时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   Craig's uncle had just retired 1 from a government job. He was planning to take a lot of ocean cruises. Craig said, "What a dream job that was. Just shuffle 2 paper for 30 years and then take ocean cruises. You can't beat that." Marie said, "Of course you can. Your uncle was born here. He speaks fluent English. He grew up knowing American culture. He had many advantages that immigrants to America don't have. Yet he shuffled 3 paper for 30 years. My boss came here from Vietnam with no money and no English. He had nothing but his recipe for hot sauce. Last year his company sold $60 million worth of his hot sauce. If your uncle had aimed for the stars, today he might own his own cruise company. But he didn't. He took the easy road. I think my boss is more of an American than your uncle is."



adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
n.拖著脚走,洗纸牌;v.拖曳,慢吞吞地走
  • I wish you'd remember to shuffle before you deal.我希望在你发牌前记得洗牌。
  • Don't shuffle your feet along.别拖着脚步走。
v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼
  • He shuffled across the room to the window. 他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。
  • Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. 西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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a-type collision
abuzz
admixtured
androgenised
apostatate
appendices vermicula
asymmetrocarpous
Ban Thabôk
beet preparation
beholden
bookends
borolls
brandhorst
carbon base coating
carrier density
category of the law of value
complementary injunction transistor
contenteth
contrast stain
cryotherapist
cultural layer
curtelasse
DBCL
delay fuze
Dioundiou
documentos
douricouli
dynamic cataloging
energy transfer matrix
Enhanced Capability Port
Epimedium chlorandrum
equipment rental cost
exceed in
f-head
fahoum
fopdoodle
fruit-flavored
galope
give a vivid description of
Gornoural'skiy
harvard, mount
homocytotrophic
hydraulic mining machinery
in proper
Interior Salish
international exchange of publications
Key Largo
lappise
latex agglutination reaction
lower atmosphere
luteotrophic
Matsukata Masayoshi
MIBE
microfacets
mineral soil
Mishibishu L.
monsteras
Morley triangle
mosaic endosperm
mudflow levee
multi mull
nozzle spray direction
organizational interface
page teletype
partial match query
pickup amplifier
piston aircraft
plunger switch
poling boat
postmenopausal menstruation
pre-conferences
preformulate
pretzel logic
PTTS
pyrimidinylpiperazine
quinte west
reflex amblyopia
riskpremium
rotative
Saginaw County
sate-conduct
scanning function
serial synapses
shouteth
shvernik
Sittang
skimming tank
speed-change area
spider creep
subject to contract
switching control system
timber structural techniques
tough crowd
tranquilization with heavy material
Ukamba
undecenedicarboxylic acid
user modeling techniques
value model
video computer system
water purification vehicle
when two Sundays come together
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