时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英语笑话(MP3+文本)


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【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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5-Flaorocytoside
ad rectum
anti-racisms
back solution
Bargaintown
beef cattle
Beskid Niski
bird-watching
bright field microscope
brokets
card chase
carters range
cheatery
chemical enhancement-oxygen
clithon corona
collector body resistance
come out for
computation and design division
contractual joint undertaking
counterhistories
Danaea
delighter
dimensional similarity
disapply
disorganized
dogbolt
earthy smellingsubstance
ebbert
electronic aids
Endofolliculina
espirito
Ethylemin
european spider crabs
field method
fortune favours the brave
freeroll
gigeria
Glyfosfinum
Godley Gl.
grain-boundary segregation
graphite mould
hearth top
in ascending order
indigo paper
Krasnyy, Mys
Lambeosauras
legal program
Little Tennessee River
lower flange of girder
lusa
macro axis
Mantachie
mascerating machine
merchlorethamine hydrochloride
mesoslope
N-phosphonacetyl-L-aspartate
netherlands school
neupert
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of your life
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on background
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polynucleotide phosphorylase
polyphemuss
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tana l. (tsana l.)
Tatmadaw
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thomas's distribution
turrons
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Tǒkdo
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unfated
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vody
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