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住宿:931/942

保险:


高频词:

make a reservation 预定
confirm a reservation 确认预定
book a room/table 预订房间/饭桌
cancel one's reservation 取消预定
first come, first serve 先到先服务原则(即不设预订服务)
one-way ticket 单程票
round-trip ticket 往返票
VIP/first class 头等舱
business class 商务舱
economy class 经济舱
Express way 高速公路
express train 高速列车


付帐

check(美国)cheque(英)

A.T.M 自动取款机
cashier 收银员
loan 贷款
draw/withdraw money 提款
give the money in fives/tens 换成五元或十元面额
pin number/password/code 密码
credit card 信用卡
open a student account 开个学生帐户
check the present balance in my account 查询我帐户余额
apply for a personal loan 申请个人贷款
change pounds into dollars 把英镑兑换.成美元
the current rate 汇率





澳洲慢速英语听力播客

Podcast Number 6 — Melbourne's Train System
播客第6期:墨尔本的铁路系统
Hi, Melbourne is a large city with a ______________ of around 4.2 million people. Melbourne is also _____________________ an area of about 2000 square kilometres. Like all big cities, people need to travel in Melbourne. Many people work in the city centre and each day they need to _________________________. Still more people like to shop and visit the city centre. About 800,000 people use the city centre each day.

Melbourne has a ____________system (Metro Melbourne), a________ system and also, for the inner city, a ___________ system. As well, many people still use their cars to get into the city every day. In this podcast, I will talk about the train system for our city.

Metro Melbourne — trains in Melbourne
墨尔本地铁
The train system, called Metro Melbourne, has 16 ____________ linking the centre of the city to most of the major ________________of Melbourne. The lines are named after the  _______________for each line. For example, the line closest to me is the Lilydale Line. Lilydale is a nice village ______________________ of Melbourne's north west. I often ride through Lilydale on my motorcycle rides into the hills around Melbourne. So this line is called the Lilydale line.


大家好。墨尔本是一座约有420万人口和占地面积达2000平方千米的大城市。和所有的大城市一样,人们游走在墨尔本这座城市中。许多人在市中心上班,每天在上下班的人流中穿行。然而更多人喜欢在市中心购物游览。每天市中心人流量达80万左右。

墨尔本有铁路(墨尔本地铁)和公交系统,而且城中心还有电车系统。同样,还是有很多人每天开着私家车进城。在本期播客中,我要谈谈我们城市的铁路系统。

铁路系统,也叫作墨尔本地铁,共有16条线路,它们连通着市中心与墨尔本绝大多数主要区域。每条线路都是以终点站的名字命名的。例如,离我最近的一条线路叫利德尔线。而利德尔是位于墨尔本西北部城市边缘的一个美丽的村落。我常常会骑摩托车穿过利德尔一直骑到墨尔本近郊的山里。因此这条线叫作利德尔线。

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重点单词

  • destinationn. 目的地,终点,景点

  • populationn. 人口 ,(全体)居民,人数

  • spreadv. 伸展,展开,传播,散布,铺开,涂撒 n. 伸展,传

  • robv. 抢劫,掠夺


澳洲慢速英语听力播客 第14期:墨尔本的铁路系统(2)


The Metro Melbourne system is mostly above the ground. Only the small section which runs around the city centre is _______________-, passing through 3 underground stations. The main city stations are Southern Cross Station and Flinders Street Station and these are above ground. Flinders Street Station is an older style building and very interesting.


Southern Cross Station is a new building and very modern. Each train station has Protective Services Officers. They are special police who only work on the Metro Melbourne train system. They ________that Metro Melbourne travellers are ___________. Melbourne's train system is a generally safe system and people can use it safely right up until the last train.

The last train from the city leaves at around _____________for most lines. On week ends, a ________________ (Night Rider) runs after the last train to most ______________. But I am always in bed by that time.

To ____________on Melbourne's trains, you must have a special card called a 'Myki'.

There is no other way to pay for your travel on a Melbourne train. First you need to buy a Myki card (for $6) and you must '__________' some money onto it. You can buy a Myki card at any train station, at many shops (e.g. 7-Eleven) and from Myki self service machines at train stations.

