6. The Commute to Work

• ==rear view mirror==

• I ==pull into the parking garage==

• I ==take the transmission out of park and into reverse==, back out into the driveway into the street, close the garage door, and ==put the car into drive==.

• I ==get on the onramp for the freeway and drive to where I have to get off.==

• Original I open my car door and throw my briefcase in the back seat, and get comfortable for my drive. I put my coffee mug into the cup holder, put the keys in the ignition, find the gas pedal, and start the car. My wife drove the car last night, so I have to re-adjust the ==rear view mirror and the side mirrors. I turn on the radio to listen to the drive time traffic report. I take the transmission out of park and into reverse==, back out into the driveway into the street, close the garage door, and ==put the car into drive==.

  I used to drive a stick shift, but as I get older, I like my automatic transmission more and more.
  I usually take the freeway to the office, so I ==get on the onramp for the freeway and drive to where I have to get off. My office is only a few miles from the exit. I pull into the parking garage==, swiping my key card to get in. I park, grab my briefcase and coffee, and head toward the elevator. And that only took 40 minutes!

• Chinese 我打开车门，把公文包扔到后座，调整好坐姿准备出发。我把咖啡杯放进杯架，把钥匙插入点火器，找到油门，然后启动汽车。昨晚是我妻子开的车，所以我得重新调整后视镜和侧镜。我打开收音机，听早高峰的交通播报。我把变速杆从停车挡推到倒挡，倒车进入车道，再倒到街上，关闭车库门，然后挂入前进挡。

  我以前开手动挡的车，但随着年龄增长，我越来越喜欢自动挡了。
  我通常走高速公路去公司，所以我驶上高速公路的匝道，一路开到下高速的出口。我公司的办公室离出口只有几英里。我开进停车场，刷卡进入。停好车后，我拿起公文包和咖啡，朝电梯走去。整个过程才花了40分钟！

• First I open my car door and put throw the my breifcase on ==in== the back seat and adjust get comfortable for my drive my seat ready to go. I put my coffee mug into the cup holder and put the keys into the igniter igniton, find the gas pedal and start the car. My wife drove the car last night, so I have to re-adjust the rear view mirror and the side mirrors. I turn on the radio to listen to the moring drive time traffic report. I take the transmition out of park and into the reverse, back out into the driveway into the street, then back to the street and close the garage door and put it the car into the drive.

  I used to drive a stick shift, but as I get older, I like to drive my automation automatic transmission more and more.

  I usually drive on take the freeway to work the office, so I drive get on the onrampe for the freeway until and drive to where I have to get off. It’s just a few miles from the exit to my office. I pull into the car parking garage, swipeing my key card into it to get in. After parking the car, I park, grab I take the my briefcase and coffee and head towards the electric elevator. It’s And that only take took forty minutes.

• Second I open my car door and throw my briefcase in the back seat, put myself into a careful state to drive and get comfortable for my drive. I put my coffee mug into the cup holder, and put the keys in the ignition, find the gas pedal and start my car. My wife drove the car last night, so I have to re-adjust rear view mirror and the side mirrors. I turn on the radio to listen to the drive time traffic report. I take the transmission out of part and into reverse, back out of into driveway into the street, close the garage door, and put the car into drive.

  I usually used to drive a stick shift, but as I get older, I like my automatic car transimission more and more.

  I usually take the freeway to the office, so I get to on the onramp for the freeway and drive to where I have to get off. My office is only a few miles from the exit. I pull into the parking garage, swimping my key card to get in. I park, grab my birefcase and coffee and head toward to the elevator. That’s only take forty minutes.

Retell

• First 2026-04-07 12:24 I open my car door and throw my briefcase onto the back seat. Then I walk to the driver door and open it, sit on the driver seat. I put my coffee mug onto the cup holder and insert my keys into the ignition and put my foot onto the gas pedal. My wife drove the car last night, so I have to readjust the seat and mirrors. I adjust the rear mirror first, then the side mirrors. I pull up to the drive way and stop the car and get out of the car to the garage to pull down the door. I pull the car to the street and drive to the ramp. I turn on the radio and adjust to the FM to receive how is the traffic. I drive on the free way and there are usually not too many cars. The commute from my home to my work is less than 40 minute.
  I pull my car to my company’s garage and get out my car. I swipe my car and head toward the elevator.

  Retell review: 6. The Commute to Work - Review Key Takeaways:

  • Keep the setup in stable chunks: get comfortable for my drive, readjust the rearview mirror and side mirrors, and listen to the drive-time traffic report.
  • Use the driving sequence clearly: back out into the street, then put the car into drive.
  • For the route, say get on the on-ramp and take the freeway to the office, not drive to the ramp.
  • End with the arrival chunks pull into the parking garage and swipe my key card to get in.