时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:365个英语简短小故事


英语课

Simon, a college grad, always pointed 1 out the errors in his brother Brevyn's emails. "When are you going to stop confusing 'its' with 'it's'?" he often asked. Brevyn, a high school grad, said that nobody ever noticed anyway.


Brevyn knew that Simon was “book smart,” but he didn't think Simon was very “street smart.” Years ago, Simon had bought stereo 2 speakers from a street vendor 3. When he arrived home, he called Brevyn over to help him set up the speakers. Simon was excited because he had gotten the speakers at half price. The brand new speaker boxes said Panasonic, Model No. A-682ST, Made in Japan, etc.


But Simon was disappointed and angry when he discovered that the boxes contained only old magazines. Brevyn was amused. “Did you get a receipt 4?” Brevyn asked. “Did you ask the guy about his return policy? Did he tell you where his 'store' is going to be tomorrow?”


Brevyn visited Simon to show him the new tires he had just put on his Honda Accord 5. While they were talking in Simon's living room, Simon showed Brevyn an air pump he had recently purchased. “If your new tires ever go low, you can pump them up super-fast with this. It pumps air into the tire on the downstroke and the upstroke.”


Brevyn said, “You must be kidding. I’ve never heard of a pump that pumps air on the upstroke.” Brevyn tried out the pump. “There’s no air coming out of here on the upstroke,” he told Simon.


“Of course there is. Read the label on the pump.”


Brevyn read the label. “Ha! Listen to this: ‘High volume air flow on both up and down strokes 6.’ The air ‘flows,’ all right, but it flows in on the upstroke, not out. The label writer tricked you, Mr. English Major. What have you got to say for yourself?”


"Let’s go outside," Simon said. "Maybe I can find a small nail in one of your new tires."


 



adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
adj.有立体视觉的,立体声的;n.固定形象,立体声
  • She had the stereo on at full blast.她把立体声音响开到了最大音量。
  • This program is being broadcast in stereo.这个节目正用立体声播放。
n.卖主;小贩
  • She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
  • He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。
n.收据,收条;收到,接到
  • We are in receipt of your letter of the 10th.我们收到了您十日的来函。
  • I asked for a receipt.我要一张收据。
vt.给予(欢迎、称颂等) vi./n.符合,一致
  • Most people are in accord with their desire for peace.在渴望和平这一点上,大多数人都是一致的。
  • The hearts of our people accord with those of yours.我们两国人民心心相印。
中风; a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.; (游泳或划船的)划( stroke的名词复数 ); 中风; (打、击等的)一下; (成功的)举动
  • Apply the paint thickly in even strokes. 涂颜料要厚,笔画要匀。
  • To improve your tennis strokes you try using a different grip. 为了提高你网球的击球法,你试试用另一种握拍方法。
学英语单词
a gemini
amphimorula
anthraquinonoids
anulus tympanicus
arsenic trisulfide substrate
Atkalization
aviso boat
avocatives
b-models
bar electrode
bow-front
cannelure
cattle on the hoof
chapitele
chile pines
Christ the Redeemer
cinecolo(u)r
CLOBs
complementary position
concertolike
confirmed sample
countertext
decay fraction
diaminuria
dineth
discriminant of a simple algebra
equal-errors size
fear of falling
file alloy
focage
freeruns
front arch furnace
front-mounted radiator
fullbore
gaminara
genus kiggelarias
give and take system
gonadotherapy
helium spot
hems and haws
howler monkeys
hydroalcoholic tincture
Ibitinga, Represa
individual activities
intermediate stopping station
intersertal structure (texture)
Itegem
lig. apicis dentis
ligamenta metacarpea palmarial
list of tools
Maldah(Malda)
marginate
mercury-news
Montreal Lake
Noctua
oxidation agent
paper chains
partial light bath
permanent stabilizer
phaseinverter
plug flow backmixing
port moresbies
precised
predeceasing
presalt(ing)
pseudocercospora spilosticta
public loan redemption by purchase
pumpkin vine
pyriformis m.
remit
resting form
restitutive sanction
restorer pulses
rise like a phoenix from its ashes
Roegneria altissima
sales call norms
Salural
Scurrula phoebe-formosanae
shale tar still
simonneau
sink something into something
stacking unit
Sunigaon
superbo
switchcrafts
synchro-torque receiver
tab controls
the cavalry
the other side of the shield
theobromineacetic acid
theories-of-finance
theowdom
traumatic synovitis
ultra virse acts
ultramicroscopy
UNCURK
unprostitute
voltage, working
waster-ash (fraxinus caroliniana mill.)
weleda
wheel-rail relation
with never see 40 again