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1--Nowodays, ships and boats are no longer so important in transportation as they used to be.
2--True. With the extension of railways and highways, and the improvement of safety and capacity of airplanes, ships and boats have been giving place to trains, planes and automobiles.
1--I read in the newspapers that the passenger liners from Shanghai to Ningbo and Dalian have been out of business; and the liners up and down the Yangtze River have been reduced by 70%.
2--The pace of life of people is now getting faster and faster, so the speed of ships and boats seems to be so slow. I think it may be the reason why people don't like to travel by boat.
1--But the most of the transoceanic cargo transportation is still carried by boat.
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注解:
1.transportation運輸
2.extension延伸
3.improvement改善
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譯文:
1--如今,輪船在交通中的重要性大不如從前了。
2--的確如此。隨著鐵路與高速公路的延伸、飛機安全性和運力的提高,輪船已經(jīng)讓位給火車、飛機和汽車了。
1--我從報紙上看到,從上海開往寧被、大連的客輪已經(jīng)歇業(yè)了,而長江沿線的客輪量也已經(jīng)減少了70%。
2--人們的生活節(jié)奏如今變得越來越快,所以輪船的速度就顯得太慢了。我想這大概就是人們不愛乘船旅行的原因。
1--但是如今大部分的跨洋貨運還是靠輪船。