露西的一天 第51期:乘坐公共交通工具去上班講解(1)

Episode five is called "Taking Public Transportation to Work." 第五課題目是“乘坐公共交通工具上班”。

Public transportation is anything that the government runs or operates, such as buses, trains, and subways. 公共交通由政府運(yùn)營，包括公共汽車、火車和地鐵等。

Lucy says that she likes her job but that "it takes over an hour to get there from" her "part of town." 露西說她喜歡她的工作，但“從”她“這邊到那里要花一個多小時。”

To get there means to arrive. Her part of town is her area of town. 到那里意思是到達(dá)。她那邊是指她居住的城區(qū)。

"First," she says, she walks "three blocks to the subway station" and swipes her "monthly pass to get through the turnstile." “首先，”她走“三個街區(qū)到地鐵站”，然后刷“月票通過旋轉(zhuǎn)門”。

A subway, "subway," (one word) is a train, usually that goes underneath the ground. 地鐵(subway)是一種火車，通常在地下跑。

In some cities, such as Chicago, they have an elevated train, which they call the El. 在有些城市，比如芝加哥，有高架火車，他們稱之為高架線(El)。

Subways are usually, however, below the ground; they're underground. 然而，地鐵通常在地下;所以叫地下鐵。

In fact, in London, the subway is called the Underground or the Tube. 在倫敦，地鐵被稱為地下鐵或地下線路。