unit-6-travel-around-the-world課文翻譯大學(xué)體驗(yàn)英語(yǔ)三(存儲(chǔ)版)
【正文】 Passage你是開(kāi)出租車(chē)的嗎？經(jīng)過(guò)她簡(jiǎn)短的解釋?zhuān)铱匆?jiàn)那些男人臉色緩和下來(lái)，微笑著，尊重而和善地與她聊天。每當(dāng)她瞥見(jiàn)我走下樓梯，她圓圓的臉上馬上會(huì)綻放出燦爛的笑容。只要有可能，她就向他租來(lái)開(kāi)。而且這個(gè)女人將親自開(kāi)車(chē)送我?！ ∥腋械揭恢挥辛Φ氖肿プ×宋业淖蟊邸 faces soften, smile and respectfully and kindly chat with her. This scene repeats itself over and over again. I get the sense that she invites goodwill from the people she meets. Nagat is proud and independent. One day, as I find her waiting outside a museum, she is just taking a spare tire out of the trunk of the taxi. One of the bald tires had finally gone flat, and she was going to change it herself. Several curious people gather around her and she receives offers of help but no, she wants no part of that. In her efficient, deliberate manner, she changes the tire, and having done so, washes her hands with bottled water, gets in the taxi and asks Where to now? Should you find yourself at Cairo39。CairoHer name is Nagat. I first saw her outside Cairo39。A Thet worry, she says. Nagat, as she now explains to me, works as a taxi driver several days and nights a week. She has another job, working in an office, but details of it remain vague. The little old car is not hers。一個(gè)女出租車(chē)司機(jī)——在一大群男伙伴中唯一干這一行的女性。我順從地跟著她?！拔視?huì)開(kāi)車(chē)送你。開(kāi)羅迷宮般的大街小巷、居民區(qū)、集市所構(gòu)成的復(fù)雜體系，宛如古代說(shuō)書(shū)人編造的迷津。她做事果斷似乎是由于經(jīng)濟(jì)條件所迫而養(yǎng)成的習(xí)慣，不得不盡可能多做些事情?！ ∧雀裉刈宰鸩⒆粤ⅰxperienceIt was almost midnight, yet the streets were bathed in a soft, shimmering light. The sun had just gone down and twilight would soon give way to night. We were strolling along the Nevsky Prospekt, a wide avenue stretching four kilometres and filled with people, music and street entertainers. This was St Petersburg in August and it seemed the city was out to celebrate the long summer nights. We had just left the home of newly found Russian friends and after a wonderful traditional dinner decided to have some exercise before going to bed. It has always been my dream to visit St Petersburg. Absorbed by Russian history since childhood, I wanted to see it all for myself. Now, thanks to Perestroika, tourists are weled into Russia and St Petersburg with its rich, cultural history is a popular choice. We flew in from Stockholm and from the air immediately notic
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