英语博客：ESL Podcast 826 – Shopping for a Used Car
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
英语课
Mario: Do you want to go with me to test drive a car I’m thinking of buying?
Danica: Sure. Which dealership 1 are we going to?
Mario: I’m not buying a used car from a dealership. I’m buying it from a private party. Dealerships rip you off.
Danica: Are you sure about that? My sister bought a certified 2 used car from a dealership and she even got a one-year warranty 3. She’s very happy with it.
Mario: Dealerships jack 4 up the price. Buying from a private party means getting a better deal.
Danica: If you say so. What kind of car is it, and how much is the owner asking for it?
Mario: It’s a McQ Racer and the owner is asking $12,000, $3,000 below blue book value.
Danica: That is a good price. In fact, that’s too good a price. Doesn’t that raise some red flags?
Mario: Like what?
Danica: Well, the car could be have been totaled and is now considered salvage 5. Its odometer could have been rolled back. It could have major mechanical problems...
Mario: You can be skeptical 6, but I’m not looking a gift horse in the mouth. If this guy wants to sell his car for much less than its value, who am I to ask questions?
Danica: You’ll do a title search and ask to see the pink slip before you buy it, right?
Mario: I think you’d better stay here. With you along, I see this great deal going up in smoke!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
n.商品特许经销处
- The car dealership has a large inventory of used cars. 这家汽车经销商拥有数量庞大的二手车。
- A key to this effort is the experience in the dealership. 达到这个成果的关键是销售的体验。
a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的
- Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
- The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。
n.担保书，证书，保单
- This warranty is good for one year after the date of the purchase of the product.本保证书自购置此产品之日起有效期为一年。
- As your guarantor,we have signed a warranty to the bank.作为你们的担保人，我们已经向银行开出了担保书。
n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救
- All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
- The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。