18 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
laurance--Did you hear how cold it got last night?
soony--I heard the radio announcer say it was 18 degrees
below zero.
laurance--That's cold.I could hardly start my car,it was
so cold this morning!
soony-My car didn't want to start,either,at first.
laurance--Don't you have a garage?
soony--Not in the new apartment.We have to leave the car
in the parking lot.
laurance--How much anti-freeze do you put in your car then?
You must have to keep it well below zero.
soony--I do.Right now I have it protected to 30 below.
laurance--Does it ever get that cold around here?
soony--Not really.It sometimes gets to 20 below.
laurance--Speaking of cold,how about going for a cup of
coffee to warm up?
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注解:
1)announcer:播音員
2)garage:車庫
3）Not in the new apartment=We don't have a garage in the now apartment
4）parking lot：停車場；停車處
5）anti-freeze：防凍油。
6）that cold：此處that是副詞，作“那么”“那樣”解。
7）speaking of cold:speak of是“說到”“提到”的意思。這個分詞短語是句子的狀語。
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聽力練習：
DIALOG 79
18 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
laurance--Did you hear _____ _____ ___ ____ ______ ______?
soony--I heard the _______ announcer say ___ ____ ___ ________
_______ ______.
laurance--That's cold.I _______ _______ _______ _____ _____,it was
so cold this morning!
soony-My car ________ ______ ____ _______,either,at first.
laurance--______ ______ _______ ___ _______?
soony--Not in the new ________.We have to ________ the car
in the ________ ______.
laurance--_____ ______ anti-freeze do you put in your car then?
You must have to keep it _______ _______ ______.
soony--I do.______ _____ I have it __________ to 30 below.
laurance--Does it ever get that cold _________ ______?
soony--______ _________.It sometimes gets to 20 below.
laurance--__________ ___ ______,how about going for __ ____ ___
________ to _____ ____?
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參考譯文：
laurance--你聽說昨晚上有多冷嗎？
soony--我聽廣播員說是零下18度。
laurance--那真是冷了。今天早上冷極了。我的車都幾乎發(fā)動不起來了。
soony--我的車開始也發(fā)動不起來。
laurance--你不是有車庫嗎？
soony--新住房沒車庫了。我們只好把車放在停車場。
laurance--那你在車里加了多少防凍油？你一定得讓車在零下也防凍。
soony--是的，現(xiàn)在我讓車在零下30度也防凍。
laurance--這里有過那么冷嗎？
soony--沒有，偶爾到零下20度。
laurance--說起冷來，去喝杯咖啡暖和暖和怎么樣？