时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之旅行交通购物


英语课

 


Poor Road Conditions 


Alice: I’m really glad I let you talk me into going for a bike ride. It’s been years since I’ve been on a bicycle. 


Sam: This is the only way to travel. You get to really see the scenery and enjoy the fresh air. 


Alice: Hey, watch out! You almost dropped into that huge pothole 1. This asphalt is cracked and the road is all bumpy 2


Sam: Thanks for the warning. Yeah, this asphalt really needs to be repaired. I’d ride on the gravel 3 path instead, but it’s full of ruts. Oh, slow down! There’s a big dip ahead. 


Alice: Whoa! I didn’t see that coming. I almost lost control on that slippery section of road. Sorry, I nearly swerved 4 into you. Are you okay? 


Sam: Yeah, I’m fine. When I suggested this route, I was sure it would be an easy ride since it’s paved all the way. I didn’t bargain for these lousy road conditions. 


Alice: We’ll just have to keep our eyes open and be thankful for these crash helmets! 


Sam: You won’t blame me if you go flying, will you? 


Alice: Not if you break my fall. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 pothole
n.坑,穴
  • As the car sped over a pothole she lurched forward.车子飞驶过一个坑洼时,她身子猛地向前一倾。
  • The young teacher knows every pothole in the 10-minute ride to school.这位年轻的老师熟悉这条往学校的10分钟路上的每一个坑洞。
2 bumpy
adj.颠簸不平的,崎岖的
  • I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
  • The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄,成了一条崎岖不平的小径。
3 gravel
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
  • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
  • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
4 swerved
v.(使)改变方向,改变目的( swerve的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She swerved sharply to avoid a cyclist. 她猛地急转弯,以躲开一个骑自行车的人。
  • The driver has swerved on a sudden to avoid a file of geese. 为了躲避一队鹅,司机突然来个急转弯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
ABSCT
abstract algebraic variety
accomodation deck
acephalite
actino-bacillosis
adreno-cortical
application heap
aromatic polybenzoxazole fibre
Arthus phenomenon
atsrs
battle short
belking
Bennebroek
break-times
cable tensioner
cardinal nephew
centival
cgils
Chaganuzun
Chuck-will's
Cirsium shansiense
computerized seat reservation service
conjugate locus
constant field commutator motor
continuous battery still
coprophils
deport oneself
dinter
disc finishing machine
double antibody method
Dragesti
e-strategists
electrocardiophonography
endeiolite
equity method of valuation
flattening index
forced-draft blower
formaldehyde casein
frei
full power ahead
genus Dacrymyces
germanium halides
Gidle
half elliptic spring
hardening depth
hydro-desulfurization
input mdedia device
interrupt address register
Jacobi series
janicek
knocknobbler
kyocera
leg-mounted pneumatic rock drill
Lindesay, Mt.
megafestival
MLE (maximum likelihood estimate)
mustin
no-clean flux
noise simulator
nongraphics
pancratic system
pluggable unit
presid
priceproof
principal note
proditious
propeller scoop
protective trip function
Pānskura
record of formal schooling
Reporting Dealer
rideograph
routinal
scenarize
seating of engine
sectional dimension
see above
selenate radical
semi-gas
six-cylinder
solennial
sprucify
structural color
structural lumber
sturnus
sublacustrine channel
sweep-up
swuch
tandjung
tax write-off
technology-heavy
tetradecyl acetate
therapeutic equipments
three-dimensional projector
through-gird
Thu Duc
us formula
whistle-blower
who you are
wooden wedge
Zalivino
Złochowice