BBC英語(yǔ)六分鐘-每天堅(jiān)持口語(yǔ)New transport on two wheels

NewtransportontwowheelsBBC英語(yǔ)六分鐘練起來(lái)（2023.03.18）TranscriptNote:Thisisnotawordforwordtranscript

Finn

Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish.I'mFinn…Neil

…andI'mNeil.Hello.Finn

Todaywe'retalkingaboutoneofthelatestformsoftransportontwowheels.

Neil

Yes.We'renottalkingaboutbicycleshere.

Finn

No,we'retalkingabouta…self-balancingtransport

device.Whatacomplicatedname!Nowadeviceisanobjectwhichhasbeencreatedforaparticularpurpose.Butyes,youneedto

balance

onthisdevicewhichmeansyouneedtostandonitandnotfallover.Neil

Wellthisdevicehasothernamesaswell.It'scalledarideablebecauseyourideonitlikeyourideonabicycle–oryoucancallitaself-balancing

scooter

-orotherscallitahoverboard.

Finn

That'sperhapsbecauseitlookslikea

skateboard

perhaps…butit'sdifferent,isn'tit?

Neil

Yesitis,itisabitdifferent.Andwe'llbefindingoutmoreabouthoverboardsinamoment,butfirstit'stimeforourquizquestion.

I'mgoingtomakeastatementandIwantyoutotellme,Finn,ifitistrueorfalse.OK?Finn

OK.

Neil

HereintheUK,it's

illegal

torideahoverboardonthe

pavement.Isthattrueorfalse,Finn?Whatdoyouthink?

Finn

Well,I'veactuallyseensomeoneridingahoverboardonthepavementsoI'llsayit'sfalse.Ithinkit'slegaltorideoneonthepavement.

Neil

OK,then.We'llseeifyou'rerightattheendoftheprogramme.

Finn

OK.So,Neilhaveyouevertriedridingonahoverboard?

Neil

No,Ihaven't,butIwouldliketogiveitago.Itlookslikeaskateboard,butitisdifferent–itmovesdifferently–anditgoesinadifferentdirection–itgoes…sideways.

Finn

Yes.And,youknow,theotherbigdifferenceisthatitismotorised.Andwhenyouchangeyourbalancethewheelsturn.Sowhenyouleanforwards–youmoveforwards–andwhenyouleanbackyouslowdownandstop…andifyouleanevenfurtherback,thenyouactuallymovebackwards.

Neil

Yes.Soit'shardtokeepyourbalance.Likeaskateboard,youneedtopractisetogetgoodatthis.

Finn

AndI'mnogoodatskateboards.AndIthink,youknow,ifyoudon'tpractiseyou'llfalloffthehoverboardlotsoftimes.

Neil

BBCreporterEmmaAileshastriedahoverboard.Whoelsehastriedoneoftheserideables?Listentoherreport.

INSERT

EmmaAiles,BBCReporter

Soyoumayhaveseeninrecentweeks

celebrities

likeJustinBieberandLilyAllenridingoneofthese.It'saself-balancingtransportationdeviceorsomepeoplecallthemrideables.I'veneverhadagobutIamgoingto

integrate

oneintomylifeinthenextcoupleofdaysandseehowI

geton.

Neil

AndthatwastheBBCreporterEmmaAiles.Shesaidthatshe'sgoingto

integrate

ridingahoverboardintohereverydaylifeandsoperhapsshe'lltraveltotheBBConahoverboard.Nowtointegratemeanstocombinethingstomakethemmoreefficient.Finn

Ormaybeshe'llgoshoppingonahoverboard.Nowshetalkedaboutcelebrities–famouspeople-whoareusinghoverboards.

Neil

Yeah.Shementionedtwocelebrities–singersLilyAllen–who'sBritish.AndJustinBieber-he'sfromCanada.Sopeopleareusinghoverboardsallovertheworld.

Finn

Neil,youweretellingmeaboutaguyyousawlastweekend.Neil

Yes,Iwasatashoppingcentreandtherewereallthesekids–teenagers-watchingthisguyusingahoverboard.

Ofcoursetheyallwantedtotryit.

Youcouldhearthemshouting:"CanIhaveago?CanIhaveago?CanI

haveago?"Now,tohaveagomeanstotrysomething.Finn

Yes.Nowwhatwasourreporter'sexperienceofusingahoverboard?Howdidshegeton?Didshelearnhowtouseit?

Didsheenjoyusingit?

INSERT

EmmaAiles

SooverallthisisreallygoodfunandIdefinitelyrecommendgivingitago.Buttherearesome

downsides.It'sreallyheavy,it'sillegaltouseitonthepavementandit'squiteembarrassingbeingstaredat.Soaretwowheelsbetterthantwolegs?Forme,probablynot.

