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Part 1 About Greyhound 灰狗巴士簡(jiǎn)介
Founded in 1914, Greyhound Lines, Inc. is the largest provider of intercity bus transportation, serving more than 3,100 destinations with 16,000 daily departures across North America. It has become an American icon, providing safe, enjoyable and affordable travel to 22 million passengers each year. The Greyhound running dog is one of the most-recognized brands in the world.
While Greyhound is well known for its regularly scheduled passenger service, the company also provides a number of other services for its customers. Greyhound PackageXpress service offers value-priced same-day and early-next-day package delivery to thousands of destinations. And the company's Greyhound Travel Services unit offers charter and tour packages for businesses, conventions, schools and other groups at competitive rates.
For travel within Canada, Greyhound Canada carries millions of passengers across the country's provinces and territories each year. The company also provides Greyhound Courier Express package delivery service to its various Canadian locations.
For those within Mexico who wish to travel by Greyhound in the United States, Greyhound subsidiary Greyhound de Mexico can sell Greyhound tickets at one of more than 100 agencies located throughout Mexico. The agencies also sell tickets for several Mexican bus companies which connect to Greyhound service at the United States-Mexico border cities.
搭乘巴士游覽是一種很廉價(jià)的方式，同時(shí)也有很多路線選擇，包括郊區(qū)的路線、城與城之間的路線以及兩條全國(guó)性的主要路線。灰狗（Greyhound）是全美最主要大巴士公司之一，提供相當(dāng)水準(zhǔn)的服務(wù)，并在價(jià)格上很有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)性。
搭乘Greyhound巴士可到達(dá)北美絕大部分的地方，且能享受他們提供的無(wú)限制旅游折扣，分為7天、14天及30天三種旅游券(passes)。此券可延長(zhǎng)有效期，只需每天外加10美金即可。
灰狗所發(fā)行的“美國(guó)旅游券”(Greyhound Ameripass)以及旅途所發(fā)行的“老鷹旅游券”(Trailways Eaglepass)可互用。團(tuán)體、老人、殘疾以及小孩（12歲以下半價(jià)，5歲以下由大人陪同免費(fèi)）另有折扣。灰狗公司也提供觀光式以及全套式的服務(wù)。
Part 2 Greyhounding It 灰狗公車兜兜風(fēng)
Dialogue Script 1 對(duì)話原文 1
Peter: I think we should fly. It's the fastest option.
Tina: But if we fly, we'll miss out on the landscape.
Peter: Airplanes are out, then. We've already rented a car. How about hitchhiking?
Tina: That sounds dangerous. I'll pass.
Peter: The only other options are the train or a bus.
Tina: I'd like to see what an American bus is like.
Peter: They're not as nice as trains.
Tina: But Greyhound is famous. Let's take it.
Peter: OK. Let's go find a computer to buy e-tickets.
Tina: Wouldn't it be better to get a ticket at the station?
Peter: And wait in those lines? No thanks.
Tina: Wow, it's a sixteen-hour trip. That's long.
Peter: We should get an overnighter so we can sleep.
Tina: But I wan to see the countryside. Let's go during the day.
Peter: If we get seven-day advance tickets, they cost fifty-nine dollars instead of one hundred and six.
Tina: We could find something to do for seven days.
Peter: Done. We leave at six in the morning and arrive in Orlando at eleven at night.
