您想知道澳大利亚打工族上班代步必不可少的交通工具是什么吗？澳洲佳带您一块体验澳大利亚人日常通勤的酸甜苦辣。

来回住家与工作，或是住家与学校之间的往返通勤，几乎是每天生活中例行的一部分，那么澳大利亚人是如何通勤上班的呢？ 

麦克•克劳斯基

首先介绍出场的是骑单车上下班的麦克•克劳斯基先生。麦克克劳斯基台长的住所距离工作单位只有区区四公里，可是他每天骑自行车绕远路而行，特意走墨尔本知名的雅拉河边的自行车小径，将上班的路程延长到16公里。麦克克劳斯基接受采访时表示，骑单车上班目的之一是沿着风景优美的雅拉河边骑车锻炼身体，另一方面则是坚持环保意识，少一辆汽车上路，就能减少一分污染。

墨尔本等城市内都设有供行人租赁的自行车

除了骑单车，驾车上下班之外，搭乘火车、电车也是墨尔本市民普遍的代步公交工具。曼尼•毛恩每天乘坐火车上班，并且对火车站一名留着白须的站务员感到特别亲切，因为他每天早上交通高峰期都会热心的指引乘客搭乘正确的班次。

 
海登和他的摩托车

而海登•戴克则是摩托车骑士，海登对每天上下班骑的摩托车钟爱有加，还给摩托车起了个人性化的名字。您想知道海登给心爱的摩托车取了什么名字吗？请点击音频收听海登和其他受访者讲述通勤的经验。

词汇

bike track
'It’s bike track all the way along, so I don’t have to worry about the traffic at all’
A ‘bike track’ 是自行车专用道。在澳大利亚一些城市的道路设有自行车专用道以保障骑自行车者的安全。另外在诸如风景区景点或林荫大道也设有自行车道除了保障骑单车者的安全还用于保护两旁的林木、植物不受到践踏。

k's
‘[I] in fact named it Isabelle, it has more character when you name it and it rides better, you get used to the feel of it, …each bike has its own character and handling, and after riding it for 30 thousand k's, you really get to know her.’
在英语的日常用语里一公里'one kilometre'通常简称成'k'，因此一公里就成了1k，而复数是k加撇号然后加s 就成为k's。 因此两公里是2k's，三公里则称3k's,以此类推。但是公里在书写形式时'kilometre'的缩写应该写成'km'。
'k'也可以用做每小时里程数的缩写。让我们举个例子：
'He drives too fast:he was going at 10 k's above the speed limit.'
‘I’ve been training to run the whole 42 k's for this year’s marathon.’我为参与今年举行的42公里马拉松比赛积极备战。
此外在缩写时，'km'指公里，'kph'或是'k.p.h'是指每小时里程数。
我们还要提醒您的是澳式英语对公里的拼写是'kilometre'，至于美式拼写则是'kilometer'。

elbow room
‘In peak hour, I would recommend that if you’re catching a train, you should walk to either the front or the end of the carriage so that you can ensure you’ve got enough room because peak hour does get a bit busy and sometimes it’s a bit difficult to actually get some elbow room in there’
‘Elbow room’ 活动空间，宽裕的空间，充足的活动空间。在拥挤的火车箱里人挤人，连伸胳膊的空间都没有，就可以说，‘The train was so full that there was not enough elbow room in there!’
我们还可以学几个与 ‘elbow’有关的其他词组。例如：
Elbow grease是费力的工作， 费力的擦拭。
‘The car is still very dirty even after you’ve cleaned it! Come on, put some elbow grease into it.’

Up to the elbows
忙得不可开交
‘Sorry, I can’t really talk right now. I’m up to the elbows with paperwork in the office.’
Bend/raise one’s elbow则是表示酒喝的太多了。
‘He’s down at the pub, bending his elbow like usual.’

peak hour
‘In peak hour, I would recommend that if you’re catching a train, you should walk to either the front or the end of the carriage so that you can ensure you’ve got enough room because peak hour does get a bit busy and sometimes it’s a bit difficult to actually get some elbow room in there’
'Peak hour' 高峰负荷时间，峰荷时间，繁忙时间，尖峰时间.也可以说是 ‘rush hour’ 或是 ‘peak period’。'peak hour'通常指交通尖峰时间，不过举例来说如果是餐馆顾客最多的时间也可以称为'the peak hour of the restaurant'餐馆的繁忙时间.让我们来看一个例句：
‘I usually stay in the office until the peak hour finishes.’

hair-raising
‘Isabelle has taken me around Tasmania, 10 days, two thousand Ks of riding and, fantastic fastlow-sweeping turns, and hair-raising turns.’
‘Hair-raising’是个形容词词组，意思是令人毛骨悚然的，惊险的。
‘The rollercoaster, which goes up really high before coming down really fast, was a hair-raising fun.’过山车垂直下降惊险刺激令人毛发直竖。