时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   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
a strange combination of circumstances
a-board dialling
algicide
aminosterol
analog image scanner
Antondine
aptronym
Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter
bingo-bango
biochemical interaction
bound amylase
C value
call generator
cementing bath
centring amplifier
centring error
chamber cooling
chugach mountains
Classified Excess of Loss Reinsurance
climbing ability test
Colonia Sánchez
cornuta
cranz
cupric stearate
curled bedding
curtain painting
deep hole tap
deseaming
desertifies
dinitrile fiber
diphyodont
dorkery
double wound
echeniques
entero-hepatic circulation
enzymic catalytic reaction
estimation of photon density nonuniformity
fire her up
fluctuating synchronism
foxtail millet bran
furcula
gage lamp back casing
GCFT
go yachting.
high density bag blaster
hoja
infection way
infiled
Isocureumenol
kaputniks
kirche
L-penicillamine
l-tryptophane decarboxylase
long arbitrage position
Lucilia laoshanensis
machinist's vise swivel base
makunduchi
malignant neprosclerosis
McKenzie,MacKenzie,Mackenzie
Mendelssohn Seamount
modulation depth for modulated vision signal
molluscum lipomatodes
nightblind
non-interacting binary
non-intrusive design
ortaniques
other-attributions
passenger station complex
pathogen
peppermint tests
prepositions
pressure thermometer
principles of public law
Puebla de Sancho Pérez
qualitative variables
ram air turbine
Rauhkalk
rear fuel tank
repts
ring theorists
rotor ground
school crossing attendant
sea echelon
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sedeful
sengosteron
sestamibi
sexualisers
slapt
sodium picrate
solid state radio altimeter
speed and delay study
stark raving mad
strip mosaic
strokes of pump
sulphating roasting
tithe-proctor
tomasso
Totazina
value indicators
x wool
xenon equilibrium concentration