EnglishPod:buying a car

2019-08-17

A: Hi there, can I help you folks?
B: I’m just browsing; seeing what’s on the lot. My daughter wants a car for her birthday, you know how it is.
C: Dad! I’m sixteen already and I’m, like, the only one at school who doesn’t have a car!
A: She is right, you know. Kids these days all have cars. Let me show you something we just got in:a 1996 sedan. Excellent gas mileage, it has dual airbags and anti lock brakes; a perfect vehicle for a young driver.

C: Dad, I love it! It’s awesome! Can we get this one please?
B: I see... What can you tell me about this one?
A: Oh, that’s just an old World War Two tank that we use for TV commercials. Now about this sedan...
B: Whoa, whoa wait a minute. Tell me more about this tank.

A: Well, Sir, if you are looking for quality and safety then look no further! Three inches of reinforced steel protect your daughter from short range missile（投掷物） attacks.
B: Does the sedan protect her from missile attacks?
A: It does not.
B: Well, I don’t know. Let me sleep on it.
A: Did I mention the tank is a tank?
B: I’ll take it!
C: Dad!

• gas mileage
• reinforced （make it stronger）
• commercials 广告
• sleep on it (think about it)
• airbags 安全气囊

type of vehicle

China Railway High-speed 中国高铁
subway 地铁
train 火车
tolleybus 无轨电车
express train 特快电车
fast train 快车
througn train 直达快车
airplane\plane\aircraft 飞机
airliner 班机
helicopter 直升机
boat/ship 船
liner 邮轮 、客轮
sailing boat 帆船
bus/coach 大客车
van 厢式货车
taxi 出租车
jeep 吉普
limousine 豪华轿车
racing car 赛车
roadster 敞篷车
jalopy 老爷车
sedan 轿车
SUV （sport utility vehicle 多功能运动型汽车，轿车与越野车的结合，家庭车）
formula car 方程式赛车
trailer 拖车
truck 卡车
lorry 重型卡车
garbage truck 垃圾车
fire engine 消防车
ambulance 救护车
camper 房车
wrecker 清障车
police car警车
bike/bicycle 自行车
motorcycle 摩托车
Electric vehicle 电动车

表达

1、by+交通工具（单数）
by bus ....
2、by + sea/water/air 表示某种途径
3、in/on + 冠词+交通工具
on a bike
4、take+限定词（a/an/the）+交通工具
表示乘坐某种交通工具
take a bus

动词词组

Walk to 步行去......
drive to 开车去......
ride to 骑马/车去......
fly to乘飞机去......
注：这些词组若后面接地点副词，
如：here, there, home.介词to 要省略掉
如：We walk there. 我们步行去那里。
Leave from……..离开哪里/从哪里离开
Leave to…….去往哪里
Board the plane 登机
board the ship上船
Get on/get off后面可加任何交通工具，
如：get on the car/ship/plane上车/上船/登机
Get off the car/ship/plane下车/下船/下飞机