(单词翻译:单击)
情景对话
Todd: OK so, here we go, now Terry you were saying that you went from Vancouver to San Diego. How many days did that take?
托德：现在我们开始吧，泰瑞，你之前说过你曾骑自行车从温哥华前往圣地亚哥。那段旅行用了多少天？
Terry: Um, the total trip took 42 days but that included one day on the bus up and then one day on the bus back so 40 days on the road, of which 36 days were riding days and 4 days off.
泰瑞：嗯，整个旅行是42天，不过这还包括了两天往返的公共汽车行程，所以自行车旅行的时间是40天，其中36天在骑行，4天休息。
Todd: That is so cool. So first you have your bike in your hometown and you put your bike on the bus and you took the bus to Vancouver?
托德：这真是太酷了。你是带着自行车从家乡做汽车前往温哥华的吗？
Terry: Right. Yeah, you have to put your bike in a bicycle box as it's know. It requires a little disassembling of the bicycle but, it's not difficult.
泰瑞：没错。要先把自行车放进车箱里。这需要先简单拆卸一下自行车，这并不难。
Todd: As, so you take the bike apart and put it in a box and then put it,
托德：所以你把自行车拆解后装进了箱子，然后到了之后再重新组装。
Terry: Yeah for sure it on a bus or an airplane, they're both the same, you have to put it in a bike box.
泰瑞：对，无论是坐汽车还是坐飞机都一样，要把它放进车箱里。
Todd: So are you really good at bicycle maintenance?
托德：你擅长自行车保养吗？
Terry: Ah, no. I would say that that is one of my short comings. I certainly do some bicycle maintenance. Whenever you're on a long bicycle trip, you by design, you have to take care of your bike and then that's your transportation. You're carrying everything you have with you so you need to take care of your bicycle. You can stop in bicycle shops along the way and have then do any major repairs, but on a day to day basis you need to maintain your bicycle.
泰瑞：不擅长。我得说这是我的短板之一。当然我会对自行车进行保养。无论何时你进行自行车长途旅行，你都要特意留意你的自行车，因为那是你的交通工具。你的自行车上有你所有的行李，所以你要留意自行车的情况。可以在沿途的自行车店进行修理，不过平常要对自行车进行日常保养。
Todd: OK, so when you are taking a trip, what tools do you need to take with you? To take care of your bicycle?
托德：好，那一般你旅行的时候会带什么保养自行车的工具？
Terry: Oh, just some basic allen wrenches and screwdrivers and, oh and obviously, a repair kit for patching a tube, or some extra inner tubes. I usually just take along extra inner tubes, and you need tools to take your wheel, your tire off, and things like that.
泰瑞：哦，就是一些基本的方孔螺钉头用板手和螺丝丁，对了，当然还需要可以修理车胎或内胎的修理工具包。通常我会携带备用的内胎，还有在卸自行车的轮子和车胎时需要的工具。
Todd: Wow, so you just take the tubes with you, huh? How many inner tubes do you take?
托德：哇，你需要带着车胎？你一般带多少个内胎？
Terry: Oh, I usually take two or three extras. I'm, anymore, I'm not real keen on patching flats. I usually just take the tube out and throw it away and put in a new one.
泰瑞：一般我会带两三个备用内胎。我不喜欢修理车胎，所以通常我会把没气的车胎拆了，然后扔掉，再放进一个新的车胎。
Todd: So on your last bike trip, did you have any problems with your bike? Did it break down at all?
托德：那你上次旅行时，你的自行车出问题了吗？它有没有坏掉？
Terry: No, no, no. No real problems.
泰瑞：没有，没有。没出什么大问题。
Todd: Oh, cool. Alright, thanks Terry.
托德：哦，真酷。好，谢谢你，泰瑞。
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重点讲解
重点讲解：
1. by design
有意地；故意地；蓄意地；
eg. The house caught fire by design rather than by accident.
房子起火是蓄意而非偶然。
eg. He made that remark by design.
他故意那样说。
2. take care of
照顾；照看；看护；
eg. About 1,200 personnel will remain behind to take care of the air base.
大约会有1,200人留守看管这个空军基地。
eg. I take care of both to the best of my ability.
我尽我所能把两方面都照顾好。
3. be keen on doing sth.
渴望的；热切的；热衷的；
eg. I'm not really keen on having a meal with her.
我其实不喜欢同她一起吃饭。
eg. He is very keen on playing hockey.
他非常热衷于打曲棍球。
4. break down
（机器或车辆）出毛病，损坏；
eg. There was a fuss when the bus broke down again.
巴士又出故障时大家都抱怨起来。
eg. My car's on its last legs — it keeps breaking down.
我的汽车快不行了——总出毛病。
