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
a.o.s.
aberforth
abradable sealing strips
AET
aleavement
allogonite
alt ruppin (altruppin)
anti-rolls
antifolates
antisubmarine rocket
aray
astringe the lung
asymptotic, asymptotical
be in a bad skin
bimodal spectrum
bloodsworth
boiler auxiliaries
Bonaiuti
britsch
call through
cannal off let
case closed
charging by induction
chlorid
chromic acids
chronicity
climatic therapy
collar flange
Commune of Paris
compressed petroleum gas
corticorubral tract
cycloisomerized
Dear Abby
Demades
dimenna
dispatching telephone control board
double-tracer technique
dust-proofing seal
edoras
Egyptian vulture
endothelioangiitis
envigourated
exfetation
feed adjuster
fibre strain-induced sensor
fixed disk
former years
garment press
gasiferous
green-collar
Gökdere
hole vent
horizontal pressure foot
horizontal shaper
hydroelectric power section
interim audit work of accounts receivable
J-curves
jim corbetts
kidsicles
lemniscate
lending ratio
load-lifters
long corners
lose one's balance
low-alloy threading steel
Luzula jilongensis
Maba buxifolia
mysteriarch
neobathites sivicolus
neuraxis
noise-producing equipment
non-uniform speed
off-peak charge
outgoing passenger
over-allwhere
phone adapter
plant baller
pseudoamphistomum
pubicides
random waves
Rapidwrite
Ratio writer
ravine stream
respiratory muscle reflex
RIYL
rosaniline
scheme for joint industrial development
sodium iodophthalein
sperm donor
spring loaded sheave
SR (steam rate)
stand off and on
supervision of power consumption
taxonomic species
tinn
transfusion bottle
under pricing
universal hoist
versicolo(u)red
waiting for
WR galaxy
Zisman apparatus