时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   One of the two kitchen light bulbs was out. It was circular and fluorescent 1. He placed a chair under the light. He stood on the chair. He unscrewed three screws. He removed the plastic cover. He removed the bad bulb. He inserted a new one. He screwed in the three screws that held the cover. His wife would be pleased to have a bright kitchen again. He heard the front door open. His wife walked in. She looked at him. She said, "Why are you standing 2 on that chair? That's a cheap, plastic chair. What would happen if the chair broke? You might break your leg. You'd have to go to the hospital. We don't have health insurance. The hospital bill might be $5,000. Why didn't you call maintenance? You know they'd replace the light bulb for $30! You risk $5,000 to save $30. What is the matter with you?"



1 fluorescent
adj.荧光的,发出荧光的
  • They observed the deflections of the particles by allowing them to fall on a fluorescent screen.他们让粒子落在荧光屏上以观察他们的偏移。
  • This fluorescent lighting certainly gives the food a peculiar color.这萤光灯当然增添了食物特别的色彩。
2 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
学英语单词
Acanthopanax cissifolius
aerial trap
Aerobacter levaus
air-breathing
alrich
anguilliformess
aniline nitrate
antisemitics
aryloxide
basic ingredient
big government
bitruncated
boiler pressure
break a bill
break faith with sb
brileys
British Rayon Research Association
Butea monosperma
calcium channel blockers
call key
Campbellstown
CCTP
cefuracetime
cerithium lissum
Clarkson
clearing bath
coating film
conus legatus
Cutbank R.
cyclomicrobuxeine
Dioxyphenylisatin
drip tube
dual-lane
duct heater
Eapidil
electromagnetic spectrum management
execution guard mode
failure to give notice
financial record
fire -resisting paint
float case
forming tool
frequency system
gas gasoline
generalized compressibility factor
genus hydrobatess
geographical approach process analysis
Gluquinate
grandfather provision
hauling device
HMTNA
in the employment of
ionized stratum
ISCP,I.S.C.P.
Karelianism
Kharar
knu
lichen diabeticus
loaded line
Læborg
manufacturing bookkeeping
maximum size of plate cut
meteoriopsis squarrosa
multitextured
natural regeneration
nested quadrat method
Ochtmersleben
parent-young relation
payback of added investment
pecoss
percent isogram of single mineral
Physical Jerk
piss-pot
platinum anode
polycarbonate resin
potio
public deliberation
puther
quantivalence
red-hot heat
resin mould
roots of zygoma
round robin scheduler
scargills
sheet-metal gate
Silvermine R.
simultaneous absorption
SJC
Spanish jasmine
sticky clay
stratified columnar ciliated epithelium
structural patch
swallow float
tetra-silicate
train delay
Tufftriding
Ulmerian
unguentum zinci oxidi
Valtimo
wedge inserter
Yatsushiro-kai