【大家说英语】 第326期:学习骑摩托车(2)

 　　OK, Linda. Are you ready for your first lesson? 好的，琳达。你为你的第一节课做好准备了吗？

　　Yes! I'm so excited. Let's go! 是的！我非常激动。让我们开始吧！

　　Whoa. Slow down. First, we need to check the motorcycle¹. 哇。等一下。首先，我们要检查一下摩托车。

　　Check the motorcycle? Why? Is something wrong with it? 检查摩托车？为什么？有什么问题吗？

　　No. But we need to check that everything is working. Safety is very important. 没有。但是我们要查看一切都正常。安全是最重要的。

　　What should we check? 我们应该检查些什么呢？

　　First, make sure you don't have a flat tire². 首先，确定你的轮胎没有漏气。

　　OK. I checked everything. 好的。每个地方我都查了。

　　Have you checked the brakes³ and the lights? 你有检查刹车和车灯吗？

　　Yes, yes, yes. Can we drive now? 是的，查了。我现在能骑了吗？

　　Not yet. Where is your helmet⁴? 现在还不行。你的头盔呢？

　　It's here. I'm ready. 在这儿。我准备好了。

　　Good. Use both hands. 好的。两只手都要抓紧。

　　Right. Can I start the motorcycle? 好的。我能启动摩托车了吗？

　　Yes. And drive slowly. 可以。速度要慢。

　　Umm, Alex... 恩，阿莱克斯...

　　What's wrong? 怎么了？

　　Where are the keys? 钥匙在哪里？

　　How did the driving lesson go? 驾驶课程进行得怎么样？

　　Uh, it didn't go very well. 额，进行得不太顺利。

　　What do you mean? 怎么说？

　　Well, it was good at first. But then Linda had a small accident. 一开始还好。但是之后琳达出了一次小事故。

　　Is she OK? 她还好吗？

　　She is probably OK... I mean, I think she's OK. 她大概没事。我是说，我认为她没事儿。

　　What aren't you telling me? 你有什么在隐瞒我？

　　She fell off the motorcycle. And now she's at the hospital! 她从摩托车上摔了下来。现在她正在医院！

1 motorcycle   

n.摩托车，机车

参考例句：

• Tom went there by motorcycle.汤姆乘摩托车去的那儿。
• He was also the first person in town to buy a motorcycle.他也是镇里第一个买摩托车的人。

2 tire   

n.轮胎，金属圈；vt.使疲倦，厌烦；vi.疲劳

参考例句：

• I never tire of listening to music.我对音乐百听不厌。
• The tire blew out on my way to work.在我开车上班的路上车胎爆裂了。

3 brakes   

动词brake的第三人称单数形式

参考例句：

• He slammed on the brakes and the car juddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车，汽车在剧烈震动中停下来。
• It's no joke when your brakes fail on the motorway. 在快车道上行驶时刹车失灵的后果是非常严重的。

4 helmet   

n.钢盔；头盔；安全帽；vt.给…戴头盔

参考例句：

• The man on the motorcycle wore a helmet.骑摩托车的人戴了一顶头盔。
• Wear your safety helmet when you go down.戴上安全帽再下去。