今天的这段对话，在讨论路程与运动成绩，
开车去伦敦需要多长时间？孩子们在体育运动中表现如何
来听今天的讲解:
Beginner
A: how long will it take us to drive to London?
我们开车去伦敦需要多长时间？
B: I think it’s a distance of 180 kilometers from here to London, so it should be a two-hour drive on the motorway.
我想从这里到伦敦有180公里的路程，所以在高速公路上开车应该需要两个小时。
A: that’s unless there is a traffic jam. It could take three hours.
除非交通堵塞。可能需要三个小时。
B: you’re right. We will be able to travel at high speeds at the beginning and end of the journey, because we will be in built-up area.
你说得对。我们将能够在旅程的开始和结束时高速旅行，因为我们将在建成区。
A: so, shall we allow three hours to cover the distance?
那么，我们可以留出三个小时的时间走完全程吗？
B: ok. You haven’t seen my company car, have you?
好的。你还没见过我公司的车，是吗？
A: no. let me take a look….it’s longer than my car.
不，让我看看……它比我的车还长。
B: I think it’s over five meters long. I can’t remember exactly. It has a maximum speed of over 200 kilometers an hour.
我想它有五米多长。我记不清了。它的最高时速超过200公里。
A:wow! That’s fast! I don’t think we will be traveling that fast on the motorway.
哇！太快了！我认为我们在高速公路上不会走得那么快。
B: we can’t. if we went that fast, we would break the speed limit.
不行。如果我们开得那么快，我们就会超速。
Intermediate
A: how are the children doing at sport?
孩子们在体育运动中表现如何？
B: I’m very pleased with their performances. Timmy can cover the 100 meters in 12 seconds. That’s very fast for a kid his age.
我对他们的表现很满意。蒂米能在12秒内跑完100米。这对他这个年纪的孩子来说太快了。
A: he’s not very good at the long jump though, is he?
不过他不太擅长跳远，是吗？
B: he’s not bad. He can jump a distance of over four meters. I think he just prefers running to jumping. Jimmy’s very good at the high jump. He can jump over two meters. Again, that’s fine for someone his age.
他还不错。他能跳四米多的距离。我想他只是更喜欢跑步而不是跳跃。吉米的跳高很好。他能跳过两米多。再说一次，这对他这个年纪的人来说没问题。
A: two meters? That means that the high jump bar is above his head! Are any of them good at long-distance running?
两米？这意味着跳高杆在他的头顶上！他们中有人擅长长跑吗？
B: the longest race we run is the 1500 meters. A few of the boys and one girls can do it in less than five minutes.
我们跑的最长的比赛是1500米。几个男孩和一个女孩可以在不到五分钟的时间内完成。
A: how are they at swimming?
他们游泳怎么样？
B: they’re ok. I ask them to swim 500 meters each day. That’s 20 lengths of the swimming pool. They’re not very fast, but that’s ok. I just want them to build their strength up and keep in shape.
他们还好。我要求他们每天游500米。那是游泳池的20个长度。他们不是很快，但没关系。我只想让他们增强力量，保持身材。
A: kate is very good at diving from a height of 10 meters.
凯特非常擅长10米高空跳水。
B: I’d be afraid to jump from that height!
我害怕从那个高度跳下去！
A: I think that these kinds haven’t learnt to be afraid yet. She started diving from a lower height, but she soon wanted to go higher.
我想这些人还没有学会害怕。她开始从较低的高度跳水，但很快就想跳得更高。
B: it seems that they really enjoy to go faster, higher and further.
他们似乎真的很喜欢走得更快、更高、更远。
