流利说英语旧版

In six weeks, Paul is going on a trip. 六周后，保罗要去旅行。 He is going to Japan and China. 他要去日本和中国。 There are a couple of reasons for the trip. 这次旅行有几个原因。 One reason is for business. 一个原因是为了生意。 He’s thinking about starting restaurants in both countries.他正在考虑在这两个国家开餐厅。 The other reason is for pleasure. 另一个原因是为了娱乐。 He enjoys traveling, and he’d like to visit some friends. 他喜欢旅行，他想拜访一些朋友。 Yesterday he went online and made airline reservations. 昨天他上网订了机票。 There were plenty of seats on the plane, so it was easy. 飞机上有很多座位，所以很容易。 He also got a good discount. 他还得到了很好的折扣。 Unfortunately, he needs a new passport. 不幸的是，他需要一本新护照。 His old passport is expiring next week. 他的旧护照下周到期。 This is something he didn’t expect. 这是他没想到的。 Getting a new passport will take at least a week. 拿到新护照至少需要一个星期。 He needs to apply for one right away. 他需要马上申请。 Paul also needs a visa to enter China. 保罗还需要签证才能进入中国。 The last time he went to China was 3 years ago. 他上次去中国是3年前。 Getting a visa may also take a week or even two. 获得签证也可能需要一周甚至两周的时间。 So he doesn’t have much time. 所以他没有多少时间。He needs to hurry.他得快点。 He can’t get the visa until he gets his new passport. 他拿到新护照才拿到签证。 He'll have to go to the Chinese consulate in Toronto. 他得去中国驻多伦多领事馆。 Hopefully there won’t be any delays. 希望不会有任何延误。Paul has several friends in each country. 保罗在每个国家都有好几个朋友。 One of his best friends lives near Mount Fuji. 他的一个好朋友住在富士山附近。 His friend lives near a beautiful lake about three hours from Tokyo. 他的朋友住在离东京大约三小时车程的一个美丽的湖边。 His friend is a great cook and owns a little restaurant. 他的朋友是个很棒的厨师，开了一家小餐馆。 The restaurant is located on a hill above the lake. 这家餐馆坐落在湖上的一座小山上。 It has a wonderful view, and the food is wonderful. 那里有美丽的风景，食物也很美味。 Paul is looking forward to eating there. 保罗很期待在那里吃饭。 Then he will spend the night at his friend’s house. 然后他将在朋友家过夜。 One way to get to his friend’s house is to go by train. 到他朋友家的一种方法是乘火车去。 If he takes a train, his friend will meet him at the train station. 如果他乘火车，他的朋友会在火车站接他。 There's a train station about half an hour from his friend’s house. 离他朋友家大约半小时车程有个火车站。 On the other hand, he may decide to go by car. 另一方面，他可能决定开车去。 He can rent a car for a few days and see more of the country. 他可以租几天的车，多看看这个国家。 He can use a GPS to help him with directions. 他可以用GPS来帮他指路。 He doesn’t speak Japanese, so the directions need to be in English. 他不会说日语，所以导航要用英语。 In China, Paul has a good friend who lives in Beijing. 在中国，保罗有一个住在北京的好朋友。 They studied at the same university in Canada more than 15 years ago. 他们15年前在加拿大同一所大学学习。 His Chinese friend wants to help Paul with his business. 他的中国朋友想帮保罗做生意。 He friend has lots of business experience. 他的朋友有丰富的商业经验。 His friend can help Paul learn about doing business in China.他的朋友可以帮助保罗学习如何在中国做生意。 Paul knows there is a lot to learn. 保罗知道还有很多东西要学。 He will certainly need his friend’s help. 他肯定需要朋友的帮助。 While in Beijing, they plan to visit several Italian restaurants. 