生活英语基础版生存手册 10understanding and giving direction

UNIT 10 UNERSTANDING AND GIVING DIRECTIONS

TRACK¹ ONE

Sightseeing in London

F: Can I help you?

M: Yes. Do you have a guide book of London, please?

F: Yes. We have this large guide book or this pocket guide.

M: The pocket guide, please.

F: Thank you. Anything else?

M: No, thank you.

F: That’s 6 pound 95, please.

M: Here you are.

F: Thank you. 5 pens change and your receipt².

M: Thank you, good bye.

F: Goodbye.

A: Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to baker’s street, please?

B: Yes. Go along this road for about 200 yards, you come to some traffic lights, go straight ahead, at the next traffic light turn right, and the baker’s street is the third street on the left.

A: Thank you very much.

B: You are welcome.

TRACK TWO

ASKING AND GIVING DIRECTIONS

A: Right, I think that’s all the shopping.

B: Good, Jenny.

A: Yes?

B: I am very thirsty.

A: Me, too. Excuse me.

C: Yes?

A: Is there a café near here?

C: Ah, yes. Go along this road until you come to a T-junction, turn left, and there is a café about 50 yards on your left. It’s opposite the cinema, you can’t miss it.

A: Thank you!

C: Don’t mention it.

A: Excuse me. How do I get to the library, please?

B: I am sorry, I don’t know. I am a stranger here, too.

C: I know, it’s next to the station.

A: Where’s that?

C: Go along this road, and take the second street on the left, the library is on the right, between the big hotel and the station.

A: Thank you very much!

C: That’s ok..

TRACK THREE

ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS TO A PARTICULAR PLACE

A: Excuse me.

B: Yes?

A: Can you tell me the way to Kent Street, please?

对问题作肯定回答时，

B: Yes, go alone this road for about 300 yards until you come to some traffic lights, turn left, that’s Sury Road, and Kent Street is the second on the left. Ok?

对问题作否定回答时，

B: I am sorry, I am a stranger here, too.

A: Oh, thanks anyway.

对问题作肯定回答时，

A: Thank you very much!

B: You are welcome.

对问题作否定回答时,

A: I am sorry, I didn’t understand, can you speak more slowly, please?

B: Yes, of cause. Go alone this road…

TRACK FOUR

ASKING FOR THE NEAREST PLACE

A: Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to the nearest hospital, please?

对问题作肯定回答时，

B: Yes, go along this road till you come to an old church, turn left at the church, and the hospital is about a mile on your right.

A: Thank you very much. Goodbye.

B: Goodbye.

对问题作否定回答时,

B: Oh, I am sorry. There isn’t a hospital in this town. The nearest hospital is 20 miles away.

A: Oh, is there a doctor’s near here?

B: Yes, go to the end of the road and turn left, there is a doctor’s surgery³ about 200 yards on the right.

A: Thank you very much! Goodbye.

TRACK FIVE

ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTS

A: Excuse me. Do you know the way to Vitoria Park, please?

对问题作肯定回答时，

B: Yes, but it’s a long way to walk.

A: Are there any buses to Victoria Park?

对问题作否定回答时,

B: I am sorry, I don’t know this area. But there is a shop here, why don’t you ask there?

A: Ok, thanks.

对问题作肯定回答时，

B: Yes, cross the road here, and there is a bus stop just round the bend. You can take a 20, 25 or 30, they all go to Vitoria park.

A: Thank you very much.

B: You are welcome.

对问题作否定回答时,

B: I am afraid not.

A: Is there a taxi rank near here?

B: Yes, turn right at the end of this road and there is a taxi rank about 100 yards on the left. You can’t miss it.

TRACK SIX

ASKING THE WAY BY CAR

A: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the airport please?

对问题作肯定回答时，

B: Yes, go straight ahead to the next roundabout⁵, but get into the right hand lane⁶, at the second roundabout turn right, the airport is about 3 miles on your right. There are lots of signs.

A: Thank you very much.

B: Don’t mention it.

对问题作否定回答时,

B: I am sorry, I don’t understand English.

A: Oh! OK, goodbye.

TRACK SEVEN

TOWN BUILDINGS AND PLACES

FUTIONAL BUIDING AND PLACES

BANK, BUS STATION, CATHEDRAL⁷, CHURCH, FIRE STATION, HOSPITAL, HOTEL, LIBRARY, POLICE STATION, STATION, TAXI RANK, TAXI STAND, TOWN HALL, CITY HALL.

RECREATIONAL PLACES

ART GALLERY, CASTLE, CINEMA, MOVIE THEATRE, DEPARTMENT STORE, MUSEUM, NIGHT CLUB, CAFÉ, RESTURANT, SHOP, STORE, SPORTS STADIUM⁸, SPORTS HALL, THEATRE, THEATER, SWIMMING POOL, PARK, PUB⁴.

1 track   

n.轨道；足迹；痕迹；磁轨；途径；vt.循路而行；追踪；通过；用纤拉；vi.追踪

参考例句：

• The new race track is nearly six miles in extent.这条新跑道将近六英里长。
• The police are on his track.警察在跟踪他。

2 receipt   

n.收据，收条；收到，接到

参考例句：

• We are in receipt of your letter of the 10th.我们收到了您十日的来函。
• I asked for a receipt.我要一张收据。

3 surgery   

n.外科，外科手术；手术室

参考例句：

• What time does surgery finish?门诊什么时间结束？
• Your condition is serious and requires surgery.你的情况很严重，需要动外科手术。

4 pub   

n.[英]旅馆，小店，酒馆

参考例句：

• He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
• They saw that four large men marched into the pub.他们看到四个彪形大汉走进了酒吧。

5 roundabout   

adj.绕道的，转弯抹角的，间接的

参考例句：

• Last night I got lost,and took a very roundabout way.昨天夜里走错了路，绕了一个大圈子。
• What a roundabout way of doing things!这是个多么绕圈子做事的方法！

6 lane   

n.(乡间)小路(巷)；车(跑，泳)道；航道

参考例句：

• There is a shop at the end of this lane.这条胡同的顶头有一家商店。
• The champion is running in lane five.冠军跑在第五跑道上。

7 cathedral   

n.教区总教堂；大教堂

参考例句：

• We visited the magnificent cathedral.我们参观了宏伟的教堂。
• There's a cathedral in the town.镇里有一座大教堂。

8 stadium   

n.露天大型运动场

参考例句：

• The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.新的足球场可以容纳八万人。
• The stadium is being used for a match.那个露天运动场正在进行一场比赛。