每天10分钟学英语（五）

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I open my car door and throw my briefcase in the back seat, and get comfortable for my drive. I put my coffee mug into the cup holder, put the keys in the ignition, find the gas pedal, and start the car. My wife drove the car last night, so I have to re-adjust the rear view mirror and the side mirrors. I turn on the radio to listen to the drive time traffic report. I take the transmission out of park and into reverse, back out into the driveway into the street, close the garage door, and put the car into drive. I used to drive a stick shift, but as I get older, I like my automatic transmission more and more.

I usually take the freeway to the office, so I get on the onramp for the freeway and drive to where I have to get off. My office is only a few miles from the exit. I pull into the parking garage, swiping my key card to get in. I park, grab my briefcase and coffee, and head toward the elevator. And that only took 40 minutes

本期词汇（单词：英语意思：中文意思）：

back seat ： the rear (second row) seats in a car, where passengers (not the driver) sit（后座）

cup holder ： a round hole on the inside of a car for holding cups or cans of soda（杯座）

ignition ： a small opening near a steering wheel into which one puts a key to start the car（点火开关）

gas pedal ： a piece of metal that a driver pushes with his or her foot to give the car more gas and to make it go faster（油门）

rearview mirror ： a rectangular mirror near the driver’s head that allows the driver to see behind the car（后视镜）

side mirror ： a small mirror outside the car near the front windows that allows the driver to see the side of the car and behind the car（侧镜）

drive-time traffic report ： a radio announcement during rush hour (times of heavy traffic) that tells drivers where there are accidents and slow traffic （车辆高峰交通之声）

transmission ： the system that passes energy from the car’s engine to its wheels（变速器）

out of park ： to take the car out of an unmoving position into a moving position（把车从一个不移动的位置换到一个移动的位置）

reverse ： backward motion; going back（倒退）

driveway ： a short length of road leading from the main road to the entrance or garage of a house or office building（私家车道）

stick shift ： manual transmission; a car in which the driver uses a lever to put the car in gears 1 through 5 or in reverse（手排挡）

automatic transmission ： a car in which gears 1 through 5 change automatically without the driver needing to do anything（自动挡）

onramp ： a short road for cars to speed up and enter a highway or freeway（斜坡弯道）

exit ： a short road for cars to leave a highway or freeway and connect to other roads（出口）

parking garage ： a large building with many floors for cars to park（停车场）

to swipe ： to quickly pass a card through a machine that reads it （刷卡）

key card ： a plastic card that tells a machine whether a person has permission to enter a building（电子开门卡）