新概念 2 L50 Taken for a ride 乘车兜风

词汇

  • ride n. 旅行（搭车）
    • go for a ride
    • trip
      • a day trip
      • on a business trip
    • journey 长而艰辛的旅行
    • flight 航行
    • voyage
    • drive
  • excursion n. 远足，徒步
    • go on an excursion
  • conductor
    • conduct vt. 引导，带领
  • view n.
    • 视野
    • come into view 映入眼帘
      • The lake came into view.
    • 景色，美景
      • enjoy the (breathtaking) view

原文

I love travelling in the country, but I don’t like losing my way.

I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.

‘I’m going to Woodford Green,’ I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, ‘but I don’t know where it is.’

‘I’ll tell you where to get off.’ answered the conductor.

I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.

‘You’ll have to get off here,’ the conductor said. ‘This is as far as we go.’

‘Is this Woodford Green?’ I asked.

‘Oh dear,’ said the conductor suddenly. ‘I forgot to put you off.’

‘It doesn’t matter,’ I said. ‘I’ll get off here.’

‘We’re going back now,’ said the conductor.

‘Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,’ I answered.

参考译文：

我喜欢在乡间旅行，但却不愿意迷路。最近我作了一次短途旅行，但这次旅行所花费的时间比我预计的要长。

“我要去伍德福德草地，”我一上车就对售票员说，“但我不知道它在那儿。”

“我来告诉您在哪儿下车，”售票员回答说。

我坐在汽车的前部，以便饱览农村风光。过了一些时候，车停了。我环视了一下身旁，惊奇地发现车里就只剩我一个乘客了。

“您得在这里下车，”售票员说，“我们的车就到此为止了。”

“这里是伍德福德草地吗?”我问道。

“哎呀，”售票员突然说，“我忘了让您下车了。”

“没关系，”我说，“我就在这儿下吧。”

“我们现在要返回去，”售票员说。

“好吧，既然如此，我还是留在车上吧。”我回答说。

  • country 国家（可数）；乡村（风情、美景）（不可数，往往有 the，抽象名词）
  • lose one’s way 迷路
    = be lost
    = get lost
  • 时间状语从句：when while as 复习
    • I was doing my homework when(= at that time，在那时) my mother came in.
    • I was doing my homework while(= during that time 在那段时间) my mother was sleeping.
    • as 一边 随着（同时开始，同时结束）
  • w/h + to do（连接副词 + 不定式）
    • When to start has not been decided.
    • 例外：Why/why not + do
  • in front of 在 … 前面
  • in the front of 在 … 的前部
  • left 过去分词
  • prefer n/ing to n/ing
  • prefer to do rather than do