时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:背诵为王第一册


英语课
16 Perfect Match

A rich woman is so proud of a valuable antique 1 vase 2 that she decides to have her bedroom painted the same colour as the vase. Several painters try to mix the colour right, but none comes close enough to satisfy 3 the woman.
Eventually, a painter comes. He is confident that he can mix the proper colour. The woman is pleased with the result, and the painter becomes famous. Years later, he retires and turns the business over to his son. "Dad,"asks the son, "there's something I've got to know. How did you get those walls to match the vase so perfectly 4?"
"Son,” the father replies, "I painted the vase."

proud of 自豪
valuable 值钱的
antique vase 古董花瓶
paint 用油漆漆
satisfy 满意
eventually 最终
confident 有信心的
retire 退休
match 和……相配

绝配

一个有钱的妇人感到非常骄傲,因为她有一只值钱的古董花瓶,她决定把她的卧室漆成和花瓶一样的颜色。好几个油漆匠试图调出正确的颜色,但是没有一个人调出的颜色能让妇人满意。
最后,来了一个油漆匠。他很有信心可以调出合适的颜色。果然妇人对最终的效果感到满意,漆匠也因此成名。
几年后,漆匠退休了,他把生意交给了儿子。“爸爸,”儿子问,“有件事我想知道。你是如何调配出和花瓶一样的颜色的?” “儿子,”父亲回答,“我把花瓶也一起漆了。”

1 antique
adj.古时的,古代的;n.古物,古器,古玩
  • The Sunday antique market is a happy hunting ground for collectors.周日的古董市场是收藏家的淘物乐园。
  • I saw the vase in the window of an antique shop.我在一家古玩店的橱窗里看见了这个花瓶。
2 vase
n.花瓶,瓶
  • She knocked the vase off by accident.她不小心把花瓶打掉了。
  • I saw the vase in the window of a shop.我在一家商店的橱窗里看见了这个花瓶。
3 satisfy
v.满意;满足
  • Her father tried his best to satisfy her demands.她的父亲想尽一切办法来满足她的要求。
  • She is too poor to satisfy her family's material needs.她太穷了,无法满足家人的物质需要。
4 perfectly
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
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