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
2-pyridinethiol-1-oxide
aeroplane station
air cooled desuperheater
amphibalanus (balanus) reticulatus
ancrene
anemometry
anisakiasis
asphaltenes
b.c.g. vaccine
Bardsey Island
be closed and self-fettered
boiler-tube washer
bring to heel
Calibrated Vectored Cooling
carriage of timber deck cargo
charcoal-making in pits
Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations
commutator bushing
conflict discriminate
content package
damine
day night rhythm
dissolvedsubstance
divulsions
dolin
double cotton-covered wire
edging out
electromagnetics spectrum
Epsom Downs
equivalent-number of teeth
falloffs
free of capture and seizure clause
fruticosine
fumaramic acid
gotten that
guaracha
Gymnopetalum
had legs
hare wallaby
heat deaerator
heat pump parallel operation
horowitzs
hot rolls
Hunting Valley
immune factor
invigorating kidney for consolidating semen
iodian bromargyrite
laser beam drilling machine
lethrinus obsoletus
lijphart
load governor
long grasser
make a show of oneself
make the supreme sacrifice
Malamud, Bernard
man of the moment
man-eater
memory functional
mervan
mouse button
Mutarara
nanoconstriction
natural science history
New Zealand spinach
onge
optimalmization
peekaboo system
pharmaceutical history
phase-sensitive motor
phenones
plant facilities
plei-
postmicrosomal supernatant
price difference
printing operation
program data independence
rack one's wits
radioelectrophysiolography
regularises
rhizotaxy
ricefishes
riding halter
rock wheel
russel-silver syndrome
seminomas
show your shapes
Singaingmyo
sirecust
space helmet
speed-regulating motor
stir up bad blood between persons
sweetmen
tendo(n)
the calm before the storm
thiovaline
triglyceride (triacylglycerol)
trit
umbonated
un-organized
water-oil separator
Yenna
Ziehen