英语听力精选进阶版 7823

Have you ever been in a rickshaw before?

This is my first time.

I hope you enjoy it.

"We're getting to see London today in a rather unusual way. Not in a bus. Not on the Tube. No – we're on a rickshaw. Join us today as we go On the Town with BBC Learning¹ English, on a rickshaw ride."

Sun Chen: A rickshaw. How exciting! 我们说的这个在伦敦出现的人力三轮，样子也是那种前面是自行车，后面装着这个座人用的篷子。

Andrea: You find them in India, Thailand, China and even Latin² America.

Sun Chen: 不过现在在伦敦，这种人力车也变得越来越受到欢迎。

Andrea: I met Juan who is from Colombia and has been a rickshaw driver for the last year and a half.

"There are many many rickshaws right now. The rickshaws have been around London since 1998. It's a good alternative. Sometimes it can be a bit difficult getting a taxi. If you are a tourist and you don't know how to get around London, rickshaws are a good alternative, it's a good choice."

Sun Chen: Juan 就认为人力车是来伦敦旅游的时候，除了打车和座公共汽车以外的一种好的选择。

Andrea: A good alternative. That means it's a good choice. It gives you another option, and rickshaws aren't that new. They've been on the streets of London since 1998.

Sun Chen: 那蹬三轮会是一种什么感觉呢？一定挺累的，我觉得。

Andrea: Well here's what Juan has to say about it.

"I do like it. It's a good way to keep myself fit, do some exercise. I love talking to people. I get to meet people from all over the world. So that's very interesting knowing about different cultures. One thing that's very very important for me is that it's environmentally friendly because it's CO2 free."

Sun Chen: Juan 看来真的特别喜欢当这个人力车夫。他说这样能让他不仅能够让他保持健康活力，而且还是一种很好的锻炼身体的方式。

Andrea: He also gets to meet and talk to people from all over the world. So he learns about their culture.

Sun Chen: 但是对于 Juan 来说，蹬三轮还有一种特别的意义。Do you know what that is, Andrea?

Andrea: Well, Juan feels good knowing that it's environmentally friendly.

Sun Chen: Environmentally friendly 保护环境。

Andrea: Which means there are no CO2 emissions³.

Sun Chen: 看来蹬三轮不仅有意思，而且还很环保。因为人力三轮车是不会排放二氧化碳尾气的。

Andrea: Only very sore legs for the drivers!

"It's a bit difficult for us because if it's winter time you are going to get cold, very cold and you need to take many many calories to survive. But it also helps the business when it's heavy rain. Because people want to just go quicker to their destinations."

Andrea: So cycling people around in the rain and in the winter can get very very cold. Especially if it's heavy rain as opposed to light rain, also known as drizzle⁴.

Sun Chen: 是啊，英国老是稀稀拉拉地下雨！不过下雨对于人力三轮车夫来说，可是个好消息。好多路上的人都是短途，所以他们就索性座三轮了，这样 Juan 挣的钱就更多了。

Andrea: So Sun Chen, have you ever taken a rickshaw ride in London and would you ever consider doing it?

Sun Chen: OK, to be honest, I've never tried rickshaws before, but I might try one after this programme.

Andrea: Well, I'm glad to hear that. That was certainly my first ride in a rickshaw in London and it was great fun, even if it was a little windy and bumpy⁵. But I would definitely⁶ do it again.

Sun Chen: 我们的问题就是：你觉得是不是应该在伦敦用人力车来替代出租车呢？

Andrea: Here's what Juan has to say.

"It could be a very good choice if we care about the environment and in central London it could be very very good. The only problem is we can't go as far as they can go, because we've got only one pair of legs. They just have to put some petrol in. But it would be very environmentally responsible."

Sun Chen: 没错，我觉得 Juan 说到了一个很重要的一点。估计人力车是永远不会替代伦敦的黑出租车了。别忘了，两只脚蹬车子怎么着也不能跟汽车比啊！

Andrea: But in an ideal⁷ world, it would be very nice and it would be environmentally responsible.

Sun Chen: Environmentally responsible. 有环保责任心。

Andrea: But for now, tourists and Londoners alike⁸ will continue to use lots of forms of transport to get around.

Sun Chen: 别忘了有时间也试试人力三轮！

Andrea: In fact I've got to go and catch one right now! So we'd better say goodbye.

Andrea: Until the next time – bye!

Sun Chen: 我们下次节目再见！

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 Latin   

adj.拉丁的，拉丁语的，拉丁人的；n.拉丁语

参考例句：

• She learned Latin without a master.她无师自通学会了拉丁语。
• Please use only Latin characters.请仅使用拉丁文字符。

3 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

4 drizzle   

v.下毛毛雨；n.毛毛雨，蒙蒙细雨

参考例句：

• The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
• Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。

5 bumpy   

adj.颠簸不平的，崎岖的

参考例句：

• I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
• The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄，成了一条崎岖不平的小径。

6 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

7 ideal   

adj.理想的，完美的；空想的，观念的；n.理想

参考例句：

• The weather at the seaside was ideal—bright and breezy.海边的天气最宜人，风和日丽的。
• They promised to be faithful to their ideal for ever. 他们保证永远忠于自己的理想。

8 alike   

adj.同样的，相像的；adv.一样地；同程度地　

参考例句：

• The twins are so alike that I can't tell which is which.这对双胞胎一模一样，我分辨不出谁是谁。
• All stories seemed dreadfully alike,no matter who told them.看来，不管谁讲，故事都是千篇一律的。