时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   A dead bird was on the kitchen floor. Sam had left a "present" again. Sam was their black cat. He hunted at night. He was a good hunter. He brought home birds and lizards 2. Usually he left them outside on the patio 3. Sometimes he brought them into the house. Ted 1 didn't mind. He was proud of his hunter cat. But Molly minded. "This cat is killing 4 innocent animals," she told Ted. He said, "But that's the nature of cats. They're born killers 5." Molly didn't care. She told Ted to stop the killing. "These animals are wild," she said. "They might have diseases. Caroline might catch a disease from one of these dead animals. Do something, please." Caroline was their young daughter. Ted didn't want to lock Sam in the house at night. That would be cruel. There was only one thing to do. Ted tied a bell around Sam's neck.



1 ted
vt.翻晒,撒,撒开
  • The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
  • She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
2 lizards
n.蜥蜴( lizard的名词复数 )
  • Nothing lives in Pompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards. 在庞培城里除了蟋蟀、甲壳虫和蜥蜴外,没有别的生物。 来自辞典例句
  • Can lizards reproduce their tails? 蜥蜴的尾巴断了以后能再生吗? 来自辞典例句
3 patio
n.庭院,平台
  • Suddenly, the thought of my beautiful patio came to mind. I can be quiet out there,I thought.我又忽然想到家里漂亮的院子,我能够在这里宁静地呆会。
  • They had a barbecue on their patio on Sunday.星期天他们在院子里进行烧烤。
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 killers
凶手( killer的名词复数 ); 消灭…者; 致命物; 极难的事
  • He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
  • They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
学英语单词
after-life
albisiphon
amorpha californicas
anomalous monism
antiresistants
antivibration mat
arch vector
as good as wheat
Astroviridae
automatic white control
bear squeeze
billy-bi
bocaccio
bulbectomizing
butrin
call premium on bonds
calligraphing
catur
celation
clapcake
clinical value
cohomology group
common battery type telephone
core drill
core efficiency
counter pulley
csci
Cuisenaire colored rod
database buffer
davitts
de-counted
degassing efficiency
depth temperature meter winch
Dermestoidea
digit-transfer trunk
diphenyl acetic acid
dry adiabatic change
estimated performance speed
fatigues
fluoroethanoic acid
Fox & S.
full-field relay
go in cahoot with,go in cahoots
goodness of circuit
growth-friendly
heights
heterotrophic stratum
inline assembler
intal
interfacial friction
jeeing
linda signaticornis
lubricator oil reservoir
maximum upsetting force of butt welding machine
McCormack
milliardths
multi-station cold former
multiple interlaced scanning
nettastoma solitarium
nitromuriate
nstl
nurikabe
omissions
outearn
panromanticism
parapsoriasis variegata
physical measurement
pre-flame reaction
precomplexing
probationary party member
puffing
ragmans
reflation
renegotiation clause
repopularizes
response limit
roll handling car
same orientation
Serratula lyratifolia
smart-alecs
Somnus
spirit level axis
spoils systems
sprung rhyme
spur wheels
sulfate resisting portland cement
surgical therapeutics of dermatopathy
tectonic structures
tenicide
Tizzoni's test