365个英语简短小故事-156. Man Leaves $50K to Waitress
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：365个英语简短小故事
A waitress who worked in a truck stop restaurant received $50,000 in a will. The popular Do-Drop-In Truck Stop is on interstate 10 just west of El Paso, Texas. It’s open 24/7, and it seats 80. Matthew had been a regular customer there for the last ten years. He was 70 when he started eating breakfast there. He drove 1 a 1980 Cadillac that was missing 2 three of its hubcaps. The car looked like it hadn’t been washed since 1981.
Matthew was a skinny, bald 3 guy. He wore glasses that sat crooked 4 on his nose, and he was missing one of his front teeth. Every so often he joked about his missing tooth. “Ask me what happened to it,” he would ask his waitress. She would ask. “I ran into a door,” he would reply, and then laugh like it was the funniest joke in the world. Most waitresses thought he was a little weird 5. Each of them hoped he wouldn’t sit in her section 6. He usually sat at a four-person booth 7 all by himself. He often spilled food onto the table and seat. To make matters worse, he was a terrible tipper—one dollar was it, even though he usually had several free refills of black coffee.
“Oh, he’s just a harmless 8, lonely old guy,” said Amber 9. Matthew had taken a shine to Amber. After the first couple of months of eating at Do-Drop-In, he made it a point to sit in her section. He had other jokes which he shared with Amber, but they were as bad as his tooth joke. She laughed at them anyway.
- He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
- They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。
- Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
- All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。
- He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
- You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。
- From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
- His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
- There is one section of very long road to leave. 有一段很长的路要走。
- How many people work in your section?你部门有多少人？
- Where can I find a telephone booth?我在哪儿可以找到电话亭？
- Let's walk around to each booth.我们到每个摊子转一转吧！
- This experiment was harmless to the animals.这个试验不会对动物造成伤害。
- He was a harmless sort.他是一个不怀恶意的人。