时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   The man looked at John. "Sit, sit," he repeated. John smiled. He waved goodbye to the man. Maybe I should buy a few drawings on my way back, he thought. Maybe that old man will be famous some day. Maybe my drawings will be worth millions. He could see the Statue of Liberty 1. It looked so small. There were many ships and boats on the river. Some boats were full of tourists. They were going to the Statue of Liberty. They were circling Manhattan Island. John reached the first of the two towers. He looked up. It said "1875" on the tower. Vendors 2 were selling T-shirts, CDs, food, and drinks. People were taking pictures and reading plaques 3. John admired the tower. He admired the view. Half an hour later, he started walking toward 4 the second tower. What a pleasant time he was having! What a pleasant time everyone was having!



1 liberty
n.自由,自由权;冒昧行为
  • He stood for the cause of liberty and justice.他为自由和正义的事业而奋斗。
  • You are at liberty to do as you please.你可以随意行事。
2 vendors
n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 );小贩;(房屋等的)卖主;卖方
  • The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
  • At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时,界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
3 plaques
(纪念性的)匾牌( plaque的名词复数 ); 纪念匾; 牙斑; 空斑
  • Primary plaques were detectable in 16 to 20 hours. 在16到20小时内可查出原发溶斑。
  • The gondoliers wore green and white livery and silver plaques on their chests. 船夫们穿着白绿两色的制服,胸前别着银质徽章。
4 toward
prep.对于,关于,接近,将近,向,朝
  • Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
  • Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了,并跑了过去。
学英语单词
Abelians
alveolar bronchialization
Annona reticulata
annual pasture grass
barefast
Bernoulli's lemniscate
boletus ornatipes
brr
calculus dominated models
caryphag
center field
characteristic harmonics
child-minding
compensation costs
compressible-flow principle
consolidating pile
constancy of test condition
cryptophyte mountain steppe
design deflection value
Diaminodiethyldisulfide
disciplination
discriminant score
drive element
e-systems
econometrics
economic competitiveness
ectostosis
energy avaliable
entrance route
exude
fan-shaped reed
Feitosa
flight sister
foul-weathers
free arrival station
frost-free refrigerator
gabrielson
giacommetti
glandulae sublinguales minores
glandular anterior lobe of hypophysis
grassamer
herring smelt
high frequency effect
hold-down
horizontal velocity gradient
house show
image diagonal
inshallah
instrument navigation
intermittent shock load
keep your mouth shut and your eyes open
labelled field
laser repeater
life president
light leather
light syrup
loan outstanding
Longridge Pt.
lucie-smith
Macfarlane, L.
main objective
mclagan
metal piece
metallurgic product analysis
metastatic retinitis
microwave course beacon receiver
mingle mix single
Muhavura, Vol.
multipolar resolver
multiwordline select
news period
nominalism
ontologise
out thrust
out-of-true
pen-y-ghents
portable compensated ground monitor
postweaning
precognosce
primary code modulation
retainage
rind grafting
rock engineering
saltatory
scanning beam guidance
selsyn train
sffed
Silver Parachute
Sonnenburg's test
spartanism
steering and sailing rules
stern tube stuffing
swertia perennias
tom fool knot
transient-stability limit
tubercula labiale
unforensic rhetoric
vacuum shelf drier
vis-vis
w.ts
wideband transmission
zuns