墨尔本地铁系统大多在地面以上。只有横穿市中心的较小区域,地铁是在地下的,会经过三站地的地下站点。主要城市站点南十字街站和弗林德斯街站都是在地面之上的。其中弗林德斯街站是老式的建筑风格,十分有趣。

南十字街站建筑风格新颖而现代。每个地铁站都有安保服务人员。他们是只负责墨尔本地铁系统的特殊警力。他们要确保墨尔本地铁系统乘客的安全。总体上说,墨尔本铁路系统是安全的,从首班车一直到末班车人们都可以放心地乘坐。

对于大多数地铁线路,由市中心发出的最后一班车于午夜收车。每周末,末班地铁之后还有公交服务车(夜车)由市中心到其他城郊地区。不过那时候我都已在床上了。

要乘坐墨尔本地铁,你必须得有张叫Myki的特别的卡。

在墨尔本地铁上再没有其他支付方式了。首先你需要买一张Myki卡(合6美元)然后你得在卡里存些钱。你在地铁站就可以买Myki卡,在很多商店(如7-11)还有地铁的自助服务机那儿也可以买到。

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When you buy a Myki card, you can also 'load' some money onto it at the same time. It's really quite easy. Every time you travel, you must '___________________' at the Myki reader machine at the entrance to the station where you begin your journey. When you get off at the end of your journey, you must ______________' with your card at the Myki reader machine at that station. The Myki system ____________your fare from the amount you loaded onto your Myki. I put $30 on my Myki when I first bought it. It costs about $5.50 to go from my nearest station into the City. That's about 25 kilometres. So it's not too expensive.

Of course, at ___________ travel times around _________________ in the evening and from_______________in the morning, Melbourne's trains are usually ____________. But even at these times, I can always find a ____________to ________________, or sometimes even _____________. At other times, there will always be a seat for you.

I hope that has given you some basic information about Melbourne's train system. When you come to Melbourne, you should try it.


当你买到一张Myki卡,你可以同时在上面存点钱。真的很容易。每次你要出门,你都得在站点入口的Myki读卡器那里刷一下卡。你下车以后,要在出站时再刷一下卡。Myki系统会从你存在Myki卡上的总金额中扣去所需的费用。我第一次购买时存入了30美元,从离我最近的站进城扣去我5.5美元。行程约25千米,所以还不算贵。


当然,在傍晚5点到6点,早上7点半到9点的出行高峰时段,墨尔本地铁通常是满员的。但即使是在这些时段,我也总能找到一个能够让自己舒服地站着的位置,有时我甚至能找到个座位。其他时段里,总是会找到个座位的。

我希望你已对墨尔本的地铁系统有了基本的了解。当你有机会来墨尔本时,应该尝试一下。

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沃克斯独立观点

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贫穷限制了我的想象 爱因斯坦和朋友的自驾游

日期:2019-08-03 05:43(单词翻译:单击)

