純正地道美語 第131期(外教講解):修車
A: Howdy! Nice car! What seems to be the problem?
B: I don’t know! This stupid old car started spewing white smoke and it just died on me. Luckily, I managed to start it up and drive it here. What do you think it is?
A: Not sure about you pop the hood and we can take a look. Hmmm, it doesn’t look good.
B: What do you mean? My daddy gave me this car for my birthday last month. It’s brand new!
A: Well missy, the white smoke that you saw is steam from the radiator. You overheated your engine so now the pistons are busted and so is your transmission. You should have called us and we could have towed you over here when your car died.
B: Ugh... So how long is this going to take? An hour?
A: I’m afraid a bit more than that. We need to order the spare parts, take apart your electrical system, fuel pump and engine and then put it back together again. You are going to have to leave it
here for at least two weeks.
B: What! How am I supposed to get to school or go shopping? This is not happening!
【文章大意】
談話圍繞修車進行。B的新車出了問題，車冒白煙，半路熄火，A是修理工，診斷髮動機出了問題。
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spew vt. 噴出
Water spewed out of the hole.
水從孔中射出。
die on sb 用人在使用時（機器等）停止運行，不能正常運行
busted adj. 壞了，出故障了
take apart 拆卸, 拆開
The boy took apart the toy car, but couldn't put it together again.
男孩把玩具汽車拆開了，可怎麼也安不上了。
how about (你覺得)…怎麼樣?
How about going for a walk after dinner?
晚飯後散散步怎麼樣？
拓展詞彙
gearbox n. 齒輪箱, 變速箱
Can the engine and the gearbox be supplied separately?
發動機和變速箱能分開供應嗎?
muffler n.消音器
cruise control 省油速度控制器, 穩速
overtake vt. 趕上；超過
The car overtook the truck.
小汽車超過了大卡車。
boot n.(汽車後部的)行李箱
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n. 剋制，控制，管制，操作裝置
vt. 控制
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n. 泵，抽水機，打氣筒，抽水，打氣
v. 打
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n. 圍巾，頭巾，厚手套，消聲器
brand[brænd]想一想再看
n. 商標，牌子，烙印，標記
vt. 打烙印，
1）brand商標，揮舞刀劍就是軍隊的商標。2）讀：不願dish（盤子）。工人罷工得時候會揮舞着刀劍大喊：我們不願洗盤子。 spare[spɛə]
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adj. 多餘的，閒置的，備用的，簡陋的
v.
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v. 趕上，突然來襲，壓倒
