DoubledeckerBuses双层巴士.doc

Double decker Buses双层巴士 Andrea: They’re iconic. Would you ride upstairs or downstairs? Jean: Iconic具有象征意义的。 Andrea: As well as practical. Jean: 是的，伦敦人每天都要用到它。 Andrea: They’re the famous double-decker buses! Hello. I’m Andrea. Jean: 大家好，我是董征。 Andrea: We’ve had a question from Livia Zhang in Chengdu who wants to know why London is famous for its double-decker buses. Jean: 好，为了回答这个问题，我们专门采访了伦敦交通博物馆的馆长David Bownes。 Insert Double-decker buses are synonymous with England and with Britain more generally. They don’t really exist anywhere else in the world except where London buses have been sent out, often as part of goodwill tours of the United States and other countries as well. The first very successful and practical London double-decker was introduced in about 1910. Andrea: David says that double-decker buses are synonymous with England and Britain. Jean: Synonymous 同义词的。还有其它说到英国最具代表性的是比如，伦敦的红色电话亭、黑色出租车，当然还有英国女皇！ Andrea: Not only are they synonymous with London but they don’t exist anywhere else in the world. You can’t find them in any other city. Jean: 有的时候，这些伦敦的象征物只有在举行goodwill tours 友好巡演的时候大家才能看得到。 Andrea: It was in 1910 that the very first one appeared on the streets of London. Gosh, they’ve been around for quite some time! Jean: 而时至今日，伦敦的双层大巴士已经不仅仅是带着游客游览伦敦风景了，现在他们又有了一些新的用途！ Insert One period where they did appear on the Continent was during the First World War, when London red double-decker buses were sent out to ferry the troops to and from the railheads to the trenches. Andrea: They could be found on the Continent or in Europe during the First World War. They were used to ferry the troops. Jean: Ferry也有用交通工具输送的意思。To ferry people去输送人。 Andrea: So red double-deckers have a very long and interesting history. Jean: 不过为什么那些叫做Routemaster 的这种伦敦双层巴士现在逐渐被取缔了呢？ Andrea: Yes, Routemasters are no longer found in London. You used to be able to hop on and hop off them all over the city. Insert The Routemaster isn’t a