Commuting 上班族通勤 commuter 上班族

a. Get on at the beginning of the bus line, get off at the end.

在公共汽车始发站上车，在终点站下车。

At the beginning of the bus line: 在始发站

At the end of the bus line: 在终点站

b. I walk about amile to the bus stop, just hop on the bus.

我步行大约一英里来到公共汽车站，然后跳上公共车。

Bus stop: 公共汽车站

Hop on the bus: 跳上公共车

c.Sometimes I try to meditate, as well as pay attention to the road and do some thinking.

有时候我试着冥思，同时还要注意着交通路面，想些问题。

Meditate: v. 冥思

Pay attention to: 注意

d. Because this way I can stop at the cleaners on the way in. On the way home, if I want to stop at the grocery store, I havethe advantageof getting in and out of my car versus bus.

因为这样我就可以在上班的路上顺便在洗衣店停一下。在回家的路上，如果我想在杂货店停一下，可以任意地上下我的车，这比坐公共车方便多了。

On the way in: 在上班的路上

On the way home: 在回家的路上

Grocery store: 杂货店

Havethe advantageof getting in and out of my car: 可以任意地上下我的车

Versus: 与……相比，比较

e. If I knew that I was going to be out very late at night, maybe I would bring the car so that I knew I could get home safely.

如果我晚上会回来的比较晚，或许我会自己开车，这样我可以比较安全地返家。

Get home safely: 安全地返家

f.I drive in every morning, and I park way down on Tianhe street. I have a parking permit there that I’m very lucky to get.

我每天早上开车，把车停在天河街。我在那儿有一个停车许可证，也是很幸运才拿到的。

Parking permit: 停车许可证

Parking lot: 停车场

g.Public transportation isn’t available on the route that I have to take to work, so I have to use my own car.

我上下班的那条路上没有公共交通工具，因此我不得不自己开车。

Public transportation: 公共交通工具

Available: adj. 可获得的

h.I took the subway from Boston, change lines and just a short delightfulllittlestrollin the beautiful morning.

我在波士顿上了地铁，换乘其它线，然后在美丽的早晨愉快的走一小段路。

Subway: n. 地铁

Change lines: 换乘其它线

Delightful: a. 愉快的

Stroll: n. 散步

How about you? How do you get to work every day? 你是怎么上下班的呢?