Finn

SothatwastheBBCreporterEmmaonceagain.Andshetriedtousethetwowheelsofthehoverboardtomovearoundbutshesaidsheprefersmovingwithhertwolegs.

Neil

Butshedidsaythisaboutusingahoverboard-it'sgoodfunandshedefinitelyrecommendsthatpeopletryit–theyshouldgiveitago!Finn

Butshesaidtherearealsosome

downsides

–somebadthings.

First,it'sheavy.

Neil

Yes,it'snotveryeasycarryingaheavyhoverboard.

Finn

Alsowhensheusesiteveryonelooksatherandtheydon'tstoplooking–theystareatherandshesaysthat'sembarrassing.

Neil

Andthereisonemoredownsideaboutusingaself-balancingscooter.Andthisisalsotheanswertoourquizquestion…Iaskedifit'strueorfalsethatit'sillegaltorideahoverboardonthepavementintheUK.

Finn

AndIsaidthatit'sfalse.Neil

Andyouare…wrong.It'sillegal.Thereisalawhereaboutthat.Finn

Yes,IrealisedIguessedthewronganswerwhenIheardthatclipfromEmma'sreportthere.

Neil

Yes.TheiruseisillegalunderSection72oftheHighwayAct1835foruseonthepublicpavementsandroadsintheUK.

Finn

Oh,veryimpressive,Neil.Now,youcanuseahoverboard,I'veheard,on

privatepropertyifyouhavepermissionfromtheownerbutNOTonpublicpavementsandroads.

Neil

OK.Well,nexttimeyouseeyourfriendJustinBieber,Finn,tellhimthat.

Finn

Iwill.Now,that'sallfortoday.Pleasedojoinusagainsoon.

Neil

Pleasedo.Andlet'shearthewordsbeforewego.

Finn

OK.Weheard:devicebalancepavementscooterskateboardcelebritiestogetontohaveagoillegalprivatepropertyThatisitnow.Andwe'llseeyounexttime.Neil

Goodbye!Vocabularydevice

anobjectinventedforacertainpurposetobalance

tostand(onsomething)withoutfallingoverpavement

thehardpathyouwalkonnexttoaroad('sidewalk'inAmericanEnglish)scooter

aboardwithwheelsandhandlebarsyoustandonwithonefootandpushwiththeothertotravelskateboard

aboardwithwheelsyoustandonwithonefootandpushwiththeothertotravelcelebrities

famouspeople,forexamplepopstarstogeton

(here)tobesuccessful,tomanagetohaveago

totrytodosomethingillegal

notlegal,againstthelawprivateproperty

landand/orbuildingsthatbelongtosomeone,nottothepublicTranscript（雙語(yǔ)版）Finn:Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish.I'mFinn.

大家好，歡迎來(lái)到六分鐘英語(yǔ)。我是菲恩。

Neil:AndI'mNeil.Hello.

我是尼爾。大家好。

Finn:Todaywe'retalkingaboutoneofthelatestformsoftransportontwowheels.

今天我們要討論的是一種最新的兩個(gè)輪子的交通工具。

Neil:Yes.We'renottalkingaboutbicycleshere.

是的。我們這說(shuō)的不是自行車。

Finn:No,we'retalkingabouta…self-balancingtransportdevice.Whatacomplicatedname!Nowadeviceisanobjectwhichhasbeencreatedforaparticularpurpose.Butyes,youneedtobalanceonthisdevicewhichmeansyouneedtostandonitandnotfallover.

是的。我們說(shuō)的是一種自動(dòng)平衡交通工具。名字真是太復(fù)雜了！device的意思是為某一特定目的而制造的物品。但是，你需要在這種工具上保持平衡，即你要站在上面，不會(huì)跌倒。

Neil:Wellthisdevicehasothernamesaswell.It'scalledarideablebecauseyourideonitlikeyourideonabicycle–oryoucancallitaself-balancingscooter-orotherscallitahoverboard.

這個(gè)工具還有幾個(gè)其他的名字。它被叫做“乘騎滑板”，因?yàn)槟憧梢韵耱T自行車那樣騎它；或者你可以叫它“自動(dòng)平衡小摩托”；還有其他人叫它“懸浮滑板”。

Finn:That'sperhapsbecauseitlookslikeaskateboardperhaps，butit'sdifferent,isn'tit?

