高频英语口语对话 第413期:轮船现状

 unit 444

轮船现状

dialogue

英语情景对话

A:Nowodays, ships and boats are no longer so important in transportation as they used to be.

A:如今，轮船在交通中的重要性大不如从前了。

B:True. With the extension of railways and highways, and the improvement of safety and capacity of airplanes, ships and boats have been giving place to trains, planes and automobiles¹.

B:的确如此。随着铁路与高速公路的延伸、飞机安全性和运力的提高，轮船已经让位给火车、飞机和汽车了。

A:I read in the newspapers that the passenger liners from Shanghai to Ningbo and Dalian have been out of business; and the liners up and down the Yangtze River have been reduced by 70%.

A:我从报纸上看到，从上海开往宁被、大连的客轮已经歇业了，而长江沿线的客轮量也已经减少了70%。

B:The pace of life of people is now getting faster and faster, so the speed of ships and boats seems to be so slow. I think it may be the reason why people don't like to travel by boat.

B:人们的生活节奏如今变得越来越快，所以轮船的速度就显得太慢了。我想这大概就是人们不爱乘船旅行的原因。

A:But the most of the transoceanic cargo² transportation is still carried by boat.

A:但是如今大部分的跨洋货运还是靠轮船。

1 automobiles   

n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后，就不再使用马和马车了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上，汽车川流不息。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。