在北京期间，他们计划参观几家意大利餐馆。 They may meet with some of the owners too, but it isn’t certain yet. 他们可能也会与一些店主会面，但目前还不能确定。 Most of the owners are Chinese. 大多数店主是中国人。 One or two of them may want to do business with Paul. 其中一两个人可能想和保罗做生意。 If he has time, he may go to the Great Wall of China. 如果他有时间，他可能去中国的长城。 It’s a few hours outside of Beijing by car. 离北京开车要几个小时。 Altogether, the trip may take 3 or more weeks. 总的来说，这次旅行可能需要3周或更长时间。 Paul still isn’t sure how long he will stay in each country. 保罗还不确定他将在每个国家呆多久。 He may spend a week in Japan and two weeks in China. 他可能在日本呆一周，在中国呆两周。 He may decide to stay longer. 他可能会决定多呆一段时间。 Everything depends on his friends. 一切都取决于他的朋友。 He expects to get more information from them in the next day or two. 他希望在接下来的一两天里从他们那里得到更多的信息。In basketball, players score points by shooting a basketball through a hoop. 在篮球运动中，运动员通过篮圈投篮得分。 Each side has 5 players, and the game is played on the basketball court. 每队有5名球员，比赛在篮球场上进行。 Football is probably the world's most popular sport. 足球可能是世界上最受欢迎的运动。 Each team tries to score a goal by kicking the ball into a net. 每个队都试图通过把球踢入网中来得分。 Baseball is a team sport where each side has 9 players. 棒球是一项团队运动，每队有9名运动员。 Baseball players use a bat to try to hit the ball and get on base. 棒球运动员用球棒击球并上垒。 Golf is an individual sport where players try to hit the ball into a hole in the ground. 高尔夫是一项个人运动，运动员要把球打到地面上的洞里。 The game is played on the golf course with 18 holes. 该游戏在18洞的高尔夫球场上进行。 In boxing, the two boxers stand in a boxing ring and hit each other. 在拳击比赛中，两名拳击手站在拳击台上互相撞击。 Sometimes a boxer, like this one, knocks the other one out.有时一个拳击手，就像这个人，会把另一个击倒。When people fall down, they can break a bone. 当人们摔倒时，他们会摔断骨头。 A broken bone can be very painful.骨折会很痛。 If someone is cut, they will bleed. 如果有人被割伤，他们就会流血。 A knife or sharp object can cut someone and cause bleeding.刀或利器会割伤人并导致流血。 Poisons are very dangerous and can cause death. 毒药是非常危险的，可以导致死亡 Some snakes and spiders are poisonous, so be careful. 一些蛇和蜘蛛是有毒的，所以要小心。 A heart attack can happen very suddenly. 心脏病发作可能很突然。 If someone has a heart attack, call for an ambulance right away. 如果有人心脏病发作，马上叫救护车。 If you catch on fire, fall to the ground and roll. 如果你着火了，就倒在地上滚。 Getting too close to a fire can be very dangerous. 离火太近可能非常危险。M: What’s the matter? 怎么了？You look really tired today.你今天看起来很累。 W: I am tired. 我很累。I didn’t sleep well last night.我昨晚没睡好。 M: Bad dream? 恶梦？ W: Yes. Exactly. 是的，没错。 I had a terrible dream, a real nightmare. 做了一个可怕的梦，一个真正的噩梦。 M: So it woke you up. 所以它把你弄醒了。 W: Yes, it woke me up. 是的，它把我吵醒了。I was really scared.我真的很害怕。 M: I’ve had those kinds of dreams, too. 我也做过这样的梦。 W: It was so scary that I was afraid to go back to sleep. 太可怕了，我不敢再睡了。 M: Was something chasing you? 有什么东西在追你吗？ W: No, nothing was chasing me, but I was falling. 没有，没有东西在追我，但我快掉下去了。 I was falling faster and faster and it was dark. 