时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   Joey slipped on some ice and hit his head. He came to in a hospital. A nurse asked how he felt. He said, "Fine. Did you have red grapes, a boiled egg, and green tea for breakfast?" She asked, "How did you know?" He said, "That's what your breath smells like." Amazed, she called her supervisor 1. Many doctors examined Joey. Joey had acquired the sense of smell of a dog. DEA hired him to sniff 2 people and baggage entering the country. Joey's nose detected a million dollars' worth of drugs every day. He was the agency’s "top dog." But as months went by, Joey changed. He stopped shaving. He stopped getting haircuts. He stopped using deodorant 3. He started giving cats the evil eye. DEA had to let him go after he started sniffing 4 travelers' butts 5. However, his ex-boss said, "If he starts running around on all fours, we'll rehire him."



1 supervisor
n.监督人,管理人,检查员,督学,主管,导师
  • Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说,我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
  • He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。
2 sniff
vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视
  • The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding - place.警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
  • When Munchie meets a dog on the beach, they sniff each other for a while.当麦奇在海滩上碰到另一条狗的时候,他们会彼此嗅一会儿。
3 deodorant
adj.除臭的;n.除臭剂
  • She applies deodorant to her armpits after she showers.沐浴后,她在腋下涂上除臭剂。
  • Spray deodorant and keep the silk garments dry before dressing.在穿衣之前,洒涂防臭剂并保持干燥。
4 sniffing
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
  • We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了,一个劲地抽鼻子,打喷嚏。
  • They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了,呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5 butts
笑柄( butt的名词复数 ); (武器或工具的)粗大的一端; 屁股; 烟蒂
  • The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。
  • The house butts to a cemetery. 这所房子和墓地相连。
学英语单词
adoptative
ajon
allylic rearrangement
blower set
bond expenses
brute forcing
capital flights
caranx ferdau
caveneys
celestical
cheaw
Clitocybe nuda
clo-tests
cold-drawn steel
colletotrichum
concessionality
constant
contadinoes
conventional name
degrange
desmarestia aculeata (l.)lamx
disabled list
dittogrphy
dowries
duck-hook
ejectitious
entitlement benefits
external marks
friarage
gas turbine nozzle
gastrocolic reflex
gemm
genus gallinulas
good practice
groundsill
halaqah
hydraulic valve lifter oil passage
indigo blue
infrapharyngography
inlet-valve
installment account payable
internal base point
jacounce
Kawaihau
kunoichi
Kyaukhnyat
lateral meteorism
leeuw
letter of moral intent
loose turn
macroinferences
man-beast
mesotrophic state
milk solids
monilethricosis
multi-handicappeds
nffo
non-Euclidean angle
obligation broker
oosement
Os cuneiforme mediale
oxy-Tobias acid
percussing device
perimetries
phenylhydrazones
point contact lay wire rope
point-maker
Poyales del Hoyo
prairie rattler
precantation
primsie
pronunciation guide
quasi-linear equation
radio locator
radio-beacon monitor station
raftless
reactor meltdown
refraction profile
refuelling schedulcs
remote valve
replicated directory
request bus
Romppala
seat belt system
sorva
special index
stephanoline
stimulus of exteroceptor
stokerfeed boiler
stored record interface
subarctic intermediate water
successor node
TDY
theoretical error of optical range-finder
thumb in fingers out
thumb their nose
tincan
to move on
unproductive labor
uranylic
VHF turret tuner
vyakhirev