第九课: 为客人指路
Lesson 9: Giving directions
在第九课里，您将学习如何为人指路，您也将学习如何提建议，以
及当他人要求对问题加以澄清时，如何回应。另外您将练习估计时
间。现在请听对话的第一部分与中文翻译。酒店客人蒙纳与她的父
亲杰克打算去购物，他们向酒店前台接待员利奥问路查询方向。
现在让我们开始这一课的学习。
利奥: 早上好，怀特女士和伟博先生
Leo: Good morning, Ms White, Mr Webber.
杰克: 早上好，利奥
Jack: Good morning, Leo.
蒙纳: 你好，利奥。这附记有什么大的购物中心吗？
Mona: Hi, Leo. Is there a major shopping centre nearby?
利奥: 星光购物中心里面有一百多家店铺，我相信您一定可以
在那里找到您想要的东西。

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Leo: The Starlight Shopping Centre has over a hundred shops. I’m
sure you’ll find what you want there.
蒙纳: 去那里的路怎么走？
Mona: How do we get there?
利奥: 出了酒店先向右拐，到了交通灯再向左拐，然后沿着路
一直向前走，再到了一个交通灯后就过马路，看到一个
粉色的塔再向右拐。
Leo: Well, turn right outside the hotel and left at the traffic lights.
Go straight up the street, cross at the next set of lights and turn
right at the pink tower. …
蒙纳: 天哪，这可真是难记住啊。
Mona: Oh dear, that’s too hard to remember.
利奥: 那么就叫一辆记程车吧。您可以在酒店外面找到记程
车。
Leo: Well then, what about a taxi? You can get one just outside the
hotel.

向右转
Leo: Turn right.
出酒店向右转
Leo: Turn right outside the hotel.
向左转
Leo: Turn left.
到了交通灯向左转
Leo: Turn left at the traffic lights.
横过，穿过马路
Leo: Cross.
到了下一个交通灯后就横过马路
Leo: Cross at the next set of lights.
一直向前走

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Leo: Walk straight.
沿着路一直向前走
Leo: Walk straight up the street.
您注意到了吗？利奥在为客人指路时提到了很多地标，例如交通灯
和粉色的塔等等，但是他没有使用街道的名称，这主要是因为对于
讲英语的游客来说，让他们看懂以另外一种语言书写的街道名称是
不可能的事情。好，现在让我们听听利奥是如何向客人提议叫一辆
记程车的。在英语里，记程车有两个说法，一个是taxi，另外一
种说法就是cab。
Leo: Well then, what about a taxi?
在这种情况下，您可以使用how about…. 这个短语句式，也可以
用更加正规的说法，那就是May I suggest….What about?
What about a taxi?
How about?
How about a taxi?
May I suggest?
May I suggest a cab?

 
Leo: Good morning, Ms White, Mr Webber.
Jack: Good morning, Leo.
Mona: Hi, Leo. Is there a shopping centre nearby?
Leo: The Starlight Shopping Centre has over a hundred shops.
Leo: I’m sure you’ll find what you want there.
Mona: And how do we get there?.
Leo: Well, turn right outside the hotel,
Leo: …and left at the traffic lights.
Leo: Go straight up the street,
Leo: …cross at the next set of lights
Leo: …and turn right at the pink tower…
Mona: Oh dear, that’s too hard to remember.
Leo: Well then, what about a taxi?
Leo: You can get one just outside the hotel.

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第九课: 为客人指路
Lesson 9: Giving directions
请再听一遍这段对话
Leo: Good morning, Ms White, Mr Webber.
Jack: Good morning, Leo.
Mona: Hi, Leo. Is there a shopping centre nearby?
Leo: The Starlight Shopping Centre has over a hundred shops.
Leo: I’m sure you’ll find what you want there.
Mona: And how do we get there?
Leo: Well, turn right outside the hotel,
Leo: …and left at the traffic lights.
Leo: Go straight up the street,
Leo: …cross at the next set of lights
Leo: …and turn right at the pink tower…
Mona: Oh dear, that’s too hard to remember.
Leo: Well then, what about a taxi?
Leo: You can get one just outside the hotel.
请注意听这段对话的后半部份及其中文翻译
杰克: 我倒是不在意走路过去，蒙纳。。。出了酒店向右拐对
吗，利奥？
Jack: I don’t mind walking, Mona… We turn right outside the hotel,
Leo?
利奥: 没错，到了交通灯再向左拐
Leo: Yes, that’s right. Then left at the traffic lights.
杰克: 向左拐吗？
Jack: Turn left?
利奥: 对了，然后沿着路一直向前走
Leo: That’s right. Then walk straight up the street (and …)
蒙纳: 走到那里要多少时间
Mona: How long does it take to walk there?
利奥: 大约需要十分钟
Leo: It takes about 10 minutes.

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蒙纳: 爸爸，我看我们还是叫一辆记程车吧。谢谢你了，利
奥。
Mona: Then let’s get a cab, Dad. Thanks anyway, Leo.
利奥: 不客气。
Leo: My pleasure.
现在让我们一起来听听当杰克要求对一些问题加以澄清时，我们那
位一贯对客人彬彬有礼、异常耐心的利奥是如何回应的吧。
We turn right outside the hotel, Leo?
Leo: Yes, that’s right.
Jack: Turn left?
Leo: That’s right.
请注意听并跟着重复
That’s right.
That’s right.
Yes, that’s right.
Yes, that’s right.
你注意到了吗？right 这个英文字实际上在中文里有两个不同的意
思。它可以是左右的“右”，比如说向右转，turn right, 也可以
表示对错的“对”, 比如说that’s right.
接下来请注意听利奥是如何表达走路到购物中心需要多少时间的
大约需要十分钟
Leo: It takes about 10 minutes.
请注意听并跟着重复下列句子
大约需要十分钟
It takes about 10 minutes.
需要一个小时
It takes an hour.
需要四十分钟