时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:原版英语小短文


英语课

  She went to the casino. A casino is a gambling 1 house. People gamble 2 in a casino. They take a chance with their money. They hope they will win. Sometimes they do. But usually they lose. It was her birthday. She took $100 to the casino. She went to the change booth. She got change for her money. She got 400 quarters for her $100. The quarters were in paper rolls. Forty quarters were in each roll. She put the rolls into a plastic bucket. She carried the bucket over to a slot 3 machine. She loved slot machines. She opened a roll of quarters. She put a quarter in the machine. She pulled down on the handle. She looked at the screen. Give me three cherries, she thought. Or give me three bananas. Or give me three apples. Three of anything is a winner. Two cherries, or one cherry, is a loser. She played for several hours. Sometimes she won. She felt good when she won. But usually she lost. Finally, she lost all her quarters. She went home. She spent $100, but she had fun. I will play again on my next birthday, she thought.



n.赌博;投机
  • They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
  • The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。
n.冒险;v.赌博,孤注一掷
  • Setting up this business was a bit of a gamble.开办这样的公司有点冒险。
  • Drive carefully and don't gamble with your life.小心驾驶,别拿你的生命冒险。
n.(口)位置,职位,狭长孔,狭槽
  • Put a coin in the slot.将硬币放入投币口。
  • He's been given a regular ten-minute slot on the radio.电台定期给他十分钟的节目广播时间。
学英语单词
a.w.p.
acquire by fraud
African Queen
aileron response factor
Algerian Saharan Arabic
alloisomerism
amalgamatize
anthericiol
aphidilutein
arylamidase
as never before
ass munches
babrahams
beta-naphthoquinone
biodesulfurization
book entry government bond
boroson
broadly-defined
by bicycle
caninelaugh
canonical assembly
cantilever form
cedrelas
chin rests
clothes moth
coal road
colo(u)r map
coordinate graph
core matrices
cytoreducing
desmogleins
determination of semen
dictyostelium giganteum
disk construction
dopable
East Kilbride
educates
examination of disbursement vouchers
faryab
Fide-Jussor
fingernail clam
fluid purification system
fluorescence quantum efficiency
fopping
forward search for program alignment function
functional parts
GCFBR
genus forficulas
good middling
grant gratuity
half-assed
high-speed planing machine
hip, hip, hurrah
hnRNA
humate
information collection and processing
inhaling and exhaling through the nose
international expositions
islamic republic of pakistans
joing
Krishnai R.
laser space-to-ground voice link
laxative salt
less vibration
lumpy stool
manganous nitrate (manganese nitrate)
monok
normal operating losses
notice and take down
on load voltage ratio adjuster
one drop
oval edged steel flat
oversearched
photosensitive nonsilver paper
planetary dynamics
Plectania
potato peeling
pre-romanesque
pruning knife
pulp sales
refractory fibre reinforced plastic
Rickards
roomette car
screened wire
selective attack
serratus posterior superiors
sheltered accommodation
Staphylococcus candicans
tegestologists
telesphorus
Timbédra
ultimate of frequency
undersealed
uppermost in my mind...
Venkata
venues
Viburnum farreri
vincanol
winter worm
Zeegse