Todd: Hey, how's it going, Howard? So I heard that you're really into motorcycles. 你好,你過得怎么樣,霍華德?我聽說你很迷摩托車?
Howard: Ah, yes, I love motorcyles. I've been riding motorcycles since I was 15 years old. 是的,我喜歡摩托車。我從15歲開始就騎摩托車了。
Todd: Oh, really. Wow! So, what's the allure of motorcycles? 哦,真的。哇!摩托車吸引你的地方在于什么?
Howard: Freedom. I like the fresh air. I like being out on my own. And I just like the feeling of riding on a bike. It's like a bicycle without having to pedal and you go a lot faster. 自由。我喜歡呼吸新鮮空氣。我喜歡自己出去逛,喜歡一個(gè)人騎摩托的感覺。就好像騎著一輛沒有腳踏板的自行車,而且速度很快。
Todd: Yeah, that's for sure. Do you have any good motorcylcle stories? 那是肯定的。你有什么好的關(guān)于摩托車的故事嗎?
Howard: About 10,000 of them. 有很多很多。
Todd: Well, have you ever like taken a special trip on a motorcycle? 你喜歡騎摩托車專門去旅行嗎?
Howard: I've been all over the East coast of the United States, from Pennsylvania to Florida on a motorcycle. 我期摩托車走遍了美國(guó)東海岸,從賓夕法尼亞州出發(fā)一直到弗羅里達(dá)州。
Todd: Oh, wow. 哇。
Howard: Yeah, I've travelled many times and many different kinds of roads, and taken all kinds of camping trips on bikes. 我旅行過很多次,每次都走不同的路線。經(jīng)歷過各種野外露營(yíng)。
Todd: Wow, sounds great. So do you usually travel alone or in a group? 哇,聽起來不錯(cuò)。你經(jīng)常獨(dú)自旅行還是參團(tuán)旅行?
Howard: Almost always I go alone. Some guys like to travel together but I found I enjoyed it by myself most of all. 我?guī)缀醵际仟?dú)自旅行的。有的人喜歡集體旅行,但我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己很享受獨(dú)自旅行。
Todd: Oh really. Oh, wow. Don't you get kind of lonely? 真的嗎。哇,你不會(huì)覺得有點(diǎn)兒孤單嗎?
Howard: Never, there's always a new adventure on every trip. 從來沒有,每次旅行都是一場(chǎng)新的探險(xiǎn)。
Todd: Have you ever made any special friends out on the road? 你在旅途中結(jié)識(shí)過什么特別的朋友嗎?
Howard: Sure, bikers are like a special kind of fraternity. Every biker knows each other, and we're all very close even though we're not close. 當(dāng)然,騎手之間就像一個(gè)兄弟會(huì)。每個(gè)騎手都認(rèn)識(shí)彼此,雖然我們之間可能相距很遠(yuǎn),但我們彼此都很親近。