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 coelo usque ad centrum
a deed of arms
a willing hand
androgynous docking system
anti-pill fibre
antirecipocal circuit
areal structure
arrow-heads
barricade shield
boned up
BTG (boiler-turbine-generator)
carsatrin
charge-exchange accelerators
chromosomal inversion
climacteric keratoderma
cutting punch
Cyesiophobia
data strategy description language
Desentol
deuchar
dicks around
diffusion-sintered alloy
diphtheritic enteritis
disserviced
effective utilization
ennew
evaporated milks
felsham
fistul-
gaddas
gang way cable
give a fly
green lead ore
Hammer code
history-taking
hook sucker rod
hot-wire method
hydrophobous
hymnologists
idealizing
initial turning time
interscapular region
jet strip system
jewel boxes
ligamenta suspensoria mammaria
long-range transmission
Massey, Raymond
Medinilla magnifica
methyltetrahydrofolates
microimethod
modular unit
Monro's gland
mutic-
N-acetyl carbazole
needle biopsy
nephrosarcoma
nmpft
nobelity
nurse the fire
ophthalmic tract
Ozette Indian Reservation
perched karst
pimacun
pirlindole
plancuss
posthouse
posturist
Pratia wollastonii
processed industrial materials
processor transparent
quaternary research
r-al
Rhodesian fever
roll oscillation
rough terrain container handler
rubber corrugated rim loudspeaker
Russianist
RVB
Sanggar, Tk.
sarmentary
say fine things about
secondary convoluted tubule
semi-diesel engine
semi-mild steel
senatus
standard cost center
termination proof
termination reaction
thickening washer
tilths
treating disease according to its nature
Triclos
tube viscometry
tverskoys
two-bedroom
up-tight
variation of black level
wamena
yamaskite carbonatite
yearlings
zeldes
zingerman