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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adamantinum adenoma
american society for information
backward referencing
bagdad button
blind gallery
branched network
business hour
cafegoers
candle foot
cascade isotope separation plant
catabolic phase
computer auto-manual station
condensate-feed water system
constructed profile map
control display unit
covenant running with the land
cryptomeria
culturette
Degest-2
dette
dialeuropora decempuncta
double frequency vibration
dykons
enough to make a cat speak
fan channel
Ferber
flecainides
forecast of minimum water supply
freight-in
ganulin
Gate City
general survey of soil and land planning
genus leiophyllums
get something out of someone
Glyptostrobus heterophyllus Endl.
gustard
heute
hula halau (hawaii)
hydraulic bolting device
ii.i
Inferred resources
joint-stock company
Kalkudah
keratogenous zone
kettle chips
leaf density
leavening
low-speed stall
magnet, rubber
magneto-optic modulation
market management strategy
Marysvale
md5-summed
medical ointment
methyl-butadiene
Minuit
namesaking
nanocarpet
nest of domains
odd permutation
page without number
parabrochus
pattern of fracture
perfect information game
perigenital seta
peritectic change
pilot studies
population dilemma
propylacetic acid
pyocele
Ramaytush
rudigers
saw-mills
SCBN
sealed outer housing
senkaku
sensory apraxia
shunting controller
shut sth off
single spot welding
spectro analysis of isotopes
spheroconic
spidy
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st. vincents
stokes (st)
sub-microscopic
sulfamate
surrending
sweet chocolate
tangible proofs
tend to one's knitting
threshold elements
Tigre, Sa.
warning blinker
whangbo
Whiskey Rebellion
whitewasher
winter monsoon
X-ray analysis
Yahwistic
yurtlike