时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:商务礼节美语


英语课

  Chris告诉同事Jason, 准备买辆新车。

Jason: Hey there Chris, what are you up to?

Chris: I'm just poring 1 over some brochures about various car models.

J: Oh, so you're thinking about buying a new car?

C: Yeah, it looks that way. My wife has been bugging 3 me about it. I thought we could probably survive without one, but with a baby on the way, maybe it is time to get a car.

J: So this would be your first automobile 4?

C: That's right. For quite a few years, I rode a bicycle to work. Then I got a motorbike.

Chris太太怀孕,所以不得不考虑买车。Chris说,my wife has been bugging me about it. 意思是我太太一直在软磨硬泡要说服我,to bug 2 someone是没完没了烦某人的意思,比如说,Stop bugging me. 意思就是别烦我了。这是Chris的第一辆车,他以前都是骑自行车或是骑摩托车上班,但现在 with a baby on the way 眼看就要有孩子了,所以只好考虑买车。Jason表示理解。

J: Yeah, I think I can understand your wife's position. Asking her to ride on a motorcycle when she's pregnant 5 is a tall order.

C: Oh...I don't let her ride with me. It's just too dangerous. She takes the bus to work, but it is sometimes difficult to get a seat and it's crowded and hot.

J: So it's time to buy your very first car! Wow, that's exciting!

C: Yes, but it's also a pretty big financial responsibility.

J: Yeah. I still remember my first car. It was an old clunker that my dad gave me when I turned 17. I drove it around for a couple of years until I scraped together enough money to buy a better secondhand car.

Jason说,让太太挺着大肚子坐Chris的摩托车确实有点强人所难,It's a tall order. tall order 意思是很难完成的任务或要求。Christ解释说,其实太太不坐他的摩托车上班,但是挤公交车也很辛苦,所以才必须买车。Jason说,他的第一辆车是 17岁过生日时老爸送的,It was an old clunker. clunker is spelled c-l-u-n-k-e-r, clunker, clunker 是老破车的意思,开了几年后,攒够了钱才自己买了辆稍微像点儿样的 secondhand car 二手车。Chris 说,

C: I'm having a hard time deciding which model is best for us.

J: Yeah, it is a tough call. Each one has its pros 6 and cons 7. Are you looking for a sedan?

C: Yes, I'd like a Jeep, but my wife says we have to get a comfortable sedan for long drives home to see her relatives.

J: I'd advise you to listen to your wife. She will be sitting in the back taking care of the kids so whatever she prefers is probably the best choice.

Chris说,拿不定主意应该买什么型号的车。Jason承认,It's a tough call. tough call意思是很难做的决定。他还说,不同型号的车有各自的优缺点,pros and cons 是指一件事情的正反面,pros 是优点,正面的,cons 是缺点,负面的。Chris想买吉普车Jeep,但他太太坚持要买轿车sedan, 因为sedan开长途坐着更舒服些。买车还要考虑其他哪些因素呢?我们下次继续听。



细看(pore的现在分词形式)
  • He spent hours poring over the statistics. 他花了数小时钻研这些统计数据。
  • To plan, we spend several poring over the travel brochures. 为了做好计划,我们花了好几个夜晚来研究旅游手册。
n.虫子;故障;窃听器;vt.纠缠;装窃听器
  • There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
  • The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。
[法] 窃听
  • Okay, then let's get the show on the road and I'll stop bugging you. 好,那么让我们开始动起来,我将不再惹你生气。 来自辞典例句
  • Go fly a kite and stop bugging me. 走开,别烦我。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语
n.汽车,机动车
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
adj.怀孕的,怀胎的
  • She is a pregnant woman.她是一名孕妇。
  • She is pregnant with her first child.她怀了第一胎。
abbr.prosecuting 起诉;prosecutor 起诉人;professionals 自由职业者;proscenium (舞台)前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 );赞成的理由;抵偿物;交换物
  • The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前,应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.欺骗,骗局( con的名词复数 )v.诈骗,哄骗( con的第三人称单数 )
  • The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前,应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
a jack of all trades
abdominal sursery
accidentally convergent
APAD
artificial withering
ascoli
Atislav
backcourt
barlach
base run behavior
bitter pignut
black box approach
bronchitises
by chute
canvass for
commutating machine
complex velocity function
dahlkemper
dither
dodrat
double self fleeting type capstan
east african development bank
elctro-dialysis
Emtsé
eyring
false egg
Fati, L.
frictional characteristics of lubricants
gazehounds
Gbatosso
gorgonised
groveler
He is no lawyer.
Helotium
hydrophobization
ice cream cone
important-looking
in the following
inhomogeneous plane wave
irreular
isolative
Kafr Shibīn
Kiyāt
KTV girls
kushitani
loading ports
main raw materials
makler
Manx cat
melusine finish
Midland County
miraculousness
mohs'scale of hardness
more than the sum of
mutawakil
not forbidden by law
oblique case
oil string casing
olfactory system
Opponent-colors theory
Pellaro
piss-elegance
pluripara
pohutukawas
precipitation index
principal indication
Pym, John
pyrotags
quasi-particle number operator
quinoplasmine
railmotor
raw red fox skin
realia
resediments
respidering
resurrected erosion surface
rigid caster
roquefort
sado-fascist
San Remo
sauroid cells
semi-Thue system
Shahjahanpur
shipboard instrument
shops
soaplessness
Sorokin, Pitirim Alexandrovitch
Sosa, Cerro
spermospora taiwanensis
start-stop network
super search mode
supraorbitally
teloi
tenter drying
teratogenic effect
tricyclopentadienyl-methoxyuranium
triptraps
triquark
typical profile
vaidyas
variable end point
water sample bottle