英语访谈对话 421 VW Buses

 　　Todd: Simon, you said your family had a volkswagen van.

　　Simon: That's right. It was awesome¹.

　　Todd: Wow, that's cool. You know, when I was in high school, I had a Volkswagen van.

　　Simon: Yeah, they're pretty cool aren't they.

　　Todd: Ah, man, I loved my Volkswagen Van.

　　Simon: Well, why?

　　Todd: Well, because I played sports and so I played baseball, basketball, football and all of my teammates would get in my van and I would drive us to and from practice, or to games, and so it was very convenient². I was like the little bus driver for the team.

　　Simon: Yeah, well, you said "bus". Is that, did you call it a van or a bus?

　　Todd: Actually, in California³ we call it the Volkswagen Bus. Yeah, do you call it the bus or the van?

　　Simon: I think that either was OK, or both were OK. Yeah, my family had the camperized van. (Really!) Which had little, which had a refrigerator and a table and a bed, and a pop-up top to fit, to fit another bed, like a loft⁴.

　　Todd: Wow! Yeah, that's pretty cool.

　　Simon: At least, uh, at least four people quite comfortably in a camper van. Pretty cool.

　　Todd: Yeah, actually, mine didn't have the camper. It had a flat area in back of the van, but not a bed, and it did have a small sink, although I never had water hooked⁵ up to my van, so I never used it. I just used it for school, so.

　　Simon: Yeah, my best friend had a van in high school as well. (Yeah!) and he was really popular there because he could fit a lot of people in.

　　Todd: So my van was all white. What color was yours?

　　Simon: Ah, my parents' van was, was also, was also white. My friend's van had, was black and white and had a skull⁶ on the front. Yeah, so it looked like a a pirate⁷ van, or pirate bus, not a pirate ship, but a pirate van. (Cool!) It was pretty cool, at the time. You know.

　　Todd: Yeah. Yeah. I actually, I have many nice memories of my van and I wish I still had one today.

　　Simon: Yeah, me too!

　　Todd: Yeah! Does your family still have it?

　　Simon: No, they don't. Ah, time to move on, I guess. They thought.

　　Todd: Yeah! I think I sold my van because I didn't think it was cool after awhile. I had it for three years and then I wanted a nice sports car, so I got rid of it. Yeah, I kind of regret it but I guess that's just normal.

　　Simon: Of course, everybody likes their old cars, don't they.

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 convenient   

adj.便利的，方便的

参考例句：

• I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。
• Come at any time that is convenient to you.你哪会儿方便就哪会儿来吧。

3 California   

n.加利福尼亚(美国)

参考例句：

• He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。
• We were driving on a California freeway.我们正沿着加利福尼亚的一条快车道驾车行驶。

4 loft   

n.阁楼，顶楼

参考例句：

• We could see up into the loft from bottom of the stairs.我们能从楼梯脚边望到阁楼的内部。
• By converting the loft,they were able to have two extra bedrooms.把阁楼改造一下，他们就可以多出两间卧室。

5 hooked   

adj.钩状的，弯曲的

参考例句：

• I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve. 12 岁时我开始迷上了带水肺潜水。
• He hooked his arm round her neck and pulled her head down. 他一只胳膊钩在她的脖子上，把她的头拉低。

6 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

7 pirate   

n.海盗，每盗船

参考例句：

• The pirate chief commanded that the prisoners should be shot.海盗头子下令枪毙俘虏。
• The shore batteries fired at the pirate boat.海岸炮兵向海盗船开火。