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标题: 在线听|美国生活之在路上 [打印本页]
作者: 蒲公英 时间: 2016-12-11 00:43
标题: 在线听|美国生活之在路上
继上一集美国生活系列介绍了美国的吃,今天这期继续为大家介绍在美国出行相关的英语和知识。
现在去美国旅游的人越来越多了,不少人还选择自驾游。今天我们就聚焦衣食住行中的“行”。
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The public transportation system is more developed on the east coast: 东岸的公共交通比较发达
Everything is very spread out on the west coast, so people tend to drive around: 西岸通畅各个地方相隔的比较远,所以大多数人选择开车出行
At many intersections in the States, you have to push a button before crossing the street, otherwise the light will never turn green: 美国很多十字路口过街前要先按按钮,不然永远都不会亮绿灯
行人篇

其实走路出行是没有什么难度,因为只要遵纪守法,都死很安全的。各种跟行人有关的英语你都会了吗?
pedestrian: 行人
The word "walker" reminds Adam of the TV series "The Walking Dead": 说到walker,Adam会想到《行尸走肉》这部美剧
For me, I think of the "white walkers" in the GoT: 我会想到《权力的游戏》里面那些“异鬼”
He's a walker/runner/jogger: 他很喜欢走路/跑步/慢跑
A walker can as be a device that helps the elderly walk more steadily: 助行器可以帮助老年人走得更稳
cane: 拐杖
pedestrian street: 步行街

补充一个节目中忘记提的——人行道!它的叫法在各个英语国家会不同:
- sidewalk: 人行道,美国的常用讲法
- pavement: 人行道,英国的常用讲法 (Adele有首歌叫做Chasing Pavement)
过马路有以下这些过法:
- crosswalk: 人行横道 (中文里有时叫斑马线,其实英语里也有对应zebra crossing,不过在美国不太用就是了)
- pedestrain overpass: 人行天桥
- underground passage: 地下通道

Are there more jaywalkers in China than in the United States?: 中国乱穿马路的人比美国多吗?
In many places, jaywalking isn't necessarily illegal, but definitely frowned upon: 在很多地方,乱穿马路并不违法,不过会遭人鄙视
公车篇

Have you ever taken a bus here in China?: 你有在中国坐过公车吗?
It's so crowded here on the bus: 这公交车上挤死了
We feel like sardines in a can: 挤得跟沙丁鱼罐头一样
It's packed here:好挤啊
The train is jam-packed with people: 这个火车上人超多超级挤
John jammed another two shirts into his alreayd packed suitcase: John往他已经装满了的箱子里又塞了两件寄衣服

In China, the bus always stops at every staiton: 中国的公交每站必停
In North Amerca, if you want to get off the bus, you always have to pull the stop cable or push the stop button: 在北美,下车前你要拉一下绳或者按一下停车扭示意司机你下站下
terminal station/final stop: 终点站
地铁篇

地铁的各种说法:
In San Francisco, the metro is called BART, which is short for Bay Area Rapid Transit: 旧金山的地铁叫做BART, 意思是湾区快速公交
It's worth noting that when it comes to the subway in NYC, "downtown" means "southward" instead of the center of the city : 在纽约地铁上“downtown”指“往城南方向” (uptown就是往城北)
美国距离用英里

Canadians use kilometers, while Americnas use miles: 加拿大用千米,美国人用的是英里
One mile is the equivalent of roughly 1.6 kilometers: 一英里差不多是1.6千米
- foot/feet: 英尺
- inch/inches: 英寸
- yard/yards: 一码
If you use Google Maps, you can change the measurement from "mile" to "kilometer" in settings: 如果你用谷歌地图,可以在设置里把度量单位从英里改成千米

如果你在美国开车,那你首先要搞清在美国有哪些路:
- urban roads: 城市道路
- highway: 高速公路
- freeway/expressway: 也是高速公路,口语里基本跟highway混着用了,具体不同
- toll road/toll bridge: 收费路段/收费大桥
Urban roads have a speed limit of 25 miles per hour in California: 加州城市道路限速25英里每小时
Freeways and expressways usually have multiple lanes: Freeway和expressway一般车道比较多
“Golden Gate Bridge tolls to increase starting Friday”: 金门大桥周五起过路费上调
“路”英语里叫法很多
中文里有路、街、巷等等,英文也有各种各样的叫法,每个都有自己的缩写:
- Street (St)
- Avenue (Ave)
- Place (Pl)
- Court (Ct)
- Drive (Dr)
- Boulevard (Blvd)
……
One of the best known drives around the world in the Palm Drive, which is the main street the Stanford campus: 一条很有名的drive就是斯坦福校园里的主干道——棕榈树大道
One of Green Day's biggest hits is Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Green Day最红的歌之一就是Boulevard of Broken Dreams
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