时间:2018-12-12 作者:英语课 分类:情景英语口语100主题


英语课

16 household appliances

words
gadget 1 device music centre speaker tv set dvd player microwave iron switch socket 2 battery
plug in / out extensive lead wire electric toothbrush electric shaver sewing machine hair drier vacuum cleaner fan press run on (batteries) break function telephone button repair fix
phrases
stop working
keep breaking (down)
make a noise
(not) work properly
Something wrong with(it)
Out of order

Beginner
A: good morning. I understand that you’ve got a problem with your washing machine. I’m from the repair company.
B: excellent. Come in please. The washing machine is in the bathroom upstairs. It keeps breaking down.
A; when did it first break down?
A: about ten days ago. I’ve tried to use it since then. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. it’s very frustrating 3.
B: is it still under warranty 4. If it is and I can’t fix it, it would be quicker and easier to exchange it for a new one.
A: yes, it’s still under warranty. Over the last few weeks, it’s also been making a high-pitch noise when it’s in use.
a: ok. I’ll start by looking at the motor. I’ll just unplug it and take a look inside the machine…..oh, yes. There’s the problem. It’s quite simple. I’ll sort it out in a few minutes.
b: what’s wrong with it?
A: part of the motor is loose. I can put it back in place quite easily.
B: that’s great. Thanks very much. Would you like a cup of tea or coffee?

Intermediate 5
A: so, you friend’s getting married on Saturday. What have you bought her as a wedding gift. I find is so hard to choose the right gift.
B: my friend and her fiancé had a really good idea. They have cut out pictures from catalogues and pasted them in a notebook. The picture are of things they want. People sign their name by the item they will buy.
A; that’s clever! Then everyone knows that they are buying something the couple really want and there’s no chance of two people buying the same gift. What things were in the notebook?
B: most of the things were household appliance. You know, everything from an iron through a vacuum cleaner to a cooker. I think it’s an excellent way for everyone who knows the couple to help them set up home.
A: so , what did you get them?
B: I bought a sewing machine. I know that my friend likes making her own clothes, but her current sewing machine is quite old and has some problems.
A: what’s wrong with is?
B: she says that after several years of use, it’s not working properly. When she uses it, it makes a funny noise.
A: household appliance don’t seem to last for a long time nowadays.
B: I think it’s because the manufactures are constantly bringing out new models. Because they know that we will buy the new models, the appliances don’t need to last more than five or ten years at most



1 gadget
n.小巧的机械,精巧的装置,小玩意儿
  • This gadget isn't much good.这小机械没什么用处。
  • She has invented a nifty little gadget for undoing stubborn nuts and bolts.她发明了一种灵巧的小工具用来松开紧固的螺母和螺栓。
2 socket
n.窝,穴,孔,插座,插口
  • He put the electric plug into the socket.他把电插头插入插座。
  • The battery charger plugs into any mains socket.这个电池充电器可以插入任何类型的电源插座。
3 frustrating
adj.产生挫折的,使人沮丧的,令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
  • It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间,真令人懊恼。
  • It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 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。
5 intermediate
adj.中间的,居间的,中级的;n.中间体,媒介物
  • This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
  • Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。
学英语单词
afrown
alpinia officinarums
anterior articular cavity
anti-centromere antibody
application service provider
auditory language
batch filte
Beloha
bicolorates
book credit
botrychium multifidums
brain-mapping
Brassica napus napobrassica
business-writing
Calamospora
carrin
Cauchy radical test
chn.
Cirsium racemiforme
civilian-employment
closed kinematic chain
d'alton
dalloul
deconstructivists
diffused-base alloy technique (dat)
dislocation fracture
Duesenberg
Echinosorex
eisfeld
ejection time index
exemplify to be
flaysome
fluff sth up
gastric drug absorption
Grammatik
hard limited integrator
Hen.
horcrux
inquiry approach
installation safety evaluation
intermediate-level radioactive waste
Kenville
kornite
labyrinth type shaft seal
ledward
letter of denization
leveling adjustment
little to do with
Locana
magnetic blowout switch
maximum accident pressure
miscellaneous risks
molecular energy levels
mud manifold
multi-channel traffic analyser
multiple-instruction flow computer
namche
net profit to sales ratio
Niandan
non-central F-distribution
otter torpedo
parametritis chronica atrophicans
partitioning control flow graph
plight one's promise
population growth from migration
precompressions
Provisions Announce Reservation
reproportioned
reservoir water level for initial energy generation
resinous luster
risseite (aurichalcite)
rod-type structure
rotary crusher
self talk
separatrices
set to do
shexiang zhuifeng plaster
shingle trees
show no feeling for...
show-downs
sieve-tube cell
silain
SIMAP
siriano
square-miles
statoblasts
strike one's path
studbooks
telephony-over-cable
to shoot yourself in the foot
to the denial of
transverse electric and magnetic mode
truth-seeker
Turcot
under saturated-reservoir
webmags
welcome to you
weyl equations
willya
xanthodontous
zadruga
ZDF