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
abdominal pad
acoustic surface-wave couplers
active interferometer
air charging machine
airplane meteorograph
Alpine besseya
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
argue over
arithmetic shift
audit of financial revenue and expenditure
authorization sheet for purchases of exchange
beachie
Berberis L.
BL-S
brass elelid spatula
CERN ISR
chemical transfer laser
chronics
condenscend
corase screen
crazy english
Davidson College
day-to-day posting
deep vein thromboses
diagramming
digifax
dobres
double-plus-ungood
draweth
dual ballast resistor
effulges
Englishness
equilibrium of consumer
Eskimo Lakes
feijoa
filler reinforcement
flc (fuel loading chamber)
forward planter
GkuT
glycol concentration
Gordon, Charles George
guavacoline
have the goodness
hayan
hazard warning light
height difference
Hemiboeopsis
high-grade corporate bonds
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
induced measure
irish method
irle
iron storage battery
kilin
light gun tank
Lysionotus serratus
mahnaz
molecular number
Morus rubra
multimammate
multiplex transmission
myth making
navigable condition
nurse graft
one-in-a-billion
oppenheimer-phillips effect
orophotus ochreceus
partner's drawing
Petit Rhône
phenolases
photodisruption
posterior conjunctival artery
primary abutment
primary skeleton
probability of survival
proof pressure
pyelonephrosis
rose gold
sandostin
scotophilic phase
sea-light
separation of placenta
sheet piling wall
shushing
Sidi Bou Zid, Gouvemorat de
soil banks
spring fishing season
strip away
strip foundation
sxaphocephaly
Taiyal
three-gaited
Tilia amurensis
times-courier
transmission mast for power
varlet
volumen
water sealed joint
waxman
William Randolph Hearst
wishbone rigged ketch
zoistic