2AUnit 12The London Bus 伦敦的公共汽车

新概念英语青少版2A课文Unit 12 Lesson 23：The London Bus 伦敦巴士

The new buses in London are just "buses". They aren't "London buses". The real "london bus"was the old Rountemaster. This was our favourite bus for fifty-one years. It was a design classic.

在伦敦的新巴士，只是“巴士”。他们不是“伦敦的公共汽车”。真正的“伦敦巴士”是旧的“马路大师”。五十一年来，它是我们最喜欢的公交车。是经典的设计。

Were Rutemaster really dangerous?

马路大师真的非常危险吗？

The back of the bus was an open platform with no doors. Perhaps this wasn't very

safe-but Londoners like to do their own thing . And the Rout master were fast in the traffic. 车的后部是一个没有门的开放式平台。也许这不是很安全，但伦敦人喜欢做自己的事情。而且马路大师在车流中行驶很快。

Modern buses are safe,but they are slow. Passengers hate the doors.Car drivers hate the buses. The buses drivershate the buses. The bus drivers have a hard time.

现代公车是安全的，但也很慢。乘客恨车门，小汽车司机不喜欢公共汽车。巴士司机很辛苦。

The first Routemaster wre on our roads in 1954. The last official Roumaster journey was on Route Number 9,on 15th February 2006. That was some years ago.

第一批“马路大师”在1954年上路，最后官方的“马路大师”行车路线是9号干线，于2006年2月15日。那是几年前。

Today, Londoners remember the Routemaster's name. They remember the designer's name: Douglas Scott.

今天，伦敦人会记住“马路大师”的名字。他们记得设计师的名字：道格拉斯·斯科特。

The new buses don't have a name. How can we love them?

新的巴士没有名字。我们怎么去喜欢他们呢？