时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:听英文对话做选择


英语课
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Man: Honey. Do you know what time Katie will be home?
Woman: Uh, she should be here any minute. She took the car to pick up something from the store.
 
Man: Okay, I was just a little worried that . . . Man, what was that? Oh, no. The car! She drove over the mailbox and hit a tree in the front yard. Ah, the car!
 
Woman: Well, just don't stand there blabbing all day. Let's go out and see if Katie's okay.
 
Man: Ah, my car.
 
Woman: Honey, are you okay?
 
Daughter: Oh, mom. I'm so sorry. I can't believe this is happening.
 
Man: Oh, my car!
 
Woman: Forget your car!
 
Man: Driving with the cell phone. I know.
 
Daughter: It wasn't that at all. Don't jump to conclusions.
 
Man: Oh, yeah.
 
Daughter: Dad . . . uh, mom. It's not like that at all. I mean, as I was pulling into the driveway, something rolled from under the seat and got stuck under the brake pedal 1 . . . the gas pedal . . . I, I don't know, and I couldn't stop the car. And then I accidentally hit the gas when I wanted to brake, and I hit the mailbox.
 
Woman: Uh, I think I know what the problem was. Honey, did you put those golf balls away like I told you? The ones YOU put under the driver's seat . . . the ones I told you would get in the way.
 
Man: Man, I thought I got those.
 
Daughter: Plus, Mom, the windshield wipers on the car didn't work, so I couldn't see very well in the rain.
 
Woman: Didn't you get those fixed 2?
 
Man: Uh, I've been meaning to get those repaired.
 
Daughter: And mom. I was going to use the car this weekend to go camping with my friends, but now my plans are ruined. My friends are going to hate me. What am I going to do?
 
Woman: Hon, yeah, what IS your daughter going to do? It appears that it's mainly your fault for the accident and that she's in such a jam.
 
Man: My fault? Hey, why don't you just invite your friends over for pizza? I'll buy.
 
Daughter: Mom, we've been planning this weekend for months. I need a car.
 
Woman: Hon.
 
Man: What? I mean, man, what a predicament! That's tough.
 
Woman: I think what your dad is trying to say is that you can take his new Jeep.
 
Daughter: Yeah, awesome 3.
 
Man: What?
 
Daughter: Yes!
 
Man: Wait, not my new Jeep. I don't even have 500 miles on it.
 
Daughter: Four-wheeling through the mud, over big rocks and in deep ruts in the road . . . if there IS a road.
 
Man: Ah.
 
Woman: You love your daughter, don't you?
 
Man: Ask me after she returns from the trip.
 
Daughter: Ah, Dad. I'm going to call my friends to let them know of the good news. Thanks, Dad, I knew I could count on you.
 
Man: Yeah, but make sure wrecking 4 the car doesn't become a routine activity.
 
Daughter: Dad!

1. Where did the car accident take place?
A. in front of the house
B. in the parking lot at the store
C. at the post office
2. Which factor did NOT contribute to the accident?
A. excessive speed 
B. a faulty car mechanism 5
C. some obstructions 6 in the car
 
3. Why is the girl really upset?
A. She wrecked 7 her friend's car.
B. She doesn't have money to repair the car.
C. She won't have a car to drive over the weekend.
 
4. What is her dad's original solution to her predicament?
A. He offers to help pay for the repairs.
B. Her dad volunteers to drive her where she needs to go.
C. He suggests she invite friends over to eat.
 
5. How is the situation finally resolved?
A. The girl decides to go camping the following week instead.
B. The girl invites friends over instead for a pizza party.
C. The father reluctantly loans his car.
 
正确答案:

1. in front of the house
2. excessive speed
3. She won`t have a car to drive over the weekend.
4. He suggests she invite friends over to eat.
5. The father reluctantly loans his car.

 

1 pedal
n.踏板;adj.脚的,踏脚的;v.用脚踏动,踩踏板
  • He pressed down the accelerator pedal of his car.他踩下汽车的加速器踏板。
  • I saw him pedal to school every morning.我看到他每天早晨骑自行车上学。
2 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
3 awesome
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
4 wrecking
破坏
  • He teed off on his son for wrecking the car. 他严厉训斥他儿子毁坏了汽车。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Instead of wrecking the valley, the waters are put to use making electricity. 现在河水不但不在流域内肆疟,反而被人们用来生产电力。 来自辞典例句
5 mechanism
n.机械装置;机构,结构
  • The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
  • The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。
6 obstructions
n.障碍物( obstruction的名词复数 );阻碍物;阻碍;阻挠
  • The absence of obstructions is of course an idealization. 没有障碍物的情况当然是一种理想化的情况。 来自辞典例句
  • These obstructions could take some weeks to clear from these canals. 这些障碍物可能要花几周时间才能从运河中清除掉。 来自辞典例句
7 wrecked
adj.失事的,遇难的
  • the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
  • the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞
学英语单词
-pride
aluminum-bronze paint
amadinone
archaeological specimen
autosetter
be incompetent to do sth
beasleys
black stain
BRANDRETH
cardgames
central altitude reservation facility (carf)
check tag
churchdoms
cryptographic node
date-plum persimmon
deck tank vent
dermatomycosis favosa
diagnosticdiphtheria toxin
Diels-Alder adducts
disentomb
double steel comb joint
double torsion test
double-parking
downward-moving agglomerate
emules
Erin
eusceps postfasciatus fairmaire
fibre-tip pen
frontierland
gigamp
give audience
Grouse Creek
growthful
havea
hot flotation circuit
huguely
hypertrophy of thymus
i-praied
illite structure
immunologic manifestation
in-core instrumentation (system)
induction of fuel
ink gun
inspirit sb to action
johnny bull
kasenite pegmatite
Kepler's disk
Lakshmeshwar
light centre length
Lindlar
line drawing brush
long run standard
magnetic resonance spectrometer
Mgr., mgr.
minibulker
misuse-based approach
mixing condensation level (mcl)
modified Mathieu function of the second kind
morning market session
nasopharyngeal airway
natural-draft cooling tower
nonadecane diacid
not-me personification
obstinateness
on all accounts
outer force
petromyzonids
phew
phosphato-molybdic acid
phyllopodous
population map
postparadensa
professional-level
propellant silo
quinine acetate
recovery on the sea
riders' sprain
sand stone
schyffe
self-seal envelope
shadde
snail trail
snapstalks
snot
standgales
surpalite
swiftie
symmetricity
Tihwa
trough plane
true volume measure
tubotympanic
tuffcret
tuzolone
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
unrememberable
unspiritually
uses of goods and services
vaccinatory
vestibule of the ear
wattlebird
wintle