Lesson 50 

Taken for a ride 

乘车兜风

First listen and then answer the question.

Why did the write not get off the bus at Woodford Green? 

I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing my way. 

I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected. 

'I'm going to Woodford Green,' I said to the conductor as I got on the bus,'but I don't know where it is.' 

'I'll tell you where to get off,' answered the conductor. 

I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus. 

'You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said. 'This is as far as we go.' 

'Is this Woodford Green?' I asked. 

'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly. ' I forgot to put you off.' 

'It doesn't matter,' I said, ' I'll get off here.' 

'We're going back now,' said the conductor, 

'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered. 

New words and expressinos 生词和短语 

ride n.旅行 conductor n.售票员 

excursion n.远足 view n.景色 

Notes on the text 课文注释 

1 标题“Taken for a ride"中take ... for 是“把......当作.....”的意思。taken for a ride 意思是“就是当作是一次乘车兜风”;take sb. for a ride 又作“欺骗”讲，因此taken for 也有“上了当”的含义。 

2 lose one's way,迷路。 

3 go on an excursion.作一次短距离的旅行。 

4 get on the bus,上公共汽车。 

5 I'll tell you where to get off.我告诉你哪里下车。 

6 I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside.我坐在车的前部，以便饱览农村风光。in the front of 作“在......的前部”讲;to get a good view 动词不定式短语作状语，表示目的。

参考译文 

我喜欢在乡间旅行，但却不愿意迷路。最近我作了一次短途旅行，但这次旅行所花费的时间比我预计的要长。 

“我要去伍德福草地，”我一上车就对售票员说，“但我不知道它在哪儿。” 

“我来告诉您在哪儿下车，”售票员回答说。 

我坐在汽车的前部，以便饱览农村风光。过了一些时候，车停了。我环视了一下身旁，惊奇地发现车里就只剩我一个乘客了。

“您得在这里下车，”售票员说，“我们的车就到此为止了。” 

“这里是伍德福草地吗？”我问道。 

“哎呀，”售票员突然说，“我忘了让您下车了.” 

“没关系，”我说，“我就在这下车吧。” 

“我们现在要返回去，”售票员说。 

“好吧，既然如此，我还是留在车上吧。”我回答说。