我越跌越快，天也黑了 I couldn’t see or hear anything.我什么也看不见也听不见。 M: Can you remember anything else? 你还记得什么吗? W: Yes, I remember now. 是的，我现在想起来了。 In my dream, I was screaming, but there was no sound. 在我的梦里，我在尖叫，但是没有声音。 I thought I was going to die at any second. 我以为我随时都会死。 M: Wow, that is scary. 哇，太可怕了。 M: So what did you do when you woke up? 那你醒来后做了什么? W: I didn’t want to go back to sleep, so I checked the news online. 我不想再睡了，所以我上网看新闻。 Then I played a game.然后我玩了一个游戏。 M: You didn’t go back to sleep? 你没回去睡觉吗? W: Actually, I got so tired playing the game that I fell asleep. 事实上，我玩这个游戏太累了，所以睡着了。 M: Well, at least you got some sleep. 至少你睡了一觉。 Some sleep is better than no sleep.睡一会儿总比不睡好。 W: I guess so. 我想是这样。But I’m still tired.但我还是很累。 I hope I can get through the day.我希望我能熬过这一天。 M: Have a good lunch and then work out in the afternoon. 吃一顿丰盛的午餐，然后下午去锻炼。 W: Thanks, I’m already feeling a bit better. 谢谢，我已经感觉好些了。 M: Hey look, the boss is coming! 嘿，看，老板来了！ Look like you’re working hard.看起来你像正努力工作。M: Hey, what’s that awful smell? 嘿，那难闻的味道是什么？ W: The toilet is broken in the men’s bathroom. 男卫生间的马桶坏了。 M: Wow, I can’t work when it smells this bad. 闻着这么臭，我都没法工作了。 I need some fresh air.我需要一些新鲜空气。 W: OK. Let’s take a break and go out for a walk. 好啊。我们休息一下，出去散散步吧。 Get your computer and we can work at a coffee shop. 拿上你的电脑，我们可以在咖啡店工作。 M: Good idea. When do you think it'll be cleaned up? 好主意。你认为什么时候能清理干净？ W: A plumber is coming and he should be here soon. 一个水管工就要来了，他应该很快就到。 By the time we get back, the smell should be gone. 等我们回来，气味应该就没了。 M: That’s one job that I wouldn’t want. 这是我不想要的工作。 I hate to be around bad smells. 我讨厌周围有难闻的气味。What about you? 你呢? W: Me too. I wouldn’t want to be a plumber. 我也是。我可不想当水管工。 M: There are lots of jobs that I wouldn’t want. 有很多工作我都不想做。 W: We can talk about that later. 我们以后再谈这个。 Get your computer and let’s get out of here.拿上你的电脑，我们走吧。

Paul is a very successful businessman. 保罗是一个非常成功的商人。 He owns several restaurants. 他有几家餐馆。 All of them are doing well. 都经营得很好。 In fact, they are very profitable. 事实上，他们都很赚钱。 To be profitable means that their income is more than their expenses. 有利可图意味着他们的收入大于支出。 As a result, he is making a lot of money. 因此，他赚了很多钱。 Paul wants to buy a new car. 保罗想买一辆新车。 He’s trying to decide which car to buy. 他正在决定买哪辆车。 He has plenty of money. 他有很多钱。 As a result, he isn’t worried about the cost. 因此，他不担心价格。 He can afford an expensive car. 他买得起一辆昂贵的汽车。 On the other hand, he doesn’t want to waste money. 另一方面，他又不想浪费钱。 He wants a car he can rely on. 他想要一辆可以信赖的汽车。 It has to be safe and reliable, especially in cold winter weather. 它必须安全可靠，尤其是在寒冷的冬季。 If a car breaks down in bad weather, it can be very dangerous. 如果一辆汽车在恶劣的天气里抛锚了，那就很危险了。Paul wants to help reduce pollution and smog. 保罗想要帮助减少污染和烟雾。 He would like to buy a clean car, something good for the environment. 他想买一辆无污染的车，对环境有好处的车。 He's thinking about buying a Texla. 