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》
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A.P.I. baum'e gravity
akaryomastigont
ampullary crest
anode mould
aspirated-air grain conveyer
atomic summary table
balb/cj mouse
binary collision
brownish red
bulk boiling region
bypass to ground
calappa quadrimaculata
call direction code
carboxylase
characteristic pattern
circle of Willis'
collision stopping power
comb thresher
combined rotor
critical damping response
curry chicken
Datura alba
degenerate problem
dermatomal
dirbi
Donbas(s)
double gate lock
endoscopic surgery
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Experience is the mother of science .
external item
faa coordinator
Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
floor expansion joint
forshamed
Frontolacrimal
get beyond one's depth
gladed
glass blister
ground-to-space missile
guidance department
gun-type weapon gunk
hangtime
HART Communication Foundation
high-yield ion source
hoppel
How long did it take you to collect them
Inma
integrates
intensive distribution
jacovich
land mine
layeredness
level flask
liking us
lobelane
local inflation
lunste
lysigenous intercellular space
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mesh electrode
middle-of-chain
Minburn
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moulded chime lap joint
National Tests
nickelous iodate
oleastene
one-gun tube
pantograph engraving
perfectnesses
piroplasm
played me
postmenopause frontal fibrosing alopecia
pull boring
refooding phase
reinstal(l)ment
rental system
respirometer
Salsola zaidamica
salz
sequential approximation
shore-based communications station
siphonless
skin and bone s
split file
stanches
subcerebral plane
subminiat ure indicator lamp
surface Web
time parity violation
tmes
tuberculosis of penis
undermeals
universal digital recording machine
urogenital gland
venturi flow measuring element
welding neck flange
xerostomic
zero crossing method