时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英语笑话(MP3+文本)


英语课

【生词预览】



sightseeing观光,domed 1拱形的, cave-in塌落



笑话原文】



It’s Cheaper Here



While sightseeing in Kentucky, we stopped to take a tour of Mammouth Cave. Looking up at the huge, domed ceiling, I asked the guide, “Has there ever been a cave-in?” “Never,” he reassured 2 us. “But if it did, look on the bright side. Where else could you get buried for $2.50?”



中文译文】



这里比较便宜



在肯塔基州观光的时候,我们参观了马莫斯山洞。我抬头看着巨大的拱形天棚,问导游说:“这里有没有发生过崩塌?”他安慰我们说:“从来没有过。不过如果发生的话,往好里想,还有什么地方把你安葬起来只要两块五美元?”



词汇讲解】



1.sightseeing观光。 Most of our time was spent in sightseeing.我们的大部分时间用在游览上。也可以作形容词,“观光的”:a sightseeing bus观光巴士。



2.tour旅游。 My tour lasted two months.我的旅行持续了两个月。 也可以作动词:They are touring in Spain.他们正在西班牙旅行。



3.ceiling天花板/顶盖/最高限度。a ceiling of stars满天星斗;a price ceiling价格最高限度;the job ceiling就业最高限额;break through all previous ceilings打破以往所有的最高水平。



4.cave-in塌落/倒闭/屈服。 The last firm he worked for caved in.他所服务的前一个公司倒闭了。The children begged their father to take them to the circus until he caved in.孩子们请求父亲带他们去看马戏团, 直到他让步为止。



5.look on把眼光投向/在一旁观看。 They stood looking on while the man was robbed.正当那个人被抢劫时, 他们却站在那儿袖手旁观。 They look on me as their own brother.他们把我当作自己的兄弟。



6.bright side 光明的一面;令人高兴的一面。



adj.使消除疑虑的;使放心的v.再保证,恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)
  • The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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a loaf of
abdominal nerve plexuss
active grate area
aminonitriles
anilinium oxalate
ball elbow
bare-foot
be right behind
bibliothecar
biological repair
C-spines
cassidyite
cc's
cerebral oximetry
contact procedure
contemporianism
cr.c
CRT
cryogenic circuit
current resolver
cyananthrol
dead hours of the night
decurions
defer to someone
direct analogy computer
Ductulus lacrimalis
effect of increased concentration
effective radium content
Ferrohortonolite
ferry vessel
Flieringa ring
fraudsman
furnace tilting mechanism
glitchier
gorlices
greasy spoon
Guard Glacier
hierarchical image understanding model
horizontal dry-back shell boiler
internet survey
interstitial atrophy
interwinding
Isodiane
jack lever
job development
Kentstown
Kyyjärvi
laborem
leather-jacket
Lenni Lenape
liberte,egalite,fraternite
liecester sheep
liquid column pressure ga(u)ge
loveseat
material metabolism
Morrisby mechanical ability test
multi-layer structures
Nairnsandstone
nitronaphthalin
non-euploid
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nonmatches
pakawops formosanus
papal bulls
paperhanging
parenthoods
parsley worm
path name block
Personal Genome Project
photovoltaic sub-array
pinakothek
pleiohomeotic
pre-historic
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primary zone
real estate market
regulator(gene)
resting metabolism
rhythmic mode
rotor side
sad-sack
safety recording instrument
Sangwǒn-gun
sector disk
sesamums
shortess
skip list
slag metal separation
smeu
Smoky River
strategic orbital weapon system
tail-rod guide
taxonomic approach
tfh
the world of
tonys
trauner
triglycine sulfate
Trotwood
ungreedily
verrucosum
worm one's way in