时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   Todd went into the discount store. Leo, in his sixties, owned the Brooklyn store. Leo's first language was Chinese. He didn't know Todd by name, but he was always friendly and polite. Todd asked for a Mega and a Powerball quick pick. Leo said, "One of each?" Todd said, "Pardon? 'One a week'?" Leo repeated, "One of each?" Todd said, "Oh, 'one of each.' Yes, please." Leo gave him the two quick picks. Then, joking, Todd said, "I'm sorry I didn't understand you. My English is not too good." Todd paid and thanked Leo. Leo said nothing. Todd sensed a chill 1 in the air. Puzzled 2, he left the store. He thought, Maybe Leo thought I said his English was not too good. Todd went back to the store and explained his remark. Leo chuckled 3. He said, "Not a problem. You're a nice guy. You wouldn't have said something like that."



vt.使变冷,使冷却,使沮丧;n.寒冷,风寒
  • With the chill factor,it's nearly minus forty here.加上风寒指数,气温接近零下40度。
  • The bad news cast a chill over the whole family.这坏消息使全家人感到沮丧。
adj.迷惑的;困惑的
  • The student was puzzled about what to do next.这个学生对下一步做什么伤透了脑筋。
  • I was somewhat puzzled at his unwillingness to help.他不愿意帮忙让我有点困惑。
轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
  • She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情,她就轻轻地暗自发笑。
学英语单词
allrounders
Ambridge
anchoring of dislocation
annexed traverse
apparent polar-wander path
artificial precipitation stimulation
as a person
automatic comtrol
automatic throttle
banker's call rate
beside the question
Bible society
CNCL
cold-proof suit
comares
consumer logistics
core mismatch
double-ended boring machine
down for the count
employment discrimination
entering tape
extended dislocation
f-hole
fbst
final pit boundary
finished good
force piece
Galton rank order test
grows on
handkerchief tree
harchik
heavy-isotope buildup
hold one's hands
idempotent of bose-mesnear algebra
isobaric contour chart
judgment proof
ladogas
law of variable proportions
leaping voltage
leopardus pardalis
long-term loan
main supply
mixed yarn
monadic functor
mosely
nailheads
nephrins
nominal operating cell temperature
non-equilibrium polycondensation
nonmetal thermocouple
nuclei pontis
ocean-floor spreading
paraclimax
particle exchange
potential density
propeller characteristic
psycholeptics
reactor trip system
reames
required date
Rocky Comfort
running qualities of a car
running shed
scrims
sentimo
shmuel
sleptwalk
slide valve sleeve
smoke limit characteristics
sod houses
software engineering management model
solid waste management statistics
Solpugida
spice-cake
squelchiest
stadiametric warning
standpatism
start gauge
stramashes
sulphinide
sulphonitrocarburizing
surprise index
swashbucklingly
Synotis solidaginea
tagged frame
tailings chest
thoman
thorium-lead age method
top frame
torpedo effective range indicator
towgher
trandolapril
transaction equation
triangular sector
trullipetalum
underwrought
utahraptors
vamp ... up
ventilation drying
verticimonosporium diffractum
voltage-divider
zaruk