美語三級跳: 012B 開車 中級課程

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Phil想去拉斯維加斯玩兒，可是沒有租到合適的車。所以他決定向自己的朋友Tom借敞篷車。

Professor: Winnie, if you had a nice convertible, would you lend it to a friend to go to Las Vegas?

可以借，不過條件是，帶我一起去拉斯維加斯！

[Doorbell, door opening]

Tom: Well hello Phil. This is certainly a surprise. What are you doing at my apartment?

Phil: Oh ... no reason. I haven't seen you in a while, so I thought I would go see my very, very good friend Tom.

Tom: Oh really. Well something tells me that isn't the only reason. You never come by unless you want a favor.

Phil: What? Of course not! I came by just because I like you and wanted to say hello!

Tom: Come on Phil, you can't fool me. What do you want?

Professor: It sounds like Tom has given Phil lots of favors before.

可不是么，Phil以前一定經(jīng)常麻煩Tom。這次，他雖然一直和Tom套近乎，但Tom似乎有點不為所動。

Phil: Well ... alright. I want to drive to Las Vegas this weekend. Would it be possible for me to borrow your car?

Tom: You want to borrow my car? But it's brand new! I've only made one payment.

Phil: I know, but I promise I'll be really careful.

Tom: I don't know ... Las Vegas is a pretty wild place. I don't want anything to happen to my car.

看來Tom不愿意把車借給Phil，因為他的車是新買的，而且，拉斯維加斯那種地方什么人都有，把自己的新車交給別人還真不放心呢！

Professor: Exactly. But do you know what Tom meant when he said he had only made one payment?

Tom說的payments就是每個月要還的買車貸款。 他說，自己才只還了一個月的錢。

Phil: Oh please? I'm a really good driver. I'll return it without a scratch.

Tom: You? A good driver? You don't even know how to parallel park!

Phil: Don't worry, I won't park it on the street. I'll park it in the hotel parking lot.

Tom: But people really like to party in Las Vegas. I'm worried someone who has been drinking and driving will hit my car and damage it.

Phil: Don't worry, I'll only drive during the day.

Tom擔(dān)心有人drinking and driving - 酒后駕車，會撞壞自己的車，可卻絲毫不擔(dān)心車?yán)锏娜?- Phil的安全，這算什么朋友！

Professor: Well, it's a brand new car. It probably has airbags and plenty of safety features.

那倒也是，新車都會配備airbags - 氣囊，和其它的safety features - 安全設(shè)備。不過，professor Bowman, Tom說Phil不會parallel park，這是什么意思？

Professor: The word "parallel,", means extending in the same direction. So parallel parking is to park directly behind another car.

哦，parallel是“平行”的意思，所以parallel parking就是就在街上平行停車，或者叫“入庫停車”。Phil不會parallel parking,所以他保證，只把Tom的車停在酒店停車場。

Tom: Alright Phil, I'll lend you my car but there are some rules.

Phil: Sure, what are they?

Tom: First, no speeding. If you get a ticket in a speed trap, I will never lend you my car again.

Phil: Of course not. I'll drive really slow.

Tom: Rule number two. No talking on your cell phone while you drive.

Phil: Of course, I promise I won't talk on my phone.

Tom: Rule number three. If you make any money gambling, you give half to me.

Phil: Well, you drive a hard bargain, but it's a deal!

Tom最終還是同意借車了。不過，他要求Phil，不能超速；不能開車時打電話；而且如果在賭場里贏了錢，就要分一半給他!

Professor: Do you think that's a good deal?

我覺得，就象Phil說的，Tom "drives a hard bargain." 太能討價還價了。

Professor: But I think it's a fair deal! Let's tune in next time to learn about Phil's trip to Vegas.

這次的美語三級跳就播送到這里。