When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman,
当我是个孩子的时候，我祖父给我讲了一位德国出租汽车司机弗朗兹。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 36 A chance in a million

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

grandfather ['græn'fɑðɚ] 词频2
n. （外）祖父;始祖; vt. 新规定限制;不受新条例;
💡 grand 宏伟的+father 父亲→ n.祖父；外祖父
"Her grandfather taught her to conjure."
她的祖父教她变魔术。
近义：grandad, grandpa, grandparent
German ['dʒɜːmən] 词频1
adj. 德国的;德国人/语的;德国文化的; n. 德国人，德语;
💡 germ+an(表示人的名词后缀)→德国人
"Hitler's original plan was to kill off all the German Jews."
希特勒的最初打算是杀光德国所有的犹太人.
近义：brother, teuton, teutonic, deutsche, germanic
taxi ['tæksi] 词频1
n. 出租车;滑行; vi. 乘出租车;（指飞机）在地面或水面滑行; vt. 用出租车运送;使滑行;
💡 taxi- 【拉丁传入法语】表”里程表和计价器”
"The hotel porter will get you a taxi."
旅馆的门卫会给你叫出租车的。
近义：taxicab, cab, hack
driver ['draɪvɚ] 词频1 词根: dr-
n. 驾驶员，司机;驱动器，驱动程序;驱逐者，驱赶者;（高尔夫球）球棒;
💡 driv驾驶+er表示人→驾驶员,司机
"That stupid lorry driver has gone and jammed our car in."
那个笨手笨脚的卡车司机走了,却把我们的车堵在这儿了.
近义：chauffeur, motor, propeller, thruster, booster, propellant
told [tel] 词频1
v. 表明( tell的过去式和过去分词 );讲;知道;讲述;
"In a weak moment, I told him the truth."
我一时心软, 告诉了他真相.

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.
却使用现代标准来衡量，45，000 吨的“泰坦尼克”号与算得上一艘巨轮了。
Latham made another attempt a week later and got within half a mile of Dover, but he was unlucky again.
莱瑟姆一周以后也作了一次尝试，飞到离多佛不到半英里的地方。
In August, she was struck by a very heavy storm during which her rudder was torn away.
8月份“卡蒂萨克”号遭到一场特大风暴的袭击，失去了一只舵。
When we use a phrase like 'it serves him right', we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord.
当我们说“他罪有应得”这句话的时候，我们部分承认了某种特定的环境使得正义自动地起了作用。
As the men refused to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill.
由于工人拒绝停下手中的活，警察想夺风钻。
The most frightening thing of all was that not a sound could be heard.
最令人害怕的是到处没有一点声音。