I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losingmy way. I went on an excursion recently, but my triptook me longer than I expected. ?' I'm going toWoodford Green,' I said to the conductor as I goton the bus,' but I don't know where it is.'' I'll tell youwhere to get off,' answered the conductor.
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view ofthe countryside. After some time, the bus stopped.Looking round, I realized with a shock that Iwas 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 thisWoodford Green ?" I asked. "Oh dear," said the conductor suddenly." I forgot to putyou off.""It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.' 'We are going back now,' said theconductor. 'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered.
精讲笔记：
7. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.
我环视了一下身旁，惊奇地发现车里就只剩我一个乘客了。
语言点1 looking round是现在分词短语作时间状语，原句可以改为：When I looked round, realized...
语言点2 realize with a shock惊奇地发现
8. "You'll have to get off here，"the conductor said. "This is as far as we go."
“您得在这里下车，”售票员说，“我们的车就到此为止了。”
语言点 as/sofaras +句子，表示“达到……的程度/距离”。.
例：I should help you so far as I can.我肯定会竭尽全力来帮助你的。
真题测试测试语言点：as far as的用法
How far apart do they live?I know, they live in the same neighbourhood.
(2003年高考上海卷，第33题) A. As long asB. As far asC. As well asD. As often as
答案：选B
分析：as long as表示“只要”;as well as表示“又，也” ;as far as I know的意思是“据我所 知”，符合题意，所以选B。
翻译：他们住的有多远呢?据我所知，他们是真正的街坊。
9. "Oh dear，，said the conductor suddenly. Iforgot to put you off."
“哎呀，”售票员突然说我忘了让您下车了。”
语言点 put sb. off让某人下车/飞机/船
