时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之旅行交通购物


英语课

 


Shopping for a Used Car 


Mario: Do you want to go with me to test drive a car I’m thinking of buying? 


Danica: Sure. Which dealership 1 are we going to? 


Mario: I’m not buying a used car from a dealership. I’m buying it from a private party. Dealerships rip you off. 


Danica: Are you sure about that? My sister bought a certified 2 used car from a dealership and she even got a one-year warranty 3. She’s very happy with it. 


Mario: Dealerships jack 4 up the price. Buying from a private party means getting a better deal. 


Danica: If you say so. What kind of car is it, and how much is the owner asking for it? 


Mario: It’s a McQ Racer and the owner is asking $12,000, $3,000 below blue book value. 


Danica: That is a good price. In fact, that’s too good a price. Doesn’t that raise some red flags? 


Mario: Like what? 


Danica: Well, the car could be have been totaled and is now considered salvage 5. Its odometer could have been rolled back. It could have major mechanical problems... 


Mario: You can be skeptical 6, but I’m not looking a gift horse in the mouth. If this guy wants to sell his car for much less than its value, who am I to ask questions? 


Danica: You’ll do a title search and ask to see the pink slip before you buy it, right? 


Mario: I think you’d better stay here. With you along, I see this great deal going up in smoke! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 dealership
n.商品特许经销处
  • The car dealership has a large inventory of used cars. 这家汽车经销商拥有数量庞大的二手车。
  • A key to this effort is the experience in the dealership. 达到这个成果的关键是销售的体验。
2 certified
a.经证明合格的;具有证明文件的
  • Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
  • The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。
3 warranty
n.担保书,证书,保单
  • This warranty is good for one year after the date of the purchase of the product.本保证书自购置此产品之日起有效期为一年。
  • As your guarantor,we have signed a warranty to the bank.作为你们的担保人,我们已经向银行开出了担保书。
4 jack
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
5 salvage
v.救助,营救,援救;n.救助,营救
  • All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
  • The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。
6 skeptical
adj.怀疑的,多疑的
  • Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
  • Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。
学英语单词
acou-,acouo-
akinetes
be in vogue
bial
big wood r.
cargo handling norms
cholinergic crisis
coastal areas
commodities exchanges
communicating branches
communication software
competition ability
differential transmitter
doublecharge
duden
Election Period
electroencephalology
enterotoxicities
fund of self-insurance
gastrodelphyid
genus porphyrios
gloeosporium citricolum massee
gumshoe
gymnopaedic
hand-molded
HARTG
hemilea praestans
Histeridae
hormuth
hot-wire wattmeter
idler wave
immunis
inducingly
inedible dock
input VAT
IPSE
iris bomb'e
Karkaralinsk
kashmere
key dick
landhoppers
latin american town dance
lenski
life skill
low priced
low-volumes
made inquiries
manometer tube gland
Mcguire-Keogh Act
microconcentration
monothalmic
morant
mosaic photographic film
most advanced branches of sciences
mouse trails
multiple variables
newform
nonchanged
nonmonetary liability
off price
off-cover
paintbrushes
palmiped, palmipede
pareunia
peaky curve
pellicular crest
plant tissue culture
polices
pot head
pseudo-likelihood
public improvement fund
quick-dry
quone
rate of individual development
regular analytical function
rubber hose braided with cotton wire
sakharovs
satin back
scavagers
selfact
semifinalist
Si-ma Qian
spare engine
Specialization of Vessel
sponge-type porosity
steel tube armour
stochastic difference equation
stowing interval
subbasins
take place
The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step
thundergod
time psychology
trickle-irrigated
union of fracture
uranium credit
Villefranche-de-Lauragais
water-rich
wet cylinder liner
wharfies
X-Windows
yachtless