凡：The sea breeze at Yehliu 《野柳》sure feels comfortable！
仙：This is Queen’s Head Rock《女王頭》, and those two are Candlestick Rock 《燭台石》and Fairy Shoe《仙女鞋》
凡：That’s right. Yehliu is a cape protruding《突出岬角 》above sea level . This spectacular《壯觀的》,internationally --Know landscape was formed by wave erosion《侵蝕》,weathering《風化作用》 and crustal movement《地殼運動》.
仙：Right. I’ve heard things about the sea--eroded trenches《海蝕洞溝》, mushroom rocks《蕈狀石》, bean curd rocks《豆腐石》,beehive rocks《蜂窩石》,potholes and dissolved《壺穴和溶蝕盤》.
凡：Yep. What’s more, Hoping Island《和平島》, Badouzih and Keelung Islet《八斗子和基隆嶼》 are right around the coner. 》These are all geological landcapes《地質景觀》 by volcanic sedimentary rocks《火山沉積岩》. They are also very much worth visiting.
仙：Which reminds me , there’s an 〝Ocean Word〞here in Yehliu. It’s the foremost《著名的》 marine ecology center《海洋生態育樂館》 in the country. It even has an underwater tunnel《海底景觀隧道》！Do you want to go and take a look？
凡：Sure. I’m verh much looking forward to seeing dolphins《海豚》and sea lions perform！
〈96.7.31 聯合報 執筆/台科應用外語系助理教授黃玟君〉
