Let's learn English downtown!

讓我們在市中心學習英語吧！

Hi Bob the Canadian here.

嗨，我是加拿大人 Bob。

If this is your first time here and you're learning English, don't forget to click the subscribe button down below and give me a thumbs up at some point during this video if it's helping you learn English.

如果這是你第一次來這裡並且你正在學習英語，請不要忘記點擊下面的訂閱按鈕，並在影片中的某個時刻給我按讚，如果這部影片對你學習英語有幫助的話。

Hey, Bob the Canadian here.

嗨，我是加拿大人 Bob。

I thought that we would take some time today to learn some English downtown.

我想我們今天應該花點時間在市中心學點英語。

Downtown is how we describe the parts of a town or city where it originally started.

市中心是我們描述城鎮或城市最初起源的部分的方式。

So this is the downtown area of my local town.

這是我當地城鎮的市中心區。

And it has a lot of things for us to look at and along the way, I'll teach you a little bit of English.

它有很多東西值得我們研究，沿路我會教你一點英文。

So this is downtown Dunnville!

這裡是鄧維爾市中心！

So in a downtown area, you'll find sidewalks, you'll see a sidewalk over here.

所以在市中心，你會發現人行道，你會在這裡看到人行道。

Where the sidewalk meets the road is what we call the curb.

人行道與道路相交的地方就是我們所說的路緣。

So this right here is the curb.

所以這裡就是路邊。

It's a little hard to see because of all the snow.

由於全是雪，有點難以看到。

And then usually on each side of the street, you'll see what we call parking spaces or a parking spot.

然後通常在街道的每一側，會看到我們所說的停車位。

In some towns there will be a small meter, a parking meter where you can put money in in order to pay for the parking spot,

在一些城鎮會有一個小計時器，一個停車計時器，你可以把錢存放去以支付停車位的費用，

but in this town, yeah, you can see the lines right here, you're allowed to park on each side of the street for free.

但在這個小鎮上，是的，你可以看到這裡的線，你可以在街道的兩邊免費停車。

So that's kind of cool!

蠻酷的！

The parking areas that you find in a downtown area sometimes have a sign that tells you what the parking rules are.

您在市中心找到的停車場有時會有一個標誌，告訴你停車規則。

So this parking spot says you can park from 8 AM to 2 AM but only for 2 hours.

所以這個停車位說早上8點到凌晨2點可以停車，但只能停車2小時。

And above that it says it's a snow route from November 15th to April 15th and you're not allowed to park there from 2 AM to 8 AM.

上面寫著11月15日到4月15日是雪道，凌晨2點到8點不允許在那裡停車。

That's to let the snow plows come through and clear out the snow.

那是為了讓鏟雪車通過並清除積雪。

Another thing you'll see in a downtown area are storefronts.

在市中心你會看到的另一件事是店面。

So you can see along the other side of the road there that there's a number of stores.

所以你可以看到路的另一邊有很多商店。

And if I turn around, you can see behind me there's also a row of storefronts.

如果我轉身，你可以看到我身後還有一排店面。

So storefronts usually have of course the entrance, let me see if I can find an entrance here, this green door is an entrance, but they also have their front display window.

店面通常都是有入口的，我看看這裡能不能找到入口，這個綠色的門就是入口，但是他們也有前面的展示窗。

You'll find all sorts of different stores in a downtown area.

你會在市中心找到各種不同的商店。

In this downtown, there's a music store, there's a sweets shop where you can buy candies, there's a couple of restaurants.

在這個市中心，有一家音樂商店，有一家可以購買糖果的糖果店，還有幾家餐廳。

Across the street there's a jewelry store, there's a bank, and there's also an electronics store.

街對面有一家珠寶店、一家銀行，還有一家電子產品商店。

So generally in a downtown area, you can find almost any kind of store you want.

所以一般在市中心，你幾乎可以找到任何你想要的商店。

When I look across the street I see a shoe store, I see a drug store, and two more banks.

當我看向街對面時，我看到一家鞋店、一家藥局和另外兩家銀行。

I guess banks are important because you can get money to go buy something.

我認為銀行很重要，因為你可以取錢去買東西。

Another nice thing about downtown is you usually have streetlights.

市中心的另一個好處是通常有路燈。

You can see along this street here, there are a few streetlights and there's one above me as well.

你可以看到沿著這條街，有幾盞路燈，我上面也有一盞。

I'll give you a closer look at it.

給你拉進一點看。

You can see that these street lights are still decorated for Christmas.

你可以看到這些路燈仍然是聖誕節裝飾的。

But the nice thing about a downtown is it has streetlights, it has the storefronts, and at night, you can come down and do a little bit of shopping because there's lots of light.

市中心的好處在於它有街燈，有店面，而且在晚上，你可以來逛逛，因為那裡有很多燈光。

If you listen, you can hear a bird singing.

如果你注意聽，你可以聽到一隻鳥在唱歌。

I hope that means Spring is coming!

我希望這代表春天要來了！

Another thing you'll have downtown are places to park your bikes or a bike rack.

市中心的另一件事就是你可以停放自行車的地方，或者有一個自行車停車架。

So you can see here, even though it's winter in Canada, someone still rode their bike to the downtown area today and they have a bike lock on it, you can see the bike lock here, attaching it to the bike rack.

