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
ACTP
actual grade
adaptive estimation
address byte
all-optical
amphiumas
anti corrosive
architectural salvage
backmounted
banisher
barrenness
Bcdedit
bean-caper
beltedradial tire
business capital formation
camphonanic acid
chars
cnn
co-pays
coarse acceleration
come this way
convection-type desuperheater
counterbore cutter
cuff button
cycloastragenol
devolatilizations
dungeoning
ego-alter theory
environmental disease
ersk
eternizing
foll
four-level laser material
full-word
girthgear
glycerolinase
Helwan
humanistic disciplines
identical figures
innatist
input machine variable
insert icon
inter-company accounts
Khenifra, Prov.de
Kigahumo
korologos
lasionite
limerock
lobularity
loop jump
Lāngmoche
machine tooled
master console command
mean low-water lunitidal interval
megamansion
Mesulid
micro-thin
Microsoft Consulting Services
milk runs
Multiple-sclerosis
neou
no-'count
nontaxes
Oath of Abjuration
on-the-set
optimum specific speed
original payee
outof-town
overlapped image
Pasithea
paucistranded
piezo-quartz
pocatelloes
Psychrolutidae
put someone on its feet
pygathrix roxellana
Python molurus
quasi-flow
resalable
restatements
reversed upthrust
Rhaphigaster nebulosa
RSEXEC (resource-sharing executive)
schedule feeding
Schmidel's anastomosis
sensitivity adjustment of gravimeter
solidi
sprocket silent chain
streamling
sun cream
surge voltage protector
Swietinia
talkaholics
theoretical seismology
three layered neural network
Tinaquillo
tractor-driver
tremissis
trioxymethylanthraquinones
truncated frequency distribution
ulluco
W/S2