时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   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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Aaqoura
advowson
amplitude probability distribution
anal cone
arbaugh
associated with
be sensitive about
beshow
biliary apparatus
black mosses
borodaevite
boundstones
cadexomer
child labor in agriculture
closed economics
concisely
contain bag
cortico-integration
cutting stylus
dan anchor
daylight saving meridian
de-tension
descent of testicle
devitalizes
diacid amide
dieciseis de julio
double disc refiner
duration of feeding
eases out
Elatostema parvum
eletrified-particle indication
Emerson method
external multitubular heater
family menyanthaceaes
Fleming
fluindarol
four pips
fritted glassware
genus matthiolas
Ghānimī, Sha'īb al
grade sensor
greatest
grottkau
grough
HDGF
heathland
hepple
hexopyranoside
Hydrofite
ice-cream headache
johner
joint construction
kang
katabatic wind
kazuhiko
La Gouesnière
limpest
liver wind agitation
maximalize
measurement of product
meazels
mendelevium complex
meta-
microbian, microbic
Morris County
nonlimbic
nonpliable
one-third luminance viewing angle
optic nerve neurinoma
paddle wool washing machine
particle derivative
perfay
pitch of chain
Piuza
plug unit
prece
preliminary order
pressafiner
propper
quanders
rationing of exchange
reactor tap changer
reversibility of adsorption
Saccharomyces(genus)
screen with direct vibrated screen plate
selective lipectomies
short-period coment
shovel sth into your mouth
singing-stovepipe effect
sivo
sod strip
stern ramp
sub-chunks
suborder Ceratosaura
supreme commander
thickness gage
timelimited
treasurerships
trunk vertebra
Vessel and Master Clause
yahgans
zeke