时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:背诵为王第一册


英语课

38 “I Don’t Have to Eat All the Egg.”



 


  A lady once wrote 1 a long story. She sent it to a famous 2 editor 3. After a fewweeks the story was 4 returned 5 to her. The lady was angry. She wrote to theeditor:

"Dear Sir: Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. How do you know that thestory is not good? You did 6 not read it. Before I sent you the story, I pastedtogether pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a test to see whether 8 you would 9 readthe story. When the story came 10 back yesterday, the pages were still pastedtogether. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you?"Theeditor wrote back: "Dear Madam: At breakfast when I open an egg I don't haveto eat all the egg to discover 11 that it is bad.?


editor 编辑

paste 7 用浆糊粘



“我不必吃掉整个鸡蛋。”

曾经有位女士,她写了一篇很长的小说,并把它寄给了一位著名的编辑。几周后小说退回来了。女士很生气,她给编辑写了封信。

“尊敬的编辑先生:

昨天你把我的小说退回来了。你怎么知道这小说不好?你根本没有读过。在寄给你之前,我把十八、十九和二十页粘在了一起。这是要检查你是否会读我写的小说。昨天小说退回来时,这三页还粘在一起。难道这就是你阅读所有寄给你的作品的方式吗?”



编辑回信写道:“尊敬的女士: 早餐时我打开一只鸡蛋,我不必等到吃完整个鸡蛋后才发现蛋是臭的。”



1 wrote
v.(write的过去式)写
  • She wrote the music and he wrote the book.她作曲子,他写歌词。
  • He wrote back that he was too busy to join us.他回信说他太忙不能参加我们的活动。
2 famous
adj.著名的,驰名的,闻名遐迩的;极好的;擅长的
  • The hotel is famous for its suppers.那个酒店以晚餐而著称。
  • He is famous for his learning.他以有学问而出名。
3 editor
n.编者,编辑,主笔;v.编辑器
  • He's the editor of the Riverdale paper.他是Riverdale报的编辑。
  • He got a job as an editor of a newspaper.他在一家报社找到了一份编辑工作。
4 was
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。
5 returned
adj.被送回的,归来的v.返回,回来( return的过去式和过去分词 );恢复;还;归还
  • He resigned as Home Secretary and returned to the back benches. 他辞去了内政大臣的职务,回到后座议员席。
  • The painting has been returned to its rightful owner . 这幅画已归还给合法所有权人。
6 did
v.动词do的过去式
  • How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球?
  • Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢?
7 paste
n.糊,浆糊,铅制玻璃;vt.粘贴,覆盖,猛击
  • Please paste these sheets of paper together.请将这几张纸粘在一起。
  • Stick the paper with paste.用糨糊粘纸。
8 whether
conj.是否…,是不是…;是否…,是不是…
  • I cannot say whether it was Saturday or Sunday.我无法肯定那天是星期六还是星期天。
  • I don't care whether it rains,I am happy.我才不在乎下不下雨呢,我快活着呢。
9 would
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?
10 came
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。
11 discover
vt.发现,看出;暴露,显示
  • We'll discover who did it.我们会查出是谁做的。
  • When did you discover it?你在什么时候发觉的?
学英语单词
acridinic acid
actual cost of producing export commodity
americus vespuciuss
anamorphic process
angiotenic
ardea herodiuss
arms control and disarmament
array device
auto selector station
automatic-pickup baler
bb shots
bluish greens
Boraxon
Borders Region
Boswash
bust ass
Chernobyl packet
cystomatous
denarrativizations
describableness
diaphragm case
Drosera burmanii
Eastpoint
eel-buck
Eutrichomonas hominis
eyeblink conditioning
filling defect of cecum
fire accuracy
front-wheel pitch
fruitarian
GGPNA
great shakes
green-sensitive cell
gulli
Gulyayevskiye Koshki, Ostrova
halpens
held covered at the discretion of the underwriter
high reactance transformer
high strength china
horny pharyngeal teeth
in the full blaze of publicity
incastelled
joint functions
Jordan, David Starr
Kayar
ketol-isomerase
knave-line
lailee
linked switch
lithostathine
Lobata
low-energy region
lyturgy
manstealing
methylthymol blue
metrosil
musculus protractor pedis
Nasalis larvatus
natural parents
net signal
output saturation voltage
Port Warrender
pressure drawdown test
printing roller
prize crew
proprietous
protecting angle
prutting
Qaidam Basin
radar distance-indicator
rail freight
reparted
resolution performance
sea wind wave
self centering
serophilic
short mark
silver-footed
simulated climatic conditions
snipss
solid gage
spendall
spliff up
sri pattern
straight regeneration
supersonic stroboscope
tactical deception group
tank it
terrain camera
the god of fire
unwedged
value-added approach to marketing
vapor pipe
virtual angle of friction
Wangerooge
warp streaks
waxed impergnation
Wing-germ
wl
zinc alkyl
zip sb up
zonal filter