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Um leitor me escreveu e pediu uma lista com as partes do carro em inglês. Então aqui vai!

Parts of the Car

Gas pedal (Am.) / Accelerator (Brit.) – acelerador
Airbag – airbag
Luggage rack (Am.) / Roof-rack (Brit.) – bagageiro
Driver’s seat – banco do motorista
Passenger seat – banco do passageiro
Horn – buzina
Hubcap – calota
Hood (Am.) / Bonnet (Br.) – capô
License plate (Am.) / Number plate (Br.) – chapa, placa
Seat belt, safety belt – cinto de segurança
Steering wheel – direção
Clutch – embreagem
Exhaust pipe – escapamento
Side mirror (Am.) / Wing mirror (Br.) – retrovisor externo
Rearview mirror – espelho retrovisor interno
Spare tire (Am.) / Spare tyre (Br.) – estepe
Headlights – farois dianteiros
Brake – freio
Emergency brake (Am.) / Handbrake (Br.) – freio de mão
Windshield wipers (Am.) / Windscreen wipers (Br.) – limpadores de pára-brisa
Gear shift (Am.) / Gear stick (Br.) – marcha
Dashboard – painel
Windshield (Am.) / Windscreen (Br.) – pára-brisa
Bumper – pára-choque
Pneu – tire (Am.) / tyre (Br.)
Spare tire (Am.) / Spare tyre (Br.) – estepe, pneu sobressalente
Glove department – porta-luvas
Trunk (Am.) / Boot (Br.) – porta-malas
Wheel – roda
Sunroof – teto solar
Speedometer – velocímetro
Fuel door – tampa do tanque
Mud flap – pára-lama
Washer nozzle – esguicho de água para lavar o pará-brisa
Fuel injection – injeção eletrônica
Power steering – direção hidráulica
Bodywork – funilaria
Jack – macaco
Reverse gear – marcha a ré
Tune-up – revisão
Spark plug – vela
Starter – motor de arranque
Damper – amortecedor
Battery – bateria
Turn signal – pisca, seta

E algumas vezes nos envolvemos em pequenos acidentes no trânsito. Veja este pequeno diálogo onde os personagens estão conversando… bem, brigando entre si.

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Bill: Idiot! Why didn’t you watch where you were going?

Hank: You should’ve let me over! Couldn’t you see me signaling? Don’t you even know how to drive? Look at my fender!

Bill: Your fender! Big deal! Look at these scratches all down the side of mine! It’s only six months old! You’ll pay for this!

Linda: Hey, man! What’s the matter? Move these cars over so the rest of us can get by!

Hank: All right, all right, keep your shirt on! We’ll get out of the way…

Bill: Oh, no you don’t. Leave the car where it is. Give me your address before you get in there. Write it down on this piece of paper and I’ll move my car.

Linda: Didn’t you see the yield sign, huh? Men drivers…!

Hank: Ah, lay off. It could have happened to you.

Vocabulary

let me over – me deixado passar
signaling – dando seta
fender – pára-lama
Big deal! – Grande coisa!
scratches – arranhões
Keep your shirt on! – Fique calma!
yield sign – placa de cedência de passagem
Lay off! – Não enche! Corta essa!

See you next time!