大家说英语 第542期:本的自行车店(2)

Conversation A

对话A

Taylor: James, what are you doing?

泰勒：詹姆斯，你在做什么？

James: I'm looking for a bike shop. Something is wrong with my bike.

詹姆斯：我在找一家自行车商店。我的自行车出问题了。

Taylor: Take it to Ben's Bikes. Ben fixes bikes.

泰勒：去本的自行车店吧。本可以修理自行车。

James: Cool. Thanks.

詹姆斯：太酷了。谢谢。

Taylor: What's wrong with your bike?

泰勒：你的自行车出什么问题了？

James: My brakes aren't working. And I want a new bike seat.

詹姆斯：我的刹车坏了。还有我想换一个新的自行车车座。

Taylor: Go to Ben's. He can make your brakes work correctly. And he sells lots of things like bike seats.

泰勒：去本的店里吧。他可以把你的刹车修好。他也买很多自行车配件，比如说车座。

Conversation B

对话B

Rob: Susie, what is that?

罗布：苏西，那是什么？

Susie: It's my unicycle. It's like a bicycle, but it only has one wheel.

苏西：是我的独轮脚踏车。它看起来像一辆自信车，但是只有一个轮子。

Rob: Wow! Isn't it hard to ride something with one wheel?

罗布：哇！就一个轮子，骑起来是不是很困难？

Susie: Not really. I learned¹ to ride it years ago.

苏西：其实不会。我几年前就学会骑了。

Rob: How interesting!

罗布：多有趣啊！

Susie: Although learning² to ride can be hard, it is actually a lot of fun.

苏西：虽然学着骑行很困难，但是实际上也很有意思。

Rob: It looks fun.

罗布：看起来就很有意思。

Susie: Why don't you come over after work? You can try it yourself!

苏西：你何不下班之后过来呢？你可以亲自骑骑看！

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。