华尔街基础英语Lesson 64

I’m standing¹ here at a petrol station on the main south coast road between Brighten² and Eastbourne in the County³ of Sussex. It’s a very busy road; so many cars stop here to fill up with petrol. Let’s talk to a few of the customers. Let’s start off by talking to you, Sir. How much metering do you do a year? Not very much, just going to and from work. Do you have more than one car in you family? Yes my wife got a car as well, yes.
So do you find motoring expensive? I suppose it’s pretty expensive really. Yeah, but there again I again I suppose, if we went by train, you know, that’s probably a bit more actually. I would work out more.
Do you think that we ought to be encouraged to us public transport more? Oh, very much so, actually. Perhaps it makes it cheaper. Yeah, I’m very much in favor of subsidized public transport.
I mean I think really we will be better to keep cars off the road altogether. Thank you very much indeed. O, Thank you, Right.
And here’s the lady filling up her Nissan car. What do you like about this car? It’s easy to drive, and economical⁴, easy to park because it’s small, and it got quite good.  
What about the driving on the road? What do you think the standard of drivers that you meet?
I actually only passed my text last Thursday, so I don’t really think …
Congratulations!
I don’t really think that I’m ready to criticize⁵ other people yet.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, here’s a taxi driver, sir, you must do quite a lot of driving!
Yes, I do indeed.
How many miles do you reckon⁶ you cover a week?
About seven…eight hundred miles.
What are the British drivers lie? Are we good drivers or bad drivers?
In a nutshell about 85% of them out here have got the IQ of a carrot and…
What can you say? I’ve come out here everyday and everyday somebody teaches me something else that they can so with a motor car that I wouldn’t have said it was possible.
Marvelous⁷! Thank you very much!
You’re welcome.
Safe travelling to you!
Thank you! Bye-bye!

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 brighten   

vt.使发亮，使开颜；vi.发光，发亮，生色

参考例句：

• Brighten the kitchen by painting it yellow.给厨房涂上黄色，使它发亮。
• She has brighten up my whole life.她给我的整个生活带来快乐。

3 county   

n.县，郡

参考例句：

• When the good news reached there,the whole county rejoiced.喜讯传到那里时，全县的人都欢欣鼓舞起来。
• In that year county after county fell to the enemy.那一年一个又一个的县城沦入敌人手中。

4 economical   

adj.节约的，节俭的；经济学的；经济上的

参考例句：

• The state has paced the whole nation in the economical reform.这个州在经济改革中走在了全国的前列。
• Coke is an economical fuel but it leaves a lot of ash.焦炭是一种很经济的燃料,可是燃烧后剩下很多灰。

5 criticize   

vt.批评；批判，指责；评论，评价

参考例句：

• Whenever you criticize him,he always has an excuse.你批评他，他总有说头儿。
• You are free to criticize my work.你可以随意批评我的工作。

6 reckon   

vt.计算，估计，认为；vi.计（算），判断，依靠

参考例句：

• Don't reckon upon your relatives to help you out of trouble.不要指望你的亲戚会帮助你摆脱困境。
• I reckon that he is rather too old to marry again.我认为他的年龄太大，不太适于再婚。

7 marvelous   

adj.奇迹般的，惊人的，了不起的

参考例句：

• It'seems to me a most marvelous book.这本书我觉得奥妙之至。
• I congratulate you on this marvelous opportunity.恭喜你获得这样一个极好的机会。