美国文化脱口秀 第341期:各大汽车品牌英语怎么说?
时间：2019-02-22 作者：英语课 分类：美国文化脱口秀
英语课
你开车吗？你开什么车？今天，我们说说实用的汽车英语，从车型到品牌，所有你需要的全都有！
关键词：
美国车展
Car show/car exhibition: 车展
Show girls: 秀场女生
Hot chicks, sexy girls: 辣妹
注意，英语形容人很辣，不能用 “spicy 1”；而是用"hot"
Spicy只用来形容食物
Ok, 说回重点: 车
考驾照、拍车牌
Take the driver's license 2 test: 考驾照
License plate: 牌照
Bid for license plates: 拍牌照
Written test: 笔试
Road test: 路考
The last time I drove was for my driver's license test, and then I never drove again: 我最后一次开车就是考驾照那次，之后再也没开过
Reckless driver: 马路杀手、鲁莽驾驶的人
I don't trust myself behind the steering 3 wheel: 我不相信自己的驾驶技术
Steering wheel: 方向盘
各大汽车品牌英语怎么说?
你开手动挡还是自动挡？
Manual: 手动挡
Automatic: 自动挡
“手动挡”还有几个更口语的说法：
I drive stick, I drive clutch: 我开手动挡
Stick: 棍子
Clutch: 离合器
Most Americans drive automatic now. It's impressive when an American can drive stick: 大多数美国人现在都开自排挡，会开手排挡很有本事
But if you have a fast car with a big engine that's an automatic, people will think you're a wimp 4: 但是如果你开了一辆速度快、引擎大的车，却是自动挡，那别人会觉得你很没用
If you're going to drive a race car, it has to be stick/clutch: 你如果想开赛车、跑车，一定得开手动档
美国人不问“排气量”， 问“马力”
Emission 5: 排气量
Horsepower:马力
Torque: 转矩
We don't really ask "what's your car emission": 我们不太问“你的车排气量多少”？
We ask what's the horsepower? 我们会问你的车马力多少？
不同的车型
Sedan: 四门
Coupe: 两门
Hatchback: 没后备箱
Trunk: 后备箱
British like to say “boot”: 英式英语里叫 “boot”
SUV: Sports Utility Vehicle
4-wheel drive: 四轮驱动
All-wheel drive: 全轮驱动
欧系车
I used to love cars as a kid：我小时候特别爱车
Porsche: 保时捷
BMW: 宝马，美国人给它起了个小名：“bimmer”
Mercedes Benz：奔驰，有些美国人习惯叫它Mercedes, 有些习惯叫Benz
Volkswagen, VW,“buggy”: 大众
Jaguar 6: 捷豹，这个词的发音要突出最后那个儿化音
Snobby 7 people drive Jaguars 8: 高冷的人会开捷豹
Aston Martin
美系车
GM （General Motors): 通用
Chevrolet: 雪佛莱, 但是美国人口语中都说Chevy；注意Ch是发sh的音
Pickup 9 truck: 皮卡
Riding in the back of a pickup is fun on a summer day: 夏天坐在皮卡后面很带劲儿
Pick up trucks are super popular in America. It's seen as a man's car: 皮卡在美国超受欢迎，被看作是男人的象征
Ford 10: 福特
Mustang: 野马
Camaro: 大黄蜂
Cadillac: 凯迪拉克
Luxury, high-endcar: 高级车
Compact car: 紧凑型车
Economy car: 经济型车
Electric car: 电动车
Hybrid 11: 混合动力
Tesla: 特斯拉
Tesla recently announced more affordable 12 model: 特斯拉最近也宣布推出了更便宜的车型
加油
Gas, short for gasoline: 汽油
Natural gas: 煤气
I need to go to the gas station: 我要去加油站
I need gas: 我要加油
Diesel 13: 柴油
Seat belt, safety belt: 保险带，安全带
Buckle 14 up! Fasten your seat belt: 系保险带
Drive safely: 安全驾驶
Don't drink and drive: 不要酒驾
adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的
- The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
- Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。
n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许
- 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。
n.操舵装置
- He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
- Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵，口吻也马上变得温和了。
n.无用的人
- The more she called her husband a wimp,the more timid he became.她越叫她先生懦夫，他就越胆小怯懦。
- I hate those who get on their high horses in front of wimps.我最恨那些在弱者面前盛气凌人的人。
n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发
- Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
- Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。
n.美洲虎
- He was green with envy when he saw my new Jaguar car.看见我那辆美洲虎牌新车，他非常妒忌。
- Should you meet a jaguar in the jungle,just turn slowly,walk away.But slowly,never look back.你在丛林中若碰上美洲虎，就慢慢转身走开，可一定要慢，切莫回头看。
a.虚荣的
- Can I really tell my snobby friends that I now shop at-egads-Walmart? 天呐，我真得好意思告诉那帮势利的朋友们我在沃尔玛买东西？
n.（中、南美洲的）美洲虎( jaguar的名词复数 )
- Jaguars are largely nocturnal creatures. 美洲虎基本上是夜行动物。 来自辞典例句
- Jaguars (Panthera onca) once ranged from southern South America to theUnited States. 美洲虎曾经分布在北美洲南部和美洲南部。 来自互联网
n.拾起，获得
- I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。
n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
n.(动，植）杂种，混合物
- That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
- The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的
- The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
- There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
n.柴油发动机，内燃机
- We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
- My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。