Unit 2 Transport交通
Tuning In
Listen to the recording. Read aloud and learn by heart the following 10 sentences.
反复听，大声朗读并背熟下面的10个句子。
I’m afraid you’ve got on the wrong bus.
You’ll have to get off and change to 320.
We should make it if the lights are with us.
Step in and bang the door, please.
Here we are just in time.
Welcome aboard Air China.
May I see your boarding pass, please?
The flight will take about 2 hours.
You’ll have to change to the Subway Line 1.
Let me show you the nearest subway station.
Notes
get off 下车，也可以说alight,但比较正规，如Passengers should not alight from the train untilit it has stoppped.在列车停稳之前，旅客请勿下车。上车则是get in .
make it 成功，达到目的。
if the lights are with us 如果一路都是绿灯，一路尽是红灯则说：The lights are against us.
bang the door 用力关上门
Here we are… 我们到了……
boarding pass 登机牌
subway 地铁，亦可以说metro或tube,英国英语中则说underground
Task 1
Listen to the dialogue and then read after the recording.
先听，然后跟着录音朗读这段对话。
Foreign Visitor: Excuse me. Does this bus go to the West Railway Station?
Bus Conductor: No, madam. I’m afraid you’ve got on the wrong bus.
Foreign Visitor: Oh, dear! What shall I do then?
Bus Conductor: You’ll have to get off and change to 320.
Foreign Visitor: Can you tell me where to get off?
Bus Conductor: At the Renmin University. That’s the next stop.
Foreign Visitor: Is there a 320 bus stp near the university?
Bus Conductor: We share the bus stop with 320. You just wait at where you alight.
Foreign Visitor: Thank you. Ah, I see a 320 bus pulling over ahead.
Notes
…dear! ……天哪！dear在这里是语气词，表示吃惊
get off and change to 320 下车， 然后换乘320
alight 下车
pull over 靠边
