时间:2018-12-12 作者:英语课 分类:华尔街基础英语


英语课

I’m standing 1 here at a petrol station on the main south coast road between Brighten 2 and Eastbourne in the County 3 of Sussex. It’s a very busy road; so many cars stop here to fill up with petrol. Let’s talk to a few of the customers. Let’s start off by talking to you, Sir. How much metering do you do a year? Not very much, just going to and from work. Do you have more than one car in you family? Yes my wife got a car as well, yes.
So do you find motoring expensive? I suppose it’s pretty expensive really. Yeah, but there again I again I suppose, if we went by train, you know, that’s probably a bit more actually. I would work out more.
Do you think that we ought to be encouraged to us public transport more? Oh, very much so, actually. Perhaps it makes it cheaper. Yeah, I’m very much in favor of subsidized public transport.
I mean I think really we will be better to keep cars off the road altogether. Thank you very much indeed. O, Thank you, Right.
And here’s the lady filling up her Nissan car. What do you like about this car? It’s easy to drive, and economical 4, easy to park because it’s small, and it got quite good.  
What about the driving on the road? What do you think the standard of drivers that you meet?
I actually only passed my text last Thursday, so I don’t really think …
Congratulations!
I don’t really think that I’m ready to criticize 5 other people yet.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, here’s a taxi driver, sir, you must do quite a lot of driving!
Yes, I do indeed.
How many miles do you reckon 6 you cover a week?
About seven…eight hundred miles.
What are the British drivers lie? Are we good drivers or bad drivers?
In a nutshell about 85% of them out here have got the IQ of a carrot and…
What can you say? I’ve come out here everyday and everyday somebody teaches me something else that they can so with a motor car that I wouldn’t have said it was possible.
Marvelous 7! Thank you very much!
You’re welcome.
Safe travelling to you!
Thank you! Bye-bye!



1 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
2 brighten
vt.使发亮,使开颜;vi.发光,发亮,生色
  • Brighten the kitchen by painting it yellow.给厨房涂上黄色,使它发亮。
  • She has brighten up my whole life.她给我的整个生活带来快乐。
3 county
n.县,郡
  • When the good news reached there,the whole county rejoiced.喜讯传到那里时,全县的人都欢欣鼓舞起来。
  • In that year county after county fell to the enemy.那一年一个又一个的县城沦入敌人手中。
4 economical
adj.节约的,节俭的;经济学的;经济上的
  • The state has paced the whole nation in the economical reform.这个州在经济改革中走在了全国的前列。
  • Coke is an economical fuel but it leaves a lot of ash.焦炭是一种很经济的燃料,可是燃烧后剩下很多灰。
5 criticize
vt.批评;批判,指责;评论,评价
  • Whenever you criticize him,he always has an excuse.你批评他,他总有说头儿。
  • You are free to criticize my work.你可以随意批评我的工作。
6 reckon
vt.计算,估计,认为;vi.计(算),判断,依靠
  • Don't reckon upon your relatives to help you out of trouble.不要指望你的亲戚会帮助你摆脱困境。
  • I reckon that he is rather too old to marry again.我认为他的年龄太大,不太适于再婚。
7 marvelous
adj.奇迹般的,惊人的,了不起的
  • It'seems to me a most marvelous book.这本书我觉得奥妙之至。
  • I congratulate you on this marvelous opportunity.恭喜你获得这样一个极好的机会。
学英语单词
action pattern
advocacy tank
albulid
anamorphotic attachment
antistreptolysin o
ASIM,A.S.I.M.
Astrida
backup governor
bakerly
ballet british colombia
belt-type exhauster
bernoulli's relations
biotinylated
BTTT
butadiene-styrene copolymer
call analyzer
capacitive two-terminal element
Chaldees
chathetometer
client isolation
comma shaped cuttings
contempt of legislature
convertile
Deep South
dressin
dsDNA
e-i pick off
Eppelborn
ethnise
ethyl triphenyl silicane
exofacial
forensic hematology
fossa interpeduncular
Guebers
hablots
hauter
height of baffle plate
holotrichia sauteri sauteri
hypofluorescence
impregnate with
insinuated
insular convolution
invitation and submission of tender
kaoliang oil
leglessly
limacella glioderma
local grid
lodgment
long-time fatigue strength
Loudia Ouolof
Medskog
micropluviometer
mileposting
millifarad
mimotope
mispractice
nacoma
neutron-irradiated bromobenzene
nitinols
octin
opinion poll
ordaining
orman
Orussidae
overelaborateness
overoxidations
p. and h.
parking and maintenance room in the bulldozer garage
passenger van
Patiala
picrotoxin
pins and needle
playing hardball
quarter-band filter
rachen
rated power of solar array
reflexa
roboticization
rotor forging
salesclerks
seagates
security breaches
seize with both hands
sharp ear hook
shawon
slowcoach
stress-rupture
sun-trap
synical
tag card reader
taking-up lever bush
the tragic
thread groove
tilia mofungensis chun et wong
typhoid spine
ultrafashiinable
ur(in)ometer
vapor hood
wo'n't
work anchor
yeley