学士学位论文___汽车专业翻译thewatercar.doc

THE WATER CAR An interactive story by Mark White studyenglishwithmark@.au /conversations/ CONTENTS 1. The University Student (“be” verbs) 2. The Beautiful Woman (there is/are) 3. The Date (present simple) 4. The Change (present continuous) 5. The Returnee (present perfect) 6. Employment (“would” conditional) 7. The Business Deal (future “going to”) 8. Seeing the Beautiful Woman again (gerunds) 9. Brazil (adjective plus infinitive) 10.The Water Car (comparatives) 11. The Murderous Loggers (mixed patterns) 12. The Bar (mixed patterns) 13. A Happy Ending (mixed patterns) 1.THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT (“be” verbs) It is early in the morning in a small apartment in Japan. A student is asleep. His alarm clock rings. Is it loud? He wakes up. He looks at the ceiling. He is still tired. Is he very tired? The student goes back to sleep. He wakes up an hour later. Is he still tired? Is he lazy? Is he a bad student? He gets up. He goes to the bathroom. Is it clean or dirty? He washes his face. Is the water cold? He cleans his teeth. He combs his hair. Is his hair long? What color is it? The student goes to the kitchen. He opens the fridge. There is a carton of juice in the fridge. What kind of juice is it? The guy drinks it. It is bad. It is very old. How old is it? The guy goes to the sink. He spits the bad juice into the sink. He washes his mouth out. He drinks some water then he cleans his teeth. What color is his toothbrush? Is it soft, hard or medium? What sort of toothpaste is it? The student puts his clothes on. Are they clean? He leaves his apartment and he walks to the station. How far is it? What is the name of the station? The train is late. It finally comes. It is very very crowded. The student has to stand up. Finally he gets to school. He is very late for class. His teacher is angry. He shouts at the student. Is the student sad? Is he angry?