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
accountfor
acute cecitis
all-purpose fuel rate
Amavasya
antipodeans
Arteria malleolaris anterior medialis
Atirampattinam
be laughing all the way to the bank
be ready to
bernat
Capricornia
cewebrities
check scratcher
Choluteca, Dep.de
combustion duration
comply grant someone's request
concrete skeleton
coppaelite
court of arches
cushy
cut-steel
cyberactivist
cylinder power
dependent variate
desialylation
economic history of world
elastic frame
engine vibration monitor (evm)
evcs
extreme temperature hydraulics
fagerlind
fall into decay
false potato beetle
ferry clip
field spaniels
fixed length record system
forestry regulation
funiculi ventralis
GranisetronKytril
Grosmont
Gulf of Martaban
hand over foreign exchange
head-block
heteroglypta contraria
high-budget
Honeywell file access system
hydraulic units
hydrodesulphurization
in-control
ink flow control
jato ramjet
jcdecaux
Kisala
lending terms
light gating
locked-rotor characteristic
m-b
Maindomde
maximum permissible leak rate
mechanical backup
millennists
mis-seek
miscreances
mural background
N.S.W.
noradrenalin(e)(NA)
Normanno-
oorial
pad something out
PBO
pipe roll
polie
quadrature-axis synchronous impedance
reduced tax rate
rhythmetic
rolling plant building
Saussurean
SBC - single-board computer
shahla
single speed
SofalconumSofalcone
somatopleura
soundpainting
sphegina orientalis
spherical pressure tank
standing by vessel
stress-relateds
structured objective
sundluns
swimfeeder
Tecalitlan
thick as hail
thorsell
totally-enclosed pipe-ventilated
tradeco
transport interval
undue paper
unlawful
vector bundle
Westruther
zafferanas