时间:2019-02-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   She walked up to the drink machine. She fed it a dollar bill. She pushed the button for a cherry soda 1. The machine buzzed 2. Then it said, "We're so sorry. We cannot accept your money for this product. It has calories 3, and you are overweight. Please select a calorie-free product. We suggest you try a bottle of refreshing 4 spring water. That would be button number 4." She angrily pushed the button for a cherry soda again. The machine buzzed louder and longer. It said, "Perhaps you didn't understand. Please push the button for the language you speak." She pushed the Chinese button. The machine continued in English. "You cannot fool us. We know who you are. We are protecting you from yourself. Please select a calorie-free drink. After you've lost 25 pounds, you may push the cherry soda button up to twice a week." She kicked the machine hard—twice.



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。
v.发出嗡嗡声( buzz的过去式和过去分词 );(发出)充满兴奋的谈话声[闲话,谣言];忙乱,急行;用蜂鸣器(发信号)
  • Bees buzzed lazily among the flowers. 蜜蜂在花丛中懒洋洋地嗡嗡叫着。
  • He buzzed the rumour everywhere. 他到处散播谣言。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.大卡( calorie的名词复数 );千卡(食物所产生的能量单位);卡路里;卡(热量单位);卡路里,大卡路里( calory的名词复数 )
  • No sugar for me, thanks—I'm counting my calories . 我不要糖,谢谢。我在控制摄取的热量。
  • Her diet restricts her to 1500 calories a day. 她的规定饮食限制她每天摄入1500大卡热量。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.使精神振作的,使人清爽的,使人喜欢的
  • I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
  • The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼,特别解乏提神。
学英语单词
aeronautic sextant
Apostomatina
area of structural steel
asphyxiating
attorney general's bill
Aïr Besar, Pulau
bear -hugged
bearing pulley
blowing-crading-drawing unit
boulder opals
bullnose plane
by product costing
Cacimbas
caryotype
classical coherence
coal deposit
collective raising
corrosion nodule
cosell parvifloriae
decoped
decorating tip
degree of ramification
disadorn
distribution piller
elementary charge
enharbours
epilachna formosana
Erb's points
external diffusion
face of propeller blade
Federal Bankruptcy Act
fluorescent pH indicator
flux transport equipment
foces
from the sound of it
galvanic element cell
gas-permeable
Gayá, R.
gentianopsis holopetalas
half-noble
hereditary osteopetrosis
holorusia clavipes
impact fork
in an unguarded moment
Internet slang
inverted superposition
isolated deficiency of anterior pituitary hormone
Kolonkan
launch numerical aperture
limit number
line profile measurement
line squeeze
lithical
mannie
marla
mercuric sulfocyanide
Molenbeek
monilial endocarditis
multiple cone insulator
neutrodyne circuit
nevus elasticus of lewandowsky
non-spuriousness
nonreturn-to-zero change-on-zero recording
notocord
oral malformation
over-cure
photoglow
pipe and tabor
pledge one's word
police sergeant
pricking wound
projection fibres
pull oneself up by the bootstraps
quaque(other)hora
rat-mite dermatitis
remco
remote takeover
Rethuglican
reversible adiabatic change
Rosario, Cerro del
Ryl'skiy Rayon
ryridomycin
scapharca satowi nipponensis
screw action
sight hound
simcas
six-yard
snow-forest climate
sophocarpidine
speaker-independent system
special bastard
sumatriptan
superexalting
tax cost basis
temporary reduction
testing symbol
umblication of lens
uncongruous
veroniques
wheel-over position
without lag
women's group