英语入门对话：37 Asking for Directions

1. Excuse me. Is there a grocery store around here?
Yeah. There's one right across the street.
2. Can you tell me how to get to Phoenix¹?
Sorry. I don't live around here.
3. Where's Tanner's Leather Shop?
It's on the corner of Holly² and Vine. Next to the library.
4. How do you get to the bank?
Go straight down this street for two blocks. Turn left when you get to Maple³ Street. Stay on Maple for half a block. It's on the left hand side.
 

1 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

2 holly   

n.[植]冬青属灌木

参考例句：

• I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
• People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.人们总是在圣诞节时用冬青来装饰房屋。

3 maple   

n.槭树，枫树，槭木

参考例句：

• Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的。
• The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red.枫叶染上了秋天的红色。