Brush Up Your English---Transportation

[박종국]

Transportation

windshield             turning light   tail light      brake light

bumper             fender             license plate  spare tire

hubcap side mirror             dashboard     gas gauge

temperature gauge   hood release  hand brake             odometer[1]

high beam headlight             oil light             alternator[2]             ignition key

turn signal indicator             glove compartment             hazard light indicator[3]             sun visor

rearview mirror  horn             automatic transmission             clutch

gear shift/stick shift      fuel tank      jack             seat belt

vehicle  van             truck/rig             mobile home

recreation vehicle             tram/street car             station/depot             itinerary

commute/commuter             be bound for             motorist[4]             pedestrian

alley             thoroughfare[5]             expressway             freeway

avenue (Ave.)             drive (Dr.)             terrace (Terr.)[6]             place (Pl.)[7]

one-way street    cul-de-sac[8]  court (Ct.)[9]             pavement

curb[10]             pothole[11]             intersection/crossing         ferry

overpass/underpass   yacht             float             sink

pier/dock             wharf             aviation         take off/depart

land/arrive/arrival             stopover             security             baggage claim

boarding pass

Conversation

Did you buy a new car recently?

No, it’s actually a used one. It’s only a year old.

Was it a good deal?

Yes, I got it for a good price and it only has 15,000miles on it.

I usually don’t trust used cars. You never know how the previous owner took care of it.

I bought this one from a friend of my neighbor. It has a stick shift which I trust more than an automatic transmission.

New cars are really expensive. I couldn’t afford tone with my budget.

And they don’t get any cheaper.

Maybe we should ride horses. It would cut out all those gas service and pollution expenses.

Then we would have to worry about how to pay for what the horse eats!

That would be ideal. It’s too bad that we live so far away from everything.

Well, the world gets smaller and yet in another way it gets bigger. I hope there will be more convenient public transportation in the future.

Reading

Sabine finished class at the adult school and headed for the bus stop. As she was walking along the sidewalk, a car pulled up by he curb and a voice came out, “Do you want a ride home?” Sabine looked inside the car and saw her classmates, Michiko from Japan and Mohammed from Afghanistan. “Sure,” she said, “if you don’t mind. I live on the other side of town near the county park.”

“It’s on our way,” Michiko responded, “because I’m taking Mohammed to the dentist near there,” because I’m taking Mohammed to the dentist near there.”

Sabine got in and they drove off until the first intersection where the car stopped and the engine went dead. Michiko tried the ignition but it wouldn’t turn over. “Oh, no, we’re stuck,” she said dejectedly[12] to the others. “Could you push the car to the other side of the road and to that gs station up ahead?”

They pushed the car through the light traffic to the front of the gas station where Mohammed offered to have a look under the hood first. “Do you know a lot about cars?” Sabine asked.

Mohammed shrugged his shoulders and said, “Very little but it’s worth a try.” He then proceeded to push and pull several wires and loosen and tighten other things, but in the end the car still didn’t work. Michiko went over to the mechanic in the gas station and explained the problem to him.

Sabine and Mohammed said good bye to Michiko and began to walk to the bus stop. They talked about their upcoming[13] class party. Michiko  called her son’s nursery school and explained that she would be late. Then she had the hard task of calling her husband to tell him that the car had another problem. He always blew his top[14] when he heard bad news about their car which he thought was a real lemon.[15]

학번________________   이름___________________

Fill in the appropriate responses or questions in the spaces.

Why did you go to the airport that night?

____________________________________.

Was the flight on time?

____________________________________.

It’s always crowded on the Friday nights.

____________________________________.

____________________________________.

No, we got our baggage right away.

I hate it when the plane gets delayed.

____________________________________.

Security seems to be a growing problem too.

____________________________________.

Put the vocabulary words in the spaces.

1.       The machine just suddenly _____________ and I had to call someone to fix it.

2.       The garage _____________ said, “Oh, it’s _____________.”

3.       When the engine wouldn’t _____________, he got angry and _____________ and walked back home.

4.       He’ll _____________ at the calendar and then tell you what ae the _____________ events at the concert hall.

5.       The student was _____________ on number 13 of the exam; she couldn’t figure it out.

6.       Why did they _____________in their car so quickly without saying goodbye?

7.       _____________ back home we had to stop at the red light of every _____________.

8.       It’s a problem with the _____________ of the car. It just won’t start.

9.       He’s going to look under he _____________ to check everything out.

10.   The boy talked _____________ about his father’s death.

11.   That car is a real _____________. It spends more time in the garage than on the road.

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[1]  주행 거리계(hodometer)

[2] 교류 발전기

[3] 비상등

[4] 자동차 운전자; 자가용차 상용자(常用者)

[5] 큰 거리, 주요 거리(main street)

[6] (거리 중앙의) 녹지대

[7] 막다른 골목

[8] 막다른 골목(blind alley)

[9] (건물 등으로 둘러싸인) 빈터, 안마당

[10]  (보도의) 연석(緣石)(curbstone) (<英> kerb)

[11] (도로 등의) 팬 구멍; 깊은 구멍

[12] 기가 죽어서, 의기소침해서, 낙심[낙담]해서

[13] <한정적> <美> 오는, 다가오는, 머지않아 일어나는

[14] blow one's top <口> 발끈하다; 머리가 돌다

[15] <口> 불량품, 결함품, 결함차(車)