第42期：Buying a Car 买车

「晨读音频」

Hey guys! Welcome to my channel. I’m Grace. Good morning!欢迎来到我的频道～我是Grace老师，早上好呀！

I believe that lots of men love buying cars so much. I have got a friend who has already got one car but he wants to buy another one.我相信很多男士啊都特别爱买车。我有一个朋友已经有了一辆车但他还想再买一辆。

Research shows that women car buyers are more cost-conscious and purchase fuel-efficient vehicles, while male buyers are completely the opposite.研究表明女士们买车更有成本意识并且会购买省油的车子，而男士购买者却完全相反。

Men tend to choose either large vehicles, such as trucks, or high-priced, high-performance vehicles.男士们倾向于购买大型车，如大卡车，要么就是选择价格不菲且高性能的车。

Today we are going to listen to a dialogue about buying a car. In this story, the father is going to buy a car for his daughter, but he does have a very special taste. Let’s see what will happen in this dialogue.今天我们将要听一个关于买车的对话。在这个故事中，这父亲打算买辆车给他女儿，但是他的品味非常独特。让我们来看看在对话中会发生些什么吧。

「对话文本」

A: Hi there, can I help you folks?

你们好，请问有什么可以帮到你们的？

B: I’m just browsing; seeing what’s on the lot. My daughter wants a car for her birthday, you know how it is.我就先看看，看看你们有什么。我女儿想要一辆车作为她的生日礼物，你知道是怎么回事了吧。C: Dad! I’m sixteen already and I’m, like, the only one at school who doesn’t have a car!爸爸，我已经16岁了，我是学校里唯一一个没有车的！ 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 antilock brakes; a perfect vehicle for a young driver.你知道，她说的是对的。如现的孩子都有车。让我给你看看我们新到的车：一辆1996年的轿车。非常省的油耗，双安全气囊，防抱死系统；年轻人开车的最好选择。C: Dad, I love it! It’s awesome! Can we get this one please?爸爸，我喜欢这辆！它太棒了！我们可以买这辆吗？ B: I see... What can you tell me about this one?我知道了......你能给我介绍下另外这辆吗？ A: Oh, that’s just an old World War Two tank that we use for TV commercials. Now about this sedan...噢，这只是一辆二战的旧坦克，我们用于电视广告。现在关于这辆轿车......B: Whoa, whoa，wait a minute. Tell me more about this tank.哇，哇，等一下，跟我多讲讲这辆坦克。 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 attacks.好的先生，如果你想要的是高质量和安全性，那就不用看其他的了！三英寸的钢筋铁壁可以保护你女儿免受短程导弹袭击带来的伤害。B: Does the sedan protect her from missile attacks?那轿车也可以保护他免受短程导弹袭击伤害吗？ A: It does not.那不可以。B: Well, I don’t know. Let me sleep on it.好吧，我不知道，让我考虑一下。A: Did I mention the tank is a tank?我刚刚有提到坦克就是坦克吗？ B: I’ll take it!我就买它了！ C: Dad!爸爸！

「重要发音技巧」

Welcome back. Wow, it will be so cool to get a tank to go to school, won’t it?

I am not pretty sure if the father in this dialogue was serious or not, haha. If so, he was very unique and he must really worry about his daughter’s safety and wanted to protect her very well.

Okay, now let’s learn some important tips of pronunciations first.

欢迎回来。哇哦，买辆坦克去上学真酷，不是吗？不确定这对话中的父亲是不是认真的，哈哈。如果是，那他非常的独一无二，而且他肯定非常担心他女儿的安全，并且想要好好保护她。好了，现在让我们先学习一些重要的发音技巧。

1. 略读：

英文最明显的语音规则除了连读外，就是略读了。

爆破音和爆破音相邻时，第一个爆破音只形成阻碍，但不发生爆破，称为失爆；爆破音和其他辅音相邻时，该爆破音不完全爆破。

英语语音中的失爆和不完全爆破现象，我们简称为“略读”。略读是英语语音学习的重点，也是一个难点，掌握好略读，也就掌握了地道英语发音的制胜法宝！

注意：略读时并不是把整个音丢掉，而是发音时点到为止，有口型不发音或轻微发音。 重要学术名词--爆破音：[p] [b] [t] [d] [k] [g]。在这里，我们着重学习：爆破音[t] [m]和[n]。 文章中：女孩的父亲对销售员说了句“Well, I don’t know.” 可以读成：Well, I don’(t) – know. 相似用法的例句：Let me take a look.可以读成：Le(t)-me take a look. 2. 辅元连读： 一句话中相邻的两个单词，前一个单词以辅音结尾，后一个单词以元音开始，拼读成“辅音 元音”的连读。 文章中：The father said: “I’ll take it!”这父亲说：“我买它了！”

Let me show you something we just got in: a 1996 sedan.

