时间:2019-02-03 作者:英语课 分类:365个英语简短小故事


365个英语简短小故事-283. Pump Up the Tires - 英语课
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The blue bike was sitting in Owen’s living room. It had no kickstand, so he had wedged the front tire in between two bookshelves so that the bike would stand upright. Both tires were flat. Dust covered the bike. However, no household spiders had set up a web site. When was the last time I rode this thing, he wondered as he looked at it.


It was Sunday. Sunset was still almost two hours away. The temperature had been 86 at noon, but had dropped to about 76. Owen had spent Saturday and most of Sunday cleaning up his apartment. The termite 1 inspector 2 was coming on Monday. Owen wanted the inspector to be able to “inspect” without tripping over boxes, books, fishing rods, and golf clubs.


Owen was going to reward himself with a late afternoon bicycle ride. He enjoyed riding or walking through his neighborhood with its many beautiful houses, yards, and trees. But first, he had to inflate 3 both bike tires. He got out a hand air pump he had bought at a thrift 4 shop for only $2. The pump nozzle adapter didn’t fit onto the bike’s valve stem. Nothing is ever simple, he thought.


He looked for his new pump, the one that had cost $10. It had all the bells and whistles: high volume air flow on both up and down strokes, quick lock valve adapter and four nozzle adapters, air gauge 5, and footplate for easy pumping. It was a beauty. Of course, Owen couldn’t find it. I’ve got everything, but I can’t find anything, Owen muttered.


As usual, Owen did find one thing while he was looking for another thing. He found another used pump that he had been looking for a month ago. It was a big, heavy, steel pump that had an air gauge and a small leak somewhere. Owen connected the pump to the rear tire. He started pumping. The “small” leak seemed to have gotten bigger. Owen stopped counting after the first 80 pumps; finally the dial hit 65 psi. He was huffing and puffing 6. He went to the refrigerator and got a diet soda 7. After finishing it, he pumped up the front tire. Sweat dripped from his forehead. That was a good workout, he thought as he finished off a second soda. He screwed the valve stem caps back on. He stood back and admired his “new” tires proudly.


The bike was now ready to ride. Owen, however, felt a little tired. Plus, he was hungry. In fact, it looked like it was getting too dark for a long ride. There’s always tomorrow, he thought as he opened the refrigerator door. The chilled air felt good.


 



n.白蚁
  • The termite control was also probed into further in this text.本文还进一步探讨了白蚁的防治方法。
  • Termite often destroys wood.白蚁经常破坏树木。
n.检查员,监察员,视察员
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
vt.使膨胀,使骄傲,抬高(物价)
  • The buyers bid against each other and often inflate the prices they pay.买主们竞相投标,往往人为地提高价钱。
  • Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft.斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。
adj.节约,节俭;n.节俭,节约
  • He has the virtues of thrift and hard work.他具备节俭和勤奋的美德。
  • His thrift and industry speak well for his future.他的节俭和勤勉预示着他美好的未来。
v.精确计量;估计;n.标准度量;计量器
  • Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗?
  • It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。
v.使喷出( puff的现在分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧
  • He was puffing hard when he jumped on to the bus. 他跳上公共汽车时喘息不已。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe. 父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.苏打水;汽水
  • She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
  • I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。
学英语单词
a gig
acipimox
admarginated
administrative treaty
agleam
Alpha-Leonhardite
amillennialist
antifreezing
autist
Brooks, Mel
Caldesia grandis
carbon-to-carbon linkage
case study technique
cash solvent
chancefully
close grained structure
coccineous
color me
comforting
conductor-cooled generator
confamiliar
course keeping ability
cremasco
cross coupling
culleton
current connect group
decarbonizes
dignation
directive therapy
elliptical rotating magnetic field
fasciolopsiasis
feedover condition
fish pedicure
flent
Fragaria pentaphylla
gerciclin
guiding lights
heating control
herluins
immune sensor
inferior limit
invariant integer
jacounce
language character set
layer cloud
LDRE
leave pay
lighting panel
Loe Band
loop antennas
machine-sensible information
mass media bureau
mat-like
mg/kg
microthermodynamics
murgion
national emergency strike
nice about it
non-livings
O. Dan.
off centre
ops pseudo-
orick
partial alteration
path of chain path
pendage
phthaloylsulfacetamide
precast wall panel
pro forma interview sheet
propagating chain end
pryest
Pucciniostele hashiokai
register select multiplexer
relative bioavailability
Romanov (dynasty)
rubidium gas cell
san tome
saran
semi automatic transmission
shelvesets
sidereal minute
square rooting algorithm
stairlift
Suan-gun
synke
tapping up
temporary rust prevention
the language of flowers
the wealthy
tomchek
tongziliao
transship cargo
turn plate
two-part harmony
unpropitious
utilious
voice mails
Wade not in unknown waters.
warm eddy
Watamu
Wsh.