北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit8 les30-2

[00:00.00]1.4 My friend Stephanie
[00:09.08]had an accident yesterday
[00:11.47]when she was returning from school.
[00:14.46]She was riding her bike on Wilson Street.
[00:18.78]She was riding behind a bus.
[00:21.75]She couldn't see very well
[00:24.30]because it was raining.
[00:26.49]Suddenly,a dog ran out into the road
[00:31.21]in front of the bus.
[00:33.10]The bus driver tried to stop.
[00:36.58]When Stephanie saw the bus stopping,
[00:39.70]she put her brakes¹ on,
[00:42.02]but the road was wet
[00:44.19]and she wasn't able to stop in time.
[00:48.30]She hit the back of the bus
[00:51.21]and fell off her bike.
[00:53.71]For a few moments,she couldn't move.
[00:57.89]A pedestrian² was walking on Wilson Street.
[01:02.25]She stopped to help Stephanie and,
[01:05.78]after a few minutes,she was able to stand up.
[01:09.98]Luckily,she wasn't badly hurt,
[01:13.51]just a bit shaken However,
[01:16.90]Stephanie's bike was broken³,
[01:19.70]and she couldn't ride it home.
[01:22.26]However,she was very close to her house
[01:26.56]in fact she could see it
[01:29.04]from the scene of the accident
[01:31.79]so she was able to walk home with her bike.
[01:35.57]She couldn't use her bike
[01:37.61]for a few days after that.
[01:39.27]

1 brakes   

动词brake的第三人称单数形式

参考例句：

• He slammed on the brakes and the car juddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车，汽车在剧烈震动中停下来。
• It's no joke when your brakes fail on the motorway. 在快车道上行驶时刹车失灵的后果是非常严重的。

2 pedestrian   

n.行人，步行者；adj.徒步的，呆板的，通俗的

参考例句：

• The criminal pushed a pedestrian down and ran away.罪犯推倒了一个行人逃跑了。
• The city built a pedestrian overpass over the highway.城里在公路上建了一座过街天桥。

3 broken   

adj.坏掉的，患病的，被制服的，断掉的；vbl.break的过去分词

参考例句：

• He is mending a broken cup.他在修补破杯子。
• Something was broken in my engine.我的发动机里有个东西损坏了。