时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   More than a dozen policemen were at 6th Avenue 1 and 33rd Street. They were between JC Penney and Macy's. Most were on bicycles. Sixth Avenue is one-way north. A traffic light is at 33rd Street. Policemen were pulling over bicyclists by the handful 2. Jeremy asked a policeman, "What are you writing tickets for?" The policeman said, "The usual violations 3. Running red lights. Riding against traffic. Riding on the sidewalk. Not having bells. Some bikers think the rules don't apply to them. We're giving them a wake-up call." Jeremy asked how much a ticket cost. The policeman told him. Jeremy said, "Well, $30 isn't too bad, is it?" The policeman said, "I didn't say $30. I said $130." As the policeman talked, Jeremy watched a biker riding past. He was very tall and was riding very slow. He rode south right past five policemen writing tickets. He disappeared down 6th Avenue.



n.林荫道;大街;途径,手段
  • This is a shady avenue.这是条林阴大道。
  • He drove slowly.The avenue was crowded with people.他慢慢地开车,因为大街上挤满了人。
n.一把;少量,少数,一小撮
  • We invited 30 people, but only a handful came.我们邀请了30人,但是只到了几个人。
  • He pulled out a handful of coins from his pocket.他从口袋里掏出一把硬币。
违反( violation的名词复数 ); 冒犯; 违反(行为、事例); 强奸
  • This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
  • These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
学英语单词
above stairs
ace of clubs
acraspedote
adoretus polyacanthus
aerogation
aeronautical otolaryngology
aestheticss
aggot
aircraft antenna
angle gauge
AppleShare AppleShare
asynchronous addition
auditing by tests and scrutiny
bavardage
beheading
biphenylene
buchananine
Buckley-Leverett model
capactive load cell
coal carrier
continuous sand blast apparatus
cranked link
d-marks
date of shipment
deployment of resources
derivative pulse polarography
direct hierarchy control
DNA-relaxing enzyme
EDO RAM
electroconductive film
elementary school building
end-products of weathering
end-user tariffs
eurya disticha chun
Evelyn Waugh
find work
flurazepam hydrochlorides
G.N.
genera (sing. genus)
global vibration test
gross tractive power
ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
houbu (japan)
ichthyosis scutulata
inlaces
installing dimension
international switching maintenance center
JB518
laowai
LDRS
lithium niobate (li nbo3)
make an inference from
merohydric form
metabolise
microphone hummer
mobile warping frame
motorbiker
multirobot system
net quick assets
noncognate inclusion
noncorrupting
nonretaliatory
occipital region
panache
Paraixeris serotina
PCCEMRSP
permanent change
pinpoint program
plastic lamination
policy-oriented approach
porn stars
pre-crises
prisonbreaks
profit plan
qualify with
radiative function
radislav
recovery from creasing
release fuze
resource utilization curve
rwandese republics
sand and gravel dredger
self-catalyst and cross-catalyst reaction
semispinalis m.
shaft of bone (or body of bone)
statement of grounds
strength of timber
sudoresis
Taraxacum orientale
taxocrat
teleradio observation post
tractlet
two-element interferometer
unbreakfasted
unfair-dismissal
ussuriensis
uucp program
Vitoria blue
wantin
writing case
xo
Yoro-kawa