情景英语口语100主题 031transport交通运输

031 transport
Words
Bus train bicycle car boat ship motorcycle van truck tram ferry barge¹ speedboat yacht²
Coach airplane helicopter balloon minibus cruise³ ship scooter airport shuttle bus light railway
Subway commuter⁴ train platform terminal bus/railway station carriage

Phrases
Use public transport
Take a trip in/on a …
Take to the air
Drive a car
Ride a bus
Pedal⁵ a bicycle
Driver’s license⁶
Traffic rules

Beginner
A: do you think we should travel by bus or by train?
B; it’s a difficult choice. The train is a litter faster, but much more expensive.
A; we could face delays if we travel by bus, thanks to traffic jams.
B; buses are more cramped⁷ and you can’t walk around.
A; that’s true, but I feel that I see more when I travel by bus.
B; really? I think you see more traveling by train.
a; so, which form of transport do you prefer to use?
b; I prefer going by train, ever though it costs more.
a: ok them. We’ll go by train. I’m sure we’ll have a good journey. Shall we go to the station and buy the tickets?
B: the train aren’t usually full. We can get them on the day we travel. We should buy return ticket because they are much cheaper than getting two singles.
A; we should take a packed lunch on the journey. The food they sell on the trains is always expensive.


Intermediate⁸
A; how do you think the transport system in our city could be improved.
B; I think that the public transport system could be made simpler. I never know where the bus routes actually go. The routes seem to twist and turn rather than going roughly in a straight line.
A; I think we just need to build more roads. Then there would be more space for cars to drive and we’d have fewer traffic jams.
B: if we built more roads, people would just fill them with cars again. I think we should discourage people from using their cars.
A; how would you do that?
B; I think we should do a few things at once. Improving public transport would encourage people to use that. If we also charge people to use their cars in the city centre, they won’t use their cars as much.
A; I don’t know. I think it’s unfair to make drivers pay more money. They already pay a lot of tax-petrol tax, for example.
B; I think that they should pay more tax. Look at the damage they cause to the environment and people’s health by discharging all those exhaust fumes⁹.
A; the air would certainly be cleaner if there were fewer cars being used in the city. The problem is that people will see it as reducing their freedom. It well be unpopular.
B; that’s a good point. Car owners will probably be against it, but people who use public transport will be in favor of it.

1 barge   

n.平底载货船，驳船

参考例句：

• The barge was loaded up with coal.那艘驳船装上了煤。
• Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。

2 yacht   

n.游艇，快艇

参考例句：

• He was responsible for the location of the missing yacht.他负责查明失踪游艇的下落。
• He planned to cross the Pacific by yacht.他曾打算乘快艇横渡太平洋。

3 cruise   

v.巡航，航游，缓慢巡行；n.海上航游

参考例句：

• They went on a cruise to Tenerife.他们乘船去特纳利夫岛。
• She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge.她想乘驳船游览法国的运河。

4 commuter   

n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者

参考例句：

• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
• She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

5 pedal   

n.踏板；adj.脚的，踏脚的；v.用脚踏动，踩踏板

参考例句：

• He pressed down the accelerator pedal of his car.他踩下汽车的加速器踏板。
• I saw him pedal to school every morning.我看到他每天早晨骑自行车上学。

6 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

7 cramped   

a.狭窄的

参考例句：

• The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
• working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作

8 intermediate   

adj.中间的，居间的，中级的；n.中间体，媒介物

参考例句：

• This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
• Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。

9 fumes   

n.(强烈而刺激的)气味，气体

参考例句：

• The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. 我们孩子们的健康正受到排放出的废气的损害。
• Exhaust fumes are bad for your health. 废气对健康有害。