英语听力精选进阶版 7829

Yang Li: That’s the voice of the mayor¹ of London Boris Johnson. Hi I'm Yang Li and welcome to On the Town.

Yang Li: 2010年7月伦敦市长约翰逊推出的自行车租赁计划已经实施了将近两个月，人们有什么反映呢？我现在来到了伦敦市中心的一个停车点。

Let’s find out what people think of the scheme? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Don’t worry too much about difficult words as I'm going to explain them at the end of the programme.

"I think the Mayor’s scheme to introduce the cycles into London is a fantastic incentive² for people of all ages. Apart from promoting fitness³ and health it’s a fantastic means to travel across London."

Cyclist 2: It’s a great scheme; it’s good for the environment, saves money and reduces traffic.

Cyclist 3: I am Ken⁴.

Yang Li: How did you find it?

Ken: I found it great.

Yang Li: In what way is it good?

Ken: It’s faster than walking.

Yang Li: It’s faster than walking. It saves you time.

Ken: It saves me time and it keeps me fit.

Yang Li: OK. Any disadvantages?

Ken: There often isn’t anywhere to park the bicycle when you've finished with it so you have to ride further than you want to.

Yang Li: Right. Would you recommend more people using it?

Ken: I certainly would, the more the merrier.

Yang Li: The more the merrier. 越多越好。Well, London is a big international city with thousands of visitors pouring in every day. I wonder whether they are tempted⁵ by a bicycle ride in London. What’s your name and where are you from?

"I think the Mayor’s scheme to introduce the cycles into London is a fantastic incentive for people of all ages. Apart from promoting fitness and health it’s a fantastic means to travel across London."

Yang Li: Welcome back to the studio. Now joining me is my colleague William Kremer. Hi Will.

William: Hi Li. Now I heard some good vocabulary from your interviews, so shall we take a look at it?

Yang Li: That’s exactly what I would like you to help with.

William: OK well let’s start with that speech by Boris Johnson. Pay particular attention to the use of prepositions⁶.

Yang Li: 注意介词的用法。

"... And I want to get people out of their cars onto bicycles because I think we have far too many people who waste time sitting in traffic jams going mad bending their steering⁷ wheels when they should be on a beautiful new bike like this cycling in lovely London weather across very flat roads in great safety and enjoying the open air."

William: You have to get people out of their cars and onto bicycles.

Yang Li: 从汽车里出来 out of, 登上自行车、是 onto bicycles.

William: Cycling in lovely London weather across very flat roads in great safety.

Yang Li: 注意这几个介词 in, across, in 在伦敦用 in, 穿越平坦的路面用 across 安全地用 in, in great safety.

William: Sitting in traffic jams and bending their steering wheels.

Yang Li: 塞车时司机焦躁发疯似的啪打着方向盘。

William: We also heard the expression a fantastic incentive.

Yang Li: Fantastic 就是非常了不起的，非常吸引人的 incentive 就是动力，刺激。

William: A fantastic means to travel across London.

Yang Li: 一种非常便捷理想的交通方式。

William: It’s good for the environment, saves money and reduces traffic.

Yang Li: 对环境好，省钱而且还减缓了交通堵塞。看来好处多多，所以前面的一个骑车人建议大家都来试一试

Yang Li: Would you recommend more people using it?

Ken: I certainly would, the more the merrier.

William: The more the merrier. Now that's an idiom and it's a really good one to learn: the more the merrier.

Yang Li: 这是一个固定的成语，越多越好。说到这里我想问问听众朋友 Would you prefer to hire a bike or to have your own bike?

William: You can send us an email to [email protected].

Yang Li: Well William I remember you promised me that you would lend me your bicycle key to try it out?

William: OK, a promise is a promise. Shall we try it out?

Yang Li: Great 说到做到。Let’s go.

William: Ok... let’s go.

William: Yes, you just take the key and where it says membership⁸ key just press it in and wait for the green light, you should see a green light come on… there we go, now you need to pull the bike quite hard. There we are, and that’s it.

Yang Li: Ok that's brilliant. Bye!

1 mayor   

n.市长

参考例句：

• The new mayor said he would clean the city up.新市长说，他要整顿本市。
• The mayor hurried into his office,brushing off the reporters.市长赶快走进办公室，拒不接见记者。

2 incentive   

n.刺激；动力；鼓励；诱因；动机

参考例句：

• Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中，钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
• He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。

3 fitness   

n.适合，适当，健康，健身

参考例句：

• They're doing exercises to improve their fitness.他们为增强体质而做体操。
• No one questions her fitness for the job.没人怀疑她能胜任这项工作。

4 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

5 tempted   

v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）

参考例句：

• I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
• I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。

6 prepositions   

n.介词( preposition的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She lays a lot of emphasis on the usage of prepositions. 她把重点放在介词的使用上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Prepositions and conjunctions are particles. 介词和连词是小品词。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 steering   

n.操舵装置

参考例句：

• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
• Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵，口吻也马上变得温和了。

8 membership   

n.成员资格，会员全体，从属关系

参考例句：

• I must renew my membership of the sailing club.我必须延续我的航海俱乐部会员的资格。
• He made up his mind to apply for membership in the Party.他决心申请入党。