时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之旅行交通购物


英语课

 


Poor Road Conditions 


Alice: I’m really glad I let you talk me into going for a bike ride. It’s been years since I’ve been on a bicycle. 


Sam: This is the only way to travel. You get to really see the scenery and enjoy the fresh air. 


Alice: Hey, watch out! You almost dropped into that huge pothole 1. This asphalt is cracked and the road is all bumpy 2


Sam: Thanks for the warning. Yeah, this asphalt really needs to be repaired. I’d ride on the gravel 3 path instead, but it’s full of ruts. Oh, slow down! There’s a big dip ahead. 


Alice: Whoa! I didn’t see that coming. I almost lost control on that slippery section of road. Sorry, I nearly swerved 4 into you. Are you okay? 


Sam: Yeah, I’m fine. When I suggested this route, I was sure it would be an easy ride since it’s paved all the way. I didn’t bargain for these lousy road conditions. 


Alice: We’ll just have to keep our eyes open and be thankful for these crash helmets! 


Sam: You won’t blame me if you go flying, will you? 


Alice: Not if you break my fall. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 pothole
n.坑,穴
  • As the car sped over a pothole she lurched forward.车子飞驶过一个坑洼时,她身子猛地向前一倾。
  • The young teacher knows every pothole in the 10-minute ride to school.这位年轻的老师熟悉这条往学校的10分钟路上的每一个坑洞。
2 bumpy
adj.颠簸不平的,崎岖的
  • I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
  • The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄,成了一条崎岖不平的小径。
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 swerved
v.(使)改变方向,改变目的( swerve的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She swerved sharply to avoid a cyclist. 她猛地急转弯,以躲开一个骑自行车的人。
  • The driver has swerved on a sudden to avoid a file of geese. 为了躲避一队鹅,司机突然来个急转弯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
abrasiometers
aileron control
aminopropanal
amplitude of vibration
aspella lamellosa
balance lever
Ballynakill
banking industry
bend a sail
berth safety rope
biermanns
biolungs
blow me down
border check
Brunswick ratio
brw
cabinet pile
cargo floor
carnivalized
ceiling estimated
chinese teletex system
circumstellar envelope
CNSDC
colletotrichum glecosporioides penzing
common case
community antenna tv system
composition of probability
crossed yagi
d.t.a
Dalmatian insect flower
deadline factor
diffraction area
digital artery
distribution of brightness
domestic yak
downhill pipe line
end arch rail brace
essence of Mirbane
etherfied
five-speed gear box
flowing well
foveal densitometry
Franz Werfel
gol gur gur (papua new guinea)
greco-macedonian
hand trip control
head formed by spinning
head of bay
Her Royal Highness
hnoc
I. R.
intelligence operations
interchangeable accessory
intracardiac injection
kazi
keep sth straight
kinetic sculpture
kirknewtons
lathers
Le Parcq
lopister
mepachymerus (steleocerellus) formosus
minimum starting voltage
mousseline sauce
normal segregation
one-members
orchis masculas
pace-eggs
Peturista
picking and mixing
pilumnus spinulus
podagrous
post-Potter depression
poundinch
press fabrics
press money
real property acquisition tax
retoss
rizzolattis
saule
scrutton
shancre
shang y?an wu
smooth as silk
Spring House
strings of pearls
subgrade surface
subsidence factor
swole
tachometer unit
telecommunications service
Three-Wheel Trike
traded in
trash fire
treateth
unanticipated consequences
unhoped
velocity of escape
vente
well-referenced
zechatein