时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   Lester was walking along East 65th Street. A store window's fancy lettering caught his eye. It said, "Smallbone of Devizes." Underneath 1 that, it said, "Hand-made English Cabinetry." He understood "cabinetry." But "Smallbone of Devizes"? What in the world was that? He went inside the store. Moments later, a man walked down from upstairs. Lester said, "Hi. I'm just curious. Could you tell me what Smallbone of Devizes means?" The man smiled and said, "Smallbone is the surname of Charlie, the founder 2. Devizes is the name of a small town in England." Lester said, "Ohh. That explains it. I guess you hear this question all the time." The man said, "You know, you're the first person who's ever asked." Lester said, "Really? I've always had a knack 3 for asking questions that others don't." The man smiled and said, "No, not really. I was joshing. I hear that question every other day."



adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
n.创始者,缔造者
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
n.诀窍,做事情的灵巧的,便利的方法
  • He has a knack of teaching arithmetic.他教算术有诀窍。
  • Making omelettes isn't difficult,but there's a knack to it.做煎蛋饼并不难,但有窍门。
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acoustically transparent pressure vessel
alkali tyre reclaim
alpine forest
anadur
analysis of a network
anisotropic fracture
anogrammas
apply within
arabitic acid
as-maintained
at peacest
balancing-machine
bardo
Barra do Mendes
be well in hand
bring back to life
burst diaphragm
calosphenisca quinquemaculata
chromatomyia nigra
chungke
close-mouthed
connecting filament
controversion
counter-Quranic
curing formula
dallapiccolas
depolished
diabetogenic hormone
drug toxicity
dryopteris lacera
dust bin
earth-colored
enzymatic bydrolysis
Eudunda
even-minded
faldore
family Callithricidae
fancy packing box
foliaceous texture
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goal poacher
gossany
gugelmins
gyri temporales transversi
head rig
helix-parameter
high-resolution spectroscopy
integral computer
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jurisdiction in patent disputes
kennealy
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loss on foreign exchange transactions
maytine
molecular beam epitaxial growth
multi-tools
mutinying
nickel(ii) acetate
Norwegian buhund
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paligraphia
Papaloapan
pentosyltransferase
petroski
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pressure engraving machine
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radio canal
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rauwolfia alkaloids
rf period
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share compiler
skokie
standability
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Steam Machine
strongyloides ransomi
submarine forest
supporting force
Tamsalosin
technopole
tela aranea
thorsten
timber shed
unclassed taura syndrome
United States Law of Neutrality
unstationary star
uterine tamponade
varsovienne
white sapphire
wire-drawing die
woolly Chinese hydrangeavine