时间:2019-01-21 作者:英语课 分类:365个英语简短小故事


英语课

Easter Sunday was a cloudy but festive 1 day in Memorial Park for about 100 kids from local orphanages 2. An Easter egg hunt started at 10 a.m. when a fire engine blasted 3 its horn. Boys and girls, ranging in age from 2 to 6, dashed throughout the park, yelling 4 and screaming, walking and running, and quite often, falling down. One little girl, Amanda, found her first egg less than a minute after the horn blew. Instead of putting it into her basket and continuing to search for more, she sat down. Then she spent the next 10 minutes examining it, unwrapping it, and eating it piece by piece. When she finished, she put the wrapper into her basket, wiped her hands on her white dress, and went to hunt for another egg.


Meanwhile Jeff, one of the older boys, filled his basket to overflowing 5. He asked one of the firemen to hold it for him, and then took off running for more candy eggs. As soon as he found some, he put them into the basket of the child closest to him. Two little toddlers both saw a candy egg at the same time, and they both bent 6 over to pick it up. They banged heads, and both of them sat down bawling 7. A couple of volunteer nurses picked them up and told them that everything was going to be all right.


By 11 a.m., the search was over. Most of the kids were  studying their candy, exchanging it with others, or eating it. But then the fire engine horn blasted again, causing three-year-old Jenny to cry.   A fireman on a bullhorn told everyone to gather around, because a special guest had arrived.


Once everyone was settled, the Easter Bunny climbed down out of the fire engine. The bunny was 6’6” tall. Most of the kids cheered and ran toward him. Even Jenny stopped crying for a moment. She stared at the bunny and at all the kids running toward the bunny; then she started crying even harder. The Easter Bunny hugged the kids, and they hugged him. Then the Easter Bunny sat on a fire engine step, and one by one  the kids came up, sat on his lap, and got their pictures taken. After that, the older kids were allowed to explore the fire engine itself.


The festivities ended about 3 p.m., when the orphans 8 climbed into the buses for the return trip home. Most of them  said they had a fun time. Six-year-old Sara asked, “Can we do this every Sunday?” And more than one boy asked, “Can I drive the fire engine next time?”


 



adj.欢宴的,节日的
  • It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节,每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
  • We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。
孤儿院( orphanage的名词复数 )
  • It is Rotarians running orphanages for children who have no homes. 扶轮社员们为没有家的孩子办孤儿院。
  • Through the years, she built churches, hospitals and orphanages. 许多年来,她盖了一间间的教堂、医院、育幼院。
adj.枯萎的,被害的,被诅咒的v.(用炸药)炸毁( blast的过去式和过去分词 );狠打;发出刺耳的高音;向…猛吹,(用水)向…喷射
  • Make your own blasted coffee! 煮你自己那该死的咖啡吧!
  • They blasted her into a black room. 他们把她送进一间黑屋子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.叫喊,号叫,叫着说( yell的现在分词 )
  • The coach stood on the sidelines yelling instructions to the players. 教练站在场外,大声指挥运动员。
  • He let off steam by yelling at a clerk. 他对一个职员大喊大叫,借以发泄怒气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
v.大叫,大喊( bawl的现在分词 );放声大哭;大声叫出;叫卖(货物)
  • We heard the dulcet tones of the sergeant, bawling at us to get on parade. 我们听到中士用“悦耳”的声音向我们大喊,让我们跟上队伍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • "Why are you bawling at me? “你向我们吼啥子? 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )
  • The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
  • Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。
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atomic orbital
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commutative justice
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daily case list
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disciplinary proceedings
dwble
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Endagikot
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foul deck
fremished
froth overflow
gaggery
gallizinite
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handknitting
heat of decomposition
Heliangelus
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legal deed
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mudjack
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nsima
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pro-provincial
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pylemphraxis
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sell someone down the river
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shweat
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timekeepers
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