In a taxi
在出租車內(nèi)
范例
A: Good Heavens! Please be careful! We nearly [1]bumped into that car.
B: Didn’t you see he was trying to cut right in front of us? What was I supposed to do?
A: Well, must you drive so fast?
B: I don’t want an accident any more than you do, sir. I just [2]got out of the hospital a week ago… and I don’t want to go back.
A: Oh, I’m glad to hear that.
Traffic jam
交通堵塞
范例
Maria: Sorry I’m late. Horribleadj.可怕的、恐怖的 traffic.
Jack: [1]Rush hour上下班交通擁擠時段 in New York [2]separatesv. 隔離、區(qū)分 the men from the boys. For me, Manhattan’s the easy part. I always walk from
Grand Central.
Maria: Oh, where do you live?
Jack: Greenwich, Connecticut.
Maria: How far is that?
Jack: Oh, about thirty-five miles, [3]door-to-door門到門的.
Maria: How do you get there?
Jack: I take the seven-fifty train.
Maria: How long does the train take?
Jack: It usually takes thirty minutes and then it’s a thirteen-minute walk here.
Maria: Then why did it take me fifty minutes by cabn.計程車 from my hotel on the West Side?
翻譯
A:天??!請小心一點!我們差點撞上那輛汽車。
B:你沒看到他在拼命往我們前面沖過來嗎?你說我該怎么辦?
A:那你非得開得那么快嗎?
B:先生,我和你一樣,都不想出車禍。一個星期前我才剛出院…… 我可不想再回到那里。
A:我很高興聽到你這么說。