时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:原版英文小故事


英语课

Erin and her best friend Amy flew into San Diego last week. They are both in their mid-20s, and both are nurses who live in Georgia. It was their first visit to California, and they were excited.


They visited San Diego’s world-famous zoo and fell in love with the giant pandas. “They are so cute,” Erin said. Then they drove north to La Jolla so that they could glide 1 off the cliffs 100 feet above the beach. That was scary, exciting, fun, and expensive. They drove to the beach to get a peek 2 at nudists, but no one was there. “That was a major disappointment,” Erin joked.


After visiting San Diego, they headed north to Los Angeles. They saw the Hollywood sign and visited many places in Hollywood and Beverly Hills. They hoped they would see lots of actors and actors’ homes. If they got lucky, they would get some autographs and maybe even some photographs of them standing 3 next to a movie star.


But they were disappointed. A minivan took them on a tour past actors’ homes, but no actors were outside their homes. The homes themselves were barely 4 visible. They were often hidden by tall gates, fences, walls, hedges, or trees. Later, however, Erin and Amy were able to put their hands and feet into the handprints and footprints of movie stars at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.


They went to Venice boardwalk just south of the Santa Monica pier 5, because the boardwalk is famous for its muscle beach, weird 6 characters, and paddle tennis. The boardwalk is one of the best places in California for people-watching. The girls enjoyed talking to the colorful locals. They were also surprised at how many people they talked to were Europeans visiting California.


After Venice, they went sunbathing 7 on the beach just north of the Venice pier. They even got to hang out with some real California surfers. The surfers tried to teach them how to ride a board in the water. That was difficult but fun. They took plenty of pictures to show their friends back home.


Erin and Amy drove to Burbank the next day to watch the taping of a Jay Leno show, but the line was so long that they decided 8 to pass on it. Instead they went to a mall and had a great time shopping. They flew back to Georgia with souvenirs, photos, and wonderful memories. “But next time,” said Amy, “we’re not leaving until we see some real live actors!”


 



1 glide
n./v.溜,滑行;(时间)消逝
  • We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.我们噤若寒蝉地站着,眼看那条蛇逍遥自在地游来游去。
  • So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.那芭蕾舞女演员翩跹起舞,宛如滑翔。
2 peek
vi.偷看,窥视;n.偷偷的一看,一瞥
  • Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
  • Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛,别偷看。
3 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
4 barely
adv.仅仅,几乎没有,几乎不
  • The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
  • He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。
5 pier
n.码头;桥墩,桥柱;[建]窗间壁,支柱
  • The pier of the bridge has been so badly damaged that experts worry it is unable to bear weight.这座桥的桥桩破损厉害,专家担心它已不能负重。
  • The ship was making towards the pier.船正驶向码头。
6 weird
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
7 sunbathing
n.日光浴
  • tourists sunbathing on the beach 在海滩上沐浴着阳光的游客
  • We've been sunbathing on the beach. 我们一直在海滩上晒日光浴。
8 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
学英语单词
A.M.T.
active standard
air supply method
americium alloy
ammino compound
analog translator
antipollution standard
autoimmune polyendocrine disease
average-value
benzisothiazoles
billing system
biotite aplite granite
blue alert
bufothionine
cash flow back
cattanach
census-taking
Cid Campeador
coal cutter
computer system analyst
concealed running board
curve of limiting positions of center of gravity
diethyldixanthogen
digital survey fathometer
divide an application
drawing close
Dynatra
edge-ways
eight-pages
electric staff instrument
emetomorphine
enterprise management of paints industry
epitheloid cell
farouq
feoffed
Fluconazol
frame space
fuel oil sequence table
Gentiana fetissowi Regel et Winkl.
grid operation security policy
guard post
heidensohn
herborists
hypericaless
implicit pointer
incentiveless
iron price
jergen
jet spud bit
job record
karasses
KBP
kelvinscale
Kerosene-type jet fuel
Kumagaya
La Yaba
lurk about/around
magnetic pole tips
marketing function
mesencephalic veins
Mohrenheim's space
Montia
national intelligence norm
neasa
non salient pole
paradesmi
parietal cells
paste fule
phaeophyta
pie holes
porpuss
precast foam concrete
provenantial
punshion
quick silver
quinquertian
radar video face
repeller type oscillator
Republic County
running shale
Saccogyna
sans nombre
satellite toll trunk
shortening of basement
shylock
sizing machine
smiths cross cut chisel
soil spatial distribution
Star Warsy
step-up instrument
stimulosa
Syringa pubescens
telescopic drive shaft
temporary stoppage
transfer of skin flap
tubble
underexposed
underwater ordnance
upsale
uredo panici-plicati
Vagina synovialis tendinis
voting rules