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
a fair field and no fair
acyclic digraph
alternate immersion
annual calculation
antero-lateral descending tract
aspheric reflecting surface
automatic hemato-stainer
back cushion
back-angle counter
be accompanied by
beblawi
bering times
bioelectromagnetics
buffer strut
cancer initiator
cautile
Chrysantone
Cologne earth
connecting rod cap
converted tanker
courtshipment
creative director
creosoting cylinder
decentralized decision making
device administrator
direct illuminance
disrupting explosive
distributor breaker
double-base transistor
dual function
Edibabandza
elmes
eurobags
extended desktop
flouve
Fédala
gerlich
giving-effect statement
glickenhaus
goto special
grained tinplate
grure
haemolysed
hand holding
hard-bakeds
hummingbird vines
Ikise
Ilokano, Ilocanos
in arrear
insulating transformer
interrupt page address register
jefes
judoman
kamuela
Kubo-kawa
leaning-wheel grader
lernilite (vermiculite)
Lindis Peak
local entities
lowtschorrite (mosandrite)
macbrideola cornea
Masihi
mining recovery rate
moggs
Newnham
NGGR
noncooperative game
normocarbia
orthofelsite
packet address recognition
packet cellular
paracholesterin
pelmicrite
pensch
positive tetrahedron
prevent leaf scorch
pseud.
puerperal fever
pyrogen testing
quenching steel
quick-release catch
rackan-crook
reuenge
righthander
rr. occipitales (a. occipitalis)
self-protective
sing by ear
Smyrna Mills
sorghum halapense
speed corrector
stay collar
strongylium scheknlingi
subframes
syncarpium
transitive construction
transverse dislocation
transverse judder
unitingly
unts
varitran
vaughnite
Zebrzydowice