Words & Phrases
[L43P1 & L43P2]

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Lesson [L43P1]

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Translation[L43P1]

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Lesson [L43P2]

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Translation[L43P2]

Index5

English USA
 

  音 L43P1J.MP3[522KB]

 

MARTIN:

Good morning.

 

 

 

KELLY:

Hi. What can I do for you?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

I want to write a story about garages. May I talk to you about your work? Do you have time?

 

 

 

KELLY:

Sure. I have a few minutes. What do you want to know?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

May I record?

 

 

 

KELLY:

OK.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Tell me the name of the garage.

 

 

 

KELLY:

Kelly's Cars.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

And your name is Kelly?

 

 

 

KELLY:

Yes, I'm Kelly. Kelly Morgan.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What do you do, Kelly?

 

 

 

KELLY:

I'm a mechanic. I fix cars.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Are you the owner?

 

 

 

KELLY:

Yes, I own the garage.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

When did you open the garage?

 

 

 

KELLY:

This garage is new. It's about two years old. I had an old garage.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Where?

 

 

 

KELLY:

The old garage was near the harbor. I moved. The building was too expensive. It was big. This building is smaller.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What did you do there?

 

 

 

KELLY:

I restored old cars.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What do you mean -- restored?

 

 

 

KELLY:

I bought old cars --

 

 

 

MARTIN:

How old?

 

 

 

KELLY:

Twenty, thirty, forty years old. Sometimes older.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Then what did you do?

 

 

 

KELLY:

I made that old car look like a new car. OK? I bought an old car. I'm going to tell you about one car. It was a Packard. They don't make Packards now. It was black. And it was terrible.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What do you mean -- terrible?

 

 

 

KELLY:

It was rusted. It was damaged. The paint was chipped. One window was broken. The tires were not good.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

It sounds like my car.

 

 

 

KELLY:

Is your car fifty years old?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

No, it's five years old. What did you do?

 

 

 

KELLY:

It had four doors. One door was bad. I found a good door in Michigan. I found a new window in Mississippi. I found excellent tires in Ohio.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What happened to the rust?

 

 

 

KELLY:

I repaired the rusted parts.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

How?

 

 

 

KELLY:

I cut the damaged metal off. Then I put new, clean metal on. I had to paint the car, of course.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What color?

 

 

 

KELLY:

I wanted a brown car. I painted it brown. It looked expensive.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What happened to the inside?

 

 

 

KELLY:

The inside was very beautiful. It had nice seats. It had lovely wood panels. It was brown. I put new brown carpeting on the floor.

 

 

English USA L43P1J
Courtesy of Voice of America