纯正地道美语 第137期(外教讲解):租车（在线收听）

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 Ford 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。

coverage n.保险项目；保险范围

leave  a  deposit 押金