大家说英语 第520期:一名警官(2)

Conversation A

对话A

Alex: Hi, Taylor. You look upset.

阿莱克斯：嗨，泰勒。你看起来很不开心。

Taylor: I am! I got a speeding ticket this morning!

泰勒：是啊！我今天早上得到了一张超速罚单。

Alex: Oh no! What happened?

阿莱克斯：哦，不！什么情况？

Taylor: I was driving to work. And I was driving a little too fast.

泰勒：我开车去上班。然后开的稍微快了一点。

Alex: How fast?

阿莱克斯：有多快？

Taylor: I was going 45 mph on Center Street.

泰勒：我在中心街开到了45英里/小时。

Alex: The speed limit¹ on Center Street is 35 mph.

阿莱克斯：中心街的限速是35英里/小时。

Taylor: I know. So a police officer gave me a speeding ticket.

泰勒：是啊。所以一名警察给我开了一张超速罚单。

Conversation B

对话B

Alex: How much is the ticket?

阿莱克斯：罚款多少钱？

Taylor: Which one?

泰勒：哪一张？

Alex: Which one? You got more than one?

阿莱克斯：哪一张？你不止得了一张啊？

Taylor: Yes. When the police officer stopped me, I wasn't wearing my seat belt². I also got a ticket for that.

泰勒：是啊。当警察拦下我的时候，我没系安全带。我为此又吃了一张罚单。

Alex: That's bad.

阿莱克斯：太遭了。

Taylor: Well, I broke the law. The two tickets will cost me $150. But something else was really embarrassing³.

泰勒：嗯，我违反了规则。这两张罚单一共花了我150美元。但是还有更让人尴尬的。

Alex: What?

阿莱克斯：怎么了？

Taylor: Officer Carl gave me the tickets!

泰勒：给我开罚单的是卡尔警官！

1 limit   

vt.限制；限定；n.界限；限度

参考例句：

• We must limit our spending.我们必须限制我们的开支。
• The speed limit is 120 kilometers per hour.速度限定是120公里每小时。

2 belt   

n.带子，皮带，腰带；v.系腰带，抽打

参考例句：

• You should put on your seat belt.你应该系好安全带。
• I want a black belt.我想要一条黑色腰带。

3 embarrassing   

adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的v.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)

参考例句：

• His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》