DIALOGUE 51:Goiing to School

1--Go really fast,Cindy!

2--I can'. The speed limit here is thirty miles an

hour.

1--What a pity! I love going fast.

2--How do you usually get to school?

1--We never go by car! We usually walk or go by bus.

2--How long does it take you?

1--About twenty minutes by bus.

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注解：

1）speed limitzhi指交通規(guī)則所限定的行車速度。

2）About twenty minutes by bus是省略句。全句應是

It takes us about twenty minutes to get to school

by bus. take作“花費”“需要”解，其后的us是間接

賓語，about twenty minutes是直接賓語。it是形式

主語，真正的主語是不定式短語to get to school by

bus.

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譯文:

1--開快點,辛迪!

2--不能再快了,這里的時速限制是30英里。

1--真遺憾！我就愛車開得飛快。

2--你們平常怎么去學校？

1--我們從來不坐小車！我們總是步行或者乘公共汽車去。

2--路上得走多長時間？

1--乘公共汽車20分鐘左右。