大学生活英语-Parking Your Vehicle at School(3)

A: What is the best place to park?
B: What vehicle do you usually bring to school? Is it an automobile¹ or a motorbike?
A: I drive a motorcycle.
B: OK. That means you can park in the student lot or on the street. Have you seen the handicapped² spots?
A: I am not sure what a handicapped spot is.
B: Look for the blue signs and blue marked spaces. Do you usually park in the daytime or the evening?
A: I park days and evenings.
B: Be careful about the time limits on the streets. Have you seen the signs for time limits?
A: What signs?
B: As long as you are careful reading the signs, you will always know how long you can park and what days are OK to park there. Are you aware of the curb³ colors?
A: What curb colors?
B: If you can remember that red means absolutely no parking and white means that you can only load and unload, you are going to be OK.

1 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

2 handicapped   

a.残疾的，有智力缺陷的

参考例句：

• a visually handicapped child 弱视儿童
• mentally and physically handicapped 身心俱残

3 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。