时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   They were casual 1 friends. A while back, they had had lunch at a restaurant. They paid for lunch. They left the restaurant. They were walking past a newsstand. A sign said, "Powerball $100 Million." Jenny asked Jane, "Would you lend me $5? I spent all my cash 2 on lunch. I'll pay you back the next time we get together." Jane said sure. They got together a while later. "How have you been?" Jane asked. Jenny said, "Just great! I've been making vacation plans for the summer. I'm going to Europe for three months." Jane said, "That sounds great! But it's going to cost you a pretty penny 3, isn't it?" Jenny said, "Yes, but I've got a lot of pretty pennies 4. Remember that $5 you lent me? I won $100,000! Can you believe it? I'm treating you to lunch today. You can order whatever you like!" Jane said, "Oh, how nice!"



adj.漠不关心,冷漠的;随便的,非正式的;偶然的,碰巧的
  • He earns a living by casual labour.他靠做临时工为生。
  • The guests wore casual clothes.客人们穿着便服。
n.现金,现款;vt.兑换现款,付现款
  • Could you cash these chips?可以兑现这些筹码吗?
  • I never carry much cash with me.我从不多带现款。
n.(英)便士,美分
  • I will not lent you a penny.我一便士都不愿借给你。
  • Sugar has risen a penny a pound.糖价每磅涨了1便士。
n.of penny;便士( penny的名词复数 );(美国、加拿大的)一分钱;少量的钱
  • He had a few pennies in his pocket. 他口袋里有几个便士的硬币。
  • Pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters are United States coins. 1分铜币、5分镍币、1角银币和2角5分银币是美国硬币。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
a good word
abeches
acid-proof coating
aconital
activizes
aegicerass
aitken dust-counter
allopyrine
amethobottromycin
amphoteric(ion exchange)resin
artcare
artificial measures promoting regeneration
asterites
ballast section
batting-practice
bckman
beguilest
bimetallic strip
biometrics
brynelsen
bunga
business process automation
cable rash
caretaken
Cebinae
chiloe strawberry
classon
communication feed
copper crusher gage
crank turning moment
cricoliths
deep comprehension
delusion of being metamorphosed
depositional remanent magnetization
disnoble
diverticula of swim bladder
equitizing
eudoxoides spiralis
film crystal
floating channel
flying seal
ganglia plexuum sympathicorum
gearless
gene-specific
generalized likelihood ratio tests
gilboy
give a year grace
henfests
heteropical deposit
high frequency measuring instrument
HSDA (high speed data acquisition)
humvee
immediate window
itching with caked secretion in the eye
jacome
kill a well
knock-test engine
Kotturu
landmar
lineae splendens
macroscopic damage
megalosauroid
mou'
Muhāni
multielement array
Mushet Steel
nordheim
Nureyev, Rudolf Hametovich
observation pipe
off point
Ohio St.
open-loop output resistance
palauans
payrollers
pentadecenic acid
photoengravers
porterfield
pressure receptor cell
punitive intervention
pyrethrone
quaestio juris
rebedding
rust ball
Scalable Vector Graphics
scorched - earth policy
screwwrench
seven-month-olds
size oriented metrics
termination of session
tin-foils
tone-control aperture
track-boat
trial jar
trophodermatoneurosis
Tungku
uncheckt
vernier bevel protractor
ward ... off
waterborne cholera
World Radio Laboratories
WORSE (word selection)
yellow cake