【在生活中學習語言】Pump It Yourself 自助加油
【在生活中學習語言】Pump It Yourself 自助加油
2008年11月14日蘋果日報
對話
Customer:Can you show me how to use the gas pump?
顧客:你能教我怎麼使用加油機嗎?
Attendant:Swipe your credit card first. Then pick up the nozzle and push the start button. Now put the nozzle in the gas tank and squeeze the handle. The pump will stop automatically when the tank is full.
服務員:先刷您的信用卡。然後拿起油槍,按下開始鍵。現在把油槍伸進油箱裡,然後按緊把手。當油箱加滿時,加油機就會自動停止。
Customer:OK, I got it.
顧客:好,我懂了。
Attendant:Please make sure not to spill any gas.
服務員:請務必不要把汽油溢出來。
「句」細靡遺
◎Please make sure not to spill any gas.請務必不要把汽油溢出來。
加油時若汽油溢出油箱外,不但浪費資源更可能引發危險。以下為您介紹提醒自助加油的顧客,慎防汽油外漏的其他說法:
.Be sure there are no gas spills.(請確定沒有汽油溢出來。)
.Be careful so as not to spill any gas.(請小心不要把汽油溢出來。)
.Don’t be careless and spill gas.(不要粗心地把汽油溢出來。)
以下還有其他注意事項可以提醒自助加油的顧客:
.The pump will stop automatically.(加油機會自動停止。)
.Remember to put the gas cap back on.(記得關上油箱蓋。)
字字珠璣
◎pump vt.抽出,注入
例:Dad pumped air into the tire of my bike.
(爸爸替我的腳踏車輪胎打氣。)
◎swipe vt. 刷(卡)
例:You have to swipe your card to enter the gym.(你必須刷卡才能進入這家健身房。)
◎nozzle n. 噴嘴;管嘴
例:The fire fighter opened the nozzle to start the water flow.(消防員打開噴嘴來開始噴水。)
◎squeeze vt. 壓;擠;捏
例:I got this orange juice by squeezing some oranges.(我從幾顆柳橙中榨出這些柳橙汁。)
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