小學英語牛津(試用本)六年級下 Unit7
作者:滬江英語
2011-04-01 09:31
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Buses
公交
Many people like travelling by bus. In the past, all passengers had to buy tickets from a bus conductor. He or she collected money from the passengers and put it in a bag. Nowadays, on many buses passengers do not have to buy tickets from a bus conductor. They put their money in a fare box or use a public transportation card instead.
很多人出行喜歡乘坐公交。在過去,乘客需要從售票員處購票。他(她)從乘客手中收錢并且放入一個小包中?,F(xiàn)今,很多公交不需要通過售票員購票,乘客將錢放入投幣箱中或者使用公交卡。
In the past, there were only single-decker buses. Nowadays, some buses are double-decker buses. In the past, there were no air-conditioned buses. Nowadays, most of them are air-conditioned.
在過去,只有單層公車,而現(xiàn)在,很多都是雙層的公交車。在過去,沒有空調(diào)公交。而現(xiàn)在,大多數(shù)都安裝了空調(diào)設備。
In the past, none of the bus drivers were women. All of them were men. Nowadays, some of the bus drivers are women, but most of them are still men.
在過去,沒有女性公車司機,所有的都是男性,現(xiàn)在,有些司機是女性,但是大多數(shù)仍然是男性。
Notes:
1 fare box 投幣箱
2 In the past, none of the bus drivers were women.在過去,沒有女性公交車司機。
?? 句中的none表示否定意義,后面的動詞不用否定形式。
3 in the past常與一般過去時連用;nowadays常與一般現(xiàn)在時連用。