New Concept English 2 · A1 · Part 18 Apr 2026

Bus Conductor Forgets to Alert Passenger

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This text recounts a traveler's bus trip where the conductor forgets to alert him at his intended stop.

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I love travelling in the country but I don't like losingverb.失去 my way. I went on an excursionnoun.远足 recentlyadv.最近 but my tripnoun.[C] 旅行 took me longeradv.长期地 than I expectedverb.期望. "I'm going to Woodford Green," I said to the conductornoun.导体 as I got on the bus, "but I don't know where it is." "I'll tell you where to get off," answered the conductornoun.导体.

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conductor

B1US/kən'dʌktɚ/EN/kən'dʌktə/

noun. 导体；售票员；领导者；管理人

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"I'm going to Woodford Green," I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, "but I don't know where it is."

recently

A2US/ˈriːsntli/EN/ˈriːsntli/

adv. 最近，新近

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I went on an excursion recently but my trip took me longer than I expected.