美語情景對話 第747期:Off to Osaka 去大阪

Todd: So, Eoin, you said you are going to Osaka tomorrow night.

託德：約恩，你說過明晚要去大阪。

Eoin: That's right. I'm catching a ferry leaving at 7 and I'll get in at 6:30 in the morning.

約恩：沒錯。我要坐晚上7點的渡輪，第二天早上6點半到大阪。

Todd: Oh, you're taking the ferry?

託德：哦，你要坐渡輪？

Eoin: Yep. That's right.

約恩：對，沒錯。

Todd: Oh, wow. Why did you choose the ferry?

託德：哇。你爲什麼選擇坐渡輪去大阪？

Eoin: Because previously when I've been up to Kansai, we caught a night bus, but it's not that comfortable on the night bus. You can't talk and difficult to go to the toilet even. On the ferry, there's a lot more space to move around. You can go to sleep when you want to. There's also a bath, so you can wash before arriving.

約恩：之前我去關西的時候是坐夜間巴士去的，可是夜間巴士並不舒服。你不能聊天，甚至上廁所都很困難。而渡輪有很多空間，可以隨意走動。當然睡覺也可以。而且渡輪上還有淋浴間，可以在下船之前洗個澡。

Todd: Right. Actually, I took the ferry once to Osaka. I thought it was great. I preferred it. But you could have taken the train?

託德：對。我之前去大阪的時候坐過一次渡輪。我覺得渡輪非常棒。我很喜歡。可是你可以坐火車去大阪啊。

Eoin: I could have taken the train but it costs considerably more than the ferry so I went for the cheaper option.

約恩：我是可以坐火車去，不過火車票價比渡輪票價貴很多，所以我選擇了便宜的交通工具。

Todd: Right. It is expensive. How much was the train to...?

託德：對。火車票很貴。到大阪的火車票要多少錢？

Eoin: The train to Osaka, I believe it was somewhere in the region of 20,000 yen.

約恩：到大阪的火車票大概要2萬日元左右。

Todd: Wow!

託德：哇！

Eoin: On the shinkansen, which is the bullet train.

約恩：這是新幹線子彈頭列車的票價。

Todd: That's round-trip or one-way?

託德：這是往返票價還是單程票價？

Eoin: That was one-way I think.

約恩：我想應該是單程票價。

Todd: Well, how much is the ferry?

託德：那渡輪要多少錢？

Eoin: The ferry... with the internet booking discount that I got it cost 7,000 one-way.

約恩：渡輪的話，在網上訂票打完折是單程7000日元。

Todd: Oh, that's not bad. That's what it was when I went two years ago, about 7,000.

託德：哦，價格還可以。我兩年前去大阪時票價也是7000日元左右。

Eoin: Yeah. I think there's other ways of getting it cheaper. There's some kind of members card that you can enlist for which is pretty cheap. Unfortunately, I'm going to be pretty tight for time when I arrive at the ferry port so I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to sign up for it and get the extra discount or not.

約恩：嗯。我想還有其他方法可以買到便宜的票。可以辦張會員卡，也能買到便宜的票。不幸的是，我到達渡輪港口的時間很趕，我不確定我是否有時間去辦會員卡獲得額外折扣。

Todd: Right. Right. Well, actually when I went, I guess the cheap ticket, you have to sleep in that big room, right.

託德：對，對。我之前去大阪時，那種便宜的票是要住在那種大房間裏。

Eoin: That's right.

約恩：沒錯。

Todd: The sleeping area. It makes you feel like an immigrant. You know, people coming to America or something for the first time.

託德：那種睡覺的地方讓你感覺自己像移民。就是那種第一次來美國時的情況。

Eoin: Yeah, I actually quite enjoy that in some ways, It's more social than having your own cabin.

約恩：對，不過從某些方面來說，我其實挺享受那種感覺的，比住在自己的房間裏有更多的社交。

Todd: True. True.

託德：對，沒錯。

Eoin: And I'm going up there with my band so we spend a lot of time together. It's always nice to meet a few different people on the way up.

約恩：我要和樂隊成員一起去大阪，所以我們會在一起度過很長時間。在途中認識不同的人感覺很好。

Todd: Right.

託德：好。

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重點講解：
1. get in （火車、公共汽車或飛機）到達，抵達；
例句：We would have come straight here, except our flightgot intoo late.
要不是我們的航班抵達太晚，我們本應直接到這裏來的。
2. be able to do sth. 可以…的，能夠…的；
例句：They appear tobe able tohandle the problem.
他們似乎可以處理這個問題。
3. sign up for （和…）簽約；僱用；報名（參加課程）；
例句：I'd like tosign up forthis course.
我想報名讀這門課。
4. for the first time 第一次；首次；
例句：For the first timetoday, I wasn't bored.
我今天還是第一次覺得不那麼無聊。
5. in some ways （某個）方面；（某）點；
例句：In some ways, son isn't the ideal pitchman.
在某些方面，鮑爾森並不是理想的推銷員。