|
|
尽管地铁系统要好一些http://www.sina.com.cn
2007年01月29日 10:10 北京市民讲外语活动组委会
The subway system is better, though. 尽管地铁系统要好一些。 A I'm astonished! You really think your traffic is worse than ours ... A 我太吃惊了!你真的认为你们的交通比我们的还糟糕... B Yes, there are more cars, more buses and more noise. B 是的,我们那里有更多的小汽车、公共汽车和更大的噪音。 A I think there are more bicycles here. A 我想这里有更多的自行车。 B Yes, that's true. But they don't cause pollution or traffic jams. One thing in New York is much better, though. B 是的,确实。但是自行车并不引起污染或者交通阻塞。尽管在纽约有一个方面更好一些。 A What's that? A 是什么? B The subway. They subway system in New York is much better. B 地铁。纽约的地铁系统要好很多。 Notes注释 1 The discussion about traffic continues with each person giving their reasons for thinking their traffic problems are worse, such as cars / cars: buses / buses and noise / noise, and, in Beijing, bicycles / bicycles. However, the man from New York says bicycles don't cause pollution / pollution: At least they don't cause pollution or traffic jams. / At least they don't cause pollution or traffic jams. 在关于交通的讨论中,双方继续给出了他们认为自己城市的交通问题更严重的理由,例如:cars /小汽车: buses /公共汽车和noise /噪音,而且在北京还有bicycles /自行车。但是,从纽约来的那位说自行车不会造成pollution /污染:At least they don't cause pollution or traffic jams. /至少它们不会造成污染或者交通阻塞。 2 On a more positive note, he talks about the better subway system in New York: The subway system in New York is much better. / The subway system in New York is much better. 他提到了纽约较好的地铁系统,这是一个更为积极的方面:The subway system in New York is much better. /纽约的地铁系统要好很多。
【发表评论】
|