莱特兄弟，即威尔伯·莱特（Wilbur Wright）和奥维尔·莱特（Orville Wright）。他们成功制造出第一架动力飞机。
Cape Hatteras National Seashore ：海特瑞斯角国家海岸，位于外滩群岛地区。这一带海岸受到美国国家政府保护。
To hatch ：孵（蛋），孵出，出壳
flippers ：海龟用以划水的鳍
to lay ：动词，（爬行动物或鸟禽）下蛋
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