【BBC六分钟】绿色出行还是城市炒作?为什么越来越多大城市掀
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| 0:07 | Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. | 你好,这是6分钟英语 从BBC学习英语。 |
| 0:11 | I'm Neil. | 我是尼尔。 |
| 0:11 | And I'm Becca. | 我是贝卡。 |
| 0:13 | Cycling is a popular activity in Britain. | 自行车是英国的一种流行活动. |
| 0:15 | Yes, this year sales of bicycles or bikes, as they're usually called, are up in Britain. | 是的,今年自行车或自行车的销售量, 通常被称作, 在英国。 |
| 0:21 | Many people choose cycling because it's good for their health and the environment. | 许多人选择骑自行车,因为它有利于他们的健康和环境. |
| 0:25 | And | 还有 |
| 0:25 | electric bikes are making cycling accessible to more people, including older people. | 电动自行车使包括老年人在内的更多人能够使用自行车。 |
| 0:31 | In this episode, we'll visit two countries, one with a long history of cycling and another | 在这个剧集里,我们将访问两个国家, 一个有着悠久的骑自行车历史,另一个 |
| 0:36 | where it's just getting started. | 刚刚开始的地方 |
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| 序号 | 英文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. | 你好,这是6分钟英语 从BBC学习英语。 |
| 2 | I'm Neil. | 我是尼尔。 |
| 3 | And I'm Becca. | 我是贝卡。 |
| 4 | Cycling is a popular activity in Britain. | 自行车是英国的一种流行活动. |
| 5 | Yes, this year sales of bicycles or bikes, as they're usually called, are up in Britain. | 是的,今年自行车或自行车的销售量, 通常被称作, 在英国。 |
| 6 | Many people choose cycling because it's good for their health and the environment. | 许多人选择骑自行车,因为它有利于他们的健康和环境. |
| 7 | And | 还有 |
| 8 | electric bikes are making cycling accessible to more people, including older people. | 电动自行车使包括老年人在内的更多人能够使用自行车。 |
| 9 | In this episode, we'll visit two countries, one with a long history of cycling and another | 在这个剧集里,我们将访问两个国家, 一个有着悠久的骑自行车历史,另一个 |
| 10 | where it's just getting started. | 刚刚开始的地方 |
| 11 | And as usual, we'll be learning some useful new words and | 像往常一样,我们会学到一些有用的新词 |
| 12 | phrases. | 短语。 |
| 13 | And remember, you'll find all the vocabulary from this episode on our website, | 记住,我们会在网站上找到这集的所有词汇 |
| 14 | bbclearningenglish.com. (原始内容存档于2019-09-29). | |
| 15 | But first, Neil, I have a question about a country that's world famous for its bikes. | 但首先,尼尔,我有一个问题 关于一个世界以自行车闻名的国家。 |
| 16 | The Netherlands, also often referred to as Holland. | 荷兰,也常被称为荷兰. |
| 17 | The Netherlands Cycle Network spreads over 95,000 miles and there are more bikes in | 荷兰循环网络分布在95 000英里以外,在荷兰还有更多的自行车。 |
| 18 | the country than its 18 million citizens. | 国家超过1 800万公民。 |
| 19 | So, roughly speaking, how many bikes are | 所以,大致来说,有多少自行车 |
| 20 | there in the Netherlands? | 在荷兰? |
| 21 | Is it A, 20 million, B, 24 million or C, 34 million? | 是A,2000万,B,2400万还是C,3400万? |
| 22 | Well, I'm going to say C, 34 million. | 好吧,我要说C,3400万。 |
| 23 | Ah, well, we'll reveal the correct answer later in the programme. | 啊,好吧,我们稍后会在节目中揭示正确的答案. |
| 24 | Staying in the Netherlands, let's hear from Meredith Glaser, CEO of Amsterdam's Urban | 留在荷兰,我们听听阿姆斯特丹城市首席执行官 Meredith Glaser |
| 25 | Cycling Institution. | 自行车机构。 |
| 26 | Here, Meredith tells BBC World Service programme The Inquiry more | 在这里,梅雷迪丝告诉 BBC 世界服务节目 调查更多 |
