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》
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abu qurayn
agressive
Armalite rifle
aska
bar with hooked end
Betulaceae
black eye pea
blackout cake
Bou Maad, Dj.
breading
bright's granulation
bubble concept
bus-timing emulation
canceroderm
characteristic programmed grammar
chatir
chloropropene
ciimacter
climatic succession
coal tar-pitch
cod end
copulative crgan
corresponding image point
crank up something
creeping protection
cyan formate
daycream
debar from
debounce pulser
declarative alvey compiler target language
discharging device
discretional orders
disposable income
Dovnsklint
electrical stress test
estimate of difference
extra-thin sheet glass
finitely generated right ideal
foot-shaped
formelt
frequency-modulated radiation
gandolfis
general adaptation syndrome (gas)
gobbles up
greinerite
have gone
heat exchanger
Hector, Mt.
heinekens
henbane tincture
High-Churchmanship
hyperinsulinemia
hypogonadia
infrared solvent
Kamehameha the Great
Lack Point
leg vice
leglessness
Majǒn-ri
maximal flow algorithm
mid-point of heel
necessarii heredes
nonosmium
North Royalton
Oklo phenomena
Orchis kiraishiensis
oreopithecids
osakis
paleotti
Pigotite
polypus forceps
quadragesimo-octavos
radices nervi facialis
radioactivity strength
radiuscope
representation of number
reproducing property
retisolution
robot devices
safety bike
salyer
sat-navs
satellite availability
security chip
semiminor axis
sewageworks
shopworkers
simple antenna
stoicized
straeten
swamp soil
tekelec
theory of structures
tiffins
topological convergence
unforeskinned
United States Customs Bonded
unpowered-flight phase
veterinary clinical microbiology
wandering block welding
weeding of grease
Wenzelite