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
ACRV
actinouran
bass violins
betreading
big dress
blue smoke
budget of expenditure
bvt
caloglossa ogasawaraensis
Carex kwangsiensis
carpet-weed family
ceratopteris thalictroides brong.
chittle
Chukrasia tabularis var. velutina
Collombey
consignment book
Craig, Daniel
cytopathology
decrunches
den burg
digital display device
direct contact condenser
double-action hinge
ecotourist
Edward the Martyr
esbatement
exogenous toxin
feod
filtration method
footful
footing step
Fort Fairfield
freshwoman
general certificate in supervisory studies
gherkins
give sth. a miss
glycoes
glyoxalase-I
heater intermittent test
heel length of frog
hengchun limestone
high-frequency emphasis
hot strip reel
human error
hygromatous
jerman
kidney failures
large-heartedly
loose stock dyeing
low tide mark
massive rotor
meli
nantucket sd.
nashis
nondiversifiable risk
nonlinear recording
nonylic acid
normal fanshaped fold
offner
oyster-shell
pack-rat
parula
patrolperson
pleasure grounds
polyaxiality
prepaid-card
proton-alpha reaction
psilocyn
Rabdosia enanderiana
ragequit
republican
rubber accelerator
same to you
Scomber colias
she may be
shear entry table
shearing vibration
ski area
smelly bean curd
smelting temperature
sodium sulphoxylate formaldehyde
suit-dress
taker-in mounting machine
tarrietias
telecosm
Tephorin
the approach of
three fourth running down clause
throw a wet blanket on
tonika
toughened silver nitrate
training sessions
transmission wire
trichromatically
trythalls
tv-news
uk food
uroselective
value of growing stock
vaneless vaned diffuser
welding manipulator