听见英国 UNIT 4 LISTENING 1 Renting a Car 租车
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：2008年ESL之商务英语
UNIT 4 Leisure and Activities 休闲活动
LISTENING 1 Renting a Car 租车
Vocabulary
接下来听到的对话中，用到了1~5 所列出的单字和片语，请从（A）~（F）中选出一个意思最接近的选项。
1. third party (A) gasoline (American English)
2. theft (B) driver’s license 1 (American English)
3. petrol (C) periodic premium 2 paid for coverage 3
4. purchase (D) others
5. driving licence (E) the act or an instance of stealing
(F) to buy
Listening Warm-Up
请根据对话内容回答问题。
Q: What did the customer buy while renting a car?
A: ________________________
Task 1
在对话中谈到了下面七个主题，请按照提到的先后顺序加以编号。
_____petrol
_____age
_____the date and time to return the car
_____driving licence
_____ the date that the customer would like to rent a car
_____ the type of the car the customer would like to rent
_____ the price
Task 2
请根据对话内容，判断下面句子是否正确，如果符合对话内容，请在T（true）做记号，如果不符合，请在F（false）做记号。
1. The customer would like to rent a manual car. （T）（F）
2. The customer needs a car for three days from Thursday. （T）（F）
3. In the total price, VAT 4 is included. （T）（F）
4. The type of the customer’s driving licence is over 25. （T）（F）
5. The car must be returned before 8 pm. （T）（F）
Task 3
请再听一次对话，然后完成下表中草药有颜色的空格。其中有几格已经写上了两个答案，请从其中选出正确的答案。
National Car Rental 5 Booking Sheet
The day to be picked up
19th/21st
Type of car
Toyota/Astra
Price per day
Total price with VAT
What is covered: 1.
2.
Third party insurance
3.
4.
5.
Petrol scheme (￡35.73)
Need/Not needed
Type of the driving licence
Over 25 years old ?
Yes/No
The method of payment
Tea Time
VAT是加值税（Value-added tax）的缩写，英国的加值税是17.5%，税率相当高，不过食品和小孩子的衣物是免税的。
台湾的车多半是自排，但是英国却以手排车占多数，所以如果想要和租自排车，最好至少提前一周预约。
在美语中license名词和动词的拼法是一样的，但是英式英语中的licence 是名词，动词用license。
- The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
- The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
- You have to pay a premium for express delivery.寄快递你得付额外费用。
- Fresh water was at a premium after the reservoir was contaminated.在水库被污染之后，清水便因稀而贵了。
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
- The office is asking for the vat papers.办事处要有关增值税的文件。
- His father emptied sacks of stale rye bread into the vat.他父亲把一袋袋发霉的黑面包倒进大桶里。
- The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
- We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。