Level3_Unit1_Part3_Listening(1-2)

Buying a New Car 1

句子总结

Paul is a very successful businessman. Paul是个非常成功的商人

successful 获得成功的,赚很多钱的.
businessman 男性商人 = business 公司,商业机构 + man 男人
businesswomen 女性商人

He owns several restaurants.All of them are doing well.他拥有好几家饭店,都经营的很好

own 拥有(动词)
own a car 拥有一辆车
own a house 拥有一栋房子.
do well 进展很好,表现很好.
询问某人/某事 表现如何,进展如何
How + be动词 + sb/sth + doing
How is Lisa doing in her school.Lisa在学校表现怎么样?

To be profitable means that their income is more than their expenses.盈利就意味着收入比支出多.

profitable 有盈利的 income 收入(不可数名字) expense支出(可数名词)
句首To be profitable :动词不定式做主语
不定式的基本形式:to + 动词原形
To build a house means that you will need a lot of money.建房子意味着你需要很多钱.

He has plenty of money,as a result ,he isn't worried about the cost.他有很多钱,因此他并不在乎花多少钱.

plenty of 大量的(+不可数名字 /可数名词复数形式)
worried 担心的 忧虑的(形容词) be worried about sb/sth 为某人或某事担心,忧虑

As a result ,He can afford an expensive car.On the other hand,He doesn't want to waste money.因此,他能买得起一辆比较贵的车.另一方面,他却不想浪费钱.

afford 负担得起,买得起(动词) afford sth 买得起某物
waste 浪费 waste sth 浪费某物

He wants a car (that) he can rely on.If a car breaks down in bad weather,it can be very dangerous.他想要一辆他可以信任的车,如果车子在恶劣的天气里坏掉了,可能会非常危险.

省略了关系代词 that,he can rely on 整个句子作为定语修饰 car 并且 car做宾语 可以省略
rely on 依赖 信任 rely on sb or sth 依靠,信任某人/某物
break down 出故障(尤指机器或汽车出故障)
can 表示可能性
You can gain weight if you drink too much soft drink.喝太多软饮的话,你可能会变胖
dangerous 危险的.

Buying a New Car 2

句子总结

Paul wants to help reduce pollution and smog.Paul 想帮助减少污染和雾霾.

reduce 降低,减少,缩小
pollution 污染 air pollution 空气污染 water pollution 水污染
smog 烟雾,雾霾

He would like to buy a clean car,something good for the environment.

would like to do sth 想要做某事
clean car 环保的车子 clean energy 绿色能源
be good for 对...有好处

He's thinking about buying a Tesla,Tesla is an all electric car.他在考虑买一辆特斯拉,特斯拉是一辆纯电动车.

think about doing sth 思考做某事 考虑做某事
electric 电动的,用电的 electric toothbrush 电动牙刷 electric shaver 电动剃须刀 electric car 电动汽车.

It uses batteries instead of gasoline,there is no exhaust so it doesn't pollute the air.它用电池代替汽油,没有尾气,所以不会污染环境.

batteries 电池复数形式
instead 作为代替 instead of sth 作为...的代替
gasoline 汽油(不可数名词)
exhaust 废弃
pollute 污染(pollution的动词形式) pollute the environment 污染环境 pollute the water 污染水资源.

However the car can't go very far without recharging the battery.但是车跑不了多远,就得给他充电.

however 然而 但是(转折)
without 没有,缺少
recharging the battery 给电池充电
1.without 直接跟人/物
I can't live without you.
I can't live without your love.
2.without 跟一个动作(动词变为ing形式)
The car can't go very far without recharging the battery.

To charge the battery , you can plug it in to an electrical outlet.你可以接通它的电源给电池充电.

plug 堵,塞,填 plug sth in 给...接通电源
outlet 电源插座

One of Paul's friends has one and is quite happy with it.Paul的一个朋友就有一辆电动汽车,而且对他的车子非常满意.

be happy with 对...很满意

There are also several charging stations near Paul's office.So he isn't worried about that.The cost for charging the battery is low.Paul的办公室附近有几个充电站,所以他对充电的事情不太担心.充电的价格也便宜.

charging station 充电站
the cost for / of doing sth 做某事的费用

His wife ,Kathy , also like the idea of buying an electric car.So it make sense.他的妻子Kathy也觉得买电动车的想法不错,所以一切说得通了.

idea 意见 主意 想法 the idea of doing sth 关于做某事的主意,想法,
make sense 说得通的,合乎情理的.

Paul enjoys driving ,So he doesn't like driverless cars.he likes to be in control of his car.Paul喜欢开车,所以他不喜欢无人驾驶车,他喜欢掌控他的车.

driverless 无人驾驶的
enjoy doing sth 喜欢做某事
control 控制
be in control of sth 掌控着某事/某物,对某事/某物有控制权.