純正地道美語 第137期(外教講解):租車
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預定了要租的汽車，但是當他取車時，車行卻沒有他預定的中型汽車。對此他大爲惱火，出租商向他推薦SUV多用途跑車，最終Mr. Fox還是租下了那款車，並交了保險。
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make a reservation預訂
have no 沒有
run out 沒有
you better =you should 你應該
beat the hell out of 故意濫用……
mid-size vehicle 中型的汽車
at the moment此刻，目前
compact n. 合約條約
SUV n. 多功能箱式跑車, 多用途跑車(=
insurance n.保險，保險費
【拓展詞彙】
rental agreement 租賃協議
daily rate 每日租金
book vt. 預定
You'll have to book up early.
你要早一點訂座。
coverage n.保險項目；保險範圍
leave a deposit 押金
重點單詞查看全部解釋available[ə'veiləbl]想一想再看
adj. 可用的，可得到的，有用的，有效的
聯想記憶X單詞available聯想記憶：avail效用。參：availability（n 可用性，實用性） compact[kəm'pækt]
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n. 合約條約，梳妝粉盒
adj. 緊湊的，緊
com共同，pact打包，壓緊－共同壓緊－緊湊的 understand[.ʌndə'stænd]
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vt. 理解，懂，聽說，獲悉，將 ... 理解爲，認爲<
reservation[ə'veiʃən]想一想再看
n. 預定，保留意見
beat[bi:t]想一想再看
v. 打敗，戰勝，打，敲打，跳動
n. 敲打，
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n. 保險，保險費，安全措施
聯想記憶X單詞insurance聯想記憶：insure（vt 給…保險；確保） vehicle['vi:ikl]
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n. 車輛，交通工具，手段，工具，傳播媒介
聯想記憶X單詞vehicle聯想記憶：veh帶，icle東西－帶人的東西－交通工具
