Goiing to School
1--Go really fast,Cindy!
2--I can'. The speed limit here is thirty miles an
hour.
1--What a pity! I love going fast.
2--How do you usually get to school?
1--We never go by car! We usually walk or go by bus.
2--How long does it take you?
1--About twenty minutes by bus.
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注解:
1)speed limitzhi指交通規(guī)則所限定的行車速度。
2)About twenty minutes by bus是省略句。全句應是
It takes us about twenty minutes to get to school
by bus. take作“花費”“需要”解,其后的us是間接
賓語,about twenty minutes是直接賓語。it是形式
主語,真正的主語是不定式短語to get to school by
bus.
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譯文:
1--開快點,辛迪!
2--不能再快了,這里的時速限制是30英里。
1--真遺憾!我就愛車開得飛快。
2--你們平常怎么去學校?
1--我們從來不坐小車!我們總是步行或者乘公共汽車去。
2--路上得走多長時間?
1--乘公共汽車20分鐘左右。