Taken for a ride
【课文】
Why did the writer not get off the bus at Woodford Green?
Why did the writer not get off the bus at Woodford Green?
I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing my way.
I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.
'I'm going to Woodford Green,' I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, 'but I don't know where it is.'
'I'll tell you where to get off.' answered the conductor.
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.
'You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said. 'This is as far as we go.'
'Is this Woodford Green?' I asked.
'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly. 'I forgot to put you off.'
'It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.'
'We're going back now,' said the conductor.
'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered.
【课文翻译】
我喜欢在乡间旅行,但却不愿意迷路。最近我作了一次短途旅行,但这次旅行所花费的时间比我预计的要长。
“我要去伍德福德草地,”我一上车就对售票员说,“但我不知道它在那儿。”
“我来告诉您在哪儿下车,”售票员回答说。
我坐在汽车的前部,以便饱览农村风光。过了一些时候,车停了。我环视了一下身旁,惊奇地发现车里就只剩我一个乘客了。
“您得在这里下车,”售票员说,“我们的车就到此为止了。”
“这里是伍德福德草地吗?”我问道。
“哎呀,”售票员突然说,“我忘了让您下车了。”
“没关系,”我说,“我就在这儿下吧。”
“我们现在要返回去,”售票员说。
“好吧,既然如此,我还是留在车上吧。”我回答说。
【生词汇总】
ride n. 旅行
excursion n. 远足
conductor n. 售票员
view n. 景色
shock n.震惊
case n.情况,案例
【短语汇总】
take A for B误把A当成立B,如:I take you for Marry.
lose one's way迷路,迷失方向,如: I lost my way because of the fog.因为大雾我迷失了方向。
get off专指下交通工具,如:I get off the bus at once.我立刻下了公交车。
in the front of在什么的前半部分,如:Lucy is in the front of the metro. Lucy在地铁的前半部分车厢。
【知识点讲解】
1,分词作状语。一个句子两部分组成,前半部分没有明显的主语和谓语,而是直接以一个动词的ing,to do,done形式开头,后半部分是完整的句子,那这样的句子就是我们所说的分词作状语的句子。
例1:Being one of human being, I think I must joint the group of environmental protection.作为人类的一员,我觉得自己应该为环保做贡献。
句子中的being one of human being是后面 I think I must joint the group of environmental protection这个完整句子的一个状语,显然是它的原因状语。
例2:To make me happy, you need to buy me a drink.想让我开心,你得请我喝饮料。
To make me happy是后半部分完整句子的状语,具体来讲是一个目的性质的目的状语。
例3:Killed by the enemy, the soldiers are remembered by the people.被敌军残忍杀害的战士们将会被群众铭记在心。
done 与ing的区别就是和后面完整句子主语之间的关系了,很明显ing是主动,done是被动。而to do则表示“为了……”这样的目的性。
2,excursion、trip、journey之间的长短关系
journey最长,excursion最短,trip居中。有俚语trip or journey,表示上厕所是“小号”还是“大号”。
3,in front of 与in the front of 区别。
前者是AB两者之间的位置关系,比如A在B之前,B在A之后;而后者表示A包含B,B在A内部靠前的位置。如:教室前面的树木就属于第一种情况,教室里面的讲台就属于第二种。
4,prefer的三种用法,即对应的三个句型。
prefer sth to sth,该句型用于两名此的比对。比如喜欢下雨天胜过晴天。
prefer doing to doing,其实和上面的是一回事,只不过这里面比对的是两个动名词。比如喜欢跳舞胜过唱歌。
prefer to than do,这是最重要的一个,比对做两件事。比如喜欢跑步胜过游泳。
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