A Visit to Southern California原版英文小故事內容：

Erin and her best friend Amy flew into San Diego last week. They are both in their mid-20s, and both are nurses who live in Georgia. It was their first visit to California, and they were excited.

They visited San Diego’s world-famous zoo and fell in love with the giant pandas. “They are so cute,” Erin said. Then they drove north to La Jolla so that they could glide1 off the cliffs 100 feet above the beach. That was scary, exciting, fun, and expensive. They drove to the beach to get a peek2 at nudists, but no one was there. “That was a major disappointment,” Erin joked.

After visiting San Diego, they headed north to Los Angeles. They saw the Hollywood sign and visited many places in Hollywood and Beverly Hills. They hoped they would see lots of actors and actors’ homes. If they got lucky, they would get some autographs and maybe even some photographs of them standing3 next to a movie star.

1 glide n./v.溜，滑行;(時間)消逝

參考例句：

We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.我們噤若寒蟬地站著，眼看那條蛇逍遙自在地游來游去。

So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.那芭蕾舞女演員翩躚起舞，宛如滑翔。

2 peek vi.偷看，窺視;n.偷偷的一看，一瞥

參考例句：

Larry takes a peek out of the window.賴瑞往窗外偷看了一下。

Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛，別偷看。

3 standing n.持續(xù)，地位;adj.永久的，不動的，直立的，不流動的

參考例句：

After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震過后只有幾幢房屋還立著。

They're standing out against any change in the law.他們堅決反對對法律做任何修改。