小故事

Comparing Men/Women at the ATM...
男人和女人在提款机前
Instructions for the guys:
男人的步骤：
1. Pull up to ATM
1. 把车开到提款机前
2. Insert Card
2. 插卡
3. Enter PIN
3. 输入密码
4. Take cash, card and receipt
4. 取出现金、卡和取款凭条
5. Drive away
5. 开车离开
Instructions for the Gals:
女人的步骤：
1. Pull up to ATM
1. 把车开到提款机前
2. Back up and pull forward to get closer
2. 倒车然后再往前开好离提款机更近些
3. Shut off engine
3. 熄火
4. Put keys in purse
4. 把钥匙放进包里
5. Get out of car because you're too far from machine
5. 从车里出来，因为还是离提款机太远
6. Hunt for card in purse
6. 在包里找卡
7. Insert card
7. 插卡
8. Enter PIN
8. 输入密码
9. Study instructions
9. 查看说明文字
10. Hit "CANCEL"
10. 按“取消”键
11. Re-enter correct PIN
11. 输入正确的密码
12. Check balance
12. 查询余额
13. Make cash withdrawal
13. 取现
14. Take card and receipt
14. 取回卡和取款凭条
15. Get in car
15. 回到车里
16. Put card and receipt in wallet
16. 把卡和取款凭条放进钱包
17. Clear area in purse for wallet
17. 把钱包塞进包里
18. Check makeup
18. 照镜子检查妆容
19. Start car
19. 发动车子
20. Check makeup
20. 照镜子检查妆容
21. Put car in reverse
21. 倒车
22. put car in drive
22. 开上车行道
23. Drive 3 miles
23. 开出3里地
24. Release parking brake
24. 松手刹

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. pull up
（车或驾车者）减速停下；
eg. The cab pulled up and the driver jumped out.
出租车减速停下，司机跳了出来。
eg. You are suppoised to pull up at the traffic light.
你应该在红绿灯处停车。
2. back up
倒车；
eg. He backed up a few feet and rolled the window down.
他往后倒了几英尺，然后摇下车窗。
eg. A police van drove through the protesters and backed up to the front door of the house.
一辆警车穿过抗议的人群，并倒至房子的前门。
3. shut off
关闭；关上；使停止运转；
eg. We shut off the motor before we left the workshop.
我们离开车间以前把马达关掉了。
eg. They shut off the gas and electricity in their house before leaving on holiday.
他们出外度假之前把家中的煤气和电源关掉。
4. hunt for
搜寻；寻找；
eg. A forensic team was hunting for clues.
法医小组正在寻找线索。
eg. Some new arrivals lose hope even before they start hunting for a job.
有些新来的人甚至还没开始找工作就感到绝望了。
Chryssa hunted for Patra, and found her busy at a corner of the site.
克丽莎到处寻找帕特拉，最后发现她在现场的一个角落里忙活着。
5. in reverse
倒挡；倒车；
eg. He lurched the car in reverse along the ruts to the access road.
他顺着车辙摇摇晃晃地将车倒到了支路上。
Drive the automobile in reverse until you get out of the alley.
倒开汽车直到你开出这个胡同。