时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄中级美国英语


英语课

  Many people seek fame and wealth. Gul Muhammed sought neither. However, through fate he is famous. Heis so sort that he is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest man in the world. He measuresonly 57 centimeters. Though he has fame, he is not rich. In fact, he's too poor to pay his own medical bills.

Recently, when Gul became so ill that he had to be brought to the hospital, he didn't have enough moneyfor the medicine. What a pitiful man he is! His story tells us that fame and wealth do not always go hand inhand. Indeed, Gul is a living example of the saying, "All that glitters is not gold."


 

 


 


All that glitters is not gold. 部分否定

be as poor as a church mouse

widow 寡妇

seek = look for = be in search of

notorious = infamous 1 恶名昭张      be notorious for naughty

Don't bow(surrender) to fate. 不向命运低头      bowtie 蝴蝶结

stout 2 -- thick,black,bitter beer 黑啤酒    potbelly大肚皮

be poor at sth 很差    be good at

medical bill 医药费

foot the bill = pay the bill  付账 

When his father fell ill, Tom rushed home from work.

miserable 3 惨的   pitiful 可怜的      It's a pity/a shame/pitiful/too bad he can't come.  

living 活生生的    living dictionary





 



1 infamous
adj.声名狼藉的,臭名昭著的,邪恶的
  • He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
  • I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。
2 stout
adj.强壮的,粗大的,结实的,勇猛的,矮胖的
  • He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
  • The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。
3 miserable
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
学英语单词
academic progress check
Afghan hound
airtraffic
angstrm unit
antiaircraft mount
asymmetrical structure of current switch
authentic leader
baby drop
basic bismuth gallate
brachiocephalic artery
by-road
car windows
chiltepin
chitoria ulupi arakii
contingent negative variation
continuous approximation
crooked mirror theatre (russia)
cytoplasmically
deformed nucleus
differential thread
disorder-order transition
displeasing
dura clip
eight-inches
enzym
flash-cards
glabreate
gymnophobe
halethazole
have the night off
high-calibres
i-saved
impact modifier
instantaneous loss of shunting
internal electromotive
iso-diamylose
Jeyes' fluid
jus civile
Laplace expansion
Lazicki
leiogynus
library reference programming
liden
lithophaga curta
long flame coal
lot lizards
Lysenkoites
mesotendon
metacrystalline rock
Mitcham
Molokai
muit
net news
other liability
Out Trade
packing specifications
parvenus
phase focusing
phthisiogenesis
plain-and-ball bearing
pouring in vertically clamped moulds
Profundol
proper subarc
proprioceptors
rack rod
re-edits
rectilinear flow
respect and admire
return period of flood
rmk
run-on tire
rustad
satellite fire control radar
say hey kids
scenic spot of minority customs
sea park
shingle-style
silicon planar transistor
slate roll
stewart-williams
strangler tree
superconducting transition width
sweet-hearted
tacky producer
tar-paved
Tatkon
tax revenue
Texas teas
thread alternating
tightening your belt
toe-jam
translocatable
travelling-hoist
tweeting
typhoid fever diet
unwoody
uranium pile
v?ttern (vetter l.)
vaishnavism
variable-geometry engine
war-bonnet
work havoc among