賴世雄觀光英語通73:島嶼和橋梁

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Islands and Bridges

島嶼和橋梁

Kathy notes that Stockholm and Amsterdam are both cities on water.

凱西注意到斯德哥爾摩和阿姆斯特丹兩個城市都建在水上。

K:I didn't realize that both Stockholm and Amsterdam are cities built on the water.

凱西：沒想到斯德哥爾摩和阿姆斯特丹兩個城市都建在水上。

E:Don't forget Venice, Italy. It's even more famous.

艾凡：別忘了意大利的威尼斯。它更有名。

K:Would you like to live here in Stockholm?

凱西：你會想住在斯德哥爾摩這里嗎?

E:I don't know. I really like the hustle and bustle of New York. I wouldn't mind working here for a year, though.

ulture!

艾凡：不知道。我很喜歡紐約的喧囂擾攘。但是我不介意在這里工作一年。

K:Yeah. It would be nice to take a break from all that stress and pollution of the big city.

凱西：沒錯。暫時離開大都市的一切壓力和污染會很不錯的。

E:Look! Here's another bridge.

艾凡：看!這里有另一座橋。

K:Do we have to pay a toll?

凱西：我們得付過橋費(fèi)嗎?

E:No. These bridges are toll-free.

艾凡：不用。這些橋梁都是免收通行費(fèi)的。

K:That must be the city center there.

凱西：那里一定是市中心了。

E:Uh-huh. We'll be there in a jiffy. There's not that much traffic here. Check out the map. We're looking for the Vasa district.

艾凡：不錯。我們馬上就要到了。這里的交通流量不那么大?？匆幌碌貓D。我們要找凡莎區(qū)。

K:What's that?

凱西：那是什么區(qū)呢?

E:It's the university area. Our hostel is near there.

艾凡：它是大學(xué)區(qū)。我們要住的青年旅社就在那兒附近。

K:Great! There should be lots of neat shops and restaurants there.

凱西：太棒了!那里一定有許多不錯的商店和餐廳。

E:And c

艾凡：還有文化!

單詞短語精講：

1.take a break 暫日寸休息

例:Our schoolallows us to take a 10-minute bYeak each houY between classes.

(學(xué)校允許我們每個小時在兩堂課中間休息十分鐘。)

2. stress 壓力(不可數(shù))

例:Livinn and working a big，busy city is certain to increase one's stress.

(在忙碌的大城市生活和工作一定會增加壓力。)

3.pollution[pathJan」n.污染

4. toll 使用費(fèi)/稅(如:過橋費(fèi)、高速公路通行費(fèi)、渡河費(fèi)、市場攤

稅等)

toll-free 免收費(fèi)的

5 . in a jiffy立即，馬上

=in a moment

=in a minute

例:A:line you neatly yeti We'r'e noinn to he Late.

B:Don't worry!I'II be heady in a jifffy.

(甲:準(zhǔn)備好廠嗎?我們快遲到廠。)

(乙:別擔(dān)心!我馬上就好。)

6.check out...瞧一瞧/看一看……

例:A:That man near the bank looks venv sus},icious.

B:Right. Come on，Walter，let's check him out.

(甲:在銀行附近的那名男子看起來相當(dāng)可疑。)

(乙:沒錯。沃爾特，來吧，日自們?nèi)デ埔磺啤?

7.the Vasa district凡莎區(qū)(位于斯德哥爾摩的大學(xué)區(qū))

8.neat 棒的(= gt-eat/wonder-ful);整齊的