【大家说英语】 第169期:哪里可以借自行车

 Lesson 5 Sports 第五课 运动

May 11 5月11日

Where Can I Borrow a Bike? 哪里可以借自行车？

Read it! 读读看！

Abby doesn't have a bike. 雅碧没有自行车，

Rob¹ doesn't have an extra bike, either. 罗柏也没有多余的自行车。

But don't worry! The city has new public bikes. 可是别担心！城里设置了新的公共自行车。

Abby can borrow a bike at one station. 雅碧可以在一个租赁站租借一辆自行车，

Then she can return it at another station. 然后在另一个租赁站还车，

It's very convenient². 这实在非常方便。

Borrowing a bike is not expensive. 租借自行车价格不贵，

The first 30 minutes are free! 而且前三十分钟还免费！

She can pay with her credit³ card. 她可以用信用卡付费。

Conversation A 会话A

Hi, Susie. Did you hear? 嗨，苏希，妳听说了吗？

Hi, Alex. Hear what? 嗨，亚力克斯，听说什么？

The city has new public bikes. 城里设置了新的公共自行车。

Oh, really? 真的吗？

Yes. There are stations around the city. 真的。市区里各处都设有租赁站。

You can borrow a bike. Then return it at another station. 你可以租借一辆自行车， 然后在另一个站还车。

Wow, cool. That sounds convenient. 哇，真酷， 听起来很方便。

It is. Taipei has public bikes, too. 的确很方便。台北也有公共自行车，

They're very convenient. 也是非常方便。

Conversation B 会话B

How much does a bike cost? 租借一辆自行车要多少钱？

Is it expensive? 会不会很贵？

No. The first 30 minutes are free. 不会，前三十分钟免费。

That's good. But what do you do after 30 minutes? 真好。可是过了三十分钟之后怎么办？

Then you pay 3 dollars for the next 30 minutes. 那就每三十分钟要付三美元的费用。

How do you pay? 怎么付钱？

You pay with your credit card. 用信用卡。

Oh, OK. 哦，好。

Let's go ride one! 我们去骑车吧！

Conversation C 会话C

Do you like to ride bikes, Abby? 雅碧，妳喜欢骑自行车吗？

I do. But I don't have a bike. 我喜欢，可是我没有自行车。

You can borrow one. 妳可以借一辆来骑呀。

Do you have an extra bike? 你有多余的自行车吗？

No. But the city has new public bikes. 没有，可是城里设置了新的公共自行车。

You can borrow a bike from the city! 妳可以向市政府借车！

Great! Now I can ride a bike every day. 太棒了！这样我每天都可以骑车了。

Let's go for a ride today! 我们今天就去骑车吧！

Sure. 好。

1 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。

2 convenient   

adj.便利的，方便的

参考例句：

• I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。
• Come at any time that is convenient to you.你哪会儿方便就哪会儿来吧。

3 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。