02 交通
速度快还数飞机
dialogue
blake is going to take a business trip tomorrow morning.
布莱克明天早上要出差。
anna: when will you leave for the business trip, blake?
安娜：你什么时候出差，布莱克？
blake: tomorrow morning.
布莱克：明天早上。
anna: how will you get there, by train or by air?
安娜：你怎么去呢？搭火车还是飞机？
blake: by air. i have bought a plane ticket.
布莱克：搭飞机。我已经买过机票了。
anna: the price of the plane ticket must be very high. i think it would be cheaper by train.
安娜：机票的价格一定很高。坐火车应该会便宜一点。
blake: plane is much faster than train. it just takes a few hours from beijing to guangzhou.
布莱克：飞机比火车要快得多。从北京到广州只用几个小时就到了。
anna: hmm, it's really fast. if by train, it would take almost a day and a night to get there.
安娜： 嗯，确实很快，如果坐火车的话，几乎需要一天一夜才能到达。
blake: yes, the faster, the better. and what's more, the company will reimburse all expenses for my trip.
布莱克：是的，越快越好。更重要的是，公司会报销我这次出差的所有费用。
anna: that's wonderful!
安娜：那好极了！
notes
1. almost [??:lm?ust] adv. 几乎，差不多；差一点；将近
2. reimburse [?ri:im'b?:s] v. 偿还；付还
3. expense [iks'pens] n. 消耗，花费；费用
4. wonderful [?w?nd?ful] adj. 极好的，精彩的，绝妙的
小贴士
1. we'd better go there by air. flying is much faster.
我们最好坐飞机去那儿，飞机要快很多。
2. i always shiver instinctively each time the plane is about to take off.
每次飞机起飞时我通常都会不由自主地发抖。
3. be sure to take your visa and passport before boarding the plane.
登机前要确保已携带签证和护照。
4. i can't buckle the seal belt. could you give a hand, please?
我系不上安全带，请您帮个忙好吗？
5. i don't have any appetite to eat food at the height of 5000 meters above the horizon.
在海拔5000米的高度，我没有一点食欲。
6. i like the feeling to overlook the scenery of the ground on a plane.
我喜欢在飞机上俯瞰地面景色的那种感觉。
火车出行最安全
dialogue
andrew is talking with his girlfriend that he is going to shanghai for a business trip.
安德鲁正在和他女朋友讨论他去上海出差的事。
andrew: i'm going to shanghai for a business trip next week.