他在考虑买一辆特斯拉。 The Texla is an all electric car. 特斯拉是一辆纯电动汽车。 It uses batteries instead of gasoline. 它用电池代替汽油。 There is no exhaust, so it doesn’t pollute the air. 没有废气，所以不会污染空气。 However, the car can’t go very far without recharging the battery. 然而，如果不给电池充电，汽车走不了多远。 To charge the battery, you can plug it in to an electrical outlet. 要给电池充电，你可以把它插到插座上。 Recharging the battery takes time. 给电池充电需要时间。 One of Paul’s friends has one and is quite happy with it. 保罗的一个朋友有一台，而且很满意。 He says it’s reliable and well-engineered. 他说，它可靠，设计精良。 There are also several charging stations near Paul’s office. 保罗办公室附近还有几个充电站。 So he isn’t worried about that. 所以他并不担心这个。 The cost for charging the battery is low. 电池充电的成本很低。 It’s less expensive than buying gasoline. 这比买汽油便宜。 His wife, Kathy, also likes the idea of buying an electric car. 他的妻子凯西也喜欢买电动车的想法。 She likes the idea of driving a clean car. 她喜欢开无污染车的想法。 So it makes sense. 所以说得通。 In the future, there may be driverless cars. 将来可能会有无人驾驶汽车。 These may be very safe, but Paul doesn’t like them. 这些可能是非常安全的，但保罗不喜欢他们。 He enjoys driving. 他喜欢开车。 He likes to be in control of his car. 他喜欢控制他的车。The man in the middle is the heaviest. 中间那个人最重。 The man in the middle is heavier than the other two. 中间的那个人比另外两个重。 The woman on the left is smarter than the man on the right.左边的女人比右边的男人聪明。 The man isn’t as smart as the woman is. 男人没有女人聪明。 The woman is standing under a bridge. 那个女人站在桥下。The bridge is above the woman. 桥在女人的上方。 There is a bridge over the river. 河上有一座桥。The river is flowing beneath the bridge. 河水从桥下流过。 The water is flowing over a waterfall. 水正从瀑布上流过。The waterfall is very high and beautiful. 瀑布又高又美。 People need passports to travel internationally. 人们需要护照才能出国旅行。 Without a passport, you cannot leave your country or enter another country. 没有护照，你就不能离开你的国家或进入另一个国家。 You need a driver’s license to drive a car. 你开车需要有驾照。 It is against the law to drive without a driver’s license. 无证驾驶是违法的。 Many people use credit cards to buy things on credit. 许多人用信用卡赊购东西。 When you have a credit card, you don’t need to carry cash. 当你有信用卡时，你不需要携带现金。 Smart phones are very useful and can do many things. 智能手机非常有用，可以做很多事情。 You can use them to make phone calls, play games or go shopping on the Internet. 你可以用它们打电话、玩游戏或上网购物。 We need to buy tickets in order to take a train, or watch a sports event. 我们需要买票才能坐火车，或者看体育比赛。 You can often buy tickets online, and sometimes you can get a discount. 你可以经常在网上买票，有时还能打折。 Banks are where people can deposit or withdraw money. 银行是人们可以存钱或取款的地方。 You can also use online banking to pay bills, such as your credit card bill. 你也可以使用网上银行支付账单，比如你的信用卡账单。 Hotels are where travelers can stay overnight or for several days. 旅馆是旅客可以过夜或住几天的地方。 If you plan to stay at a hotel, you should make a reservation. 如果你打算住旅馆，你应该预订房间。 Restaurants are where people go to eat with friends or family. 饭店是人们和朋友或家人一起吃饭的地方。 