We chose a peculiar restaurant named "Rainforest Cafe" for dinner, which was located on the busiest street, Clifton Hill. The inside was designed to simulate the rain forest. Several mechanical animals such as gorillas, birds and elephants moved around us and even the roar of thunder, squalls and animals often echoed through the hall. Can you detect a gorilla in the first picture?
After dinner, while we walked to our hotel, we found an array of concrete blocks with steel wires connected. They were anchors of the tightrope which I showed in the previous entry. I'm scared of heights and I found it unbelievable that a human being walked on the rope set at such a high place.
Coming back to our room, I found a small lamp on the phone blinking. It was the sign of a message left on voice mail. My daughter checked it. It was from the transport service company, informing us of the delay of the next day's shuttle bus to Toronto. Because the company knew our flight schedule, they thought the delay didn't mean a lot. However, it was too one-sided. I unconditionally had to obey their modified schedule and changed the sightseeing plan on the next day. If we had received a refund, we could have changed the shuttle bus into the train as the means of transportation to Toronto. Finally, we killed the early hours uselessly on the next morning.
(Vocabulary)
echo through/around sth ＜場所＞に響き渡る, こだまする
The sound of thunder echoed all around the valley. 雷鳴は谷じゅうに響き渡った．
drop/weigh anchor 錨を下ろす/錨を上げる
be scared of sb/sth ＜…＞を怖がる
She's scared of spiders. 彼女はクモを怖がる．
I find it unbelievable that …とはとても信じがたい
blink〈ライトなどが〉点滅する
mean a lot (to somebody)（＜人＞にとって）とても重要である
one-sided〈試合・会話などが〉一方的な;〈関係などが〉一方的な, 不公平な
a one-sided contest 一方的な勝負
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