| 27 | about Dutch people's love of cycling. | 关于荷兰人喜欢骑自行车 |
| 28 | The bicycle is deeply ingrained into Dutch culture. | 自行车深入荷兰文化. |
| 29 | But the rise of cycling started in | 但骑自行车的兴起始于 |
| 30 | industrial era when bicycle manufacturing took off. | 工业时代 自行车制造开始。 |
| 31 | And it went from a toy for rich | 和它从玩具 富翁 |
| 32 | people to an everyday tool for transportation. | 人们需要日常的交通工具 |
| 33 | And this was a really important milestone | 这是很重要的里程碑 |
| 34 | for cycling in the Netherlands. | 在荷兰骑自行车。 |
| 35 | Cycling is deeply ingrained into Dutch culture. | 自行车深入荷兰文化. |
| 36 | Deeply ingrained are two words that go | 深思熟虑有两个词 |
| 37 | together commonly. | 经常在一起 |
| 38 | And it means something that's firmly established within a person | 意思是,在一个人的内心深处 |
| 39 | or culture and unlikely to change. | 或文化 和不太可能改变。 |
| 40 | During the 1890s, bike manufacturing took off in the Netherlands. | 1890年代,自行车制造在荷兰起飞. |
| 41 | Take off is a phrasal | 脱去是用词 |
| 42 | verb meaning to suddenly become popular or successful. | 动词意为突然变得流行或成功. |
| 43 | Certain brands became symbols | 某些品牌成为象征 |
| 44 | of a new comfortable style of bike. | 一种舒适的新型自行车 |
| 45 | New factories made bikes cheaper to buy. | 新工厂制造的自行车价格比较便宜,可以购买. |
| 46 | This was a | 这是 |
| 47 | milestone for cycling in the Netherlands. | 荷兰自行车运动的里程碑。 |
| 48 | A milestone is an important event in someone's | 里程碑是某人的重要事件 |
| 49 | life or in the development of something. | 生活或东西的发展。 |
| 50 | Our second destination is better known for cars than bicycles, the United Arab Emirates | 我们的第二个目的地比自行车更出名 阿拉伯联合酋长国 |
| 51 | or UAE. | 或阿联酋。 |
| 52 | UAE is hoping cycling could be a greener way for visitors to explore tourist | 阿联酋希望骑自行车可以成为游客探索旅游的更绿色的方式. |
| 53 | attractions in cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi. | 迪拜和阿布扎比等城市的景点。 |
| 54 | Transport consultant Martin Tillman, | 运输顾问马丁·蒂尔曼 |
| 55 | who lives in the Gulf region, explained more to BBC World Service programme The Inquiry. | 他住在海湾地区,向英国广播公司世界服务节目 " 调查 " 作更多解释。 |
| 56 | We also have quality of life and liveability. | 我们还有生活质量和可居住性。 |
| 57 | All the cities in the Gulf are very | 海湾的所有城市都非常 |
| 58 | competitive and they would love to be ranked very high in those global rankings and cycling | 竞争对手,他们喜欢 在那些全球排名和自行车排名中名列前茅 |
| 59 | is seen as part of that quality of life solution. | 被视为生活质量解决方案的一部分。 |
| 60 | Gulf cities like Dubai want a reputation as places with a good quality of life. | 迪拜等海湾城市希望有良好的生活质量的名声。 |
| 61 | The phrase | 该短语 |
| 62 | quality of life refers to someone's level of enjoyment, comfort and health when living | 生活质量是指一个人在生活时的享受、舒适和健康水平。 |
| 63 | in a particular place. | 在一个特定的地方。 |
| 64 | It's a measure of a person's overall wellbeing. | 这是衡量一个人整体福祉的尺度. |
| 65 | Gulf cities are also interested in liveability, the degree to which somewhere is a pleasant place | 海湾城市也对可居住性感兴趣 某处的舒适程度 |
| 66 | to live. | 活下来 |
| 67 | Cycling is good for mental as well as physical health and Dubai's town planners are | 自行车对精神和身体健康都有好处 迪拜的城镇规划师 |