講解：
1. 對(duì)話中Peter和Tina在商量乘什么交通工具旅行的事情。Peter認(rèn)為他們應(yīng)該坐飛機(jī)去，這是最快的選擇了。Tina不同意，因?yàn)槿绻麄冏w機(jī)的話，就欣賞不到外面的風(fēng)景了。miss out on sth，錯(cuò)過(guò)某事，我們?cè)谏瞎?jié)課也提到過(guò)。
2. 這樣的話，飛機(jī)的選擇就出局了。Airplanes are out, then. out在這里表示“被淘汰的，出局的，不可能的”，在口語(yǔ)中比較常用，比如說(shuō)，Swimming in the sea is out until the weather gets warmer. 現(xiàn)在在海里游泳是不可能了，只能等天氣暖和一點(diǎn)才行。
3. Peter他們已經(jīng)租過(guò)車了，也許他們可以搭便車旅行，hitchhike，表示“免費(fèi)搭乘別人的車”，比如說(shuō)，They hitchhiked through France to Spain. 他們沿途搭便車經(jīng)法國(guó)前往西班牙。如果你想搭便車，只要在路邊豎起你的大拇指就行了，別人就會(huì)明白你的意思。
4. 但是Tina覺(jué)得搭便車旅行太危險(xiǎn)了，也許會(huì)碰上壞人。她說(shuō)，I'll pass. 意思就是“我放棄，我棄權(quán)”，比如說(shuō)你在玩牌的時(shí)候，輪到你出牌的時(shí)候，你沒(méi)有牌出或者不想出，就可以說(shuō)I'll pass.既然坐飛機(jī)不行，搭便車也不行，那么其他的選擇就剩下火車或者汽車了。
5. option這個(gè)詞表示“選擇權(quán)，選擇自由，選擇”，比如說(shuō)，I don't have much option in the matter. 在這件事情上我別無(wú)選擇。I have little option but to go. 我別無(wú)選擇只好走掉。在對(duì)話中，option的意思是“可供選擇的事物，選擇”，我們可以說(shuō)，There weren't many options open to him. 他沒(méi)有什么選擇的余地。還有一個(gè)關(guān)于option的習(xí)語(yǔ)，keep/leave one's options open，暫不做出決定，留有選擇余地，舉個(gè)例子，Don't take the job now-keep your options open until you leave university. 先別急著接受這份工——暫時(shí)保留選擇權(quán)，到離開(kāi)這所大學(xué)的時(shí)候再說(shuō)。
6. Tina說(shuō)她想看看美國(guó)的公交車的樣子。Peter告訴她，公交車可沒(méi)有火車舒服。不過(guò)Tina聽(tīng)說(shuō)灰狗巴士很有名，很想試一試。Peter決定滿足Tina的愿望，打算去網(wǎng)上訂票。Tina說(shuō)直接去車站買(mǎi)票不好嗎？Peter可不想去車站排長(zhǎng)隊(duì)，又累又費(fèi)時(shí)間。整個(gè)行程需要16個(gè)小時(shí)，真的是很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。
7. 所以Peter建議他們坐夜車這樣還可以睡覺(jué)。overnighter就是指那種夜車，下午或者晚上出發(fā)，早上到的班次。但是Tina想在白天看路邊的鄉(xiāng)村風(fēng)景，所以她還想坐白天的車。Peter在網(wǎng)上查到如果預(yù)定七天以后的票，價(jià)錢(qián)就可以便宜很多。所以他們就訂了七天后的汽車票，早上六點(diǎn)出發(fā)，晚上十一點(diǎn)到達(dá)Orlando，奧蘭多。
Dialogue Script 2 對(duì)話原文 2
(Seven days later, six o'clock at the bus station)
Peter: OK, let's get on the bus.
ina: Peter, that's the wrong bus. It goes to Baton Rouge.
Peter: I guess I'm still half sleep.
Tina: Here's our bus. (boards the bus)
Peter: Hey, there are only two seats on either side.
Tina: I guess we won't be able to all sit together.
Peter: You sit next to Jack. I've had enough of his snoring.
Tina: You're in luck. The seat next to yours is empty.
Peter: Yeah, baby! I'm gonna kick back all the way to Orlando.
講解：
1. 早上六點(diǎn)鐘，Tina他們就來(lái)到了汽車站。Peter見(jiàn)了一輛巴士就要上，get on the bus表示“上公共汽車”，也可以用board這個(gè)詞，也表示“上船，火車，飛機(jī)，公共汽車等…”，比如說(shuō)，Please board the plane immediately. 請(qǐng)立刻上飛機(jī)。
2. Tina提醒Peter說(shuō)，他上的車是開(kāi)往巴頓路琪市的，Baton Rouge，是路易斯安那州的首府。Peter自我解嘲說(shuō)，看來(lái)我還在半夢(mèng)半醒之間呢，還沒(méi)有完全睡醒。I'm still half sleep.Tina找到了他們要上的車。上了車后發(fā)現(xiàn)兩邊只有兩個(gè)座位，看來(lái)他們是沒(méi)有辦法坐在一起了。
3. Peter讓Tina坐在Jack的旁邊，因?yàn)樗麑?shí)在受不了Jack打呼嚕的聲音了。have enough of sth 這個(gè)詞組表示“已經(jīng)受夠…”的意思。Tina說(shuō)Peter走運(yùn)了，因?yàn)樗赃叺奈恢檬强盏模瑳](méi)有人坐。be in luck 就跟lucky一樣，表示“幸運(yùn)的，有…運(yùn)氣的”。
4. Peter也很高興，說(shuō) I'm gonna kick back all the way to Orlando. 我可以一路舒舒服服到奧蘭多了。kick back 這個(gè)詞組表示“放輕松”，是很口語(yǔ)化的。
