时间:2018-12-12 作者:英语课 分类:情景英语口语100主题


英语课

16 household appliances

words
gadget 1 device music centre speaker tv set dvd player microwave iron switch socket 2 battery
plug in / out extensive lead wire electric toothbrush electric shaver sewing machine hair drier vacuum cleaner fan press run on (batteries) break function telephone button repair fix
phrases
stop working
keep breaking (down)
make a noise
(not) work properly
Something wrong with(it)
Out of order

Beginner
A: good morning. I understand that you’ve got a problem with your washing machine. I’m from the repair company.
B: excellent. Come in please. The washing machine is in the bathroom upstairs. It keeps breaking down.
A; when did it first break down?
A: about ten days ago. I’ve tried to use it since then. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. it’s very frustrating 3.
B: is it still under warranty 4. If it is and I can’t fix it, it would be quicker and easier to exchange it for a new one.
A: yes, it’s still under warranty. Over the last few weeks, it’s also been making a high-pitch noise when it’s in use.
a: ok. I’ll start by looking at the motor. I’ll just unplug it and take a look inside the machine…..oh, yes. There’s the problem. It’s quite simple. I’ll sort it out in a few minutes.
b: what’s wrong with it?
A: part of the motor is loose. I can put it back in place quite easily.
B: that’s great. Thanks very much. Would you like a cup of tea or coffee?

Intermediate 5
A: so, you friend’s getting married on Saturday. What have you bought her as a wedding gift. I find is so hard to choose the right gift.
B: my friend and her fiancé had a really good idea. They have cut out pictures from catalogues and pasted them in a notebook. The picture are of things they want. People sign their name by the item they will buy.
A; that’s clever! Then everyone knows that they are buying something the couple really want and there’s no chance of two people buying the same gift. What things were in the notebook?
B: most of the things were household appliance. You know, everything from an iron through a vacuum cleaner to a cooker. I think it’s an excellent way for everyone who knows the couple to help them set up home.
A: so , what did you get them?
B: I bought a sewing machine. I know that my friend likes making her own clothes, but her current sewing machine is quite old and has some problems.
A: what’s wrong with is?
B: she says that after several years of use, it’s not working properly. When she uses it, it makes a funny noise.
A: household appliance don’t seem to last for a long time nowadays.
B: I think it’s because the manufactures are constantly bringing out new models. Because they know that we will buy the new models, the appliances don’t need to last more than five or ten years at most



1 gadget
n.小巧的机械,精巧的装置,小玩意儿
  • This gadget isn't much good.这小机械没什么用处。
  • She has invented a nifty little gadget for undoing stubborn nuts and bolts.她发明了一种灵巧的小工具用来松开紧固的螺母和螺栓。
2 socket
n.窝,穴,孔,插座,插口
  • He put the electric plug into the socket.他把电插头插入插座。
  • The battery charger plugs into any mains socket.这个电池充电器可以插入任何类型的电源插座。
3 frustrating
adj.产生挫折的,使人沮丧的,令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
  • It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间,真令人懊恼。
  • It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 warranty
n.担保书,证书,保单
  • This warranty is good for one year after the date of the purchase of the product.本保证书自购置此产品之日起有效期为一年。
  • As your guarantor,we have signed a warranty to the bank.作为你们的担保人,我们已经向银行开出了担保书。
5 intermediate
adj.中间的,居间的,中级的;n.中间体,媒介物
  • This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
  • Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。
学英语单词
a farming manure
alcohol test
allele replacement
amine oxidase
Amitostigma papilionaceum
armament error
armies of the righteous
assimilatory coefficient
auditiory meatus
avowableness
bacalao
bank holidays
bianch
Big E
brackish water aquaculture
bromidic
clubfooted
coagulase factor
colo(u)r distortion
commander receiver remote control
corn factor
current saturation
direct fuel cells
driver sweep
enfrain
expositress
fee for survey
fore and aft force
frequency-doubled
glucoraphanin
got the hook
gouaches
governessies
hallamshire
hardening of radiation
Hawaii Standard Time
heat capacitivity
hungry as a hunter
hyena
hyperrealistic
imaginary quadric hypersurface
imboiling
interrupt level examination
kautzer
knuckle-walking
kwick
leak impedance
leavening
Menkalian
micro emulsion
misophonia
monopteroi
multilevel three term control
multivalued relation
NFM (Neutrino Flux Monitoring)
non-liquid asset
nonphysicist
organooxygen
paper insulated underground cable
parietal hernia
parmiters
pilot alarm
pipe steel
pledget
polar coordinates system
preteen
pseudo-circle
quality of river water
refinanced
regimentals
reserve share capital
reverse bending
rhea
second-price auction
shunt wound motor
siliceous refractory material
small toadflax
smoky treats
special occasion
sponge forceps
STB, S.T.B.
steel head
subscleral sclerectomy
sweeteria
tally clerks
tayloria kwangsiensis reim.
the streets are paved with gold
time-on-task
tip blight canker
tipmost
Torto, Fiume
toxophilite
traveling counting glass
tuberculous bronchiectasis
Tuditanus
unfarming
upper limit event
vision optical system
Woonyoungia septentrionalis
xxiv
Zavadovskiy Canyon