英语学习情景对话.pptVIP

* * Daily English Training SEOS Date: Wed 8/3/2011 ☆情景对话和新闻部分单词解释： pay the bill:付账 receipt：收据 dispensary:药房 certificate：发给证明书 reimburse：偿还、赔偿 temporarily：暂时的 suspend：暂停、中止 accelerator：[?k‘s?l?,ret?] 油门 pedal:踏板 ☆The original text one: I want to pay the bill A: Excuse me. I want to pay the bill. B: Please wait till your name is called. A: OK. Your bill includes the doctors fee and the cost for a 3-day supply of medicine. It comes to one hundred yuan. B: Here you are. A: Good. Here is the receipt. The dispensary is over there...By the way, will this be covered by your insurance from work? B: No, Ill paying for myself, but I have private medical insurance. A: In that case, Ill give you a certificate, so you can get it reimbursed. B: Thanks a lot. A: Dont lose this receipt, because insurance companies are very difficult about helping when they dont have the right paperwork. ☆The original text two : Toyota became the worlds largest automaker in two thousand eight. But after years of building loyalty, the Japanese company may have put its quality brand name at risk, at least temporarily. Toyota is recalling millions of cars and trucks around the world because of cases where vehicles have sped up unexpectedly. Last August, a driver in California was unable to stop. The crash killed him and three of his family members. Toyota says the problem is rare and caused by accelerator pedals becoming stuck open. On January twenty-sixth, the company suspended sales of eight of its top-selling vehicles in the United States, its largest market. VOA慢速英语：丰田汽车艰辛之路 (译文) 2008年，丰田汽车成为世界最大的汽车制造商。但是经过多年树立品牌忠诚度的努力之后，这家日本公司的质量品牌和名誉却危在旦夕，至少暂时是这样。 丰田汽车现在正在世界范围召回数百万辆汽车和卡车，因为一些车辆会出现意外加速现象。去年八月份，加利福尼亚一位驾车者难以刹车，车祸导致司机本人和其他三名家人死亡。 丰田汽车表示，这种问题非常稀少，因油门踏板被卡导致。1月26日，丰田汽车在其最大的市场，美国市场停止销售八款销量最高的车型。 * * * *