迷你对话学地道口语第850期:轿车(在线收听

   Subject : I need to buy a four-door.

  第一, 迷你对话
  A: I need to buy a four-door.
  我需要买一辆车。
  B: That’s great. Can I borrow it then?
  那天好了,能借我用用吗?
  A: Of course, you are my best friend.
  当然可以,你可是我最好的朋友。
  第二, 地道表达
  a four-door
  1. 解词释义
  Four-door的字面意思是“四个门”,比喻为“轿车”。这是用的是提喻的修饰手法,用部分来代替整体。
  2. 拓展范例
  e.g. Americans used to like big four-doors, and gasoline used to be very inexpensive.
  过去美国人喜欢大型轿车,那时汽油很便宜。
  e.g. The foreign visitors rolled up to the hotel in a four-door.
  外宾们乘着一辆轿车来到旅馆。
  e.g. This four-door accommodates six people quite comfortably.
  这辆轿车坐6个人还很舒服。
  e.g. This morning we are going on a four-door tour of the city.
  我们今天上午要乘大轿车到城里各处游览。
  第三, 视野拓展
  two-door car:双门轿车(左右两侧各一个车门)
  fast back car:斜背式轿车
  car with four independent wheels:四轮独立悬架式轿车
  four door convertible car:四门车篷可折叠式轿车
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