M:Are you sure that this is the place to wait for1 our school bus
C:Yeah. Look, other kids are coming this way.
M:But it doesn't look like2 a real bus stop.
C:That's because regular3 buses don't stop here.
M:How much is it going to cost4
C:Nothing. It's free.
M:Is that yellow bus it
C:Let's go sit in the back. All the cool kids do.
瑪麗:妳確定這裡是等校車的地方嗎?
辛蒂:是的。看那邊,有別的小孩朝這裡走來。
瑪麗:但是這裡實在看不出來是公車站。
辛蒂:那是因為一般的公車不會在這裡停車。
瑪麗:搭校車要花多少錢?
辛蒂:不花分文,是免費的。
瑪麗:是那輛黃色的公車嗎?
辛蒂:咱們去坐後座吧。所有酷的小孩都坐在後座。
單字精解
1.wait for... 等待……
例:Rick waited for Pam for an hour at the train station.
瑞克在火車站等了潘一個小時。
2.look like + N 看起來像……
例:The woman in this painting looks like Linda.
這幅畫裡面的婦人看起來好像琳達。
3.regular 定期的、一般的
irregular 不合常規的
例:
Regular customers get discounts at the record store.
常客在那家唱片行有打折。
It's highly irregular that Joe did not come to work in two days.
喬連續兩天沒有來上班真的很不尋常。
4.cost 花費
注意:cost常以物或虛主詞it作主詞,之後接表「金錢」的名詞作受詞;take(花費)常以事或虛主詞作主詞,之後接表「時間」的名詞作受
詞;spend(花費)則以人為主詞,之後可接表「金錢」或「時間」的名詞作受詞。
例:
I bought a new TV; it cost me NT$6,500.
我買了一台新的電視,我花了新台幣六千五百元。
Driving from Taipei to Tainan takes about four to five hours.
從台北開車到台南大約要花四到五個鐘頭。
We spent a lot of money on our holiday, but it was worth it.
我們度假花了許多錢,但很值得。