时间:2019-03-18 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄旅游观光英语通


英语课

   Renting a Bicycle


  租自行车
  Kathy and Evan decide to tour Amsterdam as many people do, by bicycle. Kathy is talking with a renter of bicycles.
  凯西和艾凡决定和许多人的做法一样── 骑自行车游览阿姆斯特丹。 凯西正和一名自行车出租业者谈话。
  R:Good morning, young lady. Beautiful day, isn't it?
  业者:早安,小姐。天气很好,不是吗?
  K:I'll say. Summer here is so lovely.
  凯西:是啊。这里的夏天非常宜人。
  R:How would you like to rent a bicycle today and see the city the way most people here in Amsterdam do? They're very reasonable.
  业者:今天要和这儿大多数的人一样租自行车游览阿姆斯特丹吗?价钱很公道。
  K:Yes, we've heard that most people here commute 1 by bicycle rather than by car. I think that's great!
  凯西:是的,我们听说这里大多数的人都是骑自行车通勤而不开车的。我认为这样很棒了!
  R:So do we! It may take longer, but it's more healthful and a much better way to take in the city views.
  业者:我们也这么认为!骑自行车可能要多花一点时间,但是比较有益建康,而且也是观赏市景比较好的一种方式。
  K:Gee 2, you sold me. How much for two?
  凯西:哇 。你把我给说服了。两个人要多少钱呢?
  R:You have a choice of a tandem 3 if you want to ride together, or two separate bikes.
  业者:如果你们要共骑的话可以选择双人协力车,或者选择两辆单人骑的自行车。
  K:Uh, I think separate bikes might be better.
  凯西:呃,我想单人自行车也许比较好。
  R:A half day is four hours; a full day is anytime before 8:00 p.m. Each bike half day is 6.5 euros, for a full day 13. A lock and key come with each bicycle.
  业者:半天是四个小时,一天是租到晚上八点前。一辆自行车半天是欧元六块五,一天是十三块。每辆自行车都附有一把锁和钥匙。
  K:So, how much would that be in U.S. dollars for two bikes all day?
  凯西:那么,两辆自行车租用一天,美金要多少钱呢?
  R:That would be 26 euros or roughly US$35.
  业者:那要廿六欧元或美金三十五元左右。
  K:That's not cheap, but it will be fun. OK, we'll take two.
  凯西:虽然并不便宜,但是会很好玩。好的,我们租两辆。
  单词短语精讲:
  1 .I' 11 say 我同意
  例:A:Maybe we' d better not
  B:I' 11 sav. Look at those go to the beach black clouds!It's sure to rain.
  (甲:也许我们现在最好jll}去海滩。)
  (乙:我同意。看看那些乌石!一定会下山的。)
  2. commute 往返两地
  例:Tony commutes 4 to and from school every day by train.
  (汤尼每天搭火车往返学校。)
  3. take in…欣赏……,将····一览无遗/尽收眼底
  例:If we drive up to Mt. Sumo,we can take in the night views of San Fnancis-cofrom there.
  (如果我们开车上双峰山去,我们从那儿就川一以看到整个旧金山的夜景。)
  4. Gee , you sold me.吐噬,你把我给说服厂。
  =(}ee,you have persuaded me.
  例:I tYied to sell my voungeY bYOtheY into lending me some money,but the stingy kid wouldn't lend me a dollar!
  (我设法说服我弟弟借我一点钱,但是那个吝音的小子连一块钱都不
  肯借给我!)
  5. tandem 双人自行车
  6. separate分开;分居
  例:Mr-. and Mns. Pmken sepmated after a terrible argument;they now live in sepmate apmtments.
  (帕克夫妇在一次激烈争一执后分居,现在他们各住各的公寓。)

vi.乘车上下班;vt.减(刑);折合;n.上下班交通
  • I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
  • Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
n.马;int.向右!前进!,惊讶时所发声音;v.向右转
  • Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
  • Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇!我们会赚好多钱啦!
n.同时发生;配合;adv.一个跟着一个地;纵排地;adj.(两匹马)前后纵列的
  • Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.马尔科姆的合同将与他手头的合同同时生效。
  • He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office.他正配合欺诈重案办公室的官员工作。
上下班路程( commute的名词复数 )
  • She commutes from Oxford to London every day. 她每天上下班往返于牛津与伦敦之间。
  • Barbara lives in Oxford and commutes. 芭芭拉住在牛津,通勤往来。
学英语单词
1-bromoheptane
3-Acetamidocumarin
additional costs assigned to byproduct
admarginated
Akis spinosa
alkyl phenol resin
allophytin (lithiophorite)
amo
anti dependence
ARLT
Austrophobes
authorized securities
backpeddling
balance loop inertial navigation
becomeness
belt pipe wrench
birth-controls
brachydactyly
capital account commitment balance
chitosanases
colonopexy
cranton
crew cabin
dairygirl
delpino
denture adhesive
depositional area
detain flood
digital flight control computer
Dukhovshchinskaya Vozv.
dunqulah (dongola)
electrostatic deposition
emergency war order
equiareal mapping
field-testing
footglove
formula-feeding
gate trap
glass tumbler
H type pole
half-life loan value
hardware logic simulation
harmonic suture
hemp spinning machine
hepaxanthin
heterogeneous region
hola
HSP105
hub and spigot
inductive ignition system
influents
interactive continuous simulation language
intolerable error
Jacui
Kavkazskiy Rayon
Kuznetskiy Rayon
lemper
lobster trap
long term toxicity
lubricant SCD
metanetworks
multiple-coin-cidence magnetic memory
N.B
niacinogen
normal sand
Oil-Tanker
Parasenecio tripteris
pecentage timers
periclinal chimaera
peripheral driver
plightings
portable computers
propulsion power substation
proteinic
proteron
pseudolues
publicly-available
raise your hand
re-live
reserve for inventory price decline
reticulated mottles
revenant
Sal, Cay
Saudi Arabia Airlines
sault sainte maries
ship communications
Siphonoperta
skip it!
small-order
specialized fund
state message
Suomenlahti(Finland, Gulf of)
Swida austrosinensis
test answer sheets
Thalesian
tinctorial property
tundra soil
unreturned
utility power-boat trailer
xi structure
yahn
Zelënyy, Ostrov