时间:2019-03-18 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄旅游观光英语通


英语课

   Stopping for Gas


  停车加油
  Kathy and Evan finish their picture taking and continue driving.
  凯西和艾凡拍完照后继续开车。
  E:Uh-oh. My gas gauge 1 is way down. I'd better stop someplace for gas.
  艾 凡:糟了。车子油表指针降到底了。我最好找个地方停车加油。
  K:There's always a gas station or two at every exit of a highway. Just take the next exit.
  凯 西:高速公路的每个出口都有一、两个加油站。就在下个出口下去吧。
  E:As luck would have it, there's an exit right here. You're right. There's the sign for gas. I'll get off here.
  艾 凡:运气真好,这里刚好就有一个出口。你说得没错。那里有个加油的告示牌。我就在这里下去了。
  (Evan drives off the ramp 2 and along the road to the nearest gas station. An attendant 3 comes out to their car.)
  (艾凡开车下了匝道,沿路开到最近的加油站。一名加油站服务人员从里面走出来,来到他们的车前。)
  E:Good morning. Er, do you speak English?
  艾 凡:早安。呃,你会讲英文吗?
  A:Some. Not too good. Can I help you?
  服务员:会一点儿。但不太好。需要我为你效劳吗?
  E:Yes, would you please fill 'er up?
  艾 凡:是的,麻烦你加满好吗?
  A:I'm sorry?
  服务员:对不起,你说什么?
  E:Uh, I'd like some gas. As much as you can.
  艾 凡:嗯,我想加汽油。加越多越好。
  A:Oh! I see. Just a minute. (She fills the tank.)
  服务员:噢!我知道了。请等一下。(她把油箱加满。)
  E:Thank you. Do you take credit cards?
  艾 凡:谢谢。你们这里接受信用卡付费吗?
  A:Sorry?
  服务员:对不起,你说什么?
  E:(showing her a credit card) Do you take these?
  艾 凡:(拿一张信用卡给她看)你们接受这种吗?
  A:Ya! Visa! Just a minute.
  服务员:啊!Visa卡!请稍等一下。
  E:(to Kathy) I guess credit cards are the international language!
  艾 凡:(对着凯西)我想信用卡是国际语言!
  单词短语精讲:
  1. gas gauge 油表
  =gasoline rare
  2. As luck would have it
  事有凑巧/幸运的是
  不巧的是/不幸的是
  例:It started to rain while we were hiking,but as luck would have it we found a small but to keep dry in
  (我们在徒步旅行时开始下雨,但很巧的是,我们发现一间小木屋
  避雨。)
  3. ramp 坡道,斜坡
  例:While driving u}, the name, onto the highway,Mr-. Chen put on his safety belt.
  (陈先生开车上高速公路斜坡时系上厂安全带。)
  4. Yes would you please fill' er up?
  是的,麻烦你把油箱加满好吗?

v.精确计量;估计;n.标准度量;计量器
  • Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗?
  • It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。
n.暴怒,斜坡,坡道;vi.作恐吓姿势,暴怒,加速;vt.加速
  • That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
  • The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。
n.随从,跟班,出席者,服务员;adj.伴随的,出席的,注意的,在场的
  • She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.服务员进来,打断了她的话。
  • We met the officer attendant on the general.我们见到了随从将军的副官。
学英语单词
a splash screen
activated carbide
aerotron
aircraft loading table
Allah
an account payable
anchor position
angular-speed transducer
asymmetric channel
bend(ing)
bird's-eye bush
blocked level
bolero sweater
booklet of authorised signatures
bring something on
budget allotment
bus-ring
calyptrolith
Charenton-le-Pont
chicles
compilation object process
consensus conference
corrumped
Corydalis yanhusuo poisoning
crayues
crosspartition
Date of Issue of Bill of Lading
DDS (digital display scope)
debyeogram
DRP - disaster recovery plan
ears burning
family calliphoridaes
flood event
foreced collection
gas bending stress
gikongoro
gluten casein
homosexualise
houde
husche
initial special depreciation
jet-pierce machine
kw.
lowest level of the local people's procurate
lympho-epithelial tissue
main feed pump
makovickyite
market selection decision
maspeth
mesa surface laser
method of direction finding
mingle in
molybdenum sulfide base lubricant
monologuing
multishop
nuclear laser
nuclear-powered rocket
octopyranose
oculodentodigital
oil pump suction pipe gasket
OLCI
over-borrow
paper bag lady
parrhesia
pathing
pletour
pollen asthma
polymorphic neuron
preplasticizing
program control form
property damage liability insurance
protective order
Psa.
pyostacin(e)
quadratic differential form
sanssoucis
Scirpus rosthornii
sent away
sequestered tissue
Ship's Owner's Mutual Insurance Association
slewing boom
sloth-cloth
soil testing and fertilizer recommendation
strip sight glass
swash plate pump
target span
tectonic grain
temporary shelter
trielene
turbine coastdown
ukmo
ultraviolet illumination
under probation
vladek
water spray mist
wet the bed
wheatworms
woopie
ygo
Yononin
zoophagy