赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第53期:服务台 Information Desk(在线收听

   Getting Lost!

  迷路了!
  As darkness falls, Kathy and Evan find themselves lost.
  天色渐渐暗了下来,凯西和艾凡发现他们迷路了。
  K:This doesn't look like the highway, does it?
  凯西:这条路看起来不像是高速公路,像吗?
  E:It sure doesn't. I hate to admit it, but I think I got us lost again.
  艾凡:确实不像。虽然我不想承认,不过我想我又搞得我们迷路了。
  K:Don't worry. I'll take out the map from the glove compartment and take a look...Uh, where are we?
  凯西:别担心。我把地图从杂物柜里拿出来看一下……嗯,我们在哪里?
  E:Somewhere on the road to Bremen, I think.
  艾凡:我想我们在往不来梅路上的某个地方。
  K:Maybe we'd better find a gas station again.
  凯西:也许我们最好再找一家加油站。
  E:There doesn't seem to be anything on this road except farm houses. And I don't see any signs, either.
  艾凡:这条路上除了农舍外似乎没有别的东西了。而且,我也看不到任何路标。
  K:What should we do?
  凯西:我们该怎么办呢?
  E:I'll keep driving ahead. We would lose a lot of time if we backtracked.
  艾凡:继续往前开啰。如果我们倒回头往原路开的话,会损失许多时间。
  K:I trust you. I certainly don't know how to get us to Bremen.
  凯西:我信任你。我真的不知道该怎么做我们才能到达不来梅。
  E:I have an idea. There's a restaurant up ahead. I'll get out and find someone who speaks English and ask for directions.
  艾凡:我有个主意了。前头就有家餐馆。我会下车找个会说英语的人问路。
  K:I hope you can. Neither of us speaks German!
  凯西:我希望你找得到。我们两个人都不会讲德语!
  单词短语精讲:
  1 .admit 承认
  例:A1though he was punished,the student felt better after he admitted stealing the money
  (虽然那名学生被处罚,但他在承认偷厂钱后觉得好受多厂。)
  2. take a look at...看一下……
  例:I asked my colleanue to take a look at my file
  and she said there were no mistakes in it.
  (我请同事看一下我的文档,她说里面没有错误。)
  3. backtrack 原路退回
  例:We found our wav back to camp, by backtracking through the mountains
  (我们顺着原来的山路找到厂回营地的路。)
  4.ask ( sb.)for directions(向某人)问路
  例:As Jennv was new to the city,she often had to ask others for directions.
  (因为詹妮刚来这个城市,所以她时常得向别人问路。)
  5 .Neither of+(数字为二的)复数名词+单数动词两者都不……
  neither 两者都不
  例Neither of Mmv and Connie wants to argue with Eric.
  (玛丽和康妮两人都不想和埃里克争一论。)
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