新概念英语口语宝典第一册 第148课:别啰嗦个没完

 　　Lesson 129 Talking about Driving a Car

　　第129课 谈论开车

　　A:I know we are in a hurry, but the speed limit on this freeway is 65 miles per hour.

　　A：我知道我们急着赶路，但是这条路的速度限制是时速65英里。

　　B:Look, don't back seat drive. I've been over this road so many times. I know it like the back of my hand. Wow! Did you see that big buck¹ laying beside the road? That's the third one we've passed today.

　　B：喂，别瞎指挥。我在这条路上走的次数太多了。我对它了如指掌。噢！你看到那只倒在路边的雄鹿了吗？我们今天已经看到三只了。

　　A:Yeah. There's an unusual amount of road- kill today. Thafs another reason to slow down. If you hit a deer the size of that one, your car would be a wreck² and so would we.

　　A：是呀。今天路上撞死的动物真不少。凭这个你也该减速呀。要是你撞上一只像那样大的鹿，你的车就报销了，我们也报销了。

　　B:Okay, okay. Don't be a nag³.

　　B：好吧，好吧。别啰嗦个没完了。

1 buck   

n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃

参考例句：

• The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
• The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。

2 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

3 nag   

v.(对…)不停地唠叨；n.爱唠叨的人

参考例句：

• Nobody likes to work with a nag.谁也不愿与好唠叨的人一起共事。
• Don't nag me like an old woman.别像个老太婆似的唠唠叨叨烦我。