赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第19期:初次偶遇

 　　赖世雄旅游观光英语通教你学会观光旅游的各种对话、句子。

　　First encounter

　　初次偶遇

　　As Kathy and Evan walk down the hallway towards the money changer and car rental¹, a mother with a small child drops her purse.

　　当凯西和艾凡沿着信道走向兑换货币和租车的地方时，一个带着一名小孩的妈妈掉了她的皮包。

　　E:I'll get that for you, ma'am.

　　艾凡：太太，我来帮你捡。

　　W:Oh, how sweet! Thanks so much.

　　女士：哦，你真是太好心了！非常感谢你。

　　E:You're welcome. You really have a lot of things to take care of, especially with the little boy there.

　　艾凡：不用客气。你有好多东西得照料，尤其是还要照顾这个小男孩。

　　W:Yes, we're on our way to New York for the summer.

　　女士：你说的对，我们正要到纽约去过这个夏天。

　　E:What a coincidence! We're from New York.

　　艾凡：太巧了！我们是纽约来的。

　　W:Really! I'm from Amsterdam. This is my first time to go to America. I'm visiting relatives there, in Queens.

　　女士：真的！我是阿姆斯特丹市人。这次是我第一次去美国。我要去拜访那里的亲戚，他们住在皇后区。

　　E:That's a double coincidence! We're visiting your country for the first time, and you're visiting ours for the first time.

　　艾凡：这可是双料巧合了！我们是第一次来贵国观光，而你们也是第一次要去我们的国家观光。

　　W:I remember when I was your age, my husband and I traveled around Europe on our bicycles and stayed in hostels².

　　女士：我记得我在你们这个年纪的时候，我和我先生骑着自行车游遍欧洲，而且都住在青年旅社。

　　E:Bicycles! Really?

　　艾凡：自行车！真的吗？

　　W:Oh, yes. Especially here in Holland, everyone uses bicycles whenever they can.

　　女士：哦，没错。尤其是在荷兰这个国家，如果可能的话，每个人都会骑自行车代步的。

　　E:That's interesting. Well, we hope you have a wonderful time in New York. It's an exciting city.

　　艾凡：那真是有趣。我们希望你们在纽约玩得愉快。纽约是个令人兴奋的城市。

　　W:I've heard. And you two have a wonderful time here in Holland. Bye!

　　女士：我听说过。我也祝你们在荷兰玩得愉快！拜！

　　单词短语精讲：

　　1.encounter 偶遇 偶遇;遭遇(问题等)

　　例:Thounh we had a bYief encounter，I immediately liked Jasper and knew wecould become rood friends.

　　(虽然我们相识的时间很短，但我立即就喜欢上贾斯泊，并且知道我们川一以成为好朋友。)

　　Ann encountered hen ex-husband at the market vestendav.

　　(安昨天在市场和她的前夫相遇。)

　　Every time he encounteYrs a problem，he asks his anents for advice.

　　(他每次遇到问题，总是征询他父母的意见。)

　　2. take care of…照)硕……

　　例:We should take cane³ of our panents when thev are in their old age.

　　(父母年老时，我们应该要照顾他们。)

　　3. on one's way to+地方名词在往……(地方)途中

　　例:On his wav to the ainpont，Jack witnessed a car accident.

　　(在他去机场途中，杰克目睹厂一起车祸。)

1 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

2 hostels   

n.旅舍，招待所( hostel的名词复数 )；青年宿舍

参考例句：

• The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. 学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。 来自辞典例句
• Are there any cheap hostels in Nanjing for one person? 南京有没有便宜的旅店可以一个人住？ 来自互联网

3 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。