Driving(Level 2)

5/1/2010 11:00-12:30

1. hangover
   She doesn’t reveal too much about her holiday activities.
   It may be very embarrassing for her.
   woman: wig
   man: toupee
   I was inebriated on New Year’s Eve.
   She was intoxicated.
   I was exhaused and when I got home I tumbled into bed.
2. sick: unwell
   He prescribed a herbal remedy.
   correlate correlation
3. driving
   I stalled the engine.
   Driving is a very useful social skill.
   mental block
   habitual drinker
4. You make a fool of yourself.
   It depends on your upbringing.
   Some of our personal traits are inherited.
   genes – DNA
   inherit inheritance
5. You can squander a lot of money on alcohol.
   valve indicator ram
   wipe speedometer
   speed limit 120kph (kilometers per hour)
   choke ignition key
   exhaust pipe stall
   hybrid cars environmentally friendly
   biofuel
   fossil fuels
   They discharge Carbon monoxide.
   inert inactive
   obese obesity
   A car has become a status symbol.
   You have become upwardly mobile.
   You are going up the social ladder.
   Corporate ladder
   rungs notch
   Hard work and long hour is rungs in the ladder of success.
   刻苦努力和孜孜不倦是成功的梯阶。

   cross-piece forming a step in an ladder
   pitch forked?

6. She achieved frame over night.
   prenuptial contract
   billionaire
   millionaire
   heiress
   wind up; wind down
   entry entrance enter
   portal inlet: opening to allow esp liquid to enter
   outlet
   entranpoint?
   approach road
   vicinity
   I’m flattered.
7. You pilot a plane.
   You fly a plan.
   You sail a boat.
   You pilot a ship.
   You steer.
8. hood = bonnet 车盖
   boost = trunk 行李箱