Traveling by plane is exciting but it can also be very tiring.

搭乘飛機旅行很刺激, 但也可能很累人。

上列句中, 使用表示意願的動詞desire加nothing but to接原形動詞 (look) 的用法。茲將此句型的造句法分析如下:

a. 表『搭乘』某種交通工具時, 可用"by + 交通工具"來表示, 且此交通工具前不可置任何冠詞, 如: by plane (搭飛機)、by train (搭火車)、by bus (搭公車)、by ship/boat (搭船)、by taxi (搭計程車)、by bicycle (騎腳踏車) 等。　

例:Traveling by plane is not the only way to get to America.

　 (搭飛機旅行並非是到美國去的唯一途徑。)

　 It's cheaper to go to work by train than by taxi.

　 (搭火車去上班比搭計程車便宜。)

　 My kids go to school by bicycle.

　 (我的小孩都騎腳踏車上學。)

b. 表『步行』時, 則要用on foot來表示。

例:The only way to get to the village is on foot.

　 (到那個村莊去的唯一途徑是步行。)

c. 若交通工具前有冠詞 (如a/an、the) 或所有格

(my、your、his等) 時, 則介詞不用by, 而要用on或in; 若交通工具較大, 人可在其上面站立或走動者, 介詞用on; 若交通工具較小, 人無法在其上面站立或走動者, 則介詞用in。

例:I first met my wife on a bus.

　 (我在公車上初次遇見我太太。)

　 Whatever you do, don't throw up in my car.

　 (不管你做什麼，就是別吐在我車上。)

So it's best to arrive at the airport at least two hours before your plane is scheduled to take off.

因此你最好在你的班機預定起飛前兩個小時到達機場。

注意:

a. before或after均可作連接詞或介詞, 在其所引導的副詞子句或介詞片語之前, 可置表一段時間的名詞, 表『在……之前/後……(時間) 』。

例:Two years after the couple got married, they got divorced.

　 (那對夫妻結婚後兩年就離婚了。)

　 Just one year before graduating, Steve started his own
　 company.

　 (畢業前一年，史蒂夫便自行創業了。)

b. 在before或after引導的副詞子句或介詞片語之前, 亦可置副詞shortly、immediately、long等字, 表『在……之前/後不久/很久』。

例:Shortly before Dan arrived, everyone left.

　 (在丹到達前不久每個人就都離開了。)

　 Long after we moved to Tokyo, we returned to our
　 hometown but couldn't find any of our friends.

　 (搬到東京好一陣子之後，我們回到家鄉去，但卻找不到任
　 何一位朋友了。)

On your way to the gate, don't pass up the chance to buy something at the duty-free shop.

在你往登機門的途中，別錯過了在免稅商店買東西的機會。

注意:

on one's way to + 地方名詞 (如: school、train station等)

on one's way + 地方副詞 (如: home、here、there、downtown等)

上列兩種句型均表『某人往某地的途中』; 在on one's way後接的若是school、train station等地方名詞時, 則此地方名詞前要置介詞to; 若接的是home、here、there、downtown (市中心) 等地方副詞時, 則不可再用介詞to。

例: On my way to the office, I met the boss, who was also late.

　 (我在上班的途中遇見了也同樣遲到的老闆。)

　 On his way home, Billy stopped at the coffee shop for a
　 while.

　 (比利在回家途中到咖啡廳待了一陣子。)

比較:

　 stand in one's way　　擋了某人的路; 妨礙某人

例: When I took the picture, somebody stood in my way.

　 (我拍照時，有人擋到了我。)

The key is to give yourself plenty of time and everything should run as smooth as clockwork.

其中的要訣就是給自己充分的時間, 這樣事事就會非常順利。

plenty of + 不可數名詞/複數可數名詞　
很多/充分/豐富的……　

注意:

plenty of表『很多/充分/豐富的』之意, 之後可接不可數名詞或複數可數名詞作受詞。

例: The poor man has plenty of work but very little pay.

　 (那個窮人工作做不少，但薪資卻很少。)

　 There are plenty of apples on my apple tree.

　 (我的蘋果樹上結了很多蘋果。)