精美英文欣赏:搭巴士

My family and I went to Honolulu,Hawaii during summer vacation.Honolulu is on a small island in the North Pacific¹ Ocean.

暑假时，我们全家人去了夏威夷的檀香山。檀香山位于太平洋中的一个小岛上。

We took a special kind of tour bus called the"trolley²"to different tourist spots³.It has a one-ticket system where you can get off at any stop.look around,then get on the incoming trolley to the next stop.

我们搭乘了一种很特殊，称为“电车”的观光巴士到各个旅游景点。这是一种一票坐到底的搭乘，买一张车票你就可以在任何一站下车，四处看看，然后再搭上另一辆巴士到下站去。

We went to the duty free shops.China Town,and a large shopping center.There were many things on the route,like famous name-brand shops,restaurants,and convenience⁴ stores.

我们去了免税商店，中国城，和一个大型购物中心，沿路上有很多东西，有名牌商场，餐厅，还有便利商店。

We met people from many places around the world,such as Beijing,Shanghai,Hong Kong,Seoul,Osaka,Tokyo,and Taipei.It was a very nice stay there in Honolulu.

我们遇到了来自世界各地的人们，例如：北京，上海，香港，大阪，东京各台北，待在檀香山的这个假期，我们过得很愉快。

1 pacific   

adj.和解的，平静的；[P-]太平洋的；n.[the P -]太平洋

参考例句：

• China lies on the east of the Pacific.中国位于太平洋东部。
• He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。

2 trolley   

n.手推车，台车；无轨电车；有轨电车

参考例句：

• The waiter had brought the sweet trolley.侍者已经推来了甜食推车。
• In a library,books are moved on a trolley.在图书馆，书籍是放在台车上搬动的。

3 spots   

n.地点( spot的名词复数 )；斑点；少量；污迹

参考例句：

• Which has spots, the leopard or the tiger? 有斑点的是豹还是虎？
• She disguised the spots on her face with make-up. 她用化妆品盖住脸上的斑点。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 convenience   

n.便利，方便，有益，有用的，方便的用具、机械、安排等

参考例句：

• Come by to pick me up at your convenience.在你方便的时候来接我。
• Please reply at your earliest convenience.请在您方便时尽早答复。