时间:2019-02-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   Bob pushed 1 the power 2 button 3 on his laptop 4 computer. Nothing happened. What?, he wondered 5. He pushed it again. Nothing happened. He pushed the button again and again. Finally 6, after maybe 50 pushes 7, the button worked. The little blue light came 8 on. A few 9 minutes later 10, he was 11 online 12. Everything was okay 13. Everything except 14 the power button. The next day, he pushed the button again. Nothing happened. Finally, after about 50 pushes, the button worked. This went on for a week – 50 to 60 pushes to turn the computer on. Finally, Bob visited a computer repair 15 shop. He told the technician 16 about the power button. Bob said 17 that his computer was seven years old. The technician said it would 18 cost 19 $50 to $150 to repair the power button. "You should buy a new computer," he said. "Don't spend money on a seven-year-old computer. You never know what might 20 go wrong next."



adj.(时间、钱等)不够用的; 没有空的,忙碌的v.推,推动( push的过去式和过去分词 );对…施加压力;逼迫;按
  • She pushed at the door but it wouldn't budge. 她推了推门,门却一动不动。
  • He pushed his way through the crowd. 他在人群中往前挤。
n.电力,动力;能力,力量,权力
  • He lost his power of speech.他失去了说话的能力。
  • It is not in my power to do that.做那事非我力所能及。
n.钮扣,按钮;v.扣住
  • Press the button,then the machine will work.按下电钮,机器就能转动了。
  • Push the button on top of the camera.按一下相机上面的按钮。
n.笔记本电脑
  • Laptop is suitable for use on planes.笔记本电脑适合飞机上使用。
  • A laptop would be really useful for when I'm working on the train.我在火车上工作时,便携式电脑真的很有用。
vt.对…感到好奇(wonder的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • I wondered uneasily if anything had happened to the children. 我忐忑不安地揣测孩子们是不是出了什么事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Mother wondered if she could last out another operation. 母亲怀疑自己是否经得起再动一次手术。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adv.最后地;最终
  • We can finally take a rest.总算是可以休息了。
  • Finally,they won the game.结果他们打赢了。
v.推,推动( push的第三人称单数 );对…施加压力;逼迫;按
  • When I give the command, everybody pushes off together. 我一声令下,大家就一起用桨把船撑离河岸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He never pushes himself forward. 他从不强出风头。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.动词come的过去式
  • I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里,我很惊奇。
  • The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
adj.很少的,不多的,少数的;int.少数的
  • There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
  • I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。
adv.过后,后来;adj.以后的,更后的,较晚的
  • He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
  • This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。
v.(is,am的过去式)是,在
  • He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
  • He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。
adj./adv.在线;上网
  • I read the paper online every morning.我每天早上在网上看报纸。
  • The computer might not support online working.计算机不能承载联机工作。
(=okey,O.K.)adj./adv.好,行,不错;n.同意
  • The play is okay,but I still prefer the book.戏还可以,可我仍愿读原著。
  • Is it okay with you if I borrow this book?我借这本书你不在意吧?
v.除,除外,反对;prep.除了...之外,若不是,除非
  • Everybody is here except tom.除了汤姆大家都到了。
  • He never came except when he was in trouble. 除非有了困难,他从来不到这里来。
n.修理,补救;v.修理,补救,补偿
  • We can repair this car.我们可以修理这辆车。
  • The road is still under repair.这条路还在修复中。
n.技术员,技师
  • The technician is busy repairing the machine.技师正忙于修理那台机器。
  • A skilled technician takes years to train.一个熟练的技师需要数年时间才能培训出来。
v.动词say的过去式、过去分词
  • He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
  • He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。
aux.will的过去式;愿,要;常常;大概;将要,会
  • Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说?
  • Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗?
n.价钱,费用,成本;损失,牺牲
  • What does the book cost?这本书值多少?
  • He saved his daughter at the cost of his life.他以牺牲自己的生命挽救了女儿。
aux./v.(may的过去式)可能;可以,允许
  • It looks as if it might snow.看起来好像要下雪了。
  • Might I ask a question?我能问个问题吗?
学英语单词
10 consecutive ties
adjustable weir crest
agglomerative tendencies
alkylphosphines
angioscotometry
antiseptic cotton
aseasonal
Aslian
Bacon, Francis
bat phone
boghead (coal)
botch-ups
broken orange pekoe
Buis
bushworld
canalin
Casimiroa sapota
chamois cloth
Chnofalk
Christiany
circulation memory
cog timbering
collenchymatous cell
composite video input
crinogenic
critical statistics
cross lap
current float
Daraprine
delayed income credits
displaced position
Dodecanese
ex rights
extrinsic contaminant
federal republic of nigerias
Feigenbaum functional equation
fhl
fitness test
fog dust
food self-support
full board
gamma-decay energy
Gaussian process
geoelectrical basement
GETWS (get word from string)
ginger brandy
golk
Grothendieck topologies
hirsutella versicolor
homepna
Hwangguto
in-group comparison
incremental response time
international gold standard movement
iravadia bella
Jabiru mycteria
jolanta
jumbo boom
Juris
LAP-D
living legend
meriggi
methylparoban
Moussa
mutual office
negrified
neotheophylline
nigger lovers
non-informative
nonoestrogenic
off-price
ohl
optical fiber telecommunication
Orczy, Baroness Emmuska
paleohydrologists
Poisson's summation formula
preservation of timber
purocellulose
re echo
re-potting
relay emergency valve
retroserrate
roadside bombs
rotary letterpress
sceat
shell of hawksbill turtle
shroomhead
sigmoidea
sprained
stall-holder
subicular region
swld
thalasso
there is no smoke without fire
Trommer's sign
tuero
twist someon's arm
uniform exit flow nozzle
unstayed covers
user action
Vena basalis superior
wide base rim