朗文3L看听学英语第四册 Lesson 33

　　Lesson 33 The underground
Gretel loves the underground in London. She always prefers to travel on the underground because it's very fast. She doesn't find it difficult now, as she's got used² to it. Gretel knows the underground map very well. Each line has its own colour. For instance³, the Central Line is red; the Piccadilly Line is blue, and so on. Londoners always refer¹ to the underground as "the tube⁴". When you see the long tunnels⁵, it isn't hard to understand why. Yesterday Gertel went home on the underground at about five o'clock in the afternoon. She got a surprise. Since everyone was going home from work, the trains were full. This was the "rush hour"-and it was a new experience for Gretel. There were a lot of people. but trains arrived every minute. Everyone waited patiently and didn't push. As her train was full, Gretel had to stend, but she didn't mind. In the train she saw a notice which said: "Avoid⁶ the Rush Hour".I will, next time, Gretel thought!

1 refer   

vi.谈到，提到，涉及，有关

参考例句：

• He did not refer to the report from Australia.他没有提到澳大利亚传来的消息。
• Don't refer to the matter again.不要再提这件事了。

2 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

3 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

4 tube   

n.（英）地铁；管，软管，隧道；vt.把…装管，使通过管子

参考例句：

• You may get to the railway station by tube.你可以乘地铁到火车站。
• Take care not to break the test tube!当心别把试管打碎了！

5 tunnels   

隧道，地道( tunnel的名词复数 )； （动物栖息的）穴

参考例句：

• The badger sett had twelve entrances to what must have been a labyrinth of tunnels. 这个獾穴有12 个入口，下面必定有一套错综复杂的地道。
• Workers could not clear the tunnels of smoke. 工人们无法清除隧道里的烟雾。

6 avoid   

v.避免；vt.避免，逃避

参考例句：

• You can avoid all kinds of trouble by letting well alone.随遇而安就能避免种种麻烦。
• I wanted to avoid a meeting with her.我想避免与她会面。