Jeanna: Hello! 你好!
Todd: We're back. What would you like to talk about? 今天你要談些什么?
Jeanna: Driving. 開車。
Todd: OK. Tell us about driving. 好的。跟我們談談駕駛。
Jeanna: Well, I'm gonna get my permit soon and then I get to drive. I'm really looking forward to that. It's kind of the start of being independent. 我馬上就拿到駕駛許可證了。我真的很期待能開車。這樣我就能慢慢開始獨立了。
Todd: Yeah, I hear you, so you say permit, is that the same thing as a license? 是的,你說快拿到許可證了,它和駕照一樣嗎?
Jeanna: No, you have to have your permit six months before you can get a license. 不一樣,要先拿到許可證,六個月后才能拿駕照。
Todd: Oh, really. How do you get a permit? 真的。怎樣拿到許可證?
Jeanna: You have to take driving school, then you have to go to the DMV and take a test. 你要上駕駛學校,接著要去DMV接受測試。
Todd: OK. What is the DMV? 什么是DMV?
Jeanna: The Department of Motor Vehicles. DMV就是機動車輛管理局。
Todd: OK, and they give you your license of permit so you can drive. OK, when you have a driver's license what places do you want to go to? DMV發(fā)給你許可證,這樣你就可以開車了。好的,等你有了駕駛證,你想去哪?
Jeanna: To see my friends and to hang out, just to school and back. 我可以去看看我的朋友,和他們一起出去,開車上下學。
Todd: OK, nice, so do you have a car right now? 很棒,你現(xiàn)在有車嗎?
Jeanna: No. 沒有。
Todd: OK, are you saving? 那你在攢錢嗎?
Jeanna: Yeah! 是的!