让我给你看看我们新到的车，一辆1996年的轿车。

「核心单词掌握」

1. vehicle [ˈviːəkl] n. 交通工具

It means a thing that is used for transporting people or goods from one place to another, such as a car or lorry/truck.

它指的是将人或者物体从一个地方运送到另一个地方，比如像车子或者卡车。

衍生：

motor vehicles (=cars, buses, lorries/ trucks, etc. )

机动车辆（相当于轿车，公共汽车，卡车等等）

例句：

Are you the driver of this vehicle?

你是这辆车的驾驶员吗？

2. sedan [sɪˈdæn] n. 大轿车；厢式轿车

It means a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.

它指的是一辆车是封闭的，有前后座并且有两个或者四个门。

例句：

Tattoo guy said he saw a silver or gray sedan.

纹身男说他看见了一辆银色或者是灰色的小轿车。

3. gas mileage [ɡæs ˈmaɪlɪdʒ] n. 耗油量；一加仑汽油所行驶的里程

It means how many miles you can travel on a gallon or liter of gasoline.

它是指一加仑或一升汽油行驶多少英里。

Notice：In Australia, New Zealand and Canada people use kilometers, but to measure distance, people still talk about gas mileage.

注意：在澳大利亚，新西兰和加拿大，人们会用千米（公里），但是对于测量距离，还是会使用gas mileage。

例句：

Europe is a market that highly prizes fuel economy, with some of the world’s most stringent gas mileage standards.

欧洲市场高度重视燃油经济性，有着一些全世界最严格的油效标准。

4. brake [breɪk] n. 刹车

It means a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle.

它是指一个可以使车子慢速或者停下来的设备。

衍生：

the brake pedal刹车踏板

to put/slam on the brakes 踩/猛踩刹车

In this dialogue, the salesman introduced the car that he recommended: Excellent gas mileage, it has dual airbags and antilock brakes.

在这段对话中，这名销售人员介绍他推荐的车子是：非常省的油耗，双安全气囊，防抱死（系统）。

科普：antilock brake system就是指汽车制动防抱死系统简称ABS。抱死是指汽车在刹车过程中一次制动，轮胎不再旋转。容易造成汽车失去控制，造成交通事故等危害。防抱死，顾名思义是防止汽车制动，采用间歇性制动刹车。

例句：

The car braked and swerved.

那辆车刹车后来了个急转弯。

「实用口语表达」

1. I’m just browsing. 我只是随便看看。

It means you are just looking and you don’t really wanna buy the things at the moment in the store.

它指的是你在店里只是看看并不是在此刻真的很想买这些东西。

衍生：

I’m only looking at the moment.我先看看。

I’m just having a look.我只是随便看看。

I’m not looking for anything in particular.我没有什么特别想买的。

I don’t know what to buy yet.我不知道要买什么。

window-shopping 只看不买

例句：

I’m just browsing. I have come here last weekend.

我只是随便看看。上周末我来过。

2. sleep on it 好好考虑一夜；把……留待第二天再做决定

It means to think about something overnight and then make a decision.

它是指考虑某事一个晚上，然后再做决定。

例句：

Could I sleep on it and let you know tomorrow.

能不能让我晚上考虑考虑，明天答复你？

「今日所学回顾」

1. 发音技巧：

(1) 略读：

Well, I don’t know.

可以读成：Well, I don’(t) – know.

Let me take a look.

可以读成：Le(t)-me take a look.

(2) 辅元连读：

I’ll take it!

Let me show you something we just got in: a 1996 sedan.

2. 核心词汇：

vehicle [ˈviːəkl] n. 交通工具

sedan [sɪˈdæn] n. 大轿车；厢式轿车

gas mileage [ɡæs ˈmaɪlɪdʒ] n. 耗油量；一加仑汽油所行驶的里程

brake [breɪk] n. 刹车

3. 口语表达：

I’m just browsing. 我只是随便看看。

sleep on it 好好考虑一夜；把……留待第二天再做决定

That’s all for today. Hope you like today’s class. It is such a fun dialogue. Oh, by the way, have you ever driven a tank before? If so, please let me know. It must be a very cool experience and I really want you to share it with me.我们这期的学习就到这里了。希望你喜欢今天的课程。这个对话好有趣哦。哦，顺便问一下，你曾经有没有驾驶过坦克？如果是的话，请告诉我。这样的经历一定很酷，我真的很想你能与我分享。

Okay. Thanks for listening. See you next time and have a great day!

好了。感谢收听，下期再见。祝愿大家度过美好的一天！