口語語匯 9

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第九節(jié)
    Car
    Basic need
    音形義
    Everyday Expressions
    n. [C] 小汽車 (美語中也用 automobile)
    He goes to school by car.
    n. 車廂 (美語中也用carriage)
    Cafe cars are operated on trains by the Railways. (列車上有吸煙休息室的餐車由鐵道部門經(jīng)營。)
    n. 其他車輛
    I go to work by street car every day. (有軌電車)
    車身--- body
    輪胎--- tire(British English: tyre)
    前燈--- headlight
    方向燈--- turn signal
    保險杠--- bumper
    引擎蓋--- hood
    方向盤--- steering wheel
    后視鏡--- rearview mirror
    行李箱--- trunk
    擋風玻璃--- windshield
    發(fā)動機;引擎 --- engine
    變速箱--- transmission
    離合器 --- clutch
    儀表盤 --- dash board
    跑車--- coupe(2 door sporty car)
    轎車--- sedan(4 door family car)
    三排以上座位的豪華車--- limonsine
    敞篷車--- convertible
    吉普類車---SUV (sport utility vehicle)
    剎車--- brake
    防死剎車系統(tǒng)--- ABS (Anti-lock brake system)
    車牌--- license plate
    常見搭配 Useful Phrases
    暈車 --- car sickness
    纜車 --- a cable car
    車禍 --- car accident (短時間的)
    停車場 --- car park
    車費 --- car fare
    習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
    car pool(ing) --- 為了節(jié)省parking space, 幾人共同使用一輛車
    car jack --- 在車中強行搶車
    生活用語 Street Talks
    A: Can I borrow your car tonight?
    B: Just make sure you don’t wreck it.
    A: Nancy, you want to go to a movie now?
    B: Sorry, I can’t leave now. I’m car pooling today
    電影對白 Transcripts
    句型 Do you have a patrol car in the vicinity of twelve hundred Glenview Road? 《畢業(yè)生》
    Did the dry cleaners have your car? 《情歸巴黎》
    I was just taking her hand, to help her out of a car. 《西雅圖夜未眠》
    The car is down this way. 《西雅圖夜未眠》
    Please do not leave your car unattended. 《畢業(yè)生》
    對話 Mr. Carlson: Is that the new car out there? The little red Wop job?
    Mr. Braddock: That's Ben's graduation present. 《畢業(yè)生》
    Mrs. Robinson: We'd go to his car.
    Ben: Oh no. In the car you did it?
    Mrs. Robinson: I don't think we were the first.
    Ben: What kind of car was it?
    Mrs. Robinson: What?
    Ben: Do you remember the make of the car?
    Mrs. Robinson: Oh my God.
    Ben: Really. I want to know.
    Mrs. Robinson: It was a Ford, Benjamin. 《畢業(yè)生》.
    名言 Quotations
    I don’t even like old cars … I’d rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God’s sake.
    J. D. Salinger (b. 1919), U.S. author. Holden Caulfield, in The Catcher in the Rye, ch. 17 (1951).