时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之旅行交通购物


英语课

 


Dealing 1 with a Mass Transit 2 Strike 


Marge: Where have you been? You should have been home over two hours ago! 


Homer: I’ve been trying to get home. Haven’t you been watching the news? The transportation workers union has voted to strike. There was a mass walkout at 4:30 p.m. today. 


Marge: You’re kidding! I didn’t know anything about it. They walked off the job right before the afternoon commute 3


Homer: Yeah, I think it was calculated to make the biggest impact so that the powers that be will sit up and take notice. 


Marge: You mean the walkout has halted services on all public transportation – all buses, trains, and subways? 


Homer: Yes, that’s right. Everything is at a standstill. There are a lot of disgruntled commuters out there. 


Marge: When will services be restored? 


Homer: I have no idea. I imagine things won’t get back to normal before tomorrow morning’s commute. 


Marge: So what are you going to do? 


Homer: I might have to stay home from work. I’m stranded 4 with no mass transit services. 


Marge: Oh, that’s a shame. 


Homer: Isn’t it, though? 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
2 transit
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过
  • His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
  • The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
3 commute
vi.乘车上下班;vt.减(刑);折合;n.上下班交通
  • I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
  • Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
4 stranded
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
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a nice bit of money
ADPRT
adumbratively
agricultural ecoengineering
anierior pillar of fauces
apron papa
arc spectrum analysis
areolar pore
armoring wire
asadabads
ascend the throne
berlind
blue-greiest
bronowskis
chelidonichthys kumu
chief rabbis
class of service
computational statement
constituters
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current margin control
cushioned berth
day girl
dextroclination
digital ready
distribution costs
draught excluders
draw a lesson
ducted flow
duplicate error message
Duqi Wan
dye exclusion test
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erroneous digit
expanding square search
faim
four-square test
free-swinging pendulum
full vision dial
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Hogg, Helen S.
impostory
indirect utility
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internal link flag
irrigation net
kakocracy
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keep under someone's feet
liftout
like a headless chicken
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megabit store
miolecithal ovum
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over-exertion
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positioning pin
processor data bus
pseudonoise code
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rakehells
rattrays
reindict
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sample coefficient
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secondary beta-ray
senile fibroelastosis
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small amplitude pulse polarography
sphenoethmoidal recess
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to take an examination
traction invertor
undertips
value-added rates
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whrite
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