عبارت انگلیسی
train
معنی و توضیح
The word “train,” in this podcast, means a vehicle with many cars connected together, where each car has wheels that rest on long metal strips on the ground, with a pre-defined route: “How long does it take to travel by train from Kansas City to Houston?” When talking about a wedding dress, a “train” is a very long piece of fabric that reaches from the bride’s head down to the floor: “Her dress had a beautiful train, but it was so long that she couldn’t even walk without help.” As a verb, to “train” means to teach someone to do something: “How long did it take you to train your dog to fetch the newspaper?” Sometimes the verb also means to learn to do something: “Kristen is training to become a nurse’s assistant.”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Learning to Ride the Subway [www.easytalk.ir]». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 938 – Learning to Ride the Subway.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 938. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
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This episode is a dialogue between Donny and Cayla about riding on a subway. Let’s get started.
Donny: Come on, we need to buy our subway tickets at that ticket machine.
Cayla: Why can’t we just get them at the ticket window? I’m not sure what the fare is.
Donny: There’s a long line and we need to catch a train right now.
Cayla: I’ve never taken the subway before. I don’t know how it works.
Donny: Just follow me. Here, take this card and walk through the turnstile. Put your card in this slot and then retrieve it as you pass through.
Cayla:
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.