新概念英语第二册第50课-Taken for a ride

新概念英语第二册第50课:Taken for a ride

Lesson 50 Taken for a ride乘车兜风 First listen and then answer the question.

听录音，然后回答以下问题。

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.

参考译文

我喜欢在乡间旅行，但却不愿意迷路。最近我作了一次短途旅行，但这次旅行所花费的时间比我预计的要长。

“我要去伍德福德草地，”我一上车就对售票员说，“但我不知道它在那儿。”“我来告诉您在哪儿下车，”售票员回答说。

我坐在汽车的前部，以便饱览农村风光。过了一些时候，车停了。我环视了一下身旁，惊奇地发现车里就只剩我一个乘客了。

“您得在这里下车，”售票员说，“我们的车就到此为止了。”

“这里是伍德福德草地吗？”我问道。

“哎呀，”售票员突然说，“我忘了让您下车了。”

“没关系，”我说，“我就在这儿下吧。”

“我们现在要返回去，”售票员说。

“好吧，既然如此，我还是留在车上吧。”我回答说。

New words and Expressions生词和短语

ride

n. 旅行

excursion

n. 远足

conductor

n. 售票员

view

n. 景色

Lesson 50 自学导读First things first 课文详注 Further notes on the text

1．I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.最近我作了一次短途旅行，但这次旅行所花费的时间比我预计的要长。

（1）go on在这里的含义为“为（某一目的）而去”：

I'll go on holiday next month.

我下个月去度假。

Did you go on a trip last month?

你上个月去旅行了吗？

（2）take在句中的含义为“花费（时间）”。take表示此含义时，主语通常不用人，而用某件事，并常用带先行主语it的结构：

It took me half an hour to walk to the station／to repair the bicycle.

走到车站／修理自行车花了我半个小时的时间。

2．I'll tell you where to get off.我会告诉您在哪儿下车。

（1）where to get off是一个“连接副词+不定式短语”结构，其中的连接副词通常为疑问副词。这种结构接近一个名词从句，常

在tell, show, know, decide, teach, learn, wonder,

remember, explain等动词后作宾语：

Did Mary tell you when to come?

玛丽告诉你什么时候来了吗？

Do you know how to open the box?

你知道如何打开这盒子吗？

He didn't tell me where to put those books.

他没有告诉我把那些书放在哪里。

（2）get off与 get on为一对反义词，分别表示“（从汽车等上）下来”和“登上（汽车、火车等）”，off与on既可以作副词又可以作介词：No one got on/ off(the bus)at the last bus stop.

在上个公共汽车站没有人上／下车。

3．I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside.我坐在汽车的前部，以便饱览农村风光。

（1）in the front of表示“在（某一事物的）前部”：

I don't like to sit in the front of a car.

我不喜欢坐在汽车的前座上。

There is a ship in the front of the photo.

这张照片的前景中有条船。