【话匣子英语】交流

人们以什么样的方式交流，以什么样的方式上班，说到上班，人们通常会选择开车，并且都是一车一人，这会给环境带来很大污染，所以现在流行拼车.....

Maura:            That’s right. Now, today we’re doing a Chatterbox episode, and that is where Harp¹ and I chat about all different kinds of topics. Today we are going to talk about commuting².

 

Harp:              Yes. That travel to work that we do every day.

 

Maura:            And you know, I’m just thinking, some of our listeners have told us on Facebook that they listen to our episodes while they’re commuting. So if you’re commuting right now, hi!

 

Harp:              I hope your commute³ is very short.

 

Maura:            OK, so, we’re gonna talk about commuting today. First we’re gonna talk about how people commute, so how people get to work in Canada.

 

Harp:              Yes. And then we’re gonna talk about how long it takes them to commute.

 

Maura:            Right. What are the kinds of averages that we have in Canada?

 

Harp:              Yeah. And then we’re gonna talk about our some of our own personal experiences with commuting.

 

Maura:            You know, it is something very personal. Sometimes people love their commute, or they hate their commute. So people really have a strong feeling about it.

 

Harp:              Yes. I definitely agree with you.

 

Maura:            OK. So let’s start by talking about how people get to work in Canada.

 

Harp:              Well, I have to be honest; most people get to work by car.

 

Maura:            That is definitely true. I think, internationally, Canada and the US are known for drivers. People really like to drive around here.

 

Harp:              Yeah. People love their cars and they love driving to work, or anywhere.

 

Maura:            And most of the time, people are alone in their cars. So you have a car with one person driving to their workplace.

 

Harp:              Yeah. It’s not very good for the environment at all.

 

Maura:            No. Just talking about it is making me feel a bit depressed⁴, but it’s the truth.

 

Harp:              Yeah.

 

Maura:            Some people do carpool, though. Carpooling is when more than one person, they get together and they drive to work together. They drive in one person’s car. Maybe the same person drives every day or maybe they take turns, but a carpool is when more than one person gets together in a car. And it’s by choice and usually these people that carpool have a car.

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 commuting   

交换（的）

参考例句：

• I used the commuting time to read and answer my mail. 我利用上下班在汽车中的时间来阅读和答复给我的函电。
• Noncommuting objects are as real to the mathematicians as commuting objects. 对于数学家来说，不可交换的对象与可交换的对象是一样真实的。

3 commute   

vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通

参考例句：

• I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
• Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。

4 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。