时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:地道美语播客


英语课

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.


 



1 booklet
n.小册子,目录单
  • 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。
2 transfers
n. 接送服务
  • 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。
3 delayed
adj.延时的,定时的v.(使)耽搁,延误( delay的过去式和过去分词 );推迟;使延期;使延迟
  • Deliveries of mail could be delayed because of cost-cutting. 由于削减成本,邮件的递送可能会延迟。
  • The most likely explanation is that his plane was delayed. 最可能的解释是他的飞机晚点了。
4 route
n.路径,途径,路线;vt.确定路线,按规定路线发送
  • On the way home, we took an indirect route.回家的路上,我们绕了一个大圈。
  • The plane did not fly the usual commercial route.飞机没有沿通常的商业航线飞。
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