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 A:     Howdy! Nice car! What seems to be the problem?

 B:     I don’t know! This stupid old car started spewing
       white smoke and it just died on me. Luckily, I man-
       aged¹ to start it up and drive it here.  What do you
       think it is?

 A:     Not sure yet. How about you pop  the hood² and
       we can take a look. Hmmm, it doesn’t look good.

 B:    What do you mean?  My daddy gave me this car
       for my birthday last month. It’s brand new!

 A:    Well missy, the white smoke that you saw is steam
       from the radiator³.  You overheated your engine so
        now the pistons⁴ are busted⁵ and so is your trans-
        mission. You should have called us and we could
        have towed you over here when your car died.

 B:     Ugh... So how long is this going to take? An hour?
 A:     I’m afraid a bit more than that. We need to or-
       der the spare parts, take apart your electrical sys-
       tem,  fuel pump and engine and then put it back
       together again. You are going to have to leave it
        here for at least two weeks.

 B:    What!  How am I supposed to get to school or go
       shopping? This is not happening!

1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

3 radiator   

n.暖气片，散热器

参考例句：

• The two ends of the pipeline are connected with the radiator.管道的两端与暖气片相连接。
• Top up the radiator before making a long journey.在长途旅行前加满散热器。

4 pistons   

活塞( piston的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Some pistons have seating rings of metal or leather. 有些活塞上有金属或皮革的密封环。
• A pump uses valves and pistons. 泵使用阀和活塞。

5 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。