英语访谈对话 22 The Bus Story

 　　Todd: So, Jessica, you've got a brother named Kirk!

　　Jessica: Yes, that's right. He is two and a half years older than I am, and we get along very well now.

　　Todd: You get along very well now! How did you get along in the past?

　　Jessica: Not very well at all actually. He was always very mean and heartless, should we say.

　　Todd: What was the first thing you remember him doing to you?

　　Jessica: Perhaps the first thing was the time I fell asleep on the bus when I was on kindergarten. He actually left me there sleeping, and I didn't wake up until my lunch box fell on the ground, when the bus driver was parking¹ in the bus garage. So anyway, yeah, I learned² at that point not to really depend on him so much.

　　Todd: What did your mum say when you got home?

　　Jessica: My mom asked my brother,"Hey! Aren't you forgetting something?", referring to me, and he responded³, "Hey! How did you know I forgot my homework!"

1 parking   

n.停车，停机，停放

参考例句：

• A bus is parking on the road.路上停着一辆公共汽车。
• Next you must learn how to back a car into a parking space.下一步你应该学会如何把车倒入停车的空地。

2 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

3 responded   

回答，回报，响应( respond的过去式和过去分词 )； 有反应； 有效果； 有影响

参考例句：

• Most of the staff who responded to the questionnaire were supportive. 回答了问卷的职员大多数表示支持。
• She responded to the news by bursting into tears. 她听到那个消息后眼泪夺眶而出。