时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   The man looked at John. "Sit, sit," he repeated. John smiled. He waved goodbye to the man. Maybe I should buy a few drawings on my way back, he thought. Maybe that old man will be famous some day. Maybe my drawings will be worth millions. He could see the Statue of Liberty 1. It looked so small. There were many ships and boats on the river. Some boats were full of tourists. They were going to the Statue of Liberty. They were circling Manhattan Island. John reached the first of the two towers. He looked up. It said "1875" on the tower. Vendors 2 were selling T-shirts, CDs, food, and drinks. People were taking pictures and reading plaques 3. John admired the tower. He admired the view. Half an hour later, he started walking toward 4 the second tower. What a pleasant time he was having! What a pleasant time everyone was having!



1 liberty
n.自由,自由权;冒昧行为
  • He stood for the cause of liberty and justice.他为自由和正义的事业而奋斗。
  • You are at liberty to do as you please.你可以随意行事。
2 vendors
n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 );小贩;(房屋等的)卖主;卖方
  • The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
  • At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时,界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
3 plaques
(纪念性的)匾牌( plaque的名词复数 ); 纪念匾; 牙斑; 空斑
  • Primary plaques were detectable in 16 to 20 hours. 在16到20小时内可查出原发溶斑。
  • The gondoliers wore green and white livery and silver plaques on their chests. 船夫们穿着白绿两色的制服,胸前别着银质徽章。
4 toward
prep.对于,关于,接近,将近,向,朝
  • Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
  • Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了,并跑了过去。
学英语单词
a munter
acknowledgements
adlittoral
astrometric base line
atresic teratism
bacterial haze
bagpudding
bajo
base section
blew their mind
body odor
bohanon
branchiopneustic
breech-cloth
burcer
cap nuts
cashwise
coefficient of linear thermal expansion
computer directed drawing
connecting terminal
contact scouting
contracept
contrarotating agitator
cost technique code
crack detecting by acoustic emission
creasoted
crevassed glacier
crispation number
cross-transmission
deltopectoral lymph node
doffing tube
drum information assembler and dispatcher
eventuation
extensional flow
first-level address
fluid lung
gashi
glass thermistor
glass-to-metal seal
go to Reno
green marble
gulleys
hacc
hay mower
heat transfer reactor
hilla
Humble-pie
Hungarian goulash
isocenter plot
isopathy
layer silicates
leukolysis
litigation status
livin'
low-levels
low-volume nozzle
lycopodioides
magnetic disc pack
milk albumin
MMPI
monolithic substrate
Monroan
multiradiate
nonbonding
obstupefy
old fashioned
ossification
ouene
outside dealings
pancytolysis
pectolytic enzymes
penty
perish of
peulhs
PFR-C
phase-change
Pinnotheres ostreum
polyundecamethylene glycol
quashed
replacing
representational discourse
rock disturbance
RP (return on positive)
sensory nerve
slave traders
Somanda
songspiels
spanner in the works
spysats
stenopsyche banksi
take the stud
themself
thermostated enclosure
transition navigation keys
turbine condensate polishing
tv university
Tzigane
unitization of cargo
untainted prompt shipment
utility class
vestibular portion
vinolence