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Unit12 weather
snow plough¹
Paul and his wife² live in Chicago,when one day morning,while watching TV,they heard the weathman say:"we're going³ to have 3 to 4 interest⁴ of snow today,you must park your car on the Even⁵ number side⁶ of the street,so the snow plough can get through."Paul goes out and moves his car.
A few⁷ days later,while they are eating breakfast,the TV weatherman says:"we're expecting⁸ 4 to 5 interest of snow today,you must park your car on the other number side of the street,so the snow plough can get through".Paul goes out and moves his car again.
The next week,they're having breakfast,when the TV weatherman says:"we're expecting 7 to 8 interest of snow today,you must park...........".Then the power⁹ goes off,the power goes up,Paul says to his wife:"honey,I don't know what to do.",His wife says:"Why don't you leave the car in the garage¹⁰ this time?".

1 plough   

n.犁，耕地；vi.用犁耕田，开路；vt.耕，犁，开路

参考例句：

• Farmers plough in autumn or spring.农民在秋天或春天犁田。
• If we plough on until it's dark,we should get this field finished.如果我们一直犁到天黑，就可以把这块地犁完了。

2 wife   

n.妻子，太太，老婆

参考例句：

• She is my wife.她是我妻子。
• He is a tall man but his wife is a short woman.他是个子很高的男人，但他妻子很矮。

3 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

4 interest   

v.引起…关注；使…感兴趣

参考例句：

• She lost interest in him.她对他失去兴趣。
• He developed an interest in science.他养成了对科学的兴趣。

5 even   

adj.平坦的，偶数的，相等的；adv.甚至，恰好，正当

参考例句：

• It was cold yesterday,but it's even colder today. 昨天冷，今天更冷了。
• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.尽管他经验最少，但教得最好。

6 side   

n.边，旁边；面，侧面

参考例句：

• The shop is on the west side of the street.商店在街道的西边。
• There was a lot of people on every side. 到处都是人。

7 few   

adj.很少的，不多的，少数的；int.少数的

参考例句：

• There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
• I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。

8 expecting   

adj.怀孕的v.期望( expect的现在分词 )；预料；要求；认为（某事）会发生

参考例句：

• My sister's expecting a baby . 我姐姐怀孕了。
• The party is expecting to gain control of the council in the next election. 该党期待着在下次选举中获得对地方议会的控制权。

9 power   

n.电力，动力；能力，力量，权力

参考例句：

• He lost his power of speech.他失去了说话的能力。
• It is not in my power to do that.做那事非我力所能及。

10 garage   

n.汽车库，汽车间，汽车修理厂

参考例句：

• There is a garage in the southeast corner of his house.他房子的东南角有一个车房。
• The garage did such a bad repair.修车厂的活干得如此之差。