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
ABL
abundant precipitation
after-treatment
alanyl-alanine
aleurone cells
alkyl-lysophospholipids
Android smartphone
appendix
appier
biquet (briguette)
chapak gozar
chloro-pentammine-cobaltichloride
chromosomal fragment
clueless
codewise
community nurse
date stone
dedicative
degenerative paralysis
dice away
digitalic
dorsicornu
dual pressure circuit
dye over
e-systems
encumbrancer
Erlenmeyer,Richard August
event structure
feloniousness
fit-and-finish
fiveth
fixed disk driver
flap potential
free-field room
gummi arabicum
havatine
have had a cup too much
HETEROTHRIPIDAE
Hexabrachion
high lube oil pressure
high speed connect
horse-drawn vehicle
hydrogen-powered
hyperfine structure separation
initial complement
inner web of the middle toe
insider cheat
Kadyy
kesners
kutter
lecanoric acid
management summary
mental institution
metric tensor of space
Momba
more-balanced
navigation control console
Neagle, Dame Anna
normal shut-down safety assembly
nougat bar
oating
obtain a grant
optic glass
overspeculated
paraffin based crude oil
pedigree farm
personal proprietor
PHAS
phase-modulated pulse
play golf
pokie
polyamides
popularit
premanufactures
press trimming
red diesel
residential houses
Rākābād
sciascop
Semien
shanxi province
shelter belts
siggies
sleeve-notes
soles'
songbird
spatial topological relation
spermatozoa insemination methods
split chase mo(u)ld split(ting) chase mo(u)ld
survey station marker
Techiuacusse
technological development
the father
three-armature DC motor
throws in
TSS
tuberculatus
U-shaped section
ultrasonic flow transducer
user
wave-piercing catamaran
wrapping round