时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   He walked into the kitchen. Breakfast dishes had dried in the dish rack on top of the counter. He opened a kitchen cabinet. He grabbed a dish. It touched another dish as he pulled it out of the rack. His wife was in the living room. She heard the clatter 1 as the dishes touched. She walked into the kitchen. She asked, "Did you wash your hands thoroughly 2?" He grinned. He said, "Yes, dear. I always wash my hands thoroughly before I put the dishes away. Remember when you gave me your hand-washing demonstration 3 in the bathroom? How could I ever forget that? Now don't worry. These dishes will go into the cabinet without a single germ on them. And when I finish, you can bring me my patient." She asked, "Patient? What patient?" He said, "My hands are as sterile 4 as a surgeon's. I might as well have a patient."



v./n.(使)发出连续而清脆的撞击声
  • The dishes and bowls slid together with a clatter.碟子碗碰得丁丁当当的。
  • Don't clatter your knives and forks.别把刀叉碰得咔哒响。
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
adj.不毛的,不孕的,无菌的,枯燥的,贫瘠的
  • This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.这个盖子严实地盖在奶瓶上,保持奶嘴无菌。
  • The farmers turned the sterile land into high fields.农民们把不毛之地变成了高产田。
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averruncators
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ber-lin
Brennerian
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center line chord
ceramic-grade talc
coco(a)nut cream
continental rift valley
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curved composite laminate
dairy goat
De Veuster Seamount
derga
Dermacentor variabilis
Desaci
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devil's gardens
DNDO
double-byte character set
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electronic alternating-current voltmeter
endwell
epiglottic cyst
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Feldhorst
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frequency doubling test mode
grape sugar
Hattie leaves
herdable
hierarchical MODEL
high-density server
home shopping service
induction ammeter
inter-twine
international bauxite association
isoexcitation
isopentyl pyrophosphate
karst
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lymphatic sinus
macrospherocyte
Mahonia manipurensis
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maximum allowable cycle time
morella
multinational accounting firm
multiple
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normol stress
notion
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overlapping leaves
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peptoids
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phaeocytostroma sacchari
phaeopigments
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scieroptera formosana
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solvent extraction process
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specularimage
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torrefacted
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uncontemplatable
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