时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

   New Zealand will change the law to make it compulsory 1 for children up to the age of 7 to sit in a booster seat in a car. At the moment, the law says it is compulsory for children up to the age of 5.


  Doctors at Starship hospital, which is the Auckland children’s hospital, say that adult seat belts are not right for children. If a young child is not in a booster seat, the seat belt can cause serious injuries to the head, neck, spine 2 or stomach.
  The law requires young children to stay in a child seat until the age of 4 or 14kg. It has to be attached to the seat, usually by a bolt behind the back seat. It has a harness over each shoulder, a strap 3 between the legs and around the waist, and a buckle 4 in front which the child cannot undo 5. After the age of 4, they can use a booster seat.
  Doctors and Plunket believe that children are safer in a booster seat until they are 148cm tall and for many children, this is between the age of 9 and 12.
  A booster seat is much cheaper than a child’s car seat and it is easy to take in and out of the car. However, it takes up space on the back seat of the car and this can be a problem for big families.
  Vocabulary
  up to the age of 7 – before they are 7
  boost (v) – increase; booster (adj, n) a booster seat increases the child’s height on the seat
  compulsory (adj) – you must do this (opposite: optional)
  spine (n)– back bone
  requires (v) – says you must do this
  harness (n) – straps 6 over the shoulders and buckled 7 around the waist
  undo (v) – open (opposite: do up)
  Question
  Do you know what the child car seat law is in your country?
  Why does the law give a weight or age instead of a height? Is this sensible?

n.强制的,必修的;规定的,义务的
  • Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗?
  • Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊
  • He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
  • His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。
n.皮带,带子;v.用带扣住,束牢;用绷带包扎
  • She held onto a strap to steady herself.她抓住拉手吊带以便站稳。
  • The nurse will strap up your wound.护士会绑扎你的伤口。
n.扣子,带扣;v.把...扣住,由于压力而弯曲
  • The two ends buckle at the back.带子两端在背后扣起来。
  • She found it hard to buckle down.她很难专心做一件事情。
vt.解开,松开;取消,撤销
  • His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
  • I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。
n.带子( strap的名词复数 );挎带;肩带;背带v.用皮带捆扎( strap的第三人称单数 );用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带
  • the shoulder straps of her dress 她连衣裙上的肩带
  • The straps can be adjusted to suit the wearer. 这些背带可进行调整以适合使用者。
a. 有带扣的
  • She buckled her belt. 她扣上了腰带。
  • The accident buckled the wheel of my bicycle. 我自行车的轮子在事故中弄弯了。
学英语单词
AAGUS
advauncing
agenthood
antitraditionalism
apomixes
bartang r.
Beijing Geodetic Coordinate System 1954
biologic energy
blocked operation
BOL (beginning of life)
broadcast home
bunk covers
cesar chavezs
chronotron
Coast is clear
coilingly
crankum
CRW
cut-off valve
defence spending
detective time constant
dilacerating
dragon piece
Dueodde
ECLA
electriclpower station
elstein
equulites absconditus
etherising
Eurosam
external hemorrhoid
ferte
fish strainer
fishing bank
fore line
forward lead of the brushes
funds for fisheries
Greenwich mean noon
helping-hand phenomenon
Holtwood
homotaxia
hot and hot
how are you fixed for sth?
ingan
initial orders
integrated camera
interior escape stair
isolated phase bus bar
isolated sign
Jovian magnetopause
klammers
La Gloria
Latimeridae
leprosied
leukorrheal diseases
liriodendra
Lithcarb atmosphere
logging depot
love-egg
mariner project
Minalpha
mother wart
Mountain Lakes
NOC (network operation center)
nondimensional
number of magnetic flux inter linkage
oilnut
optical shutter
papaveraceous
Payong, Bukit
photoelectrical refrigeration
polyformate
prescribed value
pressure-main
printed substrate
psychiatric drugs
radioiodinated steroid
random schedule
red-lead putty
ridged beach plain
Rose-cold
semidarkened
silktails
single-particles
sound post
strobe memory
study-time
swastikas
tallow-tree
tallowing
the-writings
Tongoy
trans-regulator
trolley-jib tower crane
unmediatized
vitellogenins
water tight sluice door
welfare building
wet calender stack
window film
wine-based
working principle diagram