A New Bus for London 倫敦的新巴士
A New Bus for London 倫敦的新巴士
The script of this programme 本節(jié)目臺(tái)詞
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Rob: Hello and welcome to On the Town. I'm Rob and I'm here with Li.
Li: 大家好。我是楊莉。
Rob: We're here in London, Li, waiting for a bus but there doesn't seem to be any sign of one. Can you see one coming?
Li: No. There are usually so many red London buses around but not today! 往常的倫敦市中心到處都是紅色的巴士，不過(guò)現(xiàn)在怎么一輛都看不見(jiàn)。So when do you think one will turn up Rob?
Rob: Well, I know there's a new bus due next month.
Li: Next month?! That's a long wait.
Rob: Ahh, but the wait will be worth it! This will be the first new bus designed exclusively for London in over 50 years.
Li: 這么說(shuō)，我們下個(gè)月就可以乘坐專(zhuān)門(mén)為倫敦設(shè)計(jì)制作的新巴士了 the new bus! So have you seen one?
How many passengers can this new bus carry?
Rob: Yes I have and you can hear all about it now. See if you can work out how many doors it has and how many passengers it can carry.
Li: Ah lucky you, you have seen the new one! Mmm, 新車(chē)會(huì)有幾個(gè)門(mén)? 還有能容納多少乘客？Let's find out.
Rob: OK Li, just press that bell...
(Bus bell rings)
Rob: Here I am on the new Routemaster bus and with me is project manager, David Hampson-Ghani. Hello there.
David: Hello.
Rob: First of all, could you describe this new bus to us?
David: Well, this is a brand new double-decker bus, bright red, and it's using all the latest environmentally-friendly green technology. It's got three doors, two staircases, an overall capacity of 87 passengers. And it can operate with a driver-only or with a conductor.
Well, this is a brand new double-decker bus... using all the latest environmentally-friendly green technology.
Project manager, David Hampson-Ghani
Li: 剛才是 Rob 和項(xiàng)目經(jīng)理 David Hampson-Ghani 的談話錄音。 他們談?wù)摰氖切滦偷碾p層公交車(chē) double-decker bus. 這種車(chē)有三個(gè)門(mén)可以容納87 名乘客。另外這種車(chē)有益環(huán)保 environmentally-friendly, 使用綠色技術(shù) green technology 看來(lái)這種車(chē)優(yōu)點(diǎn)很多了。下面我們聽(tīng)聽(tīng) David 都用了哪些短語(yǔ)來(lái)形容這種新巴士的特點(diǎn)。
David: What makes this bus unique is that we've designed it from scratch, from the ground up, with a clean sheet of paper. We haven't gone to any catalogue or any brochure and said "This is how you build a bus."
Li: 啊這是原創(chuàng)設(shè)計(jì)，from scratch, 從下到上 from the ground up 從一張白紙開(kāi)始 with a clean sheet of paper. 不是從目錄上訂購(gòu)的。下面我們?cè)俾?tīng)聽(tīng)看看這新巴士還有哪些特點(diǎn)。
David: What makes this bus unique is that we've designed it from scratch, from the ground up, with a clean sheet of paper. We haven't gone to any catalogue or any brochure and said "This is how you build a bus."
What makes this bus unique is that we've designed it from scratch.
Project manager, David Hampson-Ghani
Li: 當(dāng)然嘍，倫敦的巴士一定不能缺少這個(gè)…
(Bus bell rings)
...聽(tīng)到了嗎？這是倫敦巴士上的鈴鐺，不過(guò)這鈴鐺怎么使用呢？我們聽(tīng)聽(tīng) Rob 和 David 的對(duì)話。
Rob: One important thing on every bus is a bell. Do you mind demonstrating the bell for us?
David: Here we go! (Presses bell) Again a small piece of technology but those bell pushes are in fact wireless. There's no power to them. They self-generate their own electricity, they generate a wi-fi signal, goes to a computer, rings a bell. Saves on wiring, saves on maintenance.
Do you think this looks streamlined?
Li: 啊，這個(gè)非常有意思啊，這是一個(gè)利用無(wú)線網(wǎng) wi-fi 來(lái)操控的鈴鐺，wow 非?，F(xiàn)代。It really is an impressive bus!
Rob: So Li, you sounded impressed by the new bus!
Li: I was. But what do other people think?
Rob: Well, let's find out. I know one person thought it had a modern, smooth shape – listen out for the word she uses. And someone else thought having three doors could be a problem.
Li: 下面是一些倫敦人對(duì)新巴士的評(píng)論，聽(tīng)聽(tīng)他們?cè)趺凑f(shuō)。
It's very streamline-looking but I wonder if it's going to be cold because it's got three entrances. It might be a chilly bus!
A Londoner
It looks good, it looks comfortable.
It's very streamline-looking but I wonder if it's going to be cold because it's got three entrances. It might be a chilly bus!
I think it's a very smart bus and I hope it's successful.
Li: 舒適的 comfortable 漂亮的 smart. It seems people do like the new bus.
Rob: Yes, one person said the shape of the bus was streamlined - but one woman thought it could be a chilly bus because of the three doors.
Li: 嗯，由于車(chē)有三個(gè)門(mén)所以有時(shí)會(huì)感覺(jué)很冷 chilly. Well Rob, I'm getting cold waiting for an old bus.
The seats look really comfy!
Rob: An old bus. It's OK Li, there's one coming now.
Li: Not one but three buses! I can see three buses!
Rob: Three! Haven't you heard the saying: "You wait for one bus for hours and three come along at once"?
Li: I have now! 我想提醒大家如果今年來(lái)倫敦一定要親自坐坐新巴士，感覺(jué)一下。如果你想看看倫敦新巴士的照片請(qǐng)登陸我們的網(wǎng)頁(yè)一睹為快 www.bbcukchina.com. Come on then Rob, let's get on board.
Rob: OK Li. That's all from On the Town for this week. Bye bye. Now Li, where are we going to?
Li: I don't know. I thought you knew?! 光說(shuō)話了，忘了看車(chē)牌了！Bye bye.