| 68 | hoping the 600km of cycle tracks already built will make the city more attractive to live in. | 希望已经建成的600公里的循环轨道能让城市更吸引人居住. |
| 69 | Of course, there are big differences between the Netherlands and UAE. | 当然,荷兰和阿联酋之间也存在很大的差异. |
| 70 | The temperature for one, | 一个的温度, |
| 71 | which in Dubai, regularly hits 45 degrees Celsius. | 在迪拜, 经常达到45摄氏度。 |
| 72 | Martin told BBC World Service's | 马丁告诉英国广播公司世界服务社 |
| 73 | The Inquiry that Dubai is studying countries like the Netherlands, | 迪拜正在研究荷兰等国的调查 |
| 74 | not to copy them, but to discover what works. | 不是要复制,而是要发现什么是可行的。 |
| 75 | It's certainly not a copy and paste of what is good in Holland or Denmark, | 肯定不是荷兰或丹麦的好东西的复制品和贴纸 |
| 76 | but the key is that we're looking for the principles. | 但关键是我们在找原则 |
| 77 | Cycling in UAE isn't a copy and paste of cycling in Holland. | 自行车在阿联酋并不是荷兰自行车的复制品和粘贴品. |
| 78 | Martin uses the phrase | 马丁使用短语 |
| 79 | a copy and paste to mean an exact copy of something which is moved and put somewhere else. | 复制品和粘贴品 是指移动到别处的 确切复制品 |
| 80 | Dubai can't simply copy the Netherlands and a range of measures, including water stations | 迪拜不能简单地复制荷兰和一系列措施,包括水站 |
| 81 | and shaded rest areas, have been created for cycling in the heat. | 和荫蔽的休息区, 是为在热中循环而建立的。 |
| 82 | Cycling isn't the perfect solution for everyone everywhere, but in some places it can be a popular | 自行车并不是每个地方的完美解决方案, 但在某些地方,它可以是一个流行 |
| 83 | and green alternative. | 和绿色的替代品。 |
| 84 | Yes, just look at the Netherlands and that reminds me of your question, | 是的 看看荷兰 让我想起你的问题 |
| 85 | Yes, I asked you roughly how many bikes are there in the Netherlands. | 是的,我问你大概有多少 自行车在荷兰。 |
| 86 | I said 34 million, was I right? | 我说了3400万,对不对? |
| 87 | There are certainly a lot of bikes in the Netherlands, | 荷兰当然有很多自行车 |
| 88 | however, there are only roughly 24 million bikes. | 然而,只有大约2400万台机车。 |
| 89 | Only? | 只有吗? |
| 90 | That's still quite a lot. | 那还是很多 |
| 91 | Right, let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt, starting with deeply ingrained, | 好吧,让我们重述一下我们学到的词汇, 从深深的内涵开始, |
| 92 | a combination of words meaning well established and unlikely to change. | 词语的组合,意为既定且不可能改变。 |
| 93 | If something takes off, it suddenly becomes popular or successful. | 如果有东西起飞,就会突然流行或成功. |
| 94 | A milestone is an important event in the development of something or someone. | 一个里程碑是某某某发展的重要事件. |
| 95 | Quality of life describes a person's wellbeing in terms of their level of enjoyment, comfort | 生活质量从享受和舒适的程度来描述一个人的福祉。 |
| 96 | and health. | 健康与卫生。 |
| 97 | The noun livability means the degree to which a place is pleasant to live in. | 名词的可居住性,是指一个地方居住愉快的程度. |
| 98 | And finally, a copy and paste is an exact copy of something | 最后,一个拷贝和粘贴 是一个确切的拷贝的东西 |
| 99 | which is then moved and put somewhere else. | 然后移到别处 |
| 100 | Once again, our 6 minutes are up but remember you can find a transcript and a worksheet | 再说一遍,我们六分钟已经到了 但记得你可以找到记录和工作表 |
| 101 | 以及我们网站bbclearningenglish. | |
| 102 | Goodbye for now. | 再见 |
| 103 | Bye. | 再见。 |
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