地道美语听力播客:Taking the Bus in Los Angeles
时间：2018-12-06 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
I just moved to L.A. and don’t have a car. Everybody says that you can’t get around this city without one, but I wanted to prove them wrong.
I asked my neighbor to take me to the downtown bus station so I could try taking the bus home. She thought I was crazy but gave me a ride. When I got there, I went inside and got a bus schedule. I looked at the map and figured out that I needed to take three buses to get home. The fare was $1.75 per ride and I could buy a single ticket, a booklet 1 of 20, or a bus pass. I would need transfers 2, too, to change buses.
I took my map and went outside to wait at the bus stop for the Number 8 bus. Soon it pulled up and I got on. I gave my ticket to the bus driver and took a seat. At the stop where I needed to get off, I rang the bell, the bus stopped, and I got off. I waited for the next bus. I waited and waited. A man who was also waiting for the Number 14 bus said that it wasn’t unusual for the bus to be delayed 3. It finally got there and I found out that the bus had broken down along the route 4 and they had to get another bus to take its place. By this time, I was getting pretty tired. Maybe getting a car in L.A. wasn’t such a bad idea.
- Detailed instructions are included in the booklet.小册子中有详细说明。
- I picked up a free booklet on tooth care at the dentist's.我在牙医那里拿了一本关于牙齿保健的免费小册子。
- Some proposals to make transfers automatic have been made. 人们已提出了一些自动转让的方案。
- Embryo transfers speed up the process of building a high-quality herd. 胚胎转移加速了培养优质牛群的步伐。