There are many different kinds of restaurants, such as Indian, Italian, or Chinese restaurants. 有许多不同种类的餐馆，如印度餐馆、意大利餐馆或中国餐馆。 Repair shops are where people go to fix things which are broken or not working right. 维修店是人们去修理坏了或不能正常工作的东西的地方。 This repair shop fixes cars and can check to see if it is safe to drive. 这家修理厂修车，可以检查一下是否安全驾驶。 Coffee shops are a favorite place to meet new people or take a break from the office. 咖啡馆是结识新朋友或从办公室休息的好地方。 They are usually less expensive than restaurants. 它们通常比餐馆便宜。M: I’m tired of going out to eat. 我厌倦了出去吃饭。 Let’s eat at home tonight. 今晚我们在家吃饭吧。 W: OK. Are you going to cook? 好啊。你要做饭吗？ M: No, it’s too late. You know I’m not a good cook. 不，太晚了。你知道我不是个好厨师。 Let’s order something. 我们点些东西吧。 W: What do you have in mind? 你有什么主意吗 M: I was thinking about a nice big pizza. 我想要个大披萨。 W: Again? I had pizza last night. So, please, no pizza. 又来了?我昨晚吃了披萨。所以，请不要披萨。 M: OK, no pizza. 好吧,不要披萨。Let’s order Chinese food, OK?我们点中餐好吗? W: Sweet and sour? 糖醋吗? You always like sweet and sour. 你总是喜欢酸甜的。 I feel like eating something hot and spicy.我想吃点辛辣的东西。 M: OK. You order something hot and spicy, and I order sweet and sour. 好的。你点辣的，我点酸甜的。 I don’t want anything spicy. 我不想吃辣的。 My stomach doesn’t feel good. 我的胃不舒服。 It’s a bit upset.有点不舒服。 W: OK, if you want sweet and sour, then I’ll have that too. 好吧，如果你想吃糖醋，那我也要。 And I’ll make us a salad with lots of tomatoes. 我要做一份有很多西红柿的沙拉。 How long will it take for the food to get here? 食物到这儿要多长时间？ M: I don’t know. 我不知道。 I’ll call and find out.我会打电话查清楚的。 W: Thanks. Hopefully it won’t take longer than an hour.谢谢。希望不会超过一个小时。I’m getting hungry.我饿了。M: Hey, what did you do last night? 嘿，你昨晚做了什么？ W: I took a long walk from my hotel. 我从旅馆走了很长一段路。 M: You didn’t get lost? 你没迷路吗？ W: No, I didn’t. 不，我没有。 M: Where did you go? Anywhere interesting? 你去哪了？有什么有趣的地方吗？ W: I walked to river. 我走到河边。There were thousands of people there.那里有成千上万的人。 M: You went to the river? 你去河边了? How long did it take you to walk there? 你走到那儿花了多长时间? W: It took around 20 minutes. 大约20分钟。 M: Did you see anything interesting? 你看到什么有趣的东西了吗? W: I was really surprised by how many people were there. 我真的很惊讶有那么多人在那里。 W: Many of them were taking pictures and selfies. 他们中的许多人在拍照和自拍。 Lots of selfies.很多自拍。 M: Do you take selfies? 你会自拍吗？W: Sure, don’t you? 当然,你不拍吗? M: Sometimes, but my girlfriend takes a lot of selfies. 有时会，但我女朋友喜欢自拍。 Then she shares them with her friends online. 然后她在网上和她的朋友分享。 I don’t understand why people like to take so many pictures of themselves. 我不明白为什么人们喜欢给自己拍这么多照片。 W: That’s because you are old-fashioned. 那是因为你太守旧了。 M: Hmm, I guess you are right. 嗯，我想你是对的。 These too much social media for me. 这些社交媒体对我来说太多了。 When I go to a restaurant, I see many people looking at their smartphones. 当我去餐馆的时候，我看到很多人在看他们的智能手机。 They don’t even look at the people they are with. 他们甚至不看和他们在一起的人。 W: Times are changing, my friend, whether you like it or not. 时代在变，朋友，不管你喜欢与否。