英语大赢家 上册 022.Topic 2人口 Population

 经典语境背诵

 

Daniel: People talk about the network system of the bus company a lot these days. I have no idea why until my father tells me that there are lots of people using IC cards on buses, and when they get back home they would check their balance at the same time, then the crash happens which is a big problem.

节目介绍

 

　　爸爸和丹尼尔上了车，丹尼尔听见旁边的两位乘客在谈论着公交公司的事情，他们具体在谈论些什么呢？一起来看看吧。

 

对话原文

 

Man: Hey, Do you know there has been a crash on bus company network system?

 

男：喂，你知道公交公司网络瘫痪这件事吗？

 

Woman: I’ve heard about it several days ago!

 

女：我几天前听说了。

 

Man: That is unbelievable！

 

男：那让人太难以置信了！

 

Daniel: Daddy, can you tell me what they are talking about?

 

丹尼尔：爸爸，你能告诉我他们在谈论的是什么吗？

 

Benjamin: They are talking about the network of the bus company.

 

本杰明：他们在说公交公司的网络的问题。

 

Daniel: Why their network is not working?

 

丹尼尔：那为什么他们的网络不能够正常运行呢？ 

 

Benjamin: Because of the IC cards.

 

本杰明：因为IC卡的问题。

 

Daniel: The IC card?

 

丹尼尔： IC卡吗？

 

Benjamin: Yes，Beijing is a big city and there are about 7,000,000 people using IC cards on buses.

 

本杰明：对啊，北京是个大城市，总共有7,000,000万人用公交IC卡。

 

Daniel: And?

 

丹尼尔：然后呢？

 

Benjamin: All the people check the balance of their cards together on the internet, so the crash happens.

 

本杰明：然后所有的人都去网上查他们的余额，所以就产生了网络问题。

 

Daniel:Oh, that is horrible¹!

 

丹尼尔：噢，那太可怕了！

 

在这个节目中我们将学到：

 

 

1 horrible   

adj.可怕的，极可憎的，极可厌的

参考例句：

• This is a horrible monster.这是一个可怕的怪物。
• That is a horrible accident.那是一次可怕的事故。