时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:365个英语简短小故事


英语课

Simon, a college grad, always pointed 1 out the errors in his brother Brevyn's emails. "When are you going to stop confusing 'its' with 'it's'?" he often asked. Brevyn, a high school grad, said that nobody ever noticed anyway.


Brevyn knew that Simon was “book smart,” but he didn't think Simon was very “street smart.” Years ago, Simon had bought stereo 2 speakers from a street vendor 3. When he arrived home, he called Brevyn over to help him set up the speakers. Simon was excited because he had gotten the speakers at half price. The brand new speaker boxes said Panasonic, Model No. A-682ST, Made in Japan, etc.


But Simon was disappointed and angry when he discovered that the boxes contained only old magazines. Brevyn was amused. “Did you get a receipt 4?” Brevyn asked. “Did you ask the guy about his return policy? Did he tell you where his 'store' is going to be tomorrow?”


Brevyn visited Simon to show him the new tires he had just put on his Honda Accord 5. While they were talking in Simon's living room, Simon showed Brevyn an air pump he had recently purchased. “If your new tires ever go low, you can pump them up super-fast with this. It pumps air into the tire on the downstroke and the upstroke.”


Brevyn said, “You must be kidding. I’ve never heard of a pump that pumps air on the upstroke.” Brevyn tried out the pump. “There’s no air coming out of here on the upstroke,” he told Simon.


“Of course there is. Read the label on the pump.”


Brevyn read the label. “Ha! Listen to this: ‘High volume air flow on both up and down strokes 6.’ The air ‘flows,’ all right, but it flows in on the upstroke, not out. The label writer tricked you, Mr. English Major. What have you got to say for yourself?”


"Let’s go outside," Simon said. "Maybe I can find a small nail in one of your new tires."


 



adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
adj.有立体视觉的,立体声的;n.固定形象,立体声
  • She had the stereo on at full blast.她把立体声音响开到了最大音量。
  • This program is being broadcast in stereo.这个节目正用立体声播放。
n.卖主;小贩
  • She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
  • He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。
n.收据,收条;收到,接到
  • We are in receipt of your letter of the 10th.我们收到了您十日的来函。
  • I asked for a receipt.我要一张收据。
vt.给予(欢迎、称颂等) vi./n.符合,一致
  • Most people are in accord with their desire for peace.在渴望和平这一点上,大多数人都是一致的。
  • The hearts of our people accord with those of yours.我们两国人民心心相印。
中风; a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.; (游泳或划船的)划( stroke的名词复数 ); 中风; (打、击等的)一下; (成功的)举动
  • Apply the paint thickly in even strokes. 涂颜料要厚,笔画要匀。
  • To improve your tennis strokes you try using a different grip. 为了提高你网球的击球法,你试试用另一种握拍方法。
学英语单词
absolute democracy
acoustical telegraphy
Ahl al-Quran
alecithal ovum
americium dioxide
arcaded window
ascorbate
association for supervision and curriculum development (ascd)
assorted
barred owls
berardinelli
best girls
Bloody Caesars
bridge electrometer
bronchoprovocation
bulbous buttercup
canary wines
centroceras clavulatum
cherry crabs
Chirognathidae
clerici
counter-argued
crinum asiaticum
cross lap
degenerated curve
dihexagonal-prism
direct main body of leasing landed property
domestication by low temperature
doubler winder
draw a straight furrow
end cylinder
endophages
exchange stability
expert judgement models
external edge angle
funical
gel mould
genus cordias
Geum dryadoides
gloving
haulage company
haulm remover chain
hepatocanalicular
horarios
inactive warrant
inclined gap frame press
interaction absorption
isolated gate field effect transistor
jail birds
kava oil
keep the law
Klouékanmé
line of pipe
lispy
Liuqiu Township
low tea
Lucrine
Maitland, Frederic William
manifold branch
minimal model
mismarking
nannoliths
needle-steadying technique
network modifier
nichrome steel
nitrizing
no-trader
non compliance
nonanarchists
north-north-easts
ombrophobe
Oriolus
owe to
pewchair
piper hancei maxim.
polyarsenite
populational
prodrive
Pādra
rabbet joint
red - eye flight
relief from action
rule of diffusion with dilution
Rāpch, Rūd-e
sakahara
semiprone position
sirenes
slide sample valve
solinocrine
some major factors in soil formation
Speights
sub-rents
suinke
system down
Tanaecium
tape storage bin magnetic tape storage
teasterone
tetracosanol
trim knob
two-parts
Vp-p