社交生活篇：交通（5）

A: I was hoping you could give me more information about the apartment for rent.

B: I can certainly try.

A: Do buses or trains run by the apartment?

B: I can't swear¹ to it, but I think a bus stop is a couple of blocks² away.

A: Where does the bus take you?

B: I don't want to lead you astray. You should check online.

A: My neighbor takes the bus. I'll ask him if he knows.

B: Bus line information should be pretty easy to find.

 

A:我希望你能给我更多关于出租公寓的信息。

B:我当然可以试试。

A:公寓附近有公共汽车或火车吗？

B:我不能肯定，但我想几个街区外就有一个公共汽车站。

A:公共汽车到哪里？

B:我不想把你引入歧途。你应该在网上查一下。

A:我的邻居坐公共汽车。我会问他是否知道。

B:公交线路信息应该很容易找到。

1 swear   

vt.发誓，宣誓，咒骂，使宣誓；vi. 发誓，诅咒；n.诅咒，誓言

参考例句：

• I swear I'll break you.我发誓要搞垮你。
• I swear it's true!我起誓这是真的！

2 blocks   

n.赛跑者起跑时脚底所撑的木块；阻挡( block的名词复数 )；（吗啡）块（一立方吗啡的量度，每盎司吗啡约有125块）；（印度的行政单位）区；[美国英语] 街区(4条街道当中的区域)v.堵塞( block的第三人称单数 )；阻碍；设计（电视录像的摄像镜头布局）；[球类]（合法）阻挡（对手）

参考例句：

• Single words are the building blocks of language. 单词是语言结构的基本单位。
• The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower blocks. 这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。