被譽(yù)為自行車收藏大王的王明璽老人正把自己收藏了50多年的“寶貝兒”搬進(jìn)霸州市華夏民間收藏館,并舉辦預(yù)展。2008年10月,一座占地2000平方米的霸州自行車博物館將在河北霸州建成。王明璽老人傾注半生心血收藏的300多輛精品自行車將在此一一亮相……
Eng: Do you cycle to work every day?
英格: 你每天騎自行車上班嗎?
Lish: Nearly every day. If it's raining or freezing cold and windy, I will catch the bus.
麗斯: 幾乎每天都是。如果下雨、刮風(fēng)或很冷,我就坐公共汽車。
Eng: Do you enjoy cycling in so heavy traffic?
英格: 交通很擁擠的情況下你也喜歡騎自行車嗎?
Lish: I don't mind it. It keeps me fit. And it's OK if the weather is fine and I'm not too tired.Besides, I don't have to go to gym for excising.
麗斯: 我不在乎。騎自行車讓我強(qiáng)壯。如果天氣好、我也不太累的話,騎車挺不錯(cuò)的。而且,我還不用去健身房鍛煉身體了。
Eng: I know what you mean. I love cycling. But the traffic is so heavy at present. Cycling looks a bit dangerous!
英格: 我明白你的意思。我很喜歡騎自行車,但是現(xiàn)在的交通太擁擠了,騎自行車看來有點(diǎn)兒危險(xiǎn)!
Lish: Yes. It can be. There are some pretty bad drivers. You have to cycle carefully.
麗斯: 是的??赡軙?huì)有點(diǎn)兒。有一些司機(jī)駕駛技術(shù)很糟糕。騎自行車的時(shí)候要小心。
Eng: But cycling is a bit too slow, it takes you about 40 minutes to reach school, while it only takes you 15 minutes by bus. It seems to waste time!
英格:可是騎自行車有點(diǎn)慢啊,你要用40分鐘才能到學(xué)校呢。要是坐車的話只用15分鐘,看起來很浪費(fèi)時(shí)間?。?/p>
Lish: Yes,I agree. Time is not a matter for me, at least I saved my time to go to gym, and cycling does not make any pollution to the air.
麗斯:沒錯(cuò),我同意你的看法。但時(shí)間對我來說不是問題,至少我能省下做健身的時(shí)間。而且騎自行車對空氣不會(huì)造成任何污染。
Eng: You are so interested in cycling. Have you ever visited any bicycle museum?
英格:你還真是喜歡騎車?。∧悄銋⒂^過自行車博物館嗎?
Lish: I haven't. But I have seen some photos about bicycle in Japanese Bicycle Museum on the Internet.
麗斯:我沒去過。但是我在網(wǎng)上看到過一些日本自行車博物館里的自行車照片。
Eng: In this month, Bicycle Museum in China will be built up in Bazhou, Hebei Province.
英格:這個(gè)月,中國的自行車博物館將在河北省霸州建成。
Lish: Great! If you are free, let's have a look!
麗斯:棒極了!如果你有時(shí)間,我們一起去看看吧!
Eng: OK! Good idea!
英格:好??!好主意!
能說會(huì)用
Remember the use of keep
請記住keep (保持)的用法。
e.g. Cycling keeps me fit.
例如:騎自行車使我身體強(qiáng)壯。
Not smoking keeps me healthy.
不吸煙使我保持健康。
Exercise keeps me in good shape.
鍛煉使我身材好。
愛鏈culture
快車——最早的自行車
在1791年夏季的一天,路易十六王宮的大草坪上聚集了許多男士和女士。突然,傳來一陣“得得”聲,并伴著很響的“軋軋”聲,瞬間,人們看到一位名叫孔特·德·希拉克的男士狂奔著從棒球場中間穿過。不過,希拉克不是像普通人那樣地奔跑,而是坐在一只奇怪的裝著輪子的“木馬”上,兩只腳以奔跑的動(dòng)作蹬踏著地面。當(dāng)希拉克到達(dá)草坪的盡頭時(shí),他轉(zhuǎn)過“木馬”又跑了回來。人們?yōu)橄@说摹皾L動(dòng)木馬”所轟動(dòng)和吸引,稱之為“快行腳”,真正的自行車歷史從此真實(shí)地開始。