[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！Lesson 33 [00:01.70]第33课 [00:03.40]The underground [00:04.87]地铁 [00:06.35]Gretel loves the underground in London. [00:08.62]格莱托喜欢伦敦的地铁. [00:10.89]She always prefers to travel on the underground because it's very fast. [00:13.68]她总喜欢乘地铁,因为它速度很快. [00:16.46]She doesn't find it difficult now,as she's got used to it. [00:18.99]现在她乘地铁不感到困难,因为她已经习惯了. [00:21.52]Gretel knows the underground map very well. [00:23.80]格莱托对地铁的路线十分熟悉. [00:26.07]Each line has its own colour. [00:27.90]各条路线都有自己的颜色. [00:29.73]For instance,the Central Line is red; [00:32.00]例如,中央线是红色的; [00:34.27]the Piccadilly Line is blue,and so on. [00:36.61]皮卡迪利线是蓝色的,等等. [00:38.95]Londoners always refer to the underground as "the tube". [00:41.72]伦敦人管地铁叫"隧道". [00:44.49]When you see the long tunnels, [00:46.21]当你见到那些长长的隧道, [00:47.93]it isn't hard to understand why. [00:49.96]你就不难理解人们为什么这样称呼它. [00:51.98]Yesterday [00:53.41]昨天 [00:54.83]Gretel went home on the underground at about five o'clock in the afternoon. [00:57.70]格莱托乘地铁回家在下午大约5:00的时候. [01:00.58]She got a surprise. [01:02.11]她大吃一惊. [01:03.63]Since everyone was going home from work, [01:05.67]因为大家都下班回家, [01:07.71]the trains were full. [01:09.49]车厢挤得满满的. [01:11.26]This was the"rush hour"--and it was a new experience for Gretel. [01:14.38]这是高峰时间对格莱托说,这又是个新的经历. [01:17.51]There were a lot of people but trains arrived every minute. [01:20.04]人很多,但每分钟就有一班车. [01:22.57]Everyone waited patiently and didn't push. [01:24.95]大家耐心等待,没人拥挤. [01:27.33]As her train was full,Gretel had to stand,but she didn't mind. [01:30.61]由于她乘的车满载,格莱托只能站着,不过她并不在乎. [01:33.88]In the train she saw a notice which said: [01:36.16]在车上她看到一个布告,上面写着: [01:38.43]"Avoid the Rush Hour". [01:40.21]"避开高峰时间." [01:41.98]I will,next time,Gretel thought! [01:44.06]格莱托想,"下次我一定这么做."