时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   The Powerball lottery 1 is worth $550 million. Everyone is talking about it. A newspaper reporter asked an old lady what she'd do with $550 million. She said, "First of all, you news people should know better. Nobody's going to get $550 million. The winner will probably take the lump sum payment. That's only $360 million. Then, the federal government and the state will take their share. The winner will take home only about $210 million. That's better than a sharp stick in the eye, but it sure isn't $550 million." The reporter said, "You're right. Let me try again. What would you do with $210 million?" She said, "I know exactly what I'd do. I've been wanting to do this for years, but my husband keeps saying we can't afford it. Well, he can't say that if we're millionaires. I'd buy him some new underwear—and make him wear it!"



n.抽彩;碰运气的事,难于算计的事
  • He won no less than £5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
  • They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
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A negative
a-lot
aeroplane dope
agogo
albocarbon(naphthalene)
Anammelech
angle electric drill
Aspergillus ochraceus
average current pulse responses
banana trees
be in contact with
biholomorphism
body bolster
book entry security
canesthesia
capacitive-discharge ignition
cedare
channel protein
closely-pitched
cold-shouldering
companies with limited liability
constant-torque motor
core size
crambo (england)
cutter with inserted teeth
cutting survey
decimal addition
Dor remodeling ventriculoplasty
dual dimensioning
enlivenment
floscularian
galerina hynorum
genus ostryas
ghosthunter
government financial statistics
hyperonic atom
illiciums
indochinites
induhviduals
Inje
interference of alternating current
internal pile
koleroga
Korovou I.
laminar plastic flow
languish of
ligamentum phrenicosplenicum
limnophilas
livings-in
longitudinal shrinking
macromonomeric
manual rheumatism
mean type
megakaryophthisis
mesostructure conjunction bar
methylene aniline
microfinance
money-earning
morning air
N-radiation
Negev
painful sensation
parietalthrombus
patch of crizzles
phonological disorder
phosphomannoisomerase
planned statement of nonoperating profit and loss
portaball
practice question
preliminary dimensions
Prosognosia
PtSi IR sensor
pugginess
Qingju
quickest
raindrop disdrometer
rate-limiting process
reenthroned
relations theory
Remda
sarcomatous pannus
Sarrance
seaside barley
single swinging door
site audit
STENSIOELLIFORMES
stonecutters
strong-box
sunk bridge
T-S diagram
tear ... down
terrorize
total intensity
transracial
triphosgene
vegetal albumin
water-ram
wellbaked
whileaway
Wulfstan
yees
zinkwolframit (sanmartinite)