因此，你可以看到，即使在加拿大的冬天，今天仍然有人騎自行車來到市中心，他們在自行車上加了一把自行車鎖，你可以在這裡看到自行車鎖，將它固定在自行車停車架上。

So a lot of times in a downtown, you'll find a bike rack where you can park your bike and lock it up.

因此，在市中心，你經常會找到一個自行車停車架，你可以在那裡停放你的自行車並鎖好。

Another thing you'll see in a downtown area are a lot of fire hydrants.

在市中心地區，你會看到很多消防栓。

So fire hydrants are a place where firefighters can come with their fire truck if there's a fire, and it's a source of water where they can hook up their hoses in order to fight the fire.

因此，消防栓是消防員在發生火災時可以用來連接他們的消防車的地方，也是他們可以連接水管以撲滅火災的水源。

So you'll see a lot of fire hydrants in a downtown area as well.

因此，在市中心地區，你也會看到很多消防栓。

So because a downtown area is a place where the town wants people to come and enjoy themselves you usually have some park benches.

因為市中心是城鎮希望人們來享受的地方，通常會有一些公園長椅。

So even though we're not in a park, you can see that there are some park benches here.

因此，即使我們不在公園裡，你可以看到這裡有一些公園長椅。

As well there will often be lots of garbage cans.

而且通常會有很多垃圾桶。

It's nice to keep the downtown clean, so you'll almost always see garbage cans and benches along the way just to create a nicer area for people to spend time in.

保持市中心的清潔很重要，所以你幾乎總是會看到沿途有垃圾桶和長椅，以創造一個更宜人的區域，讓人們願意在這裡花時間。

So you'll often find a mailbox in a downtown area, where you can still mail letters.

因此，在市中心地區，你通常會找到郵箱，你仍然可以使用它寄信。

The letters go in the top here.

這些信要放進上面這裡。

You can open it up, put your letters in.

你可以把它打開，把你的信放進去。

By the way, if you haven't sent me a postcard yet you still can.

順帶一提，如果你還沒寄明信片給我的話還可以寄喔。

My address is down in the description.

我的地址就在說明欄中。

In Canada, where it freezes in the winter, you'll see a lot of this.

在加拿大，冬天會結冰，你會看到很多這樣的景象。

This is a bucket of salt or a container of salt.

這是一桶鹽或一個盛鹽的容器。

And we have that there because we put salt down when it's really cold and frozen and there's ice on the sidewalks and the salt will actually melt the ice.

我們之所以把鹽放在那裡，是因為當天氣非常寒冷和結冰時，我們會撒鹽，人行道上有冰，鹽實際上會融化冰。

So quite often in the downtown area, you'll have businesses, but above the businesses, you'll have small apartments.

因此，在市中心，通常會有企業，但在企業之上，您將擁有小型公寓。

So you have stores or businesses on the bottom level, but in these buildings, the next two levels are actually small apartments where people live.

因此，下層有商店或企業，但在這些建築物中，接下來的兩層實際上是人們居住的小公寓。

So you could rent an apartment and live in the downtown area above a small business.

因此，你可以租一間公寓，住在市中心一家小公司上方。

There's a pigeon that lives in this town.

這個鎮上住著一隻鴿子。

I'm not, I'm not sure what, I'm not sure what he's doing but he was up on this roof and he just flew down here so.

我不知道他在做什麼，但他在這個屋頂上，然後他就飛到這裡了。

In a lot of bigger cities, you'll see a lot of pigeons.

在很多大城市，你會看到很多鴿子。

I think 'cause people feed them.

我想是因為人們會餵牠們。

That would be my guess.

我猜啦。

So the place between two buildings is called an alley, or an alleyway, or a back alley.

兩棟大樓之間的地方就叫 alley（巷子），或是 alleyway，或是 back alley（後巷）。

So you can see there's a building on this side and there's a building on this side, and this area here between the buildings is called an alley, or alleyway, or back alley.

所以你可以看到這邊有一棟建築物，這邊也有一棟建築物，建築物之間的這個區域被稱為 alley，或 alleyway，或 back alley。

Here's what this town looked like a long time ago.

這是這個小鎮很久以前的樣子。

It's kind of cool because you can see the old cars, but a lot of the buildings are still the same as the buildings that we were just looking at.

這有點酷，因為你可以看到舊車，但許多建築物仍然與我們剛剛看到的建築物相同。

So it's pretty cool.

所以蠻酷的。

A nice old picture of the downtown.

一張很棒的舊照片。

Well, hey, that was a look at the downtown area of one of my local towns.

嗯，嘿，以上市我當地一個城鎮的市中心區的景色。

I hope this video helped you learn some English.

希望這部影片有幫助你學習一些英文。

I'm Bob the Canadian here.

我是加拿大人 Bob。

Learn English with Bob the Canadian.

跟著加拿大人 Bob 一起學英文。

Thank you so much for watching.

感謝觀看。

Don't forget to subscribe below if this video helped you learn some English.

如果這部影片有幫助你學習一些英文，請記得按訂閱。

Give me a thumbs up and share this video with a friend and I'll see you in the next video.

給我一個讚，並分享這部影片給一位朋友。下部影片見。