賴世雄觀光英語通24:開車兜風(fēng)
Cruising
開車兜風(fēng)
Kathy and Evan are finally on the road.
凱西和艾凡終于上路。
K:Oh, it's so lovely here! Even in the city the streets are so clean and the houses so tidy. There are small parks everywhere!
凱西：哦，這里景色真是美麗!即使在市內(nèi)，街道很干凈，房屋也很整齊。小公園處處可見!
E:It's a lot different from New York; that's for sure!
艾凡：它與紐約大不相同，這點(diǎn)是很肯定的!
K:So, where are we going first?
凱西：那么，我們要先去哪兒?
E:I thought you knew.
艾凡：我還以為你知道。
K:No, you didn't mentio n anything. I thought maybe we'd visit your relatives first.
凱西：我哪知道，你什么都沒提。我以為我們也許會(huì)先去拜訪你的親戚。
E:No, we're going to see them next week. We have to find a hostel and get settled in first. I picked up a list of hostels at the information desk at the airport. We're on the southwest side of Amsterdam, so we should look for one near here.
艾凡：不是，我們下星期才去看他們。我們得先找到一家青年旅社安頓好。我在機(jī)場(chǎng)的服務(wù)臺(tái)拿了一張青年旅社的名單。現(xiàn)在我們?cè)诎⒛匪固氐さ奈髂戏?，所以我們?yīng)該在這附近找一家。
K:According to this list, there are a couple on Nassau Quay.
凱西：根據(jù)這張名單，在拿索碼頭那里有兩、三家。
E:Oh, good! That's on this side of town according to my map. And since there's a Nassau county on Long Island, we won't feel so far from home.
艾凡：哦，太好了!照我的地圖看來，拿索碼頭就在這一區(qū)。而且因?yàn)?紐約)長島有拿索郡，我們就不會(huì)有背井離鄉(xiāng)的感覺。
K:I just hope they have some vacancies.
凱西：我只希望他們有空房間。
E:I'm sure they will. Sit back and enjoy the cruise!
艾凡：我確信會(huì)有的。坐好享受兜風(fēng)之樂吧!
單詞短語精講：
1. tidy 井井有條的;整潔的
2. get settled in(…)安頓好(……)
例:It took the Penkins two months to get settled in their home after moving to Chicago.
(搬到芝加哥后，柏金斯一家人花廠兩個(gè)月才安頓好他們的家。)
3. Nassau Quay 拿騷碼頭(鄰近阿姆斯特丹最著名的地區(qū)
之一)
4.county 郡;縣
5.vacancy 空位，空缺
