第五章 下班以后

第8课

1. It takes me more than an hour to get home from work. 我从工作单位回家需要一个多小时。

“花时间”是 take time。如果想说“不到一个小时”是 less than an hour，“超过一个钟头”是 more than an hour 或 over an hour。很多时候高峰时间会花更长的时间——高峰期间需要多花二十多分钟。It takes twenty more minutes during rush hour.

2. The last train has already left. 末班车已经开走了。

末班车是 last train 或 last bus ；用完成式是 has (already) left (gone)。last 是“最后的”，但是 latest 除了有“最后的”意思外，还有“最新的，最近的”意思，如 I bought Stephen King's latest book. 我买了斯蒂芬·金最新的书。

3. There aren't any taxis around here. 附近没有出租车。

这句还可以说 There are no taxis around here. 或 Taxis don't come around here. 或 You can't catch any taxis around here.

“这一带”可以用 in this area，比如说 Taxis aren't easy to catch in this area. 这一带很难叫到出租车。

关于 taxi 的复数形式，taxis 或者 taxies 都可以，发音相同。