时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:365个英语简短小故事


365个英语简短小故事-346. The Refund (1) - 英语课
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Delbert figured the bill would be a little over $15. He had bought seven Hershey’s Special Dark 5-ounce chocolate bars. They were on sale, reduced from $1.49 to $1 each. He had studied the various deals on toilet paper. You need a calculator to figure out what the best deal is, he muttered 1 as he looked at each price tag beneath each item. Knowing that the house brand is almost always cheaper than the name brand, he settled on Ralfs Nice ‘n Soft 2-ply tissue.


The large plastic package proclaimed 2 “Comfy Softness.” The 12 double rolls were reduced from $7.19 to $5.39. Delbert read the small print on the package: “Embossed for softness—Ralfs Bathroom Tissue is Soft, Thick and Plush. Safe for sewer 3 and septic systems.”


He had also bought about 2 ½ pounds of bananas, at 67 cents a pound. A week ago, no bananas were available. Instead, a sign had said, “Bad weather in Ecuador is affecting our banana supply.”


Delbert was surprised when the bill came to $15.91. He gave the checker a twenty and got his change. Then he pushed his cart over near the coffee counter to double-check his bill. There it was--$5.91 for the toilet paper. He pushed the cart back to aisle 4 4. He looked at the price tag on the bottom of the shelf again—it said $5.32. Ha, he thought. He went back to the same checker and told her about the overcharge.


 



1 muttered
轻声低语,咕哝地抱怨( mutter的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He muttered a curse at the other driver. 他低声咒骂另一位开车的人。
  • She turned away and muttered something unintelligible. 她转向一旁,嘴里不知咕哝些什么。
2 proclaimed
v.正式宣布( proclaim的过去式和过去分词 );显示
  • The president proclaimed a state of emergency. 总统宣布了紧急状态。
  • The ringing bells proclaimed the birth of the prince. 响亮的钟声宣布王子的诞生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 sewer
n.排水沟,下水道
  • They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer. 他们正挖开马路修下水道。
  • The boy kicked a stone into the sewer. 那个男孩把一石子踢进了下水道。
4 aisle
n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道
  • The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
  • The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。
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acousticofacial primordium
activity discharge to the environment
acute altitude sickness
agleted
all finish
aluminium bronze alloy
antiresonances
Aquilegia caerulea
asset backing
astatic magnetometer
be broke
beating it
bivittate
blameshifting
boat tank
bursae infrapatellaris subcutanea
but all
Changjin
clouded leopards
contrarotating drums
desinicization
double diode-pentode
e.t.s
Edward VI
elliptical winch
Emmenopterys henryi
enkephalinase
expilators
family quarrel
faraday dispersion
filament display device
fission product release rate
flatfoot
Fushun
Gazelle Peninsula
general requirements
gold sequency
gonzals
H antigen
hawse jackass
heterotopic ossification
hexynic acid
increase productivity
inhabitting
interlamellar spaces
intermediate split thickness skin grafting
jehol
lb fibre
Lemmon
moxa
musculi obliquus internus abdominis
nedaplatin
NIC (not in-contact)
niesen
nitrozation
outdreamt
palatorasal
pea moth
peristerite intergrowth
Polygonatum franchetii
port infrastructure
prefer a bill of indictment
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printed-wiring board
pseudonymize
pumei
quality criterion
rag trader
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rattlestone
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roblet
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simpleresult
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spanghew
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striped muscle
swear
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the Customs officer
trenchant
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two-stage seal
underguard
unfeignedly
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vitreous humour
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wanderin'
weapon launching maneuver
yellowtops
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