汽车故障与术语：从点火到跨接电缆.pdfVIP

TOPICS

Troublewithmycar;AskanAmerican:HomeSchooling;breakthroughversusto

breakthrough,torideshotgun

GLOSSARY

tostick(something)into(something)–toputsomethingintosomethingelse,

usuallyintoahole

*Couldyoupleasestickthatpanintotheovenandsetthetimerfor30minutes?

ignition–thepartofacarthatoneputsakeyintotomakethecarturnon

*Tostartthecar,justputthekeyintheignitionandturnit.

toturnover–tohaveacar’scrankshaft(apartofacar’sengine)makeone

circlewhenthekeyisturnedintheignition

*WhenIturnedthekey,Icouldheartheengineturningover,butthecarwouldn’t

start.

jumpercab–twolongwirescoveredinstic(oneblackandonered)that

havemetalendssothatoneendisattachedtoacarthatisrunningandtheother

endisattachedtoacarthathasadeadbattery,sothatthesecondcar’sbattery

ischargedandbeginsworkingagain

*Besuretoalwayskeepjumpercabinthebackofyourcar,justincaseyour

batterydies.

tohome-school(someone)–toteachachildathomeinsteadofsendinghimor

hertoanelementaryorhighschool

*Melaniewantstohome-schoolherchildrenbecauseshedoesn’tthinkthatthe

publicschoolsprovidetheeducationshewantsforthem.

tobeteroff–tobemoresuccessful,richer,orinaterpositionifonedoes

something

*Chelseawouldbeterofflivinginacoldclimatebecauseshe’sallergictoall

thefloweringntsinwarmareas.

primary–main;principal;mostimportant

*OurprimaryreasonformovingtoJacksonvillewasbecauseIrmagotajob

there,butwealsolikedotherthingsaboutthetown.