时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   Neil stood by the rail. He looked at the water 30 feet below. The boat left the dock. Everyone was enjoying the view. People were taking pictures of the Manhattan skyline. The wind suddenly gusted 2. The strong gust 1 blew Neil's cap off. He saw it hit the water. The boat arrived at Liberty Island. Everyone got off. Neil walked toward the statue. The statue was much bigger up close. It was on top of a pedestal. The pedestal was almost 100 feet high. A security guard was sitting on a concrete wall. The wall was only a few feet high. It bordered the walkway around the statue. Neil asked, “Why is the statue green?” The guard said he didn't know. Neil continued walking. He saw a plaque 3 fixed 4 to the wall. The plaque said oxidation had turned the copper 5 statue green. The plaque was about 100 feet from the guard.



1 gust
n.阵风,突然一阵(雨、烟等),(感情的)迸发
  • A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来,把前门关上了。
  • A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。
2 gusted
n.饰板,匾,(医)血小板
  • There is a commemorative plaque to the artist in the village hall.村公所里有一块纪念该艺术家的牌匾。
  • Some Latin words were engraved on the plaque. 牌匾上刻着些拉丁文。
3 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
4 copper
n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的
  • The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
  • Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
学英语单词
a sheep
active shooter
adoratory
agush
amendatory
an ear for
aperiodic pulse train
aroar
atomic energy council
autocondensation
Bankoumana
bigshots
brake decelerometer
C.I.A.
Canaries drift
carrier hangover time
cation exchange resin
Chain leading forward!
characteristics root of a matrix
charles post
chloris sinica kawarahiba
coil build-up
community computing
conic irdome
Constantine
continuous duty with short-time
corps de garde
crescent blade section
digital tachometry
disorder of amino acid metabolism
double whole-note
Dracocephalum hookeri
duplicated data
eurosport
fascicular xylem
fenamidone
forged share transfer
foul trouble
full filement voltage
GashantoFormation
gene model
general bonded-debt and interest group of accounts
general-purpose furnace black
graphomya maculata
high lobbing defence
high-speed response of remote control system
ICOSC
illuminating mark
in-your
ingoing gauge
interest paid
invertible module
invidious
john joseph pershings
laserprint
lpoes
machine-for-living, machine-for-livingin
Macintyre R.
make a slip
marshscapes
metallurgical survey
mixed frame system
MYRMELEONIDAE
nicolsons
no test force
non-skid treatment
nondepositor
nuclear system leakage control
opportunous
order taker
packet assembler and disassembler
phase break
pilot direction indicator
plutonite
pneumoperitoneal
protheca fold
Quinophenol
racial unconscious
radiotherapy apparatus
rear bearing
roll compensation
Rulles
SDF (separator demonstration facility)
serum heterophile agglutination test
simple recursion
slech
spiral reinforcement
Streptomyces antibioticus
submerging cage
tapairo
technical inspection check list
the fast lane
TORE, TORN
traveling cell
treason
tryste
two dimensional copying
ungalvanized wire
unmutes
varnish system
vermizym
viscous packing