听对话练听力 31

DEGREES¹ BELOW² ZERO³

laurance--Did you hear how cold it got⁴ last night?

soony--I heard the radio announcer⁵ say it was⁶ 18 degrees

below zero.

laurance--That's cold.I could⁷ hardly⁸ start my car,it was

so cold this morning!

soony-My car didn't want to start,either,at first.

laurance--Don't you have a garage⁹?

soony--Not in the new apartment¹⁰.We have to leave the car

in the parking¹¹ lot.

laurance--How much anti-freeze do you put in your car then?

You must have to keep it well below zero.

soony--I do.Right now I have it protected¹² to 30 below.

laurance--Does it ever¹³ get that cold around here?

soony--Not really.It sometimes gets to 20 below.

laurance--Speaking of cold,how about going¹⁴ for a cup of

coffee to warm up?

 

参考译文：

laurance--你听说昨晚上有多冷吗？

soony--我听广播员说是零下18度。

laurance--那真是冷了。今天早上冷极了。我的车都几乎发动不起来了。

soony--我的车开始也发动不起来。

laurance--你不是有车库吗？

soony--新住房没车库了。我们只好把车放在停车场。

laurance--那你在车里加了多少防冻油？你一定得让车在零下也防冻。

soony--是的，现在我让车在零下30度也防冻。

laurance--这里有过那么冷吗？

soony--没有，偶尔到零下20度。

laurance--说起冷来，去喝杯咖啡暖和暖和怎么样？

1 degrees   

n.度( degree的名词复数 )；程度；学位；（组织损伤的）深度

参考例句：

• It will be a mild night, around nine degrees Celsius. 晚间天气温和，温度约九摄氏度。
• a temperature of 40 degrees centigrade 40摄氏度的温度

2 below   

prep./adv.在……的下面；低于……

参考例句：

• I looked down at the hall below.我瞧了瞧下面的大厅。
• The temperature is below zero.温度在零度以下。

3 zero   

num.零；n.无，最低点

参考例句：

• The teacher put a zero on his paper.老师在他的试卷上打了个零分。
• Our hopes fell to zero.我们的希望完全破灭了。

4 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

5 announcer   

n.宣布者；电(视)台播音员，报幕员

参考例句：

• The radio announcer said it was nine o'clock.电台播音员报时9点整。
• The announcer tells the listeners what programme comes next.广播员告诉听众下一个是什么节目。

6 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

7 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

8 hardly   

adv.几乎没有，刚刚，几乎不，勉强是

参考例句：

• I could hardly believe my eyes.我简直不相信自己的眼睛。
• The hens hardly laid any eggs in summer.母鸡夏天几乎不下蛋。

9 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。

10 apartment   

n.（美）公寓住宅，公寓房间；单元房间

参考例句：

• How big is the apartment?这公寓有多大？
• Remember to clean your apartment.记得打扫你的公寓。

11 parking   

n.停车，停机，停放

参考例句：

• A bus is parking on the road.路上停着一辆公共汽车。
• Next you must learn how to back a car into a parking space.下一步你应该学会如何把车倒入停车的空地。

12 protected   

adj.受到保护的

参考例句：

• The grating protected a window in the men's room. 格栅护着男厕所的一扇窗子。
• Trees should be well protected from the cold during winter. 冬天要保护好树木以防冻坏。

13 ever   

adv.曾经；永远；不断地；在任何时候；究竟

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to hangzhou?你曾经去过杭州吗？
• I will be young and strong and beautiful for ever.我将永远年轻、强壮，永远漂亮。

14 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。