时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:英汉幽默故事选读


英语课


  The school of agriculture's dean of admissions was interviewing a prospective 1 student. "Why have you chosen this career?" he asked.



  "I dream of making a million dollars in farming, like my father," the student replied.



  "Your father made a million dollars in farming?" echoed the impressed dean.



  "No," replied the applicant 2. "But he always dreamed of it.



Notes:



  (1) dean of admissions 招生办主任



  (2) prospective adj. 预期中的,可能的



  (3) echo v. 重复,附和



Exercises:



根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F):



  ① The principal interviewed the student.



  ② The student was prospective.



  ③ The student chose forming as his career.



  ④ The student dreamed of becoming a millionaire.



  ⑤ The student's father was a millionaire.



90.梦想



  农校的招生办主任在面试一个上线的学生,“你为何要选择这个职业?”他问。



  “我梦想以经营农场来赚一百万元,就像我父亲一样。”这个学生回答说。



  “你父亲经营农场赚了一百万元?”主任惊诧地问道。



  “没有,”这位申请人回答道,“他总是梦想着赚到这个数目。”



练习参考答案:



①F②T③T④T⑤F



adj.预期的,未来的,前瞻性的
  • The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
  • They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。
n.申请人,求职者,请求者
  • He was the hundredth applicant for the job. 他是第100个申请这项工作的人。
  • In my estimation, the applicant is well qualified for this job. 据我看, 这位应征者完全具备这项工作的条件。
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