Neil: This is Real English from BBC Learning
English. I’m Neil.
Helen: 大家好，我是Helen。
Neil: Today we’re going to look at words and phrases
that have recently become part of the English language.
Helen:
在今天的地道英語中，我們來學一些英語中新出現的習慣表達。
Neil: New words enter the English language all the
time.
Helen: 所以跟著Real English學習英語，及時更新，保持新鮮的英語詞匯是很重要的.
Neil: Of course.
Helen: 那Neil，我們今天要學的是什么新詞呢？
Neil: Today’s new expression is 'the school run'.
Helen: The school run. School 學校，run
跑步？這難道是一種體育運動？
Neil: No, actually! The school run is when mothers
drive their children to school in the morning and collect them again in the
evening.
Helen: 這個school run
原來專門指的是媽媽們接送小孩兒上學，放學啊。但是，為什么要專門弄個短語來特指這個意思呢？
Neil: Well, many people complain about the school run
because it means there is a lot of extra traffic on the roads when they are
trying to drive to work.
Helen: 這個school run
的時間一到，路上一下子多了好多車，在上下班高峰期的時候，就造成堵車。
Neil: Nowadays most children are taken to school by
one of their parents in a car.
Helen: 這樣啊，就造成了交通堵塞，給上下班的人帶來了不少麻煩。
Neil: That’s right. It’s caused by the school run.
Insert
A: You’re early. You don’t normally arrive till 9.30!
B: I know, but it’s school holidays so I avoided the
school run traffic and it took me much less time than normal.
Helen: 你以前是走路上學嗎？Neil?
Neil: No, I took the bus. I lived about 2 miles from
my school.
Helen: 我住的地方到是離學校很近，只要用20分鐘就走到了。
Neil: The school run is a problem if you live near a
school.
Helen: 對，送完孩子，想要去哪兒去都不太容易，因為好多車都擠在一起了。
Neil: Yes – it can be difficult to park your car, or
it will take you longer in the morning to get to work.
Helen: That’s a problem.
Neil: Yes, Helen. I wish the kids and their parents
all took a bus or walked.
Helen: 好啦，我們來復習一下今天學的 the school run –
就是家長們開車接送孩子上下學，因此而導致了擁擠的交通。
Neil: Well, it’s time to go. You’ve been listening to
Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us again soon for more
up-to-the-minute Real English. Bye.
Helen: See you next time.
