英语口语大赢家Topic237:兴趣和需求 Interests and Needs

阿美这个暑假想学车，于是她就跟爸爸商量着报一个驾校班，那么他们有没有得出结论呢？一起来看看吧！

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May: Dad, I want to learn how to drive this summer vacation.

Dad: That's a good idea. You'd better hurry up before they've filled all classes. Many people are learning how to drive now.

May: I will get registered now at once. Do you know any training schools?

Dad: I am not sure. You can search for them on the Internet.

May: OK. look, I've typed “driver schools”, and there are so many results coming out.

Dad: Let me see. BeeTee Tranining School, summer program, 3,000 Yuan, learn how to drive within one month, and get driver's license¹ within three months.

May: 3,000 Yuan is a little bit steep.

Dad: I think so. Let's see the next one: 3,500 Yuan, summer program. Forget it.

May: I've heard that the Ideal Life School is famous. They offer many programs and there are many classes available. The charge is also fair.

Dad: Search on the Internet then, see if we can find something more about it.

May: Ah, got it. Ideal Life School, programs: cooking, gardening, fashion designing, social services, computer…Oh, no, they don't offer driver's programs.

Dad: Don't worry. Let's check out some other schools.

May: Hey, dad, I've found another one. Going Training School, summer program, learn to drive in three months, 2,800 Yuan.

Dad: That sounds not bad. Where is it?

May: No. 3 Broadgate Street. It's not far from here.

Dad: Good, we can go there tomorrow and find out more about the summer program.

听看学
阿美: 爸爸，我想在这个暑假学学怎样开车。

爸爸: 好主意。在所有班都被报满之前，你最好快点。现在很多人都在学开车。

阿美: 我现在马上就去报名。你知道有什么培训学校吗？

爸爸: 我不是很清楚。你可以上网查查。

阿美: 好的。看啊，我输入了“驾校”，然后出来了这么多结果。

爸爸: 让我看看，碧体培训学校，暑期项目，3，000元，一个月内学会驾驶，三个月内拿到驾照。

阿美: 3，000元有点贵。

爸爸: 我想是的。看看下一个：3，500元，暑期项目。不看这个了。

阿美: 我听说完美生活培训学校很有名。他们开设很多项目和课程，收费也很合理。

爸爸: 上网查查，看看能不能找到更多关于它的信息。

阿美: 啊，找到了。完美生活培训学校，项目包括：烹饪、园艺、时装设计、社会公共服务、计算机等等。哦，他们不提供驾驶课程。

爸爸: 别着急，我们再看看别的学校。

阿美: 嗨，爸爸，我找到了另外一个学校。“来训练”驾校，暑期项目，三个月学会开车，2，800元。

爸爸: 听起来还不错，它在哪儿？

阿美: 大道街3号，离这儿不远。

爸爸: 好的，我们明天可以去那里多了解一下暑期项目。
经典背诵 Recitation
May: This summer vacation I want to learn how to drive. After googling “driver schools” on the Internet, I find millions of results. Some schools' charge was too high, but Ideal Life School wasn't. It is a well-known training school, but unfortunately, they don't offer a driver's program. Going Training School is good. I think I'll check it out.

生词小结
come out 出现

steep adj. （价格、收费等）过高的，过分昂贵的

driver's license 驾驶执照

gardening n. 园艺

fashion designing 时装设计

词汇扩展Vocabulary Builder
关于职业学校课程的词汇

基础词汇

accounting² 会计

animation³ 动画制作

business 商业

computer 计算机

fine art 美术

management 管理

marketing⁴ 营销

提高词汇

electronics 电子

graphic⁵ design 图片设计

insurance 保险

journalism⁶ 新闻

nursing 护理

social service 社会服务

visual art 视觉艺术

家庭总动员 Do it together
两人一组，一方随机大声读出上面词汇的英文和中文，另一方用该词汇填入下面的句子，大声朗读出来并将句子翻译成中文。

They don't offer ( )'s program.

[例] 家长读 business 商业

孩子读They don't offer business's program. 他们不提供商业课程。

 

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 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

3 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

4 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

5 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

6 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。