流行美語第208課：喝油的車-(韋博分享)

1、流行美語第208課：喝油的車（韋博分享）流行美語第208課：喝油的車（韋博分享）larry和李華要開車去一個國家公園，他們先到加油站給汽車加油。李華今天會學(xué)到兩個常 用語,gas guzzler 禾 tree huggeroll: i can't believe the price of gas these days! i am going to have to get rid of this gas guzzler.lh:我知道，我到美國來以后就從來沒有見過這么高的的汽油價錢?？墒?，larry,你要扔 掉什么? gas guzzler是什么呀？ll: to guzzle someth

2、ing is to drink it really fast. a gas guzzler refers to a car that gets very poor gas mileage and constantly needs to be filled up.lh:我明白了。guzzle就是口渴的時候大口大口地喝水。你是說你的車耗油太多，大口大 口地喝油。a gas guzzler就是耗油量很大的汽車。ll: that's right. and looking at the price on the gas pump, i am not too happy to be driving

3、 a gas guzzler right now.,還開耗油的車，花錢多了，當然不高興啦。對ll: well, about 25 miles to the gallon on the highway, but only 18 miles per gallon driving around town. it isn't the worst gas guzzler out there, but i could be driving something more fuel efficient.lh:在高速公路上開每加侖25英里，在城市里只能開18英里！比我的車要費油多了。你 是該換一輛省油的

4、車了。ll: well, i know there are cars on the market that get as much as 40 miles to the gallon, but they tend to be smaller cars. bigger cars tend to be gas guzzlers, and i wanted a bigger car.lh:當然啦，省油的車一般都是小型的車，大車都是耗油的。你喜歡開大車，那就得多花錢。 larry ,現(xiàn)在耗油量大的汽車一定賣不動了吧？ll: i think there will always be people who

5、 have the money to afford the gas and want to have a big gas guzzler to drive around.lh:沒錯，就像你這樣愛開大車的人總是有的。larry,這就叫愿者上鉤。不過，有的人有錢，你是窮學(xué)生。我還是喜歡開小車，省油省錢，還有利于保護環(huán)境。ll: there! the tank of this gas guzzler is finally full after i pay the gas attendant, we can get on the road.lh:油加滿啦？快去付錢，完了我們就可以上路了。太棒了 ,我早

6、就想去國家公園痛痛快 快地玩一天。ll: so, li hua, you drive a small car because you think it's good for the environment. are you a tree hugger or what?lh:是呀，我剛才說了，我喜歡開小車，原因之一是為了保護環(huán)境。你問我是不是個tree hugger?抱樹的人？我是很喜歡樹，可是沒有到要擁抱樹的程度。ll: a tree hugger is some one who really likes trees and the en vironme nt and is willi

7、ng to do pretty much anything to protect themlh:我猜想a tree hugger也就是特別喜歡樹木z關(guān)心環(huán)保的人。larry , tree hugger這 個名詞是有贊揚的意思，還是含有貶義？ll: it isn't a bad thing - depending on who you talk to. some people see treeprogress.lh:沒有壞的意思，但是又要看你跟誰說話。為什么有的人認為tree huggers會妨礙進步呢？這我不明白。ll: do you remember a few years ago

8、some tree huggers in the northwesternunited states wanted to protect the forest home of the spotted owl?lh:對，幾年前，美國西北部一些環(huán)保人士為了保護貓頭鷹的棲息地，阻止木材公司伐木而用鐵鏈子把自己捆在樹上。ll: yeah, and the price of lumber in the northwest went up, and people blamed the tree huggers for lost jobs in the lumber industry.lh:原來是這樣。因為

9、砍的樹少了，價格就上升了，伐木業(yè)的就業(yè)機會也少了；他們都怪環(huán) 保人士呀！在這些人眼里，tree huggers顯然不是贊美的稱呼了。ll: no, it is a term used to put down or disparage people who protect nature at the expense of human comfort and industry.lh:對這些人來說.tree huggers就是犧牲人類的舒適和工業(yè)來保護自然。野生動物應(yīng)該保護嘛,這總要有人站出來說話啊。me of the good things treelthrough the forest reminds huggers can do.lh:在森林里開車是會讓我們想起tree huggerso他們努力保護森林，好讓我們和子孫后 代都能享用，這都是很有意義的事。ll: i think you've answered my question, li hua. yo