时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之餐饮娱乐


英语课

 


Driving an Off-Road Vehicle 


Claudia: When you invited me to go for a drive, this wasn’t what I pictured. 


Jae: You’re about to have the ride of your life. Get in and I’ll strap 1 you in. 


Claudia: What is this thing? 


Jae: It’s an off-road vehicle. Haven’t you seen one before? It has four-wheel drive and can travel on any terrain 2


Claudia: When you say “any terrain,” what exactly do you mean? 


Jae: With this baby, we can drive on sand, gravel 3, mud, and even snow. 


Claudia: You mean you intend to take me driving on sand and gravel? 


Jae: Yeah, just wait until we start spinning and skidding 4. You’re going to love it. You’d better put on this crash helmet – just in case. 


Claudia: I was picturing a drive in the country. 


Jae: But this is much more exciting, right? 


Claudia: I don’t know... 


Jae: Come on. If you’re lucky, I’ll take you mudding next weekend. 


Claudia: Whoopee. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 strap
n.皮带,带子;v.用带扣住,束牢;用绷带包扎
  • She held onto a strap to steady herself.她抓住拉手吊带以便站稳。
  • The nurse will strap up your wound.护士会绑扎你的伤口。
2 terrain
n.地面,地形,地图
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • He knows the terrain of this locality like the back of his hand.他对这一带的地形了如指掌。
3 gravel
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
  • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
  • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
4 skidding
n.曳出,集材v.(通常指车辆) 侧滑( skid的现在分词 );打滑;滑行;(住在)贫民区
  • All the wheels of the truck were tied up with iron chains to avoid skidding on the ice road. 大卡车的所有轮子上都捆上了铁链,以防止在结冰的路面上打滑。 来自《用法词典》
  • I saw the motorcycle skidding and its rider spilling in dust. 我看到摩托车打滑,骑车人跌落在地。 来自互联网
学英语单词
a friend in need is a friend indeed
acyladenylate
adjustment costs
admission by investment
all-in rate
allen attitude scale
allis shads
anaphyl
antipot
ArctoTertiary forest
aslab (atomic safety and licensing appeal boards)
asphyctous
authorized ceiling
auto close
Bartholomäberg
be in sb's confidence
biclique
Bitly
Boaz I.
body-on-frame
boolell
Brasso
bromosulf(ophth)alein (BSP)
choking coil
chronological deviation
circonstances
combination draw redraw die
credenze
demagnetization tensor
deuterium bubble chamber
dichogamous, dichogamic
differential sensibility
double division
dredlock
electric-arc lamp
electron-capture oxygen analyzer
Emsian Stage
even dyeing
export of capital
FEV1
First Earl of Beaconsfield
fluffies
gamomery
georgievskis
Gerbera piloselloides Cass.
heat cleaning
high frequency excitation
high-risk method
hydrostatical swing bridge
inter-bead lack of fusion
intercommunication logic
ipac
jet guide
kacis
karlsson
kisco
koschnick
lymphadenoleukopoiesis
magnetic ram
Mehrān, Rūd-e
microalloy
myrrhine
nanocontainer
necydalis esakii
neri-
papyrotype
pencil of quadric hypersurfaces
Plaut's ulcer necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
podzolized chernozem
proclaimed
pump trip
pumpback reflux
r-f tolerance
recovery limit
reversible pressure curve
reversibleness
rules of elimination
saba
Scleraxonia
scruge
scruish
sharam
sharpshinned
shut someone's trap
Sidi Ali
Socotra(Suqutra)
splash block
spongy copper
surrendry
tezuka
touch someone
transport volume forecast
two-man tents
water consumption graph
water repellent soils
whatever it takes
william s. burroughss
wirewound filter
withdrawal slip
writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
yield of clay
Yueanxin