【英语趣味课堂】驾驶-Driving

 Todd: OK. Keri, can you drive?

 

Kerri: Yes, I can.

 

Todd: Do you have a driver's license¹?

 

Kerri: I do.

 

Todd: OK. So, how long have you had your driver's license?

 

Kerri: I think I got it when I was 17 actually.

 

Todd: OK. How do you get a driver's license in your country?

 

Kerri: Well, I think it's changed since I was a teenager. At that time, you get a learner's permit². And then you start driving with your parents. And you'd also go to drivers ed. And then you had to pass a driving test. I think a written test as well.

 

Todd: OK. Did you get a perfect score on your driving test?

 

Kerri: I was close to perfect, yeah. I can't remember my exact score but I remember it was pretty good.

 

Todd: Do all the members of your family drive?

 

Kerri: Yeah.

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

driver's license

 

Do you have a driver's license?

 

A 'driver's license' is permission from the government to drive.  In many places you have to pass a test and then they give you an identification³ card.  In normal speech we just call this a license.  Notice the following:

 

My picture on my driver's license is terrible.

His parents didn't let him get his driver's license until he was eighteen.

how long

 

How long have you had your driver's license?

 

We use the question phrase⁴ 'how long' to ask about the amount of time a person has done something.  Notice the following:

 

So, how long did you work there?

She wants to know how long you've lived here.

teenager

 

I got my license when I was a teenager.

 

A 'teenager' is a person from the age of 13 to 19.  Notice the following:

 

I had horrible⁵ fashion sense when I was a teenager.

Teenagers can be very difficult for parents to control.

driving test

 

You have to pass both the written and driving test to get a license.

 

A 'driving test' is the test you have to take to get your license.  In the U.S. there is a written test on a computer and then a driving test in a car with a person who scores your ability.  Notice the following:

 

Did you take your driving test on your birthday?

She failed her driving test the first time she took it.

close to perfect

 

I was close to perfect in my driving test.

 

If something is 'close to perfect' it is almost perfect, maybe one or two small things were incorrect⁶. We can use 'close to' before any adjective⁷ to mean the same as 'almost.'   Notice the following:

 

That speech was close to perfect.

Your final exam score was close to perfect.

 

1 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

2 permit   

n.许可证，许可，执照；vt.允许，容许；vi.容许

参考例句：

• The doctor will not permit mother up until her leg is better.在母亲的腿好些之前,医生不允许她起床。
• The soldiers had orders to permit no stranger through.士兵们接到命令不许任何陌生人通过。

3 identification   

n.视为同一，证明同一，确认

参考例句：

• He's made a formal identification of the body.他正式确认了死者身份。
• We should have identification card on the person when we go out.我们外出时应随身携带身份证。

4 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

5 horrible   

adj.可怕的，极可憎的，极可厌的

参考例句：

• This is a horrible monster.这是一个可怕的怪物。
• That is a horrible accident.那是一次可怕的事故。

6 incorrect   

adj.不正确的，错误的

参考例句：

• Your answer is incorrect.你的回答不正确。
• The method is incorrect.方法不对头。

7 adjective   

n.形容词；adj.形容词的，用作形容词的

参考例句：

• Don't apply that adjective to me.不要用那个字眼来形容我。
• The adjective loose has several senses. 形容词loose有几个义项。