Unit 16
We're running out of gas
出國旅遊/交通出遊
Travel Abroa/Transportation
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
Do you have a car?
Have you ever had the experience of running out of gas?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. empty (adj.) 空
The tank is almost empty.
油箱快要空了。
2. out of (prep.) 出
We are almost out of gas!
我們幾乎快要筋疲力盡了！
3. gas (n.) 氣體
We have to refill the gas tank!
我們必須給油箱加氣！
4. gas station (n.) 加油站
Can we stop by the gas station?
我們可以在加油站前停車嗎？
5. I wasn’t thinking (phr.) 我沒想過
I don’t know. I wasn’t thinking.
我不知道。我沒想
6. sign (n.) 標誌
Did you see the sign that says “stop”?
您是否看到標有“停止”的標誌？
7. turn around (n.) 轉身;掉頭
Turn around so we can see your whole dress!
轉過身，以便我們可以看到您的整個著裝！
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Honey, what does that “E” light mean?
親愛的，那”E”光是什麼意思？
Oh, that means “empty.”
哦，那意味著”空”。
Empty? Does that mean we’re out of gas?
空？這是否意味著我們沒有汽油了？
Babe, we’re not out of gas! But we are running out of gas.
寶貝，我們還沒精疲力盡！但是我們快要用光了。
Why didn’t you stop at the gas station?
你為什麼不在加油站停車？
I don’t know. I wasn’t thinking.
我不知道。我沒想過
This is bad. We’re going to die here!
這不好。我們要死在這裡！
That sign says we can turn around soon. See? Everything will be fine!
那個標誌說我們可以很快扭轉局面。看到？一切都會好起來的！
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : _________.
B :Babe, we’re not out of gas.
1. Does that mean we’re out of gas?
2. That means “empty.”
A : Why didn’t you stop at the gas station?
B : ________.
1.I don’t know. I wasn’t thinking.
2.Everything will be fine!
What does that “E” __________mean?
1.light
2.lite
Does that ______ we’re out of gas?
1.sign
2.mean
What “E” light does mean? that
_____________________________________________
Why didn’t stop gas station? you the at
____________________________________
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.What other car / transportation problems have you encountered?
2.What did you do to solve that problem?
