1. Interesting cultures- Bumper stickers 線上英語自學中心 會話小老師 Christine Hsieh 製作

2. 2 What is bumper sticker?  A bumper sticker is an adhesive label or sticker with a message, intended to be attached to the bumper of an automobile and to be read by the occupants of other vehicles - although they are often stuck onto other objects. Most bumper stickers are about 30 cm by 8 cm (12 in by 3 in) and are often made of PVC.  Bumper stickers can be commercial, religious, humorous, or in support of a sports team or other organization. They may promote or oppose a particular philosophical or political position. Bumper stickers are a popular way of showing support for a candidate for a government seat and become more common during election years.

3. 3 Vocabularies  Adhesive label/ 黏貼標籤  Sticker/ 貼紙 (generally refers to a kind of adhesive label)  Bumper/ 緩衝器 ; 保險桿 (the part of an automobile designed to help it withstand the impact of a collision)  Automobile/ 汽車  Occupant/ 佔有人  PVC/ 聚氯乙烯  Commercial/ 商業性的 (An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television)  Promote/ 推廣 ; 推銷  Oppose/ 反對  Candidate/ 候選人 (the prospective recipient of an award or honor or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position)  Government seat/ 政府駐 地

4. 4 Bumper sticker products Note: “ Nerdy ” is adj. of nerd (n.). Nerd refers to a person who, although having good technical or scientific skills, is introspective and generally introverted.

5. 5 Interesting bumper stickers

6. 6 What do they mean?  We can drop you there.  Don’t be a backseat driver. (A passenger in a car who insists on giving the driver directions.)  Wanna save money and gas? How about carpooling. (An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc)  You can ride shotgun. (The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver. )  I don't want to ride the bitch.  You drive me nuts/drive me up the wall/drive me bananas.  Can you believe it? The donut ranger gave me a ticket for driving too slow!

7. 7 Further discussions  If you can custom your own bumper sticker, what would you put on it?  Give me three bumper stickers that you find or you create by yourself next time.

8. 8 Culture & bumper stickers~

9. 9 Knowing Wiktionary  A website by Wikipedia in which you can look up for new vocabularies such as “ drop ” as v. you can find:

10. 10 Something about car & driving  Can you pop the trunk for me?  I have to put my car in service.  I took a wrong turn at the Spaghetti Junction. ("Spaghetti Junction" is a nickname sometimes given to a complicated or massively intertwined interchange that resembles a plate of spaghetti.)

11. 11 References  Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/  Prankplace http://www.prankplace.com/stickers_funny.htm http://www.prankplace.com/stickers_funny.htm  Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page  Candid Chatter http://candidchatter.wordpress.com http://candidchatter.wordpress.com  Internet Bumper Stickers http://www.cafepress.com/ http://www.cafepress.com/