商务英语情景口语之日常事务第十章乘公交车上下班Commuting

Commuting 乘公交车上下班

Useful expressions 常用表达法

Beginner 初级

1, Where’s bill?比尔在哪儿？

2, He’s late again.他又迟到了。

3, Traffic is probably holding him up. 可能路上耽误了。

4, He commutes from the suburbs. 他从郊区坐公交车来上班。

5, He takes the train, remember? 他乘火车上班，你忘记了吗？

噢，火车可不会晚点。

6, Well, the train shouldn’t be late.

7, Why doesn’t he just drive to work?那他为什么不开车上班？

8, It’s too difficult to park your car in the city.在城里找地方停车太难了。

9, How do you get to work every day? 你每天怎么去上班？

Intermediate 中级

, we should cut him some slack. 他每天坐公交

1, It’s not easy commuting every day

车上下班不容易，我们应该放他一马。

2, That means there is only one explanation. Bill must have overslept! 那就说明只有

一种解释，比尔一定睡过头了。

3, He must get started on his commute about 6:30, no telling what time he actually

gets up. 他必须在6：30左右坐上公交车，不知道他到底是几点起床。

这一路上总共要花两个多小时。

4, In all, the trip’s got to take more than two hours.

5, The commuting with public transportation is killing me. 坐公交交通工具上下班

会把我累死的。

6, Also, the traffic coming in from the suburbs is a nightmare. 而且，从郊区开车进

城简直是太恐怖了。

7, The drawback is that the subway is more expensive than the bus. 缺点是乘地铁比

坐公交汽车费用要高。

8, Just thinking about taking the bus every day makes me tired! 一想到每天要坐公

交汽车我就烦得要命!

9, It’s out about a ten minute bike ride from my house to the office.骑车从家到办公

室只需10分钟左右。

Advanced 高级

heavy

1, Even though the traffic is bumper-to-bumper out there, I don’t think it’s

traffic that makes bill late. 即使那儿路上的汽车一辆接一辆，我认为比尔也不会因

为交通繁忙而迟到。

Lancaster, he’s got to get up

2, Well, to be fair, since he’s coming all the way from

much earlier than the rest of us. 好了，公正地讲，由于他从兰开斯特远道过来，

所以比我们所有的人都要起得早。

3, That’s right, because he’s got to get to the train station from his house, then take the blue line into the city, then switch trains to the red line. 是这样。因为他得从家赶到

火车站，然后乘蓝线进城，接着再换乘去红线的火车。

4, The subway was so packed this morning, I got totally squished by about a hundred

busy commuters on the way to work.. 今天早晨，地铁里挤满了人，我来上班的这

一路上整个被大约上百个忙忙碌碌的乘公交者压扁了。

m releasing all the stress of the day

5, While you’re stressed out by your commute, I’

with mine. 你坐公交车感到精疲力竭时，我却在骑车释放一天的压力。

Dialogues 1 对话1

A: W here’s bill? The ambassador’s already here. The meeting is set to start at 9 am.

比尔在那儿？大使已经到了。会议定在上午9点开始。

B: H e’s again. Traffic is probably holding him up. You know, he commutes from the

every day, we should cut him someslack.. 他又迟

suburbs. It’s not easy commuting

到了。可能路上耽误了。你知道，他从郊区坐公交车来上班。他每天坐公交车上

下班不容易，我们应该放他一马。

heavy

A: Even though the traffic is bumper-to-bumper out there, I don’t think it’s

traffic that makes bill late. He takes the train, remember? 即使那儿路上的汽车一辆

接一辆，我认为他也不会因为交通繁忙而迟到。他乘火车上班，你忘了吗？

be late. That means there is only one

B: Oh, that’s

right. Well, the train shouldn’t

explanation…. Bill must have overslept!噢，是这样。火车可不会晚点。那就说明

只有一种解释，比尔一定睡过点了。

Lancaster, he’s got to get up

A: W ell, to be fair, since he’s coming all the way from

much earlier than the rest of us. He must get started on his commute about 6:30, no

telling what time he actually gets up. 好了，公正地讲，由于他从兰开斯特远道过

来，所以比我们所有的人都要起得早。他必须在6:30左右坐上公交车，不知道

他到底是几点起床。

in station from his house, then tale the

B: That’s right, because he’s got to get to the tra

blue line into the city, then switch trains to the red line. In all, the trip’s more than two hours. 确实如此。因为他得从家赶到火车站，然后乘蓝线进城，接

着再换乘去红线的火车。这一路上总共要花两个多小时。

A: Why doesn’t he just drive to work?那他为什么不开车上班？

B: I t’s too difficult to park your car in the city. Also, the traffic coming in from the

suburbs is a nightmare. 在城里找地方停车太难了。而且，从郊区开车进城简直

是太恐怖了。

Dialogue 2 对话2

A: I can’t wait until my car is repaired. The commuting with public transportation is

killing me. 我真希望我的车能早一点儿修好。坐公共交通工具上下班会把我累死

的。

没那么糟糕吧。

B: It can’t be that bad.

A: But it is! Take this morning for example. The subway was so packed this morning,

I got totally squished by about a hundred busy commuters on the way to work. 可是，

就有那么糟糕。拿今天早晨来说吧。地铁里挤满了人，我来上班的这一路上整个

被大约上百个忙忙碌碌的乘公交者压扁了。

And usually less

B: A t least the subway is better than the bus. It’s faster for one thing.

crowded. But the drawback is that the subway is more expensive than the bus. It adds

up over time, if you take it every day. 至少地铁比公共汽车好多了。一来速度快些，

二来也没有那么拥挤。但缺点是乘地铁比坐公共汽车费用要高。如果你每天都坐

的话，花钱会很多的。

A: T hat’s true. The bus is even worse. Just thinking about taking the bus every day

makes me tired! Hey, how do you get to work every day? 你说得没错。坐公共汽车

就更糟糕了。一想到每天要坐公交汽车我就烦得要命！嗨，你每天怎么去上班？

B: I ride m y bike. I don’t live too far away, so it’s pretty convenient. It’s onl ten minute bike ride from my house to the office. 我骑自行车。我住得不太远，所

以很方便。骑车从家到办公室只需10分钟左右。

A: I'll bet I t's good exercise, too… a good way to keep fit.

我敢说，这也是很好的锻

炼，有助于健康。

B: Yes, not only a good way to keep in shape, but a good way to relieve stress as well.

While you’re stressed o ut by your commute, I’m releasing all the stress of the day

with mine. 是这样，不但有利于保持体型，而且还能减轻压力。你坐公交车感到

精疲力竭时，我却在骑车释放一天的压力。