时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:365个英语简短小故事


英语课

The biggest news in the whole world occurred two weeks ago when Paris Hilton was sentenced to 23 days in a Los Angeles jail. The heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune, who was a favorite of the paparazzi, had been cited for driving on a suspended license 1, among other things.


When the judge decided 2 that she must go to jail, people everywhere voiced their approval or disapproval 3. The news was on the radio, TV, and the Internet. Why her situation was such worldwide news mystified almost everyone. After all, her only known value to society thus far had been her ability to party with one boyfriend after another, one week after another. As many said, she was famous for being famous—nothing more.


When she finally went to jail, there must have been 100 photographers taking pictures of her. At first, the jail officials put her in a private cell, but her claustrophobia caused her to have panic attacks. They released her the next day. The following day, however, the judge ordered her back to jail to finish her sentence.


The sheriff said she was treated like all the other prisoners. She ate baloney sandwiches and other nutritious 4 food, just like the others. When she finally was released from jail, at 12:01 a.m. on a Tuesday night, dozens of photographers again congregated 5 around her to snap the “perfect” photo. She spent the first day relaxing—and recovering—at home in her parents’ mansion 6.


Then she went on the Larry King radio show and talked about her experience. She hadn’t liked being in jail, she said, but it had turned her life around. She had found God, and now she was going to do all she could to help needy 7 people improve their lives.


 



n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
  • The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
  • The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.反对,不赞成
  • The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
  • They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。
adj.有营养的,营养价值高的
  • Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
  • Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。
(使)集合,聚集( congregate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The crowds congregated in the town square to hear the mayor speak. 人群聚集到市镇广场上来听市长讲话。
  • People quickly congregated round the speaker. 人们迅速围拢在演说者的周围。
n.大厦,大楼;宅第
  • The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
  • The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。
adj.贫穷的,贫困的,生活艰苦的
  • Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷,但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
  • They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
学英语单词
acaryotes
Aerane
age-barred
alamitos
all-purposs instrument
antidemocratic
antifibrillatory
antineurotic
asbestos rope packing
ash jpan damper
bit changer
blue peafowl
Bromus pamiricus
brother of the whip
burke chan.
C.T.C.
cabeco de vide
ceilidh dance
cithole
clydesdale horse
color subcarrier oscillator
colorable graph
complete placenta previa
deletories
denaturating
diadelphy
dickhole
distribution sub-station
do some hard thinking
early-developing
edge following algorithm
EDTCC
exclusive rules
fast valving protection during transient load cutback
film drier
frail type
ganglia (pl. of ganglion)
gerontology
Hans. Pr.
helical xenon-arc lamp
high accuracy data transmission system
highblooded
in arrears of
joined in
kalmurzayev
katted
Ksour Essaf
Lambeg
masem
melilite fasinite
metabolisable
metal symmetric shapes
microdiffusiometer
modern communications technology
monogastric animals with functional cecum
muscovy glass (muscovite)
musculus pectoralis minor
needled structure
negi
not make old bones
Oppenheimer, Julius Robert
orange groups
over modulation capacity
overploughed
panel-panel interference
paraffin motor
parietal craniopagus
plan-based negotiation
Polygonum cospidatum S.et Z.
precondemm
proprietary intellectual property rights
Prunus persica Batsch
puerperal hemorrhage
pure silk
puteaux
Pyrausta nubilalis
pyroelectric camera tube
reference phase
repuite
rumbunctiousness
runtime variable description
scaffling
sea fringe
septal pore cap
shutdown of power plant
skidooed
smallage
snacked
specific lien
standard cubic feet(scf)
starching
stigmatizing stereotype
strongwomen
suckhole
top-ranking
tree clutter
uncans
unresonant system
uranium borohydride
volatilisable
warehouse company
wet cold disease