戴尔英语红宝书 第82期

 

Topic¹: It’s only five stops away.

Nancy今天我们要讨论有关travel的话题。

It’s only five stops away.

只有5站的距离。

Victor, remember we said² last week that stops are where you get off³ the bus or the subway⁴?

Of course⁵, Nancy!

Well，you can also use them to measure⁶ distance⁷.

你还可以用stop这个词来衡量距离，真是一词多用啊!

If someone⁸ says，“How far is it，” you can say，“Oh，it’s only five stops.”

当有人问你”How far is it，” 的时候，千万不要不知道怎么回答哦，你就可以告诉他大概乘公共汽车要几站地的距离。

So, it’s only five stops away.

It’s only five stops away.

That’s all for today!

Bye-bye!

1 topic   

n.题目，话题，主题

参考例句：

• On what topic are you talking?你在谈论什么话题？
• This is a topic sentence.这是个主题句。

2 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

3 off   

adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外

参考例句：

• You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
• I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

4 subway   

n.地下人行道；（美）地铁；vi.乘坐地下铁路

参考例句：

• I go to the library by subway.我坐地铁去图书馆。
• Where is the nearest subway station?最近的地铁站在哪里？

5 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

6 measure   

n.尺寸；措施；vt.测量；测度

参考例句：

• Measure the body temperature before work each day.员工每天开始工作前要量度体温。
• We measure the temperature with a thermometer.我们用温度计测量温度。

7 distance   

n.距离；路程

参考例句：

• A very small distance or space.非常小的距离或空间。
• It depends on traffic and distance.这要看交通和路程的远近。

8 someone   

pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• I can hear someone knocking.我听到有人敲门。
• Someone wants to see her.有人找她。