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Elementary ‐ Daily Life ‐ Buying a Car (C0038)
A: Hi there, can I help you folks?
B: I’m just browsing; seeing what’s on the lot. My daughter wants a car for her birthday, you know how it is.
C: Dad! I’m sixteen already and I’m, like, the only one at school who doesn’t have a car!
A: She is right, you know. Kids these days all have cars. Let me show you something we just got in: a 1996 sedan. Excellent gas mileage, it has dual airbags and anti lock brakes; a perfect vehicle for a young driver.
C: Dad, I love it! It’s awesome! Can we get this one please?
B: I see... What can you tell me about this one?
A: Oh, that’s just an old World War Two tank that we use for TV commercials. Now about this sedan...
B: Whoa, whoa wait a minute. Tell me more about this tank.
A: Well, Sir, if you are looking for quality and safety then look no further! Three inches of reinforced steel protect your daughter from short range missile attacks.
B: Does the sedan protect her from missile attacks?
A: It does not.
B: Well, I don’t know. Let me sleep on it.
A: Did I mention the tank is a tank?
B: I’ll take it!
C: Dad!
- 1851380karx
② strengthen /make sth. stronger→reinforce think about sth. further and make a decision later→sleep on it a vehicle that is larger than a car / has 4 doors and is shaped like a box→minivan a large vehicle that is suitable to run on rough surfaces→SUV（sport utility vehicle）
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⑧ The building is made with reinforced steel, so it's quite …（没听到 strong/substantial/solid/sturdy）
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⑦ Make sure you get your bike's brakes checked. I don't want you get in （an accident😱 猜的 没听出来） The brakes didn't work and he crashed into a tree. So I reinforced all the walls；there's no way they're going to fall down. The plastic is reinforced with the glass, so it's both light and strong.
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⑥ What kind of gas mileage does this car get? The gas mileage is great. The car gets 30 miles to the gallon. The gas mileage improves if you drive on the highway. There's something wrong with the car's brake. I can't stop.
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⑤ Why don't you sleep on it and tell me tomorrow? This is a bit more than what I can afford. Let me sleep on it. There were a lot of vehicles on the road today. 3 vehicles were involved in the accident today. Remember do not leave any valuable items in your vehicle.
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③ an event where goods and services are sold at a price lower than usual→sale sth. that is done to increase sales →promotion the amount of reduction in price →discount sth. bought or sold at a price lower than its actual value→bargain
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④ I'm just browsing. I don't need any help. Lena was browsing through the department store when she saw Tom. There's a lot of people browsing through the store but no one is buying. I don't know if we should buy that house. It's perfect for us, bit it's so expensive. Let's sleep on it.
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The car gets 30 miles to the gallon. It's about 7.8 litres in 100 kilometers.
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① look around to see if anything is interesting→browse a car with 4 doors→sedan the amount of gas used per mile→gas mileage two airbags, one for the drver and one for the passenger→dual airbags a device that slows down or stops sth.→brake sth. that carries people from one place to another→vehcle