时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


英语课


  Kristin,, my 17-year-old niece, had just gotten her driver's license 1 and offered to take her mom's car to the gas station. She pulled up to the full-service pumps, and the attendant 2 asked, "What grade, miss?"



  "Eleventh!" Kristin replied.



Notes:



  ① niece n.侄女 ④ full-service n.昼夜服务



  ② license n.驾驶执照 ⑤ pump n.加油机



  ③ pull up 停止



Exercises:



根据短文回答问题:



  (1) How old was Kristin?



  (2) What had she just gotten?



  (3) what did she offer to do one day?



  (4) What did the attendant mean by asking "What grade, miss?"



  (5) How did Kristin misunderstand the attendant?



哪一级



  我的十七岁的侄女,科里斯蒂,刚刚拿到驾照。她主动提出去加油站给她妈妈的车加油。她把车开到昼夜服务的加油泵前。服务员问她:“(加油加到)哪一级,小姐?”



  “十一(年)级!”科里斯蒂回答说。



练习参考答案:



  ① Seventeen years old.



  ② She has just gotten her driving license.



  ③ She offered to take her mother's car to the gas station.



  ④ He wanted her to select the proper kind of gas for the car.



  ⑤ She thought that the attendant was asking which grade she was in at school.



n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
  • The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
  • The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
n.随从,跟班,出席者,服务员;adj.伴随的,出席的,注意的,在场的
  • She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.服务员进来,打断了她的话。
  • We met the officer attendant on the general.我们见到了随从将军的副官。
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