新概念英語第二冊詳解第50課:Taken for a ride
乘車兜風(fēng)
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Why did the writer not get off the bus at Woodford Green?
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.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
ride n. 旅行
excursion n. 遠(yuǎn)足
conductor n. 售票員
view n. 景色
參考譯文
我喜歡在鄉(xiāng)間旅行，但卻不愿意迷路。最近我作了一次短途旅行，但這次旅行所花費(fèi)的時(shí)間比我預(yù)計(jì)的要長。
“我要去伍德福德草地，”我一上車就對售票員說，“但我不知道它在那兒。”
“我來告訴您在哪兒下車，”售票員回答說。
我坐在汽車的前部，以便飽覽農(nóng)村風(fēng)光。過了一些時(shí)候，車停了。我環(huán)視了一下身旁，驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)車?yán)锞椭皇Ｎ乙粋€(gè)乘客了。
“您得在這里下車，”售票員說，“我們的車就到此為止了。”
“這里是伍德福德草地嗎?”我問道。
“哎呀，”售票員突然說，“我忘了讓您下車了。”
“沒關(guān)系，”我說，“我就在這兒下吧。”
“我們現(xiàn)在要返回去，”售票員說。
“好吧，既然如此，我還是留在車上吧。”我回答說。
