时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:2017年NPR美国国家公共电台12月


英语课

 


LAUREN FRAYER, HOST:


Five-year-old TyLon Pittman of Byram, Miss., had a hot tip on a heist last week, so he called 911.


(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)


UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: This is the Byram Police Department. We had a 911 hang up from this number.


TYLON PITTMAN: I'm just trying to tell you something. Watch for the Grinch 'cause the Grinch going to steal Christmas, OK?


FRAYER: That's right. TyLon was trying to turn in the Grinch. He'd been watching doctored YouTube videos of the classic 1 Christmas tale, "How The Grinch Stole Christmas," and he was getting pretty worried about it. Officer Lauren Develle of the Byram, Miss., PD got wind of TyLon's call.


LAUREN DEVELLE: He actually really thought that the Grinch was going to come and steal everybody's Christmas.


FRAYER: So Officer Develle paid a visit to TyLon's house to assure 2 him that the police had the situation well in hand.


DEVELLE: He really kind of just needed that reassurance 3 from someone that, you know, Grinch cannot do that this year. He's just not going to get away with it.


FRAYER: She asked TyLon what should happen if the Grinch did show up, and he told her they should pick him up and put him in jail 4. So the next night, TyLon got to do that himself. With the blessing 5 of Chief Luke Thompson, Officer Develle set up the arrest with a friend in costume 6 as the mean monster.


DEVELLE: He got in the back of my car as the Grinch and let me get TyLon and bring him into the station for booking.


FRAYER: TyLon wants to be a police officer himself one day, and that night, he left the station with an armful of gifts from the officers at the Byram Police Department, including a little toy police car. But the most important gift came from Officer Develle - a copy of the book "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr 7. Seuss to set the record straight about the story.


DEVELLE: It's all about the Christmas joy, bringing the joy of Christmas to a mean Grinch's heart. And I just wanted to make sure that TyLon knew that as well, that the Grinch was really capable 8 of loving Christmas as well.


FRAYER: Officer Lauren Develle of the Byram, Miss., Police Department.



n.经典作品;adj.经典的,一流的;古典的
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
  • The football match was a classic.那场足球比赛堪称典范。
vt.使确信;向…保证,使有保证
  • The only ladder to assure success is to work hard.确保成功的惟一途径是刻苦努力。
  • I assure you that she can be trusted to do the job.我担保她能做好这项工作。
n.使放心,使消除疑虑
  • He drew reassurance from the enthusiastic applause.热烈的掌声使他获得了信心。
  • Reassurance is especially critical when it comes to military activities.消除疑虑在军事活动方面尤为关键。
n.监狱,看守所;vt.监禁,拘留
  • The castle had been used as a jail.这城堡曾用作监狱。
  • If she carries on shoplifting,she'll end up in jail.她如果还在店铺里偷东西,最终会被抓进监狱的。
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿
  • The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
  • A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。
n.装束,服装
  • She had excellent taste in costume.她对衣着特别讲究。
  • The kimono is part of the national costume of Japan.和服是日本民族服装的一部分。
n.医生,大夫;博士(缩)(= Doctor)
  • Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
  • The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。
adj.有能力的,有才能的
  • The new woman secretary was extremely clever and capable.这位新来的女秘书很是精明强干。
  • Jim is capable at sports.吉姆擅长运动。
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anisimov
anticountermeasures
apoxesis
automatic clipper
Ayn Rand
backoff algorithm
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borollic
bracket frame
butyric acids
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clarified brine storage tank
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combined industrial and commercial tax
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gynergate
hay pole
hexabromide value
Homob
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instrument relay
jockey into
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kept on
Klinoaugite
kopstein
Kril'on
least square approximation
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moving reference coordinate system
mutton-top
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norvegica
not skated
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oil immersed switching device
OLEAT
optimal stratification sampling
orbitale
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pasillo
peripterals
petlike
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pseudocercospora campanumoeae
pulce
pulse shaping output circuit
resistant rock
roise
ruggias
severe
Shaoyang syndrome
slope-intercept form
stracheyi
sub-address code
Subarnarekha River
sulci sinus transversi
swing through
tapering tool
term repurchase agreement
trapatt diode
trionyx hurum
tuberculosis of lymph node
tubular-film
tuned into
Tyndrum
unique polar axis
unwight
wastewater lift pumping station
ying ch'in wu