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
abnegatory
abutment stress
ADTELP
agreeing
al pacino
alpicola
altitude environment
anisotropy silicon steel
Baron George
beef tenderloins
boroglycerin glycerite
boundal
brain tumours
brucea fruit
CAMAC branch driver
career office
cause and effect analysis chart
chemotaxonomists
cirsotrema plexis
come ... to light
conroys
contagious equine abortion
daint
difformed
diseases of spleen-stomach
East Jerusalem
ethylic
false bill of lading
family aphididaes
FAT-32
fendley
fish joint
general clerk
get the cold shoulder
Governador Valadares
head on hed structure
horizontal arch element
imidazolemethanol
incomplete census
inter-access point protocol
jackie robinsons
Jectofer
jondy
keep doing sth
layer lattice type
LecitholLecithin
line imperfection
lymphocytic reticulosarcoma
maschale
mccune-albright
metal dye
metatasks
minimum acceptable value
MTU (magnetic tape unit)
Munukutuba
musae
naningo (cuba)
national movement
one-strokes
optical transducer
Oracit
overhouse
paper clock
passive migration
PD-METER
phytoanticipins
plasma scope
polystictine
post-study
potentiometric measurement
poutily
power refer to engine room unit length
prebrowned
primary cutaneous and subcutaneous aspergillosis
process operator console
project alternative
race-conscious
rectilinear chart
reticular lamina
reuze
robert redfords
rollermill bottom exhaust
rope disease
salmonella food poisoning
sealed-in unit
secalts
septentrionally
share placement
skiwears
stuffed minerals
take the King's shilling
tear-drop
tensor impedance
thyroid scintigraphy
time piece
tmre
today is a good day to die
Tolisan
voltage supply line
Ward-Leonard control
wilckens
yesk