时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


School Fundraisers 


Valerie: What’s this? 


A.J.: It’s a note from Rachel’s school. It’s about the next fundraiser. 


Valerie: Oh no, not another one. What is it this time – a raffle 1, car wash, or spaghetti dinner? 


A.J.: It’s none of those things. It’s a combination bake sale and craft sale. Parents are supposed to donate baked goods and handmade items. 


Valerie: This is crazy. Every month there’s something else. Last month, it was a candy sale. I had to hit up everybody at work, and that’s on the tail of raffle tickets the month before. It’s like this every year. 


A.J.: I know, we already donated a lot of things to the rummage 2 sale last semester and gift certificates for the silent auction 3 two months ago. With two kids in two different schools, I feel like we never get a breather. 


Valerie: I know and there’s more. Brian’s school is asking parents to buy a brick that will be part of a new school building and our names will be engraved 4 on it. 


A.J.: You’re kidding, right? One more fundraiser and my name will get engraved, all right – on my tombstone! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 raffle
n.废物,垃圾,抽奖售卖;v.以抽彩出售
  • The money was raised by the sale of raffle tickets.这笔款子是通过出售购物彩券筹集的。
  • He won a car in the raffle.他在兑奖售物活动中赢得了一辆汽车。
2 rummage
v./n.翻寻,仔细检查
  • He had a good rummage inside the sofa.他把沙发内部彻底搜寻了一翻。
  • The old lady began to rummage in her pocket for her spectacles.老太太开始在口袋里摸索,找她的眼镜。
3 auction
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
4 engraved
v.在(硬物)上雕刻(字,画等)( engrave的过去式和过去分词 );将某事物深深印在(记忆或头脑中)
  • The silver cup was engraved with his name. 银杯上刻有他的名字。
  • It was prettily engraved with flowers on the back. 此件雕刻精美,背面有花饰图案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
advisory organ
age of lowered sealevel
atreptic
axletrees
be valued at
capacity share
clear coagulation
club mosses
coherent system of units
Colorado blue spruce
compression cone
consumers'association
coordinal
Cracov
Crotalaria linifolia
cultural body
cupping room
direct current analog computer
disillusionary
double donor
downstaters
early packet discard
EBP (exhaust back pressure)
eltzs
emperor penguins
Enerbol
enterocolic fistula
ependymary
epinette
family Cariamidae
Ferintosh
fishmoth
fondnesses
geoscopy
globe journal
Glyceria chinensis
go to the world
guoguang
hemimicelle
high frequency insulator
high-ticket
highly-sensitive
how then
hypnotization
international facsimile service
intragenus
it was understood that
key-card
keyer pulse
kfp
krantze
Les Brenets
leucofluorescein
linebacka
low water springs datum
m-tense
magnetomotive force (mmf)
me three
migration of oil
Mill City
milling spindle diameter
Mougdi(Meguedi)
myosis spastica
oilcloth-covered
one piece auger
operating performance income statement
osculating curve
outmanage
Paleo Indian
papermaking felt
partial width of level
passing on to
pennoncels
Pholidocarpus
poodler
primary photoelectric effect
program transformation method
progressive control
ratproofing
rognvald
sbl
septoria bothriospermi
smelting point
spectral condensation
stand on ceremony
stellar luminosity
subphrenic abscess
swollen resin
system steady-state stability
taken the weight off her feet
to badger sb with question
toning up
transportation test
transshipment area
triethylenethiophosphor amide
tumbleweed moment
vaporating dish
wave-sailing
whrinny
wilnesful
wind area
wing-patterns