那或許是因?yàn)樗瓷先ハ窕澹撬突迨遣煌?，?duì)吧？

Neil:Yesitis,itisabitdifferent.Andwe'llbefindingoutmoreabouthoverboardsinamoment,butfirstit'stimeforourquizquestion.I'mgoingtomakeastatementandIwantyoutotellme,Finn,ifitistrueorfalse.OK?

是的，是有些不同。我們稍后會(huì)對(duì)懸浮滑板進(jìn)行更多的了解?，F(xiàn)在先讓讓我們看一下我們的小測(cè)試。下面我要說(shuō)一句話，菲恩，我想讓你告訴我我說(shuō)的是對(duì)的還是錯(cuò)的。

Finn:OK.

好的。

Neil:HereintheUK,it'sillegaltorideahoverboardonthepavement.Isthattrueorfalse,Finn?Whatdoyouthink?

在英國(guó)，在人行道上騎懸浮滑板是違法的。菲恩我說(shuō)的是對(duì)的還是錯(cuò)的？你怎么想？

Finn:Well,I'veactuallyseensomeoneridingahoverboardonthepavementsoI'llsayit'sfalse.Ithinkit'slegaltorideoneonthepavement.

啊，事實(shí)上我見(jiàn)過(guò)有人在人行道上騎懸浮滑板，所以我判斷你說(shuō)的是錯(cuò)的。我覺(jué)得在人行道上騎懸浮滑板是合法的。

Neil:OK,then.We'llseeifyou'rerightattheendoftheprogramme.

好的。我們會(huì)在節(jié)目末尾是看看你的答案是否正確。

Finn:OK.So,Neilhaveyouevertriedridingonahoverboard?

好的。尼爾，你騎過(guò)懸浮滑板嗎？

Neil:No,Ihaven't,butIwouldliketogiveitago.Itlookslikeaskateboard,butitisdifferent–itmovesdifferently–anditgoesinadifferentdirection–itgoessideways.

我沒(méi)有，但是我想試試。它看上去像滑板，但是卻有不同——它行駛起來(lái)不同，行駛方向也不同——它朝著與滑板側(cè)面垂直的方向行進(jìn)。

Finn:Yes.And,youknow,theotherbigdifferenceisthatitismotorised.Andwhenyouchangeyourbalancethewheelsturn.Sowhenyouleanforwards–youmoveforwards–andwhenyouleanbackyouslowdownandstop，andifyouleanevenfurtherback,thenyouactuallymovebackwards.

是的。另外一個(gè)很大的不同就是它是靠發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)驅(qū)動(dòng)的。而且它的輪子的轉(zhuǎn)向是隨著你的重心調(diào)節(jié)的。所以，當(dāng)你前傾時(shí)車子前行，當(dāng)你向后傾斜車子減速或者停止，繼續(xù)向后傾斜車子甚至可以倒退。

Neil:Yes.Soit'shardtokeepyourbalance.Likeaskateboard,youneedtopractisetogetgoodatthis.

是的。所以你要保持平衡很難。像玩滑板一樣，你需要多練習(xí)才能將其用得得心應(yīng)手。

Finn:AndI'mnogoodatskateboards.AndIthink,youknow,ifyoudon'tpractiseyou'llfalloffthehoverboardlotsoftimes.

我不擅長(zhǎng)玩滑板。而且我覺(jué)得人們?nèi)绻欢嗉泳毩?xí)就使用懸浮滑板會(huì)摔下去很多次。

Neil:BBCreporterEmmaAileshastriedahoverboard.Whoelsehastriedoneoftheserideables?Listentoherreport.

BBC的記者艾瑪·艾爾斯試騎了懸浮滑板。還有誰(shuí)試過(guò)？讓我們來(lái)聽(tīng)聽(tīng)她的報(bào)道。

SoyoumayhaveseeninrecentweekscelebritieslikeJustinBieberandLilyAllenridingoneofthese.It'saself-balancingtransportationdeviceorsomepeoplecallthemrideables.I'veneverhadagobutIamgoingtointegrateoneintomylifeinthenextcoupleofdaysandseehowIgeton.

你或許在最近幾周看到過(guò)一些名人，如賈斯汀·比伯、莉莉·艾倫，騎這種車。它是一種自動(dòng)平衡交通工具，有些人稱其為乘騎懸浮滑板。我從來(lái)沒(méi)有試過(guò)騎這種車，但是我打算在接下來(lái)的幾天里學(xué)習(xí)使用懸浮滑板，看看進(jìn)展如何。

Neil:AndthatwastheBBCreporterEmmaAiles.Shesaidthatshe'sgoingtointegrateridingaoverboardintohereverydaylifeandsoperhapsshe'lltraveltotheBBConahoverboard.Nowtointegratemeanstocombinethingstomakethemmoreefficient.

