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He signaled to Tom to pull over.
对话 Carol: Dinah was really annoyed with her husband Tom last week. Jim: What was it this time? Carol: They were driving to the supermarket and he went through a set of traffic lights just as they were changing from amber to red. Jim: Naughty boy, but nothing unusual. Carol: Ah, but he didn't see the police patrol car not far behind. Jim: What did the policeman do? Carol: He signaled to Tom to pull over and when they were both parked, made Tom sit in his police car and gave him a lecture on traffic safety. And then he made him pay the maximum fine. Jim: No wonder Dinah was mad at him. 卡洛:黛娜上星期对丈夫汤姆十分不满。 吉姆:这次是为了什么? 卡洛:他们开车去超级市场。汤姆在交通灯由黄转红的时候,直闯过去。 吉姆:真是坏孩子,但没什么不寻常。 卡洛:汤姆没看到车后不远处有一辆警方巡逻车。 吉姆:警察怎么处理? 卡洛:他示意要汤姆把汽车开到一旁,待双方停下来后,就叫汤姆上警车,在交通安 全问题上,好好教训了他一顿,还要汤姆缴交最高额罚款。 吉姆:那怪不得那黛娜会生汤姆的气了。 He signaled to Tom to pull over是‘他示意要汤姆把车开到一旁’。Signal是‘信号’。驾驶汽车,必须懂得一些通用的手势:Drivers must know certain hand signals。例如:(1) The driver made a signal with his arm for a right turn(司机做了个准备右转的手势)。(2) The policeman gave Tom a signal to pull over。Signal作动词,可以及物(transitive),也可以不及物(intransitive),即其后可直接受词(object),也可不带受词。He signaled to Tom to pull over,是signal的不及物用法;He signaled Tom to pull over,则是及物用法。The driver signaled to show that he was turning right也是说‘司机做了个准备右转的手势’。交通灯(traffic light)当然也是一种信号,所以a traffic light有时叫做a traffic signal。这两个词用复数形式也可以,例如:The traffic light(s) had failed(交通灯坏了)。随便一点的英文往往只说the lights,例如:The lights tell cars or walkers to go, get ready to stop, or stop(交通灯指示车辆或行人前行、准备停下或停下来)。交通灯的三种颜色,英文叫green(绿色)、amber(琥珀黄色)、red(红色),例如:(1) The lights have changed from green to amber(交通灯由绿色转为黄色)。(2) The lights were (on) red(交通灯亮起红灯)。不守法闯红灯,叫做to jump a light/the lights。 |
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