时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


School Fundraisers 


Valerie: What’s this? 


A.J.: It’s a note from Rachel’s school. It’s about the next fundraiser. 


Valerie: Oh no, not another one. What is it this time – a raffle 1, car wash, or spaghetti dinner? 


A.J.: It’s none of those things. It’s a combination bake sale and craft sale. Parents are supposed to donate baked goods and handmade items. 


Valerie: This is crazy. Every month there’s something else. Last month, it was a candy sale. I had to hit up everybody at work, and that’s on the tail of raffle tickets the month before. It’s like this every year. 


A.J.: I know, we already donated a lot of things to the rummage 2 sale last semester and gift certificates for the silent auction 3 two months ago. With two kids in two different schools, I feel like we never get a breather. 


Valerie: I know and there’s more. Brian’s school is asking parents to buy a brick that will be part of a new school building and our names will be engraved 4 on it. 


A.J.: You’re kidding, right? One more fundraiser and my name will get engraved, all right – on my tombstone! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 raffle
n.废物,垃圾,抽奖售卖;v.以抽彩出售
  • The money was raised by the sale of raffle tickets.这笔款子是通过出售购物彩券筹集的。
  • He won a car in the raffle.他在兑奖售物活动中赢得了一辆汽车。
2 rummage
v./n.翻寻,仔细检查
  • He had a good rummage inside the sofa.他把沙发内部彻底搜寻了一翻。
  • The old lady began to rummage in her pocket for her spectacles.老太太开始在口袋里摸索,找她的眼镜。
3 auction
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
4 engraved
v.在(硬物)上雕刻(字,画等)( engrave的过去式和过去分词 );将某事物深深印在(记忆或头脑中)
  • The silver cup was engraved with his name. 银杯上刻有他的名字。
  • It was prettily engraved with flowers on the back. 此件雕刻精美,背面有花饰图案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
accordion coil
alsophila podophylla hook
Amitostigma
art teacher
assistant prosecutor
Atkri
b'
be soppy about
bepuffed
bimetallist
binding-face
bourrelets
bring into play
bubbly-jock
bursting with biz
bushfighter
cancellation amount
cankery
center line shrinkage
Cetamiphen
childrenless
Choluteca, Dep.de
Clandeboye
combined mica
compliency
concern for production
control alarm translator
correction of water level
cylinder configuration
diverticulum of esophagus
double stand
draw-texturing
drooliest
Du Bois balance
electric time release
Eminentia mediana
expressive reading club
eye opener
Federal Housing Administration
FPROM
frogface
ghanem
Grantha
Hombori
hongbin
hydraulic diffusibility
idiozona
Il'men'
imidazolinyl
indricothere
keep you on your toes
Kristiansund
Lacus Somniorum
lipattis
local inertial frame
localised chemisorption bond
lucernes
Ludwig's plane
mania mitis
mobile radio teletype station
multiple recording device
Muscatine
negative radical
nickel-cadmium battery
Norfolk Island Ridge
oblate tube cooler
output filter
parascience
Pellegrini's disease
Phalguna
photodissociations
polymethacrylic acid
pouring mo(u)ld
pseudocercospora diospyri-morrisianae
punch-ball
re-structuring
refurling
regulations of blood circulation
relucia
retirement
rontgenluminescence
rosarito
sclerotic plate
seal someone's fate
Separation Pt.
shoe making
sightsees
single furnace boiler
spathiform
streamlined contour
stroock
structure earthquake
succulent leaf
suspension filar
Tallqvist's scale
tow target
tsardoms
two-position
uh-oh, Spaghetti-O
uncluing
wall cracking
woven wire