听对话练听力 42

Goiing to School

1--Go really fast,Cindy!

2--I can'. The speed¹ limit² here is thirty miles³ an hour.

1--What a pity⁴! I love going⁵ fast.

2--How do you usually get to school?

1--We never go by car! We usually walk or go by bus.

2--How long does it take you?

1--About twenty minutes by bus.

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注解：

1）speed limitzhi指交通规则所限定的行车速度。

2）About twenty minutes by bus是省略句。全句应是 It takes us about twenty minutes to get to school by bus. take作“花费”“需要”解，其后的us是间接宾语，about twenty minutes是直接宾语。it是形式主语，真正的主语是不定式短语to get to school by bus.

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译文:

1--开快点,辛迪!

2--不能再快了,这里的时速限制是30英里。

1--真遗憾！我就爱车开得飞快。

2--你们平常怎么去学校？

1--我们从来不坐小车！我们总是步行或者乘公共汽车去。

2--路上得走多长时间？

1--乘公共汽车20分钟左右。

1 speed   

vt./vi（sped,sped,speeded,speeded）加快；飞跑；n.速度

参考例句：

• The car was running at high speed.汽车急速地向前行驶。
• We'll never get there if he doesn't speed up. 如果他不快些走，我们一定到不了那里。

2 limit   

vt.限制；限定；n.界限；限度

参考例句：

• We must limit our spending.我们必须限制我们的开支。
• The speed limit is 120 kilometers per hour.速度限定是120公里每小时。

3 Miles   

n.英里( mile的名词复数 )；很多；一英里赛跑；大面积

参考例句：

• Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles. 八公里约等于五英里。
• a fortress town enclosed by four miles of ramparts 由四英里长的城墙围着的设防城镇

4 pity   

n.遗憾，同情，可惜；v.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• I pity him from the bottom of my heart.我从心里怜悯他。
• It was a pity that the weather was so bad.天气这样恶劣，真遗憾。

5 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。