新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)詳解第50課:Taken for a ride

Lesson 50:Taken for a ride

乘車(chē)兜風(fēng)

First listen and then answer the question.

聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)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(yǔ)

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(zhǎng)。

“我要去伍德福德草地，”我一上車(chē)就對(duì)售票員說(shuō)，“但我不知道它在那兒。”

“我來(lái)告訴您在哪兒下車(chē)，”售票員回答說(shuō)。

我坐在汽車(chē)的前部，以便飽覽農(nóng)村風(fēng)光。過(guò)了一些時(shí)候，車(chē)停了。我環(huán)視了一下身旁，驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)車(chē)?yán)锞椭皇Ｎ乙粋€(gè)乘客了。

“您得在這里下車(chē)，”售票員說(shuō)，“我們的車(chē)就到此為止了。”

“這里是伍德福德草地嗎?”我問(wèn)道。

“哎呀，”售票員突然說(shuō)，“我忘了讓您下車(chē)了。”

“沒(méi)關(guān)系，”我說(shuō)，“我就在這兒下吧。”

“我們現(xiàn)在要返回去，”售票員說(shuō)。

“好吧，既然如此，我還是留在車(chē)上吧。”我回答說(shuō)。