以上是BBC記者艾瑪·艾爾斯的報(bào)道。她說(shuō)她會(huì)把懸浮滑板納入她日常生活中的一部分，那么或許她以后會(huì)騎著懸浮滑板來(lái)BBC上班。integrate在這里指吸納某事物并使其更有效地發(fā)揮功能。

Finn:Ormaybeshe'llgoshoppingonahoverboard.Nowshetalkedaboutcelebrities–famouspeople-whoareusinghoverboards.

或者她會(huì)騎著懸浮滑板去購(gòu)物。她剛剛談到了celebrities,即名人，在用懸浮滑板。

Neil:Yeah.Shementionedtwocelebrities–singersLilyAllen–who'sBritish.AndJustinBieber-he'sfromCanada.Sopeopleareusinghoverboardsallovertheworld.

是的。她提到了兩位明星——歌手莉莉·艾倫——來(lái)自英國(guó)，賈斯汀·比伯——來(lái)自加拿大?？磥?lái)世界各地的人們都在使用懸浮滑板了。

Finn:Neil,youweretellingmeaboutaguyyousawlastweekend.

尼爾，你剛才跟我提到了你上周看到的一個(gè)人。

Neil:Yes,Iwasatashoppingcentreandtherewereallthesekids–teenagers-watchingthisguyusingahoverboard.Ofcoursetheyallwantedtotryit.Youcouldhearthemshouting:"CanIhaveago?CanIhaveago?CanIhaveago?"Now,tohaveagomeanstotrysomething.

是的，我當(dāng)時(shí)在一家購(gòu)物中心，我看到有許多孩子——青少年——在看那個(gè)人玩懸浮滑板。當(dāng)然那些孩子們都像試玩懸浮滑板。你可以聽(tīng)到他們大喊著：“我可以試一試嗎？我可以試一試嗎？讓我試一下好嗎？”haveago的意識(shí)就是嘗試。

Finn:Yes.Nowwhatwasourreporter'sexperienceofusingahoverboard?Howdidshegeton?Didshelearnhowtouseit?Didsheenjoyusingit?

是的。那么我們的記者試用懸浮滑板的體驗(yàn)是什么呢？她進(jìn)展如何？她學(xué)會(huì)怎樣用懸浮滑板了嗎？她喜歡用它嗎？

SooverallthisisreallygoodfunandIdefinitelyrecommendgivingitago.Buttherearesomedownsides.It'sreallyheavy,it'sillegaltouseitonthepavementandit'squiteembarrassingbeingstaredat.Soaretwowheelsbetterthantwolegs?Forme,probablynot.

總體來(lái)說(shuō)懸浮滑板很好玩，我當(dāng)然會(huì)建議大家試一試。但是也有幾個(gè)弊端。懸浮滑板很沉，在人行道上騎懸浮滑板違法而且騎懸浮滑板時(shí)被很多人盯著看會(huì)覺(jué)得很尷尬。所以，如果問(wèn)我兩個(gè)輪子比兩條腿好嗎？我可能要給出否定回答了。

Finn:SothatwastheBBCreporterEmmaonceagain.Andshetriedtousethetwowheelsofthehoverboardtomovearoundbutshesaidsheprefersmovingwithhertwolegs.

以上還是來(lái)自BBC記者艾瑪?shù)膱?bào)道。她嘗試了用懸浮滑板這樣兩個(gè)輪子的工具代步，但是她說(shuō)她覺(jué)得還是走路更好些。

Neil:Butshedidsaythisaboutusingahoverboard-it'sgoodfunandshedefinitelyrecommendsthatpeopletryit–theyshouldgiveitago!

但是她確實(shí)還說(shuō)了懸浮滑板很好玩而且推薦人們嘗試一下——人們應(yīng)該嘗試一下。

Finn:Butshesaidtherearealsosomedownsides–somebadthings.First,it'sheavy.

但是她還說(shuō)了會(huì)有downsides,即弊端。首先，它很沉。

Neil:Yes,it'snotveryeasycarryingaheavyhoverboard.

是的，要搬動(dòng)一個(gè)沉重的懸浮滑板很難。

Finn:Alsowhensheusesiteveryonelooksatherandtheydon'tstoplooking–theystareatherandshesaysthat'sembarrassing.

而且，當(dāng)她騎懸浮滑車時(shí)每個(gè)人都會(huì)看她，而且是不停地看——他們盯著她看，她說(shuō)這使她感到尷尬。

Neil:Andthereisonemoredownsideaboutusingaself-balancingscooter.Andthisisa