玩一趟要幾天？

【走近兵馬俑】

40年前，兵馬俑的奇跡之門被打開，"世界第八大奇跡"出現(xiàn)在眾人眼前。為慶祝秦兵馬俑發(fā)現(xiàn)40周年，China Daily手機(jī)報推出口語特別策劃"走近兵馬俑"，在帶您穿越歷史長河、探索這些人類智慧與藝術(shù)結(jié)晶背后故事的同時，講述孕育這段歷史的神秘土壤——西安的前世今生，并向您介紹相關(guān)詞匯、句式的地道英語表達(dá)。

 

 

[第七期]

How much time do I need?

玩一趟要幾天?

口語君：聽過兵馬俑的故事后，你是否已經(jīng)按捺不住，想親自去古跡現(xiàn)場參觀參觀?日程上該如何安排好呢?聽聽西安旅游達(dá)人小德的建議吧：

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F: I'd love to go see the Terra-Cotta Warriors! How much time do I need for that trip?

我想去參觀兵馬俑!這趟行程大概需要多長時間?

M: We went to Xi'an for four days, but you can do it in less. In fact, it's easy to do in two days, if you take the overnight sleeper to get there and to come back. Then you have two full days on the ground.

我們?nèi)ノ靼餐媪怂奶欤憧赡懿挥媚敲淳?。實際上，如果你往返都坐那種睡一晚就到的列車，兩天就能輕松在西安玩?zhèn)€遍。你有兩整天可以在城里游玩。

F: Is that really enough time?

兩天時間真夠用么?

M: You need most of one day for the warriors, since the excavation site is about a 2-hour drive from the city. Then you have another day to see other attractions in the area.

你需要用其中一天的大部分時間參觀兵馬俑，因為從市區(qū)去皇陵大概要兩小時車程。然后，你還有一天可以去逛那里的其他景點。

[口語點睛]

Sleeper作名詞可指"臥鋪車"。此外，sleeper train和sleeper car也可指那種帶有臥鋪的列車。Overnight作形容詞指通宵的，因此overnight sleeper便是通宵臥鋪車，也就是那種晚上睡一夜，第二天早上便到達(dá)目的地的列車。

[口語天天練之古都西安]

口語君： 俗話說"不到長城非好漢"， 不過在很多人眼里，不游西安，就等于沒游中國哦。當(dāng)你和外國友人聊起西安時，該如何介紹這座古都呢?快來學(xué)學(xué)下面這3句話：

1. Xi'an is more than 3,000 years old and was known as Chang'an in ancient times.

西安已有3000多年的歷史，古時被稱為長安。

2. For 1,000 years, the city was the capital for 13 dynasties, and a total of 73 emperors ruled here.

千年間，13個朝代都建都于此，且共有73個皇帝在此治國。

3. With so much history within the ground the city lies upon, it is no wonder that there are so many historical ruins, museums and cultural relics to be found here.

由于這座城市坐落的土地上曾有過那么多歷史，怪不得這里有那么多的歷史遺跡、博物館和文化遺產(chǎn)。