A: Yes, but Yeti don’t stand still for pictures. They’re strong yet shy. They run away from people. That’s why they’ve yet to get a convincing picture.
B: I see. Do you believe in Bigfoot?
A: I’m open[8] to it. How about you?
B: I’m inclined to think it’s a hoax. People claim they’ve seen one, yet they haven’t found a Yeti yet. Still, it’s a nice fantasy[9].
A: Don’t dismiss it out of hand. Aliens[10] are stranger still, yet many scientists believe they exist.
B: I still think it’s all rubbish. Why do you believe in Bigfoot?
A: Because I think my mother-in-law[11] is one.
Vocabulary
1. Yeti: (传说中喜马拉雅山的)雪人;hairy: 多毛的。
2. Loch Ness Monster: 尼斯湖水怪。
3. sighting: 目击,看见(不寻常的事物)。
4. Bigfoot: 大脚,长毛野人(传说生存于美国西北部山区的长毛猿人)。
5. missing link: (类人猿进化到人类的过程中)或许存在过的一种过渡动物;ape: 猿。
6. Rocky Mountains: 落基山脉,位于北美洲西部,北起阿拉斯加北部,纵贯加拿大和美国西部,南至墨西哥边境。
7. make out: 看出,辨认出。
8. open: 不对某事存先入之见。
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