A Car Accident 车祸

 　　Lucy : It was a red light, William. You should've stopped the car.

　　William : Sorry. I didn't see it.

　　Lucy : I told you not to drink so much. Your breath reeks² of alcohol. We'll get into trouble if we run into a policeman....Slow down a bit.

　　William : I'm only going 60 mph. (They see a dog right in the middle of the road.)

　　Lucy : Look out！..(William swerves³ to avoid the dog and almost hits a car coming the opposite way. That car happens to be a police car.)....Oh, no!

　　William : That damn stray dog!

　　Policeman : OK, buddy⁴, your driving licence.

　　William : Here!....Listen to me, officer, it wasn't my fault. It was that dog.

　　Policeman : What dog? I didn't see any dogs.

　　Lucy : It's true, officer. There was a dog in our lane. If it wasn't for the dog, we wouldn't have almost hit you.

　　Policeman : You could have braked, couldn't you? How fast were you going?

　　William : Well it was about 50 mph or less. I was driving very slow.

　　Policeman : 50 mph? Don't you know the speed limit downtown is 40 mph?.... All right. That'll be one hundred dollars.

　　William : Wait a second! What do you mean "one hundred dollars"?

　　Policeman : The fine. It's one hundred dollars. Speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol. You can't fool me with that smell of alcohol in your breath.

　　Vocabulary

　　注释

　　1. To reek¹ of 充满(不好闻)的味道

　　2. mph “Miles per hour”时速

　　3. alcohol 酒精、酒

1 reek   

v.发出臭气；n.恶臭

参考例句：

• Where there's reek,there's heat.哪里有恶臭，哪里必发热。
• That reek is from the fox.那股恶臭是狐狸发出的。

2 reeks   

n.恶臭( reek的名词复数 )v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的第三人称单数 )；散发臭气；发出难闻的气味 (of sth)；明显带有（令人不快或生疑的跡象）

参考例句：

• His statement reeks of hypocrisy. 他的话显然很虛伪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His manner reeks prosperity. 他的态度表现得好象有钱的样子。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 swerves   

n.（使）改变方向，改变目的( swerve的名词复数 )v.（使）改变方向，改变目的( swerve的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The road swerves to the right. 道路向右转弯。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• At the last moment, Nina swerves and slams into a parked car. 在最后关头，尼娜突然转弯，将车猛烈撞入一辆停着的车中。 来自互联网

4 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！