情景会话：出租车比公车要快

（单词翻译:单击）

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A：Joy Chain elementary school, please.  

麻烦去卓成小学。

B：Will do.  

好的。

A：How frustrating¹! The bus is still not coming.  

真让人烦躁！公交车到现在都还没到。

B：Ma'am, take your kid to school?  

女士，您是送孩子上学吧？

A：Yes. I am in a hurry. Please take a shortcut².  

是啊，我赶时间。请走近路吧。

B：No problem. Don't worry, the taxi is faster than the bus.  

没问题，别担心，出租车可比公交车快多了。

A：The traffic is terrible on Monday morning. It takes us almost 1 hour to get to school.  

周一早晨，交通总是很糟糕。到学校要花近一个小时的时间呢。

B：My son is the same. But he always makes an early start in the morning, and enjoys listening to the English programmer Let's talk in English on the way.  

我儿子也是这样的。但他早晨总会早些出发，在路上他喜欢听让我们一起来学英语这个英语节目。

A：That's wonderful. He is killing³ two birds with one stone.Sir, please turn right at the next corner. And stop at the taxi stand.  

这太好了。他还真是一箭双雕啊。师傅，请在下一个路口右转。停在出租车站牌那边好了。

B：OK!  

好的！

A：What is the fare?  

多少钱？

B：It's 14.5 Yuan.  

十四块五。

A：Keep the change!  

不用找了！

B：Thanks, Ma'am.  

那谢谢您了。

注释:

frustrating adj. 令人沮丧的

kid n. 孩子

be in a hurry 赶时间

shortcut n. 近路，捷径

terrible adj. 严重的

programmer n. 节目

fare n. 费用

change n. 零钱

He is killing two birds with one stone.

“一箭双雕。”或者也可以翻译为“一石二鸟”。多用来形容用更少的力气，一次完成两件或多件事情。

Keep the change! “不用找零了。”