时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:原版英文小故事


英语课

Emily sat down on the sofa. She took off her shoes. She put her feet on the coffee table. She leaned 1 back. She picked up the remote 2 and turned on the TV. It was 6 o'clock. The news was on three channels. She didn't want to see the news. The news depressed 3 her. It was usually about accidents and murders. There was too much bad news on the TV news.


She found a talk show to watch. It was Ellen. She liked Ellen. Ellen was a comedian 4. She told good jokes. She showed animals doing funny things. She gave expensive gifts to her fans 5 occasionally 6. This show was a rerun, because Ellen's "live" show was usually on at 4 o'clock. But that didn't matter to Emily.


All she wanted to do was relax. Her life was one problem after another. Her husband had just lost his job. Her only child had dropped out of high school. Even worse, he had left home. He told Emily he would call from time to time. But he hadn't called in two weeks.


She was worried sick. She didn't know where he was. She didn't know if he was dead or alive. Her husband said she shouldn't worry. He had done the same thing when he was 17. But when he found out that life on the road wasn't as easy as he thought it was, he returned home and got his high school diploma 7.


 



1 leaned
v.(使)倾斜,屈身( lean的过去式和过去分词 );倚;依赖;使斜靠
  • He leaned forward, his hands clasped tightly together. 他俯身向前,双手十字交错地紧握着。
  • He leaned back, exulting at the success of his plan. 他向后一靠,为自己计划成功而得意扬扬。
2 remote
adj.遥远的,僻远的;细微的,稀少的,漠然的
  • I'm afraid your chances of success are rather remote.我担心你成功的机会极小。
  • The thing happened in the remote past.这件事发生在遥远的过去。
3 depressed
adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的
  • When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
  • His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
4 comedian
n.喜剧演员;滑稽演员
  • The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
  • The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
5 fans
n.粉丝,指超迷某人或某物的一类人;扇子( fan的名词复数 );风扇;扇形物;狂热爱好者v.扇( fan的第三人称单数 )
  • The announcement of her retirement caused consternation among tennis fans. 她宣布挂拍告退的消息引起了网球迷的震惊。
  • Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans. 她决定取消这场音乐会,肯定会使她的歌迷失望。
6 occasionally
adv.偶然地;非经常地
  • He went on talking,occasionally wiping at his face with a towel.他继续说着,偶尔用毛巾擦一下脸。
  • I like playing football best,but occasionally I play table tennis,too.我最喜欢踢足球,偶尔也打打乒乓球。
7 diploma
n.毕业文凭,学位证书
  • She won her diploma in only three years.她仅用三年时间就取得了毕业文凭。
  • She worked hard to earn her music diploma.她刻苦用功,以求获得音乐学位证书。
学英语单词
A-point
acute parametritis
Allium ramosum
ammonia-potassium water regime
amnicolous
an hourglass figure
anaxipha pallidula
anti-clash key
Aphredoderoidei
assimilations
barness
bepenised
Boldrewood Rolf
box diagram
boxesful
brake camshaft
by product recovery gas producer
car yard
cardiac electrophysiology
checkmates
chemical microencapsulation process
chromite sand
cielo
collapsed face
crooning
cynophile
deaphragm gas meter
delivered cost
die-locking toggle
duty of alcoholic liquor
Euphorbia helioscopia
expanding subspace theorem
fast firing kiln
fire-enhancing grasses
first pylon
fly half
gas-forming property
Gorillas in the Mist
Grezzana
hard nickel
heart disease prevention program
hemicompatible
index of ripple mark
Iron County
irradiation swelling model
irregular articulation
jacket water
jamul
keyna
killingly
kiln site
l-block type wharf
latitude of an observer
lift lug
Ligusticum elatum
linnorm
Lopokino
loungingly
macrosporocyte
marker mark
maximum transverse force
maximum work
mcpc (multiple channel per carrier)
MDMP
microthermal type
morbid physiology
moulded resin
Mumcular
naviss
nuclear magnetic induction
Ortilis vetula macalli
over order
part learning
physical chemistry of electrolytic solution
polyethylene balloon
rasamala
salesclerk
shoring beam
signeted
silence signal
simple chain
social resource
spin paramagnetism
suspension of transit period
tank engine oil
tapered leading edge
territorial limits
Theotiscan
TIC (transfer in channel)
traffic-choked
trail car
tree pie
trunk movement
tutela legitima
ureogenesis
urethral polyp
USSS
wave height coefficient
web former
write against
xylosylation
yao