One Minute of English: Accident
ran into the back of me : m’a rentré dedans
shaken : secoué
bumper : pare-choc
scratch : rayure
asshole : (grossier) lit.’trou du cul’ mais en anglais le mot s’emploie plus souvent et est l’équivalent de ‘connard’ en français.
I’m so sorry I’m late, I had an accident just as was leaving home.
Oh no. What happened?
Well I was just pulling out of the car park and this guy just ran into the back of me. He can’t have been looking where he was going.
Are you hurt? Do you need to go to hospital?
No, I’m fine. Just a little shaken, that’s all.
What about your car? Is there much damage?
It’s got a big dent in the rear bumper and a scratch above the lights, but it’s still driveable.
I hope you got his insurance details.
Yeah. He seemed like a nice guy.
Good. There are some real assholes out there who won’t give their details even when they know it’s their fault.
I know, but this one was OK.
Categories: anglais mot du jour | 
Tags: accident, car | 
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usually Thanks again teacher like they say let us fly together.
Dien Quoc Than,
Thanks for the comment. One of the problems with these computer animations is that I don’t have full control over the speed and articulation of the voices, which is obviously very important in language learning. This one didn’t come out as well as I would have liked. I’ll pay more attention next time.
“One Minute of English: Accident” is verry good, but the reading is rather too fast for a beginner as I. Please speak more slowly.
Thank you