《新概念英语》青少版第四册第33课:The underground

Lesson 33 The underground
第33课 地铁
Gretel loves the underground in London.
格莱托喜欢伦敦的地铁.
She always prefers to travel on the underground because it's very fast.
她总喜欢乘地铁,因为它速度很快.
She doesn't find it difficult now,as she's got used to it.
现在她乘地铁不感到困难,因为她已经习惯了.
Gretel knows the underground map very well.
格莱托对地铁的路线十分熟悉.
Each line has its own colour.
各条路线都有自己的颜色.
For instance,the Central Line is red;
例如,中央线是红色的;
the Piccadilly Line is blue,and so on.
皮卡迪利线是蓝色的,等等.
Londoners always refer to the underground as "the tube".
伦敦人管地铁叫"隧道".
When you see the long tunnels,
当你见到那些长长的隧道,
it isn't hard to understand why.
你就不难理解人们为什么这样称呼它.
Yesterday.Gretel went home on the underground at about five o'clock in the afternoon.
昨天,格莱托乘地铁回家在下午大约5:00的时候.
She got a surprise.
她大吃一惊.
Since everyone was going home from work,
因为大家都下班回家,
the trains were full.
车厢挤得满满的.
This was the"rush hour"--and it was a new experience for Gretel.
这是高峰时间对格莱托说,这又是个新的经历.
There were a lot of people but trains arrived every minute.
人很多,但每分钟就有一班车.
Everyone waited patiently and didn't push.
大家耐心等待,没人拥挤.
As her train was full,Gretel had to stand,but she didn't mind.
由于她乘的车满载,格莱托只能站着,不过她并不在乎.
In the train she saw a notice which said:
在车上她看到一个布告,上面写着:
"Avoid the Rush Hour".
"避开高峰时间."
I will,next time,Gretel thought!
格莱托想,"下次我一定这么做."