赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第53期:服务台 Information Desk

 　　Getting Lost!

　　迷路了！

　　As darkness falls, Kathy and Evan find themselves lost.

　　天色渐渐暗了下来，凯西和艾凡发现他们迷路了。

　　K:This doesn't look like the highway, does it?

　　凯西：这条路看起来不像是高速公路，像吗？

　　E:It sure doesn't. I hate to admit it, but I think I got us lost again.

　　艾凡：确实不像。虽然我不想承认，不过我想我又搞得我们迷路了。

　　K:Don't worry. I'll take out the map from the glove compartment¹ and take a look...Uh, where are we?

　　凯西：别担心。我把地图从杂物柜里拿出来看一下……嗯，我们在哪里？

　　E:Somewhere on the road to Bremen, I think.

　　艾凡：我想我们在往不来梅路上的某个地方。

　　K:Maybe we'd better find a gas station again.

　　凯西：也许我们最好再找一家加油站。

　　E:There doesn't seem to be anything on this road except farm houses. And I don't see any signs, either.

　　艾凡：这条路上除了农舍外似乎没有别的东西了。而且，我也看不到任何路标。

　　K:What should we do?

　　凯西：我们该怎么办呢？

　　E:I'll keep driving ahead. We would lose a lot of time if we backtracked.

　　艾凡：继续往前开啰。如果我们倒回头往原路开的话，会损失许多时间。

　　K:I trust you. I certainly don't know how to get us to Bremen.

　　凯西：我信任你。我真的不知道该怎么做我们才能到达不来梅。

　　E:I have an idea. There's a restaurant up ahead. I'll get out and find someone who speaks English and ask for directions.

　　艾凡：我有个主意了。前头就有家餐馆。我会下车找个会说英语的人问路。

　　K:I hope you can. Neither of us speaks German!

　　凯西：我希望你找得到。我们两个人都不会讲德语！

　　单词短语精讲：

　　1 .admit 承认

　　例:A1though he was punished，the student felt better after he admitted stealing the money

　　(虽然那名学生被处罚，但他在承认偷厂钱后觉得好受多厂。)

　　2. take a look at...看一下……

　　例:I asked my colleanue to take a look at my file²

　　and she said there were no mistakes in it.

　　(我请同事看一下我的文档，她说里面没有错误。)

　　3. backtrack 原路退回

　　例:We found our wav back to camp, by backtracking through the mountains

　　(我们顺着原来的山路找到厂回营地的路。)

　　4.ask ( sb.)for directions(向某人)问路

　　例:As Jennv was new to the city，she often had to ask others for directions.

　　(因为詹妮刚来这个城市，所以她时常得向别人问路。)

　　5 .Neither of+(数字为二的)复数名词+单数动词两者都不……

　　neither 两者都不

　　例Neither of Mmv and Connie wants to argue with Eric.

　　(玛丽和康妮两人都不想和埃里克争一论。)

1 compartment   

n.卧车包房，隔间；分隔的空间

参考例句：

• We were glad to have the whole compartment to ourselves.真高兴，整个客车隔间由我们独享。
• The batteries are safely enclosed in a watertight compartment.电池被安全地置于一个防水的隔间里。

2 file   

n.档案，公文箱，锉刀；v.列队行进，归档，申请；[计算机]文件

参考例句：

• Fran came in holding a blue file.弗兰拿着一个蓝色的文件夹进来了。
• The door won't fit;you'll have to file it down.这门关不上，你得把它锉一锉。