观光旅游Charter6：Transportation交通英语

1、Transportation Transportation 交通英语交通英语 PennyConversation 1：Renting a Car Narrator:Amy is renting a car. Amy:Hi, my names Amy Potter. I called in advance about renting a car for three days. Agent:May I see your drivers license, passport, and credit card, please? Amy:Heres my international drivers lic

2、ense, credit card, and passport. Agent:Would you like to get insurance? Amy:No, my gold card covers that. Agent:Please sign on all the lines marked with an X and initial here and here. Amy:What are the charges? Agent:A three-day package is two hundred fifty dollars. You get unlimited mileage, and if

3、 you fill up the tank before bringing the car back, youll save a ten-dollar fill-up charge. Here are your keys. Amy:Thanks. Conversation 2：Renting a Car Situation：John is talking to an agent at a car rental agency about renting a car.John: Id like to rent a car, please.Agent: What kind of car would

4、you like, a compact or a sedan?John: Id like a compact.Agent: Heres our inventory of cars.John: I like this one. The Toyota Sprinter.Agent: All right. How long will you need it?John: About a week. Whats the rate?Agent: Fifty-six dollars and ninety cents a day with unlimited mileage.John: Does that i

5、nclude insurance?Agent: Yes, it does. May I see your drivers license, please?John: Sure. I have an international drivers license, and this is my credit card.Agent: Good. Now please fill out this form, and youll be on your way.1. rate 费用（常用于租出车或住饭店时的价格） Could you show me the rate list? 能看一下价目表吗？2. mi

6、leage 总英里数；行使里数Is there any mileage limit? 开车里程数有限制吗？What the charge of per mile? 里程数怎么计费？3. inventory (n.) 详细目录, 存货(清单) I regret not completing the inventory on time. 4. drivers license = driving licenseAlways keep your driving license in a safe place. 不同的车型（依引擎气缸容量由小到大）Q: What kind of vehicles do

7、you have? 你们有什么样的车型？1. economy car 经济型车 2. compact car 小型车 3. convertible 敞篷车 4. standard car 标准车 5. mid-size car 中型车 6. full-size car 大型车7. premium car 顶级车 8. luxury car 豪华车 9. minivan 迷你厢行车 10.SUV(sport-utility vehicle)越野车（口语中常会把car省略，a standard, a mid-size等）Would you like a car with an automatic

8、or manual transmission？您要自动还是手动车？租车其他问题（延伸学习）Do I have to fill up when I return the car? 还车时需要把油加满吗？Do I have to return the car to the same location? 我需要把车归还到同一地点吗？Do you offer a drop-off service? 你们有异地还车的服务吗？Gas Station 加油站Narrator:Ed and Amy are filling up the car. Ed:I forgot to find out how to o

9、pen the gas tank. Look in the glove box and see if there is a manual. Amy:I dont think we need the manual. There should be a lever beside your seat. Just pull it. Ed:Hey! Youre right. It just popped open. Amy:This is a self-service station, and its cheaper if you pay in cash. Ed:Do you think I shoul

10、d put in premium or regular? Amy:Premium. Ed:Ill use the squeegee to clean the windshield. Amy:Id better check the oil. Ed:Im going to the convenience store for a snack. Want something? Amy:Sure, thanks. Get me a soda and chips. self-service: the system in which customers serve themselves and then p

11、ay for the goods in a shop/store, restaurant, etc.The cafe provides quick self-service at low prices.a self-service shop/store, restaurant, etc.pop：to suddenly appear, especially when not expectedThe window opened and a dogs head popped out.An idea suddenly popped into his head.premium：very high (an

12、d higher than usual); of high qualitypremium prices/productsSpeeding 超速Narrator:Ed is speaking with a police officer after being caught speeding. Police Officer:Excuse me, sir. May I see your drivers license and registration, please? Ed:What is the problem, officer? Police Officer:You were driving s

13、eventy in a fifty-mile-an-hour zone.I am going to have to give you a ticket. Ed:Officer, Im not from around here. How do I pay it? Police Officer:You can mail the ticket with a check for the correct amount. You also have the right to contest the violation in a court of law. Ed:Well, I dont have a ba

14、nk account with an American bank. Police Officer:Do you have a credit card? You can pay with that. Ed:Thats a relief. Police Officer:Keep an eye on the speed limit during the rest of your visit. contest ：to formally oppose a decision or statement because you think it is wrongto contest a will (= try

15、 to show that it was not correctly made in law)The divorce was not contested.Map 地图Narrator:Joey and Rachel have a map to direct them from their hotel to Disneyland. Joey:Rachel, why dont you drive, and Ill navigate? Rachel:Thats fine with me. Joey:Heres Disneyland on page four. Go to the intersecti

16、on and turn south. Rachel:Your sense of direction is better than mine. I need right or left. Joey:OK. Turn left at Lanker shim Avenue and make another left at Collette Boulevard. Rachel:Now what? Joey:Right there! Take that freeway entrance onto highway 101 till you see I-5. Rachel:Here we are at I-

17、5. Joey:Now just keep going about twenty miles until you see the Disneyland exit. Rachel:Gotcha. That was easy. Here we are at the Magic Kingdom! The Subway 地铁Narrator:Tim and Annie are riding the subway to the theater. Tim:Excuse me, where can we catch the subway? Police Officer:Just across the str

18、eet. See? There is an entrance over there. Tim:Oh. Yeah. I see it. Thanks, officer. Tim :Hi. Where can we buy some tokens. Station Attendant:Tokens were phased out in 2003.We use Metro Cards now. You can buy one at the Metro Card vending machine over there. Tim:But I dont have any change. Station At

19、tendant:The machine accepts bills, credit cards, or debit cards. Just touch the vending-machine screen to get started. Tim:How much does it cost to get to Broadway? Station Attendant:Well, a 1-day Unlimited Ride Fun Pass costs $8.25. Or you could buy a single-ride ticket for $2.25. Conversation 1：Ta

20、king a Cab Narrator:Its late, so Tim and Annie take a cab from the theater back to the hotel. Annie:Lets hail a cab, so we dont have to ride the subway so late. Tim:Here comes one now. Ill hail it. Annie:Do you have the hotels business card? Tim:Yeah, Ive got one. It has the hotels address and phone

21、 number. Cabby:Where to? Tim:The Park Plaza Hotel, please. Heres the address. Cabby:I know that hotel. Its a nice place. Have you been in town long? Tim:Just a few days. What about you? Are you a native New Yorker? Cabby:Well, I was born and raised in California. I moved to New York about ten years

22、ago. Tim:Watch out. You nearly ran over that old lady. Cabby:Relax. Get used to it. This is New York. Conversation 2：The Taxi Situation: John hails a taxi to go to the train station.John: Hey, taxi!Taxi Driver: Where to, sir?John: Can you get me to the railway station quick?Taxi Driver: Hop in.John:

23、 Could you put my luggage in the trunk， please?Taxi Driver: Sure.(in the taxi)John: Driver, can you drive faster? Im afraid I might miss my train.Taxi Driver: Im sorry. Theres just too much traffic.John: I think Im going to miss the train.Taxi Driver: When does your train leave?John: In about half an hour.Taxi Driver: Dont worry. We can take a road where theres no traffic.traffic 交通量traffic accident