Wednesdays with Bob #270: An Intersection · Learn English with Bob the Canadian
本期视频通过城市交叉口的日常场景，学习英语词汇和表达，适合练习生活场景对话和词汇积累。
Well, hello, and welcome to Wednesdays with Bob.
您好，欢迎收看《与鲍勃共度的星期三》节目。
Remember, even though this isn't a traditional English lesson, there are word-for-word English subtitles if you need to turn them on,
请记住，虽然这不是一节传统的英语课，但如果需要的话，系统还是提供了逐字对应的英语字幕，你可以随时打开它们。
and a complete English transcript in the description below.
下方描述中还提供了完整的英文文字记录。
How many times do you think I've said that?
你觉得我已经说过那句话多少次了？
Probably a lot, but hey, there might be someone new here who doesn't know that.
可能差别很大吧，不过没关系，这里可能也有新来的朋友，他们还不知道这些情况。
Well, generally, when I'm out and about, I'm in a town.
嗯，一般来说，当我外出活动的时候，我都会待在一个小镇里。
Today, I am in a city.
今天，我身处一座城市之中。
This is the city of Welland.
这就是韦兰德（Welland）这座城市。
I thought I should show you that yes, we do have two-lane roads.
我想我应该向你们说明：没错，我们确实有双车道道路。
Yes, we do have traffic.
是的，我们这里确实有交通流量（即车辆或行人的流动）。
Yes, we do have big stores.
是的，我们确实有一些规模较大的门店。
And it looks like this one is taking donations right now.
看起来这个项目目前正在接受捐款。
This is what you would call a thrift store.
这就是你们所说的二手商店（或旧货店）。
Thrift.
节俭。
Did I pronounce that clearly?
我的发音清楚吗？
Thrift.
节俭。
It's a hard word to say.
这是一个很难说出口的词。
So I'm here in Welland because I just finished going to the gym.
我现在在韦兰德，因为我刚从健身房回来。
I needed to go to the bank and deposit some money for Jen's business.
我需要去银行，为珍的生意存一些钱。
I do need to go and get a few groceries and other small items today.
今天我确实需要去采购一些食品杂货以及其他小物件。
And what else did I need to do?
我还需要做些什么呢？
Oh, make two videos.
哦，那就制作两个视频吧。
I'm making this one, the Wednesdays with Bob video.
我正在制作这个视频，名为《与鲍勃共度的星期三》。
And I'm also going to hopefully go down to the old canal
我也希望能去看看那条古老的运河。
and make my short lesson if I can find the path down there.
如果我能找到通往下面的路径的话，我就来简短地讲一下这节课的内容吧。
So, this is actually
所以，实际上这就是……
where I do my outdoor walk.
那就是我进行户外散步的地方。
After I drop my daughter off at work, but she actually doesn't work today, I usually do a big loop around this mall,
在我把女儿送到她的工作单位后（不过她今天其实并没有上班），我通常会绕着这个购物中心转上一大圈。
so it's kind of hard to see, but it takes me about 25 minutes to do the whole loop.
所以有点难以看清具体过程……不过完成整个循环大约需要25分钟的时间。
I go down the sidewalk, I go down the streets on the sidewalk in front of all the fast food restaurants.
我沿着人行道走去，穿过那些快餐店前的街道。
And I don't go in, and then I end up in a subdivision.
我本来并不打算进去，结果却发现自己来到了一个住宅小区（即所谓的“subdivision”）。
I think you saw a short lesson a week and a half ago that I made while I was walking in that subdivision,
我想你大概还记得一个半星期前我上过的那个简短的课程吧。那节课是我在那个小区里散步时制作的。
wearing an older T-shirt.
穿着一件旧T恤。
Today I have a new T-shirt on.
今天我穿了一件新T恤。
But yeah, I'm this is kind of funny.
不过，确实挺有趣的。
I was going to show you how busy it is here, and there's only one car waiting at the stoplight right now.
我本来想向你们展示这里有多繁忙的——不过现在红绿灯前只有一辆车在等待通行。
I'm not sure if you can see all the way in the distance.
我不确定你是否能够看清远处的所有景象。
Sorry, I might have just shook the camera there, but gas is a 170.6 right now.
抱歉，可能我刚才不小心晃动了相机；不过目前汽油的价格是 170.6（单位未提及）。
Man, I, you know, I'm gonna miss...
伙计，你知道的，我会很想念……
Two of my kids are going back to university.
我的两个孩子都要重新回到大学继续学业了。