評論
打印
unit 444
輪船現狀
dialogue
英語情景對話
A:Nowodays, ships and boats are no longer so important in transportation as they used to be.
A:如今，輪船在交通中的重要性大不如從前了。
B:True. With the extension of railways and highways, and the improvement of safety and capacity of airplanes, ships and boats have been giving place to trains, planes and automobiles.
B:的確如此。隨著鐵路與高速公路的延伸、飛機安全性和運力的提高，輪船已經讓位給火車、飛機和汽車了。
A:I read in the newspapers that the passenger liners from Shanghai to Ningbo and Dalian have been out of business; and the liners up and down the Yangtze River have been reduced by 70%.
A:我從報紙上看到，從上海開往寧被、大連的客輪已經歇業了，而長江沿線的客輪量也已經減少了70%。
B:The pace of life of people is now getting faster and faster, so the speed of ships and boats seems to be so slow. I think it may be the reason why people don't like to travel by boat.
B:人們的生活節奏如今變得越來越快，所以輪船的速度就顯得太慢了。我想這大概就是人們不愛乘船旅行的原因。
A:But the most of the transoceanic cargo transportation is still carried by boat.
A:但是如今大部分的跨洋貨運還是靠輪船。
