时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:Eztalk美语会话


英语课

Paul checks out the collectible area


Salesman:[Walking over] Do you like that vintage clock? It's almost fifty years old.

Paul:Really? It almost looks brand new. And the color designs are so retro.

Salesman:Well, in the fifties, that clock used to be inside a drive-in burger joint 1.

Paul:No way! My parents used to hang out at those places.

Salesman:This is one of my favorite items.

Paul:How did you get it?


collectible (n.)

= collectable (n.) 珍品(古董、搜藏等)。collectible area 旧品的区域

I can sell you my collectible baseball cards.

我可以卖给你我收集的棒球卡。


vintage (a.)

古老的,陈旧的。

A: What do you do in your free time?

你空闲时都做些什么?

B: I collect vintage clocks.

我搜集古董钟。


retro (n.,a.)

复古的;复古的事物

A: What kind of music does the club play on Fridays?

这家俱乐部星期五晚上演奏哪种音乐?

B: Retro. And it's usually from the 80s.

复古的。而且通常都是八○年代的。


the fifties

五○年代

My dad grew up in the fifties.

我爸生长在五○年代。


drive-in burger joint (n.)

停车场餐厅,是一种五○年代常见的营业模式,客人购买食物后,就直接在店家的停车场食用。drive-through (a., n.) 免下车的,就是「得来速」;免下车餐厅、商店。burger joint 是「汉堡店」。joint是「场所,店」

Our parents used to eat at drive-in burger joints 2.

我父母常在停车场餐厅吃饭。


hang out

闲逛

We should hang out more often.

我们该常常一起出来玩。


item (n.)

对象,物品

Would you like to try on this item, miss?

小姐,您要试试这一件吗?


保罗在卖搜藏品的区域闲晃


售货员:(走上前)你喜欢那个古董钟吗﹖它已经快五十岁了。

保 罗:真的﹖看起来跟新的一样。而且这配色好复古。

售货员:呃,在五○年代,那个钟曾放在停车场汉堡店里。

保 罗:不会吧!我爸妈从前常在那种地方约会。

售货员:这是我最喜欢的搜藏品之一。

保 罗:你怎么取得的



1 joint
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
2 joints
接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语)
  • Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
  • Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。
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acorn watch
Aktiven
along back
alveolar hydatid disease
asbestos felt
balance reading
Basic People's Court
blank coil
bobsy-die
body-shop
Bragg-Pierce law
canty
cardionephric
chemy-stirrer
control effect
Currency Legal Revaluation
cyclette
Darvon-N
daughter of Mamus
day pusher
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dormigene
dust-cooled reactor
fagoting
Falkland Islands
Fontanar
free-standing surge tank
geo-economically
graph type
Guimaraesite
height micrometer
height-azimuth-range-position indicator (harpi)
hemorrhagic periostitis
heterergic
in one's shirtsleeves
incrossed
insert worksheet
iron something out
ketyls
lotless
make a killing
make no reference to
man facturer
many a long day
maritime law
measles prophylactic sera
meritocratically
mesothenar
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metallic arc system
move down
nebular line
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nisobamate
Nomarski microscope
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reencoding
RETC
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sagiest
scribbets
sentencious
sexual harassment
soap box
soika
solifluction tongue
stage fear
Statute(of the IAEA)
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stepped slit
stronger ammonium hydroxide solution
sucking port
surplus adjustments account
symphysanodon typus
tamarillo
temp folder
temporal relational algebra
tensioning bar
transient refrigeration load
unbeautiful
unbitter
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unrepaired damage
urethral obstruction
vortical field
VSS
wasteful
yellow-bellies