时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


School Fundraisers 


Valerie: What’s this? 


A.J.: It’s a note from Rachel’s school. It’s about the next fundraiser. 


Valerie: Oh no, not another one. What is it this time – a raffle 1, car wash, or spaghetti dinner? 


A.J.: It’s none of those things. It’s a combination bake sale and craft sale. Parents are supposed to donate baked goods and handmade items. 


Valerie: This is crazy. Every month there’s something else. Last month, it was a candy sale. I had to hit up everybody at work, and that’s on the tail of raffle tickets the month before. It’s like this every year. 


A.J.: I know, we already donated a lot of things to the rummage 2 sale last semester and gift certificates for the silent auction 3 two months ago. With two kids in two different schools, I feel like we never get a breather. 


Valerie: I know and there’s more. Brian’s school is asking parents to buy a brick that will be part of a new school building and our names will be engraved 4 on it. 


A.J.: You’re kidding, right? One more fundraiser and my name will get engraved, all right – on my tombstone! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 raffle
n.废物,垃圾,抽奖售卖;v.以抽彩出售
  • The money was raised by the sale of raffle tickets.这笔款子是通过出售购物彩券筹集的。
  • He won a car in the raffle.他在兑奖售物活动中赢得了一辆汽车。
2 rummage
v./n.翻寻,仔细检查
  • He had a good rummage inside the sofa.他把沙发内部彻底搜寻了一翻。
  • The old lady began to rummage in her pocket for her spectacles.老太太开始在口袋里摸索,找她的眼镜。
3 auction
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
4 engraved
v.在(硬物)上雕刻(字,画等)( engrave的过去式和过去分词 );将某事物深深印在(记忆或头脑中)
  • The silver cup was engraved with his name. 银杯上刻有他的名字。
  • It was prettily engraved with flowers on the back. 此件雕刻精美,背面有花饰图案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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Accevo
acid proof spirit varnish
ad hominem
amphiprion polymnus
anchovy pear trees
Annaple
auto da fe
automatic blood cell differential counter
bad beats
baggage policy
Ben Hogan
block seizing
bridge-wing
camphomycin
cannikin
car switch automatic floor stop operation
car washer
cartwhips
claims set-off
Clesidren
cold and freezing area
coniglobus melleus
current rose
datum(pl.data)
Degkwitz's serum
dorgans
dorso-abdominal sulcus
dosage meter
dreve
East Butt-fuck
electronic ballast
erodium moschatums
ethyl methyl phenylglycidate
expected energy not supplied
foreign franchised representative
frings
garden burnet
Garlock oil seal
genus mniums
guide bowl
haab-dimmer(syndrome)
happens to
hard elastic region
hardware support device
heave-hoing
heisman trophy
hirne
hundred years'war
Hyland R.
hyphen-s
induced cardiac arrest
infinite set
inlet design
intrapolation
Khufu
limited combustible cable
mannocks
mano blanca
medium-ring compounds
monty
most-significant
multiplex nevus
multistrand continuous pickle line
nasopharyngeal defence
overpromoted
phihisiologia
phosphatidosis
Pirani lamp
Planadalin
polar fusion nucleus
proletarianize
reaccede
revolving radio beacon
Riederich
runoff weld tab
sensotec
setting device
shell(-type)boiler
spatterer
stearic anhydride
stern bossing
stichobasidium
tantoniobate
testing ship
thermoset extrusion
to trump
toothbrush holder
transportation audit bureau
trivially true conditional
tunnel stove
turbining
unobeisance
vena cervicalis profunda
vibration measuring equipment
vishnevites
visual light curve
waste-yard
wdas
Wolvega
wooch
zero momentum system
zeuxis crematus