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E:Hi.Welcometo"Let'stalk."Todaywe'regoingtobecontinuingtotalkaboutcars.Rememberlastweekweaskedyoutobethinkingaboutifyouweregoingtohaveacar.Whatkindofcarwouldyoulike?Whatkindofcarwouldyouget?
R:It'sfuntodreamaboutanewcar,andit'sfunnywhatpeoplethinkaboutwithacar.Iknowsomegirlswhoonlylikethecolorofthecarandtheydon'tcareaboutanythingelse.
E:Yeah.Maybetheylikearedcar.
R:Yeah.Thatwillbelucky.
E:Alsowhenyouthinkaboutwhatkindofcaryoulike,somepeoplethinkabouthowmuchgasyou'regoingtohavetobuy.Andtheythinkaboutconservinggas.That'sagoodvocabularywordforyou:toconserve,itmeanstosave.Isyourcargoingtosavegas?That'sthekindofcarIlike.
R:It'sreallytrue.IknowinthewestandmaybehereinChina,howyouchooseyourcar,orwhatyoucareaboutsaysalittleaboutyourpersonality.Soifyou'rechoosingacarthatconservesgas,youwouldbeathriftyperson.Butwhatifyouwanttodriveafastcar,andyoulikesports.
E:Oh.Andthenyou'dsayyouwantasportycar.Asportycar,thatwouldshowthatyoulike,maybeevenyouliketohaveaspecialkindofsports,fast,theshapewouldneedtobejustright.
R:Yeah.Andthenyoumightwanttoimpressyourneighborswithabigpowerfulexpensivecar.Ifyoucanaffordit,it’sgoodforyou.Butthat'ssomethingaboutyoutoo,doesn'tit?
E:Yeah.There'salsoanothervocabularywordyoucanlearntoday.It's"trendy".Thatmeansfollowingthetrend,what'spopular.Trendy流行.Youmightwanttofindwhateverit'sthecurrenttrendingcars.Forexample,IdoknowthatSUVisakindofcarcalledSUV,wasverytrendy,stillisright?
R:Oh,stillisverypopularintheUS.Andthey'reverybigcars.But,infactitmeanssportsutilityvehicle.Andtheyweremeanttodriveoutinthedesertoranyonthebeachoranywhere,wheretheremightberocks,orwhereit'sdifficulttodriveanormalcar.Sothoseareverytrendyandsporty.
E:NowRebecca,wealsohavetoremembertheword"sportscar.”

R:Yeah.

E:AsportscarissomeofthesmallcarslikeThunderbirdorsomecarsthat'ssmallandlowandtheydon'treallyhavealotofseats.Somaybethere'rejusteventwoseatsinthefrontandnotsomuchintheback.Andit'ssupposedtolookreallywonderful.Theywillgiveyou给面子吗.Sportscar.
R:Yeah.Thatbringsustoourotherphrase"achickmagnet".
E:Uh.
R:Youknowamagnetthatdrawsthingstometal.Well,that'sachickmagnet,chickisforagirl.Soifyou'reayoungsinglemanyoumightwanttodriveachickmagnet.Itwouldimpressallthegirlsifyoudroveasportycar.
E:Yeah.
R:ButyouknowformeIhavetodrivearoundwithchildreninmycar.SoIwannatobesafeandbebigenoughtohavealotofkidsandfriendsinthecar.SoIdriveamomvan.
E:Amomcar.
R:It'slikea面包车orastationwagon.
E:Yeah.Weneed,inthatcaseyoudon'twannatobebeautiful,youwannatobesafeandbig.Soyoucantakelotsofchildrentodifferentplaces.
R:Youknowmyhusbandlovestorentacarwithnoroofandthat'scalledaconvertible.Sowhenwedon'thavechildrenwithus,helikestorentacarwhenhevisitingsomeplace,putthetopdownanddrivearoundwiththewind.That'salsoafunthingtodoiftheweatherisgood.
E:Maybenotalwayssosafethough.
R:No.Iknow,notasafemomcar.
E:No.Youhavetobecareful.Whatkindofcarwouldyoulike?Haveyouthoughtaboutthecolors?IknowinChinaoneofthebigcolorsforweddingisred.Soifyouhavearedcar,you'llbeusingyourredcarforawedding.Butinthewest,redcarisnotforweddings.Redcaris,forayoungpersonwho'smaybenotmarriedyet,morelikeachickmagnettohavearedcar.
R:Yeah.Andofcoursemanyimportantbusinessmendriveblackcars,andthat'strueinChinaandeverywhereelseIthink.Butyouknowmymother-in-lawlivesinaveryhotclimateinArizona.AndwhenIborrowedhercaronce,Idrove

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