听见英国 UNIT 4 LISTENING 1 Renting a Car 租车

 UNIT 4  Leisure and Activities 休闲活动

 

LISTENING 1    Renting a Car 租车

 Vocabulary

接下来听到的对话中，用到了1~5 所列出的单字和片语，请从（A）~（F）中选出一个意思最接近的选项。

 

1. third party                      (A) gasoline (American English)

2. theft                           (B) driver’s license¹ (American English)

3. petrol                          (C) periodic premium² paid for coverage³

4. purchase                        (D) others

5. driving licence                   (E) the act or an instance of stealing

                                 (F) to buy

 

Listening Warm-Up

 

请根据对话内容回答问题。

 

Q: What did the customer buy while renting a car?

A: ________________________

 

Task 1

 

在对话中谈到了下面七个主题，请按照提到的先后顺序加以编号。

 

_____petrol

_____age

_____the date and time to return the car

_____driving licence

_____ the date that the customer would like to rent a car

_____ the type of the car the customer would like to rent

_____ the price

 

Task 2

请根据对话内容，判断下面句子是否正确，如果符合对话内容，请在T（true）做记号，如果不符合，请在F（false）做记号。

1.       The customer would like to rent a manual car.                          （T）（F）

2.       The customer needs a car for three days from Thursday.                  （T）（F）

3.       In the total price, VAT⁴ is included.                                   （T）（F）

4.       The type of the customer’s driving licence is over 25.                    （T）（F）

5.       The car must be returned before 8 pm.                                （T）（F）

 

Task 3

 

请再听一次对话，然后完成下表中草药有颜色的空格。其中有几格已经写上了两个答案，请从其中选出正确的答案。

 

National Car Rental5 Booking Sheet
The day to be picked up	19th/21st
Type of car	Toyota/Astra
Price per day
Total price with VAT
What is covered:                       1.	Unlimited6 mileage7
2.	Third party insurance
3.
4.
5.
Petrol scheme (￡35.73)	Need/Not needed
Type of the driving licence
Over 25 years old ?	Yes/No
The method of payment

 

 

Tea Time

 

VAT是加值税（Value-added tax）的缩写，英国的加值税是17.5%，税率相当高，不过食品和小孩子的衣物是免税的。

台湾的车多半是自排，但是英国却以手排车占多数，所以如果想要和租自排车，最好至少提前一周预约。

在美语中license名词和动词的拼法是一样的，但是英式英语中的licence 是名词，动词用license。

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 premium   

n.加付款；赠品；adj.高级的；售价高的

参考例句：

• You have to pay a premium for express delivery.寄快递你得付额外费用。
• Fresh water was at a premium after the reservoir was contaminated.在水库被污染之后，清水便因稀而贵了。

3 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

4 vat   

n.(=value added tax)增值税，大桶

参考例句：

• The office is asking for the vat papers.办事处要有关增值税的文件。
• His father emptied sacks of stale rye bread into the vat.他父亲把一袋袋发霉的黑面包倒进大桶里。

5 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

6 unlimited   

adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。

7 mileage   

n.里程，英里数；好处，利润

参考例句：

• He doesn't think there's any mileage in that type of advertising.他认为做那种广告毫无效益。
• What mileage has your car done?你的汽车跑了多少英里？