【话匣子英语】学习开车

安德鲁和哈皮今天讨论的是开车的技术......

 

 

Harp¹: I’m a pretty safe, cautious driver. I have to be honest though, I think that during my driver’s test is the only time that I successfully parallel parked.

Andrew: Me too! That’s so funny. I hate parallel parking, which is dumb, because in Montreal, you have to parallel park all the time. But I still hate it and I think the only time that I’ve nailed it, just perfectly², was on my driving test.

Harp: Yeah for me too, it’s- I suck at parallel parking and in Edmonton you don’t need to really do it very often because there’s so much space, there’s so many parking lots. But in Montreal, you always have to parallel park and I hate it and I get so stressed out when there’s cars behind me waiting and they’re honking³ and it’s so stressful I find.

Andrew: Yup, it’s a nightmare. I usually just keep driving around the block until I find an easy place to park.

Harp: Yup. So, that was the only time that I really successfully, like really quickly parallel parked was during my driving exam.

Andrew: Mhmm. Luckily for me, on my driving exam, they took me to a very secluded⁴ road where there was no other cars behind me and I think I had just been practicing downtown, where it was very busy and stressful, and so because on the test it was in a secluded, quiet area, it was just a breeze. It was easy to park there.

Harp: Yup. For me, when I had to pass my test, I had to do a theoretical section where I had to pass a multiple choice test exam about different driving rules, like can you turn right when- all the different sorts of driving rules. And then I had to do an actual practical exam. Did you have to do the same thing?

Andrew: Yeah, there was a little kiosk in the driver’s office with a touch screen computer and there were just multiple choice questions about the theory of driving. What the road signs mean and what you can and can’t do in certain situations.

Harp: Do you think that you could pass the theoretical exam right now?

Andrew: I think so.

Harp: Yeah?

Andrew: What about you, do you think so?

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

3 honking   

v.（使）发出雁叫似的声音，鸣（喇叭），按（喇叭）( honk的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Cars zoomed helter-skelter, honking belligerently. 大街上来往车辆穿梭不停，喇叭声刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Flocks of honking geese flew past. 雁群嗷嗷地飞过。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 secluded   

adj.与世隔绝的；隐退的；偏僻的v.使隔开，使隐退( seclude的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place. 一些人当他们在隐蔽的地方游泳时，喜欢把衣服脱光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This charming cottage dates back to the 15th century and is as pretty as a picture, with its thatched roof and secluded garden. 这所美丽的村舍是15世纪时的建筑，有茅草房顶和宁静的花园，漂亮极了，简直和画上一样。 来自《简明英汉词典》