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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acid proof refractory material
adjacent corridor
air ageing
al-afghani
almose
alpha-glucosidases
Amazon Simple Storage Service
ampelideous
Arcozelo
assembly of nonlocalized particles
be typical of
beam us
bear equity linked instrument
bureau of commerce and industry
Caudineurals
chill wind factor
clearance card
closed-open
clutch operating time
coal pyrolysis
coal-cutter motor
computational technique
cr fuel injection system
cremasteric fascia
crinitum
especie
even ground
experimental set up
fibre connector
file number
fissidens polypodioides
flag smut
footslope
free coasting payload
gamendazole
genus Engelmannia
geoelectrical resistivity
grid spacer
half-forgottens
Hehner number
Helotium
hensby
hydraulic efficiency pipe bender
immuno electrophoresis
INTRALAB
jaw of the vice
knowledge-based authentication
labside
laryngeal pachydermia
LinkOut
live-wires
low elasticity
machinery space ventilation
Manila Stock Exchange
matricaria recutitas
med chord
metage
microvolt sensitivity
newel
Newsweek
non continuous easement
nonreinforced
numerical controlled plotter
ostotheca
outer set screw
parallactic mounting
path component
pattern test
power function type kinetic equation
preeclampsia-eclampsia
programmable test console
protopathic sensibility
pupillarities
quellung phenomenon
quernstone
rangoon creeper
relief block
RHR system line
Rhône-Alpés, Region
sacristies
safety requirement for nuclear installation siting
salted paper
semiperipheral
simple trestle
sing for your supper
single-beam photoelectric colorimeter
sonnino
spiderlike
star subalgebra
suction system to remove fission products
suitcase sand
surveyees
swivel joint (hydraulic)
system of logarithm
Tas.
to our great joy
to-the-point
tremella lutescenss
twilight bow
venin-antivenin
vital movement
water jet boat