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
-irene
45
accordance of summit levels
adherent scales
air valve camshaft
Alamnagar
analysis by nature of cost items
Antiembolic
arraignment
art-supply
at one sweep
bandpass sigma-delta modulation
bismuth tetroxide
brace wrenches
bushel baskets
candlemakers
cargo dehumidification system
cavity pulsation frequency
chain decay
chrome
class-d
closed symmetric operator
cumulative available capacity
cut didoes
cvl (crystal violet lactone)
cybersurfer
defense attitude
delayed output equipment
Desert Island Discs
desulfitobacterium
diplopy
divided lane
downrush
dunhills
Eugynon
expanded lending
fixed base point
frijole
genus dennstaedtias
gertrud
grounds officer
guard rail brace
heavy-drinking
heteromorphic homologues
holoacardium
Home Secretary
Hotz operation
in-bonds
inhibitory coating
interior point
isocrotyl
ivory-towerism
kindle point
kneading function
Likhoslavl'skiy Rayon
low-growing
mahomed
Matricaria chamomilla L.
matz
mega-storms
microchip art
MMCmicro
modern enterprise management
modular triangle
mothafuckas
multi-channel access
neuromyoartherial
nln
no risk till on board
Otoe
oviducal
packet boat
pantherish
pay off something
personal rental income
phasocytal
photo-tape reader
pichi
Picton
plde
poutier
pseudoprotocols
pushing car
radiocerium
rapanelli
regauges
rise-and-fall luminaire
run-out of timing gear
saltpeters
secondary keratitis
sequential feedback interactive retrieval system
Supply Shock
temptabler
tenacibaculum aiptasiae
teragrams
thermal expansion measurement
Thornwaldt's disesse
troughed rubber belt conveyor
vacacy
vignes
Wickes