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It’s impossible to know, but this is probably Henry Ford’s head.
虽然已经无法求证,但这可能是亨利·福特的脑袋。
And this? This is definitely Henry Ford __________ by a __________.
那这个呢?这绝对是在小溪边洗碗的亨利·福特。
Starting in 1915, these four men ____________and road ____________together, regularly: Lemme show you.
从1915年开始,这四个人就经常一起露营,一起自驾游:不信我给你们看。
You’ve got John Burroughs — imagine somebody as famous as Bill Nye or Neil deGrasse Tyson, but for nature.
这四人分别是约翰·巴勒斯——想象一下一个像比尔·奈(演员)或奈尔·德葛拉司·泰森(天文学家)一样有名气的人,只不过要换成环保界。
There’s tire _____________Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, and Thomas Edison, America’s most famous inventor.
轮胎巨头哈维·费尔斯通,福特汽车创始人亨利·福特以及美国最著名的发明家托马斯·爱迪生。
This group’s adventures took two American classics and brought them to a whole new level: The road trip and the ________________stunt, too.
这群人的冒险可以说将美国两大经典——自驾游和炒作——上升到了全新的高度。
You could ____________________ John Burroughs beard.
约翰·巴勒斯这把胡子要是有人掉进去,怕是爬都爬不出来了噢。
Burroughs is the least likely of this road trip group, but he’s kind of the linchpin.
巴勒斯原本最不可能加入这一团队,但他说得上是团队的关键人物——
He was __________ _______________.
他是环保精英。
Here’s his beard and Teddy Roosevelt at Yellowstone in 1903.
这是1903年他和泰迪·罗斯福在黄石公园的合影。
He knew the environmental _______________of industry.
他深知工业会对环境造成怎样的影响。
When the Model T came out in 1908, he called it a “demon on wheels.”
1908年T型车问世时,他还称其为“轮子上的恶魔”。
So Henry Ford sent him one.
亨利·福特送了他一辆。
They became friends.
两人就成了朋友。
This is John Burroughs inside his demon on wheels.
这是约翰·巴勒斯坐在他的“轮子上的恶魔”里的照片。
Ford had long known Edison as his ______________, and Firestone was a natural fourth from the tire ________________.
福特一直视爱迪生为他的良师益友,费尔斯通自然而然就是出身轮胎行业的四号人选了。
The group started roadtripping together and they called themselves “The Vagabonds.”
四人开始一起自驾游,还自称为“流浪汉。”
Hijinks ensued.
狂欢也随之而来。
Yep. Henry Ford just climbed a tree.
没错。亨利·福特在爬树。
After driving over ________________roads, they communed with nature, following a typical __________________:
走过一些人迹罕至的道路后,他们开始跟大自然对话了,按照惯常的方式:
Burroughs went for long walks, Firestone read, Edison ____________,
巴勒斯散步,菲尔斯通看书,爱迪森打盹,
and Henry Ford, well, he ________________________wood.
亨利·福特,他砍柴。
He really hated wood.
看来他真的很讨厌木头噢。
Along their routes, they met other inventors and business ________who occasionally tagged along.
一路上,他们还遇到了其他发明家和商业巨头,那些人偶尔也会跟他们蹭一段。
According to one essay by a fellow road-tripper, Thomas Edison also called Firestone and his son Harvey Jr. “_____________” for an entire trip.
一位同行的自驾游朋友的一篇文章提到,爱迪生一路上对菲尔斯通和他的儿子小哈维的称呼都是“哥们儿”。
Now the meaning at the time is a little bit different, because “dude” might have been a_______________, or a _____________ person.
这个词那会儿的意思还有点儿不太一样,因为“哥们儿”可能指城里人,也可能指穿着讲究的人。
But let’s not lose site of the fact that Thomas Edison was walking around calling Harvey Firestone “dude” when he wanted to get his attention.
不过,我们只消知道爱迪森想引起哈维·费尔斯通注意的时候竟然会叫他“哥们儿”就行了。
They took a lot of trips.
他们一起旅行了很多次。
This 1918 route was typical of their regular journeys, and the group of “great men”________________________ everywhere they went.
他们1918年走的这条线堪称是他们常规路线的一个代表,而且,这群“大人物”无论走到哪里都会成为头条新闻。
On this trip, they _____________ throughout Virginia, _________ North Carolina, and _________________back up to Maryland.
那一次,他们穿越了弗吉尼亚,到了北卡罗来纳,才又很快返回马里兰州。
Their fun road trips were a _________________, like here, when Asheville, North Carolina papers ______________________their arrival, visit, and departure.
他们有趣的旅行十分轰动,比如在北卡罗莱纳州阿什维尔的时候,当地报纸全面报道了他们到达、游览及离开的情形。
It was called a “trip with friends.”
还称他们的旅行是“和朋友的旅行”。
But it wasn’t just a normal road trip.
但他们的旅行并非普通的自驾游。
Here’s a secret.
告诉你们一个秘密。
When the most powerful men in the country go on a road trip, they do it a little differently than everybody else.
这个国家最有权势的人自驾游的方式和其他人是不一样的。
Honestly, this was glamping.
老实说,他们的自驾游称得上是豪华野营。
They brought along a_____________ with big _______________________, they had _______________, and __________________ the entire time.
整个行程,都有一个带有大型摄像机的摄制组,厨师以及五星级的服务人员跟着他们。
This table? It ___________________.
这张桌子?是可以旋转的。
_________________delicious meals cooked in the _______________, these trips________________________________.
除了享受在户外烹制的美味佳肴,这些旅行也都是有目的的。
Newspapers reported on the Vagabonds as if they actually were vagabonds.
各大报纸把这群“流浪汉”说得跟真的流浪汉一样。
They said the trip showed “a fellowship with the common man and a governing concern for the little man’s _____________and _________________.”
他们说,这次旅行彰显了“与普通人的友谊,以及对小人物利益和福祉的普遍关心”。
At the same time they were _________________camera crews to film how normal they were, they were also managing their business interests.
与此同时,他们还为了让摄制组把他们拍得普通一点跟摄制组发生争吵,还要忙着管理他们的生意。
That early 1916 trip included a meetup with Edward N. Hurley, a businessman and the chair of the United States Shipping Board -
在1916年初的这次旅行中,他们不仅和企业家兼航运局——
an emergency Naval Agency established as the United States came closer to entering World War I.
这是美国即将加入一战之际成立的一个紧急海军机构——局长爱德华·N·赫尔利会了面。
In Pennsylvania, the power players conferred, as one observer described it, to “__________________ the work ahead in manufacturing.”
在宾夕法尼亚州,据一位观察家描述,这群行业巨头还就“拆分制造业未来的工作”展开了商议。

World War One________________________? Road trip!
一战爆发了怎么办?自驾!
Hurley came on future trips with the vagabonds as well.
后来,赫尔利也加入了这群“流浪汉”的自驾队伍。
Ford also gobbled up land to explore steam power and agricultural possibilities, and the group met with agriculturalists and botanists.
福特一路上还大举收购土地,试图探索蒸汽动力和农业的可能性,为此他们还与多位农业学家和植物学家进行了会面。
In 1918, while on the road, Ford had been _________________into a Senate _____________________as well, which he __________________ lost.
1918年,就在他们自驾游期间,福特还获得了竞选参议员的提名,然最终以微弱的劣势落败了。
We’ll never know everything they talked about.
我们已经永远无从得知他们所说过的每一句话。
According to Burroughs, Ford shared his anti-semitic conspiracy theories over late night chats.
据巴勒斯说,福特会在深夜闲聊时分享他的反犹太阴谋论。
The vagabonds were camping, but they were also making deals and running a PR campaign,
一路上,这群“流浪汉”不仅露了营,也谈了生意,还搞了公关,
highlighting each of the men's professional interests and making them seem ______________and ___________________.
突出每个人的职业兴趣的同时也让他们看起来更为有趣、更接地气了。
This is Henry Ford’s toast.
这是亨利·福特在烤面包。
And that’s the thing they served up for the public.
他们后来把面包分给了其他人。
John Burroughs died in 1921.
约翰·巴勒斯于1921年离开了人世。
He was 83.
享年83岁。
After his death, the trips continued.
他离世后,其他人还继续着他们的旅行。
That new guy, chopping wood? It’s President Warren G. Harding.
这个新来的劈柴的哥们儿是?沃伦·G·哈丁总统。
Still, even by the standards of the vagabonds, the publicity and entourage grew too big.
然而,即使以大佬的标准来衡量,他们的宣传和随行人员的规模都变得过大了。
The road trips stopped in 1924.
于是,他们于1924年终止了旅行。
But the vagabonds had a lasting impact on the American notion of the road trip and how powerful people network, even when they’re taking naps.
但这群“流浪汉”对美国民众的自驾游观念,以及人们对结交人脉,哪怕是在睡觉的时候,的观念都产生了深远的影响。
So was it a publicity stunt or a real road trip with buddies?
那么,这到底是一次做秀,还是一次真正的和朋友的自驾游呢?
Maybe it was both.
也许兼而有之吧。
Or some third thing altogether.
又或者还有第三个方面。
This is a nearly hundred year-old campfire.
这对篝火已经有将近一百年的历史了。
John Burroughs wrote an essay about the trip and why he thought they took it.
约翰·巴勒斯还写了一篇有关这次旅行,以及他认为他们进行这次旅行的原因的文章。
Maybe it was even true: “We grow weary of our ____________and  ______________.
也许,他说的是真的:“我们已经厌倦了奢侈和便利的生活。
We react against our complex civilization, and long to get back for a time to first principles.
我们想挣脱复杂的文明,渴望回到最初的原则上来。
We cheerfully endure wet, cold, smoke, mosquitoes, black flies, and sleepless nights, just to touch naked reality once more.”
潮湿、寒冷、烟雾、蚊子、黑蝇和不眠之夜,我们都能欣然忍受,只为再次触摸那赤裸裸的现实。”



 

 

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Buy a single ride card 买张单程卡

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Weekly or Monthly Travelcard 周票或月票

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Northbound 向北方向

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