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 fair hearing
Allen's paradoxic law
aminotransaminase
angiomatous type of urethral caruncle
arthrobranchiae
articulation reduction
Artvin
baryte (barite)
be FOS
Betanzos
Bletoppen
blow ... out of the water
bolt and nut split machine
bows out
bridge safety system
brown-bag
cam-wheel
Carnot, C.
ccile
cryovolcanos
cyberprotest
data information
degassers
delayed action bomb
designation of heat treatment
die nut
disingage
dome-head cylinder
dothans
eliminating dampness and eliminating phlegm
Eschede
Esporões
estimates of needs and priorities
euskera
evaporator-condenser shell
eyelash mite
fisheries administration ship
fondue
genetic classification of climates
graminaceous spider mile
Grubyella
heat shielder
heliacus enoshimensis
heliation
heptad
Hivid
in situ composite
integrated central control system
interim valuation
kicks on
Lathyrus japonicus
Levotomin
Lido di Jesolo
light diffuser
long-held
lose one's block
magent
marbleizings
marginal amplifier
MCKD
messagier
milometer
mixed cataract
mixoscopia
mka
molding wash
mono-fracture mode
Mozhaysk
multiprocessor operational mode
n'gai
noise filtering
nonconstat
nonphotobleached
notation declaration
nullisomic diploid
overall objectives
parent fish,brood stocks
penta-
philosophicall
pimolas
pleu-
principal raw material
Prunus maackii
Pseudois nayaur
puffinosis
response learning
ruba'iyat
Sarcoptes ovis
secondary steering stand
self-help model
shored up
side-fired boiler
special-case
split clamping bearing
supersalty
trailed tractor plough
treaty wording
uduth
virtuousnesses
wait-a-while
xerogram
Yamagawa