纯正地道美语 第137期(外教讲解):租车

Man: Hi, I made a reservation for a mid-size vehicle. The name is Jimmy Fox.
 
Agent: I’m sorry, we have no mid-size available at the moment.

Man: I don’t understand, I made a reservation, do you have my reservation?

Agent: Yes, we do, unfortunately we ran out of cars.

Man:But the reservation keeps the car here. That’s why you have the reservation.

Agent: I know why we have reservations.

Man: I don’t think you do. If you did, I’d have a car. See, you know how to take the reservation, you just don’t know how to hold the reservation and that’s really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. Anybody can just take them.

Agent: But we do have a compact or an SUV if you’d like.

Man: Fine. I’ll take the compact.

Agent: Alright. We have a blue Ford¹ Focus for you， Mr. Fox. Would you like insurance?

Man: Yeah, you better give me the insurance, because I am gonna beat the hell out of this car

【文章大意】Mr. Fox预定了要租的汽车，但是当他取车时，车行却没有他预定的中型汽车。对此他大为恼火，出租商向他推荐SUV多用途跑车，最终Mr. Fox还是租下了那款车，并交了保险
make a reservation预订

have no 没有

run out 没有

you better =you should 你应该

beat the hell out of 故意滥用……

mid-size vehicle 中型的汽车

at the moment此刻，目前

compact  n. 合约条约

SUV n. 多功能箱式跑车, 多用途跑车(=

insurance n.保险，保险费

【拓展词汇】
rental  agreement 租赁协议

daily rate 每日租金

book vt. 预定
You'll have to book up early.
你要早一点订座。

coverage² n.保险项目；保险范围

leave  a  deposit 押金
 

1 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

2 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。