A: Howdy! Nice car! What seems to be the problem?
B: I don’t know! this stupid old car started spewing white smoke and it just died on me. Luckily, I managed to start it up and drive it here. What do you think it is?
A: Not sure yet.How about you pop the hood and we can take a look. Hmmm, it doesn’t look good.
B: What do you mean? My daddy gave me this car for my birthday last month. It’s brand new!
A: Well missy, the white smoke that you saw is steam from the radiator. You overheated your engine so now the pistons are busted and so is your transmission. You should have called us and we could have towed you over here when your car died.
B: Ugh... So how long is this going to take? An hour?
A: I’m afraid a bit more than that. We need to order the spare parts, take apart your electrical system, fuel pump and engine and then put it back together again. You are going to have to leave it
here for at least two weeks.
B: What! How am I supposed to get to school or go shopping? This is not happening!
【文章大意】
谈话围绕修车进行。B的新车出了问题，车冒白烟，半路熄火，A是修理工，诊断发动机出了问题。
词汇注释 .
spew vt. 喷出
Water spewed out of the hole.
水从孔中射出。
die on sb 用人在使用时（机器等）停止运行，不能正常运行
busted adj. 坏了，出故障了
take apart 拆卸, 拆开
The boy took apart the toy car, but couldn't put it together again.
男孩把玩具汽车拆开了，可怎么也安不上了。
how about (你觉得)…怎么样?
How about going for a walk after dinner?
晚饭后散散步怎么样？
拓展词汇
gearbox n. 齿轮箱, 变速箱
Can the engine and the gearbox be supplied separately?
发动机和变速箱能分开供应吗?
muffler n.消音器
cruise control 省油速度控制器, 稳速
overtake vt. 赶上；超过
The car overtook the truck.
小汽车超过了大卡车。
boot n.(汽车后部的)行李箱
