高频英语口语对话 第413期:轮船现状
时间：2019-02-15 作者：英语课 分类：高频英语口语对话
英语课
unit 444
轮船现状
dialogue
英语情景对话
A:Nowodays, ships and boats are no longer so important in transportation as they used to be.
A:如今，轮船在交通中的重要性大不如从前了。
B:True. With the extension of railways and highways, and the improvement of safety and capacity of airplanes, ships and boats have been giving place to trains, planes and automobiles 1.
B:的确如此。随着铁路与高速公路的延伸、飞机安全性和运力的提高，轮船已经让位给火车、飞机和汽车了。
A:I read in the newspapers that the passenger liners from Shanghai to Ningbo and Dalian have been out of business; and the liners up and down the Yangtze River have been reduced by 70%.
A:我从报纸上看到，从上海开往宁被、大连的客轮已经歇业了，而长江沿线的客轮量也已经减少了70%。
B:The pace of life of people is now getting faster and faster, so the speed of ships and boats seems to be so slow. I think it may be the reason why people don't like to travel by boat.
B:人们的生活节奏如今变得越来越快，所以轮船的速度就显得太慢了。我想这大概就是人们不爱乘船旅行的原因。
A:But the most of the transoceanic cargo 2 transportation is still carried by boat.
A:但是如今大部分的跨洋货运还是靠轮船。
n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 )
- When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后，就不再使用马和马车了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上，汽车川流不息。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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