时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   Tom, the Mets' star pitcher 1, bumped into Brooks 2, the replacement 3 third baseman, in the dugout. Tom didn't apologize. Brooks said, "Excuse you." The pitcher said, "No, excuse you. I heard your TV interview yesterday. Who do you think you are? You talked like you're here to stay. You're here only until Wade 4 recovers. Then you'll be back in the minors 5 again. You'll be gone, just like that." He snapped his fingers. A week later, Tom was pitching a masterpiece. Not one batter 6 had made it to first base. Were the fans about to witness a rare perfect game? The 27th batter hit a weak grounder toward third. Brooks had plenty of time. He looked at Tom. He threw the ball over the first baseman's head. Later, Brooks told Tom, "How about that? You were pitching a perfect game, and then it was gone, just like that." He snapped his fingers.



1 pitcher
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
2 brooks
n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )
  • Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时,狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了,今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 replacement
n.取代,替换,交换;替代品,代用品
  • We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
  • They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
4 wade
v.跋涉,涉水;n.跋涉
  • We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
  • We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。
5 minors
n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 );副修科目;小公司;[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修,选修,兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )
  • The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 batter
v.接连重击;磨损;n.牛奶面糊;击球员
  • The batter skied to the center fielder.击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
  • Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。
学英语单词
8 queens puzzle
abrasive belt grinding
acanthoparia
affirmative pleading
agendum call card
all of sth
almighty
Anura
argue with someone on something
auxiliary console
azimuth scanning sonar equipment
bichloride
bone salts
bubble-domain
by location
cirque step
coaxial wire
Coleus amboinicus
common starlings
companion-animal
compound symbol
constered
converted starch
crystalline nature
dentinal dysplasia
desulphated
disapparates
discommunity
drug supremo
eightlike
eliezer
epithelial island
exree
extra-curricular
fetchit
first-surface mirror
Friedmanian
full back cutter
fusel oils
gander
Gaviidae(divers)
gensym standard interface
germinating paper
get her
glass towel
gora
grand'case
graphic information retrieval language
handshake mode
high speed drawing frame
hill drop
hiragonic acid
idler wave
ignition pressure peak
immune adherence hemagglutination assay
labyrinthine artery
lithium hexaflourophosphate
major power
matolcsy
methiuron
money cowrie
Nabileque, R.
natural drug
noisomenesses
nondriver
nuclear excursion accident
oxyurichthys papuensis
P0-357
particle-slip parameter
phalansterial
pick up conveyer
Pinay
powering down
prolactostatin
quick reference
radwaste final disposal
rate-cappings
refinery coke
relieving ring
Republic of Sierra Leone
reutilisations
riegls
Rimini, Prov.di
sales volum of product
Sassarese
sdq
sicilian mafias
skin glands
sporulates
Stauranthera umbrosa
steel column
subalare
subsoil flow
Tarnier's forceps
titanium ester resin paint
Tour de France
tragedie lyrique
trichloraldehyde
Tripenyltin acetate
value of merchandise imports
wire line bit
yasak