A New Bus for London 倫敦的新巴士
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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，不過現在怎麼一輛都看不見。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: 這麼說，我們下個月就可以乘坐專門為倫敦設計制作的新巴士了 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, 新車會有幾個門? 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.
Li: 剛纔是 Rob 和項目經理 David Hampson-Ghani 的談話錄音。 他們談論的是新型的雙層公交車 double-decker bus. 這種車有三個門可以容納87 名乘客。另外這種車有益環保 environmentally-friendly, 使用綠色技術 green technology 看來這種車優點很多了。下面我們聽聽 David 都用了哪些短語來形容這種新巴士的特點。
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: 啊這是原創設計，from scratch, 從下到上 from the ground up 從一張白紙開始 with a clean sheet of paper. 不是從目錄上訂購的。下面我們再聽聽看看這新巴士還有哪些特點。
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: 當然嘍，倫敦的巴士一定不能缺少這個…
(Bus bell rings)
...聽到了嗎？這是倫敦巴士上的鈴鐺，不過這鈴鐺怎麼使用呢？我們聽聽 Rob 和 David 的對話。
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，這個非常有意思啊，這是一個利用無線網 wi-fi 來操控的鈴鐺，wow 非常現代。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新巴士的評論，聽聽他們怎麼說。
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
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，由於車有三個門所以有時會感覺很冷 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倫敦一定要親自坐坐新巴士，感覺一下。如果你想看看倫敦新巴士的照片請登陸我們的網頁一睹為快 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?! 光說話了，忘了看車牌了！Bye bye.
