公車上的英語怎么說（通訊員稿）
[ 2006-11-22 11:28 ]
天天坐公共汽車，有沒有想過要了解一下公交車上的英語該怎么說？不急，我們先來看一段發生老外公車上的對話：
Bus driver: Move to the rear of the bus, please. There're plenty of seats in
the rear.
Daisy: How much is the fare, please?
Bus driver:
Thirty cents. Drop it in the box.
Daisy: Does this bus go to Washington
Park?
Bus driver: Take Bus No. 9. This is No. 6.
Daisy: But
somebody told me this is the right bus. I'm going to Park Avenue.
Bus
driver: This is the right bus. I'll let you off when we get there.
Daisy: Thanks a lot.
Willie: I'd like a transfer to the 66th
street cross-town bus. How much is the fare?
Bus driver: (Giving him a
transfer.) There's no charge for transfers.
Willie: Is it good on any
crosstown bus or only on the 66th street crosstown?
Bus driver: That
transfer is only good on the 66th street bus.
Willie: I'm going to First
Avenue. Is 66th Street my best way to get there?
Bus driver: Yes.
Judy: Does this bus go to Washington Square?
Bus driver: No,
take Bus No. 10 across the street.
Judy: Thank you.
Notes：
1. Move to the rear of the
bus
每次上車的時候都會聽到售票員說：“往后走，往后走，后面有座呢！”當然了，口氣可沒有上面對話中的那位老外司機那么客氣。這個“往后走”就是“Move
to the rear of the bus”了。Rear 這個詞的意思是“后面、背面”，那“In (the) rear
of”就是指“在……后面”了。
2. 不管是刷卡還是買票，這個坐車的費用都可以說成是fare。如果想問“到……多少錢”，可以這樣問：I'd
like to go to... (目的地). How much is the fare?
3. Drop it in the box.
如果要讓你無人售票汽車上，告訴外國人把錢扔進投幣箱該怎么說？Drop 1 yuan or 2
yuan in the box. 千萬不要小看英語中小詞的威力，在外國人的日常口語中經常會用的。
（改編自：大學生在線 上海理工大學通訊員張潔供稿 英語點津 Annabel 編輯） |
