时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄中级美国英语


英语课

  Many people seek fame and wealth. Gul Muhammed sought neither. However, through fate he is famous. Heis so sort that he is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest man in the world. He measuresonly 57 centimeters. Though he has fame, he is not rich. In fact, he's too poor to pay his own medical bills.

Recently, when Gul became so ill that he had to be brought to the hospital, he didn't have enough moneyfor the medicine. What a pitiful man he is! His story tells us that fame and wealth do not always go hand inhand. Indeed, Gul is a living example of the saying, "All that glitters is not gold."


 

 


 


All that glitters is not gold. 部分否定

be as poor as a church mouse

widow 寡妇

seek = look for = be in search of

notorious = infamous 1 恶名昭张      be notorious for naughty

Don't bow(surrender) to fate. 不向命运低头      bowtie 蝴蝶结

stout 2 -- thick,black,bitter beer 黑啤酒    potbelly大肚皮

be poor at sth 很差    be good at

medical bill 医药费

foot the bill = pay the bill  付账 

When his father fell ill, Tom rushed home from work.

miserable 3 惨的   pitiful 可怜的      It's a pity/a shame/pitiful/too bad he can't come.  

living 活生生的    living dictionary





 



1 infamous
adj.声名狼藉的,臭名昭著的,邪恶的
  • He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
  • I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。
2 stout
adj.强壮的,粗大的,结实的,勇猛的,矮胖的
  • He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
  • The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。
3 miserable
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
学英语单词
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acrylic acid cyclohexyl ester
aftonian-interglacial stage
Alismales
alkalizations
ariosoma fasciatum
articulatio humeris
as like as not
asianus
Asterina
audio-amplifier
bar port
be called away
Benazapril
benzene sulfonic amide
board games
burnwood
C4a
Cartilago sesamoidea
chargesheets
charles austin beard
close shop
cobalt alum
compound 497
compounded governor
condonement
consumption goods
cornua of saphenous opening
cut file
differencing
double fan
draft estimate of expenditure
Drum Driving
equitable estoppel
exit interviews
family plasmodiophoraceaes
folwing
form advance
free money
frequency, field
fujiura
Gary Lineker
gll. mucos?
hatch feeder
HHFA
high-velocity flow
IFLRA
industrial output
inspection responsibility
intra-laboratory reproducibility
isocomplementophilic
Jehoiakim
jet of water
jwkb method
last issue date of component
last item
latitude effect
linear fractional transformations
long base-line system
lower neuron paralysis
Lucy Locket
luminescence yield
magnetic thermometry
Mary Harris Jones
microfit
molybdenum dioxydichloride
mortar rubble masonry pavement
multiple modernities
Nandawgyun
nine - year compulsory education
non-protein respiratory quotient
one-pulse time
operating ratio based upon net sales
order Chytridiales
ostentatiousness
papaji
passarowitzs
phase contact(ing) area
pilat
product flow control
rammist
remain at large
renal fiberscope
Roland I.
rotary cleaner
safrane
sailin'
Savigliano
semi-analytical
sequence welding
setsu
ship mooring condition
solid tap
tassigny
tezla
theory of operator
thermocouple anemometer
to tie for second place
trial balloon
TV broadcast station
utilities engineering
wound-rotor induction motor