看笑话学英语65:Speeding超速
听笑话学英语65:Speeding 超速
Traveling salesmen make their living visiting as many customers as possible.
因为旅行推销员为了谋生需要拜访尽量多的客户
So speeding to get from one appointment to the next is not unheard-of.
所以超速飞车赶场对于他们来说也不是没有过的事情。
Which is how I got pulled over by a highway patrolman. "Don't you ever look at the speedometer?" the officer scolded.
有一次我就因为超速度行驶被一个公路巡警拦了下来。“你有没有看过你的时速表?”那名警官责问。
Before I knew it, the truth spilled from my mouth. "As fast as I was going," I admitted, "I was afraid to take my eyes off the road."
当我的回答一出口,我立刻后悔了,但已经太晚了。“车开得越来越快”,我如实地说,“我的眼睛得一直盯着前面,没敢看别的”。
英语单词短语学习:
1 unheard-of
adj. 空前的;前所未闻的
eg:We are developing our production at a speed unheard-of before.
我们正以前所未闻的速度发展生产。
短语
unheard-of effrontery 无耻的行径
unheard-of group 未曾听过的团体
an unheard-of crime 前所未闻的犯罪
an unheard-of writer 不出名的作家
yet-unheard-of 尚未听说过的
An Unheard-of Fantastic Story 千古奇闻
2 pull over 把…开到路边;开到路边;靠岸
eg:He noticed a man behind him in a blue Ford gesticulating to pull over.
他注意到后面一辆蓝色福特车里的一个男人示意他靠边停车。
短语
pull-over shirt 套头衫
pull-over roll 递回轧辊
Le pull-over 套衫
pull on over everyone 骗了所有人
Pull-over 卫衣 ; 套头衫 ; 套衫
pull-over gear 拖运机
pull-over vest 套头背心
pull-over mill [机] 二辊周期式薄板轧机
pull-over vehicle 出场车
3 patrolman
n. 巡警;巡逻者;巡视者
eg:The patrolman then asked, "May I see your license?"
巡警又问:“可以看看你的驾照吗?”
短语
prevention patrolman 防火员
constable patrolman 巡警
HIGHWAY PATROLMAN 交警 ; 播放交警
fire patrolman 消防巡逻队队员 ; 火灾巡警
preventive patrolman 护林员
lookout patrolman 流动了望员
The Border Patrolman 边境巡警
Patrolman 2nd Grade 巡警2级
Patrolman 3rd Grade 巡警3级
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