【英语趣味课堂】摩托车-Motorcycles

 Howard: Hi, Todd.

 

Todd: Hey, how's it going, Howard? So I heard that you're really into motorcycles¹.

 

Howard: Ah, yes, I love motorcyles. I've been riding motorcycles since I was 15 years old.

 

Todd: Oh, really. Wow! So, what's the allure³ of motorcycles?

 

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 pedal⁴ and you go a lot faster.

 

Todd: Yeah, that's for sure. Do you have any good motorcylcle stories?

 

Howard: About 10,000 of them.

 

Todd: Well, have you ever like taken a special trip on a motorcycle²?

 

Howard: I've been all over the East coast of the United⁵ States, from Pennsylvania to Florida on a motorcycle.

 

Todd: Oh, wow.

 

Howard: Yeah, I've travelled many times and many different kinds of roads, and taken all kinds of camping trips on bikes.

 

Todd: Wow, sounds great. So do you usually travel alone or in a group?

 

Howard: Almost always I go alone. Some guys like to travel together but I found I enjoyed it by myself most of all.

 

Todd: Oh really. Oh, wow. Don't you get kind of lonely?

 

Howard: Never, there's always a new adventure on every trip.

 

Todd: Have you ever made any special friends out on the road?

 

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.

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

how's it going

 

Hey, how's it going, Howard?

 

'How's it going?' is an informal⁶ way to ask "How are you?"  We use this when talking to our friends or people we know well.  Notice the following:

 

When he saw me in the hall, he asked me how it was going.

"How's it going?" asked my brother.

really into

 

I heard that you're really into motorcycles.

 

If you are really interested in motorcycles you are 'really into them.' Notice the following:

 

She was really into fashion when she was younger.

They were really into Italian food for a while.

all over

 

I've been all over the East Coast of the United States.

 

To have been 'all over' the East Coast is to have visited many different locations⁷ in different states.  Notice the following:

 

We have friends all over the country.

He has been all over the world in the last three years. 

fraternity

 

Bikers are a special kind of fraternity.

 

A 'fraternity' is a group of people with common interests or goals.  We also use this word to describe clubs for men at university.  Notice the following:

 

She was in the Chemistry fraternity in college.

They formed a sort of fraternity to talk about cars.

very close

 

Every biker knows each other and we're all very close.

 

If two people are 'very close' they are good friends and know each other very well.  Notice the following:

 

They were very close in high school.

She and her sister have never been very close.

 

 

1 motorcycles   

n.摩托车( motorcycle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Twelve guards on motorcycles preceded the president's car. 骑着摩托车上的12名侍卫行于总统车前。 来自辞典例句
• This scooter didn't have a foot pedal to accelerate like the military motorcycles back then. 这台速克达并不像当时的军用摩托车是用脚踏板来加速。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号

2 motorcycle   

n.摩托车，机车

参考例句：

• Tom went there by motorcycle.汤姆乘摩托车去的那儿。
• He was also the first person in town to buy a motorcycle.他也是镇里第一个买摩托车的人。

3 allure   

n.诱惑力，魅力；vt.诱惑，引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• The window displays allure customers to buy goods.橱窗陈列品吸引顾客购买货物。
• The book has a certain allure for which it is hard to find a reason.这本书有一种难以解释的魅力。

4 pedal   

n.踏板；adj.脚的，踏脚的；v.用脚踏动，踩踏板

参考例句：

• He pressed down the accelerator pedal of his car.他踩下汽车的加速器踏板。
• I saw him pedal to school every morning.我看到他每天早晨骑自行车上学。

5 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

6 informal   

adj.非正式的，不拘礼的，通俗的

参考例句：

• I got an informal reception.我受到了非正式接待。
• The leaders met over informal lunches.领袖们在非正式午餐时进行会晤。

7 locations   

n.位置，场所( location的名词复数 )；发现[找出]…的位置[地点]；外景（拍摄地）

参考例句：

• The massive-head buttress dam has some attractive features for certain locations. 大头支墩坝对于某些地区仍有其值得注意的特色。 来自辞典例句
• Knowing which one of 4096 date memory locations is not so simple. 要想访问4096个数据存储单元中的某一个绝非易事。 来自辞典例句