时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:ESL杰夫的一天


英语课

   Part five is called "The Commute 1 to Work." 第五部分叫做“开车上班”


  Commute, "commute," can be both a noun and a verb. 通勤(commute)既可以作名词,也可以作动词。
  It means to go from your house to your work. 它是从家里去上班的意思。
  Usually, if you live a long distance from your work, you would say, "I have a long commute." 一般来说,如果你住的地方离工作地很远,你会说,“我的通勤距离很长。”
  Or, if you live close to work, you would have a short commute. 或者说,如果你住在工作地附近,那么你的通勤距离很短。
  If it's a very long commute with lots of traffic, you might say, "I have a terrible commute" — a very bad commute. 如果通勤距离很长并且交通拥堵,你会说,“我的通勤很糟糕”。
  The story begins by me saying that "I open my car door and throw my briefcase 2 in the back seat." 故事开始,我说“我打开车门,把公文包扔到后座上”。
  So, I open my front door — the door that we would call the driver's side, where the driver gets in,  因此,我打开前门——这个门就是我们所说的驾驶员侧,驾驶员进车的地方,
  and in an American car, that is on the left side. 美国汽车的驾驶员侧在左边。
  Cars in Britain are on the right side, is the driver's side. 而英国汽车的驾驶员侧在右边。
  So, I get into the left side in the front door. 因此,我从左边的前门进入汽车。
  If you have a car that has a back seat, you could have a two-door car or a four-door car. 如果你的车有后座,那么你的车要么是两扇门的车,要么是四扇门的车。
  Four doors means that you have separate doors for the back seat. 四扇车门意味着后座有单独的门。
  The seat, "seat," is what you sit in. 座位(seat)是你坐的地方。
  So, the back seat is where people can sit behind you — behind the driver and behind the person next to the driver.  因此,后座是人们坐在你后面的地方——在驾驶员和驾驶员旁边的人的后面。

1 commute
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。
2 briefcase
n.手提箱,公事皮包
  • He packed a briefcase with what might be required.他把所有可能需要的东西都装进公文包。
  • He requested the old man to look after the briefcase.他请求那位老人照看这个公事包。
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