时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄中级美国英语


英语课


 Hoping to get free contact lenses, Freddy goes to the optician.
F: Could you help me check my eyes. Please?
O: Sure. Please have a seat and put on these glasses. Now, tell me. Which letters seem clearer?
F: The ones on the right.
O: Ok. Can you read these price tags?
F: Yes. They're as clear as daylight.
O: Fine. Read out the highest amount.
F: US$100.
O: Right. That's what it'll cost you.
F: But I thought the contact lenses are free.
O: Yes. But you'll have to pay for our service.
F: No wonder they say, "there's no such thing as a free lunch."

Holland = the Netherlands 荷兰   Dutch 荷兰人
There is a catch in the agreement. 陷阱,骗局
ophthamologist 眼科医生
It's quite a feat 1. 一门功夫
eyesight 视力     near-sighted 近视眼的   far-sighted 远视眼的
letter 字母    alphabet 字母表
post(英)/mail these letters for me      My father is a man of letters. 有学问的人
pricey adj.昂贵的  
Some department stores are rather pricey, so don't buy things there unless they have a sale. 降价
one buck 2, two bucks       one grand, two grand 1000元
sth cost sb   sb spend sth   不说:I cost 20 dollars.
be free = be for free = is free of charge  免费
不说:no such a thing  no本身就是冠词   可以说:not such a thing  not是副词



1 feat
n.功绩;武艺,技艺;adj.灵巧的,漂亮的,合适的
  • Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
  • He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。
2 buck
n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃
  • The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
  • The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。
学英语单词
6-O-Methylerythromycin
age sex composition
All-souls'-day
almost-certain
aluminium conductor aluminium clad steel reinforced
aphyllous plant
astatic electro dynamometer
bark picture
bloody shame
breeder cockerel
bung fodder
cable ferry
cantacuzinoes
cayugas
cerebral diataxia
Ceylon cinnamon tree
chhertums
chicadees
chip-breaking flute
cholopleth map
closed high
coextend
crane fall
Darwinian
DBMC
DC arc welding
dealings in foreign notes and coins
distorted polyhedra
electrical degree
end breakage rate
endo-dextranase
exhaust column
f.thomas
financial indicator
flexible tube pump
folk dancers
Forkville
freedom of conscience
fundamental diagram
green leech
grill car
grow like a weed
grunberg
high resolution spectrometer
high-wrought
hit your stride
hold on
immediate address mode
impetiginous syphilid
in bad shape
insurrectionary officer
intrazone
kicking horse p.
lead(ii) iodate
ligamenta hyothyreoideum medium
logging machinery
Louys, Pierre
monosalient pole
mumismatics
myeloid metaplasia
nuzzling
Oboke-kyo
oligomenorrhea
osmotic pressures
over-commonly
Parsons table
participant as observer
Pesek, Sungai
pharyngospasmus
plot of land
polybutilate
post-neonatal mortality rate
posty
power-unit failure speed
purnell process
rachitic flat pelvis
rein in a horse
roller bandages
rotary actuator with two pistons
roughs
scarifying rotor
sculpture teeth
sexually attractive
shihab
simultaneous print-plot
spud can base
st-laurent
standing gage block
stream of bits
sun porch
super powder
telemetry acquisition
tensile shear test
text someone
thermomicroscopy
timing program
unpaid expense
warrant of arrest
washtenaw
wave of oscillation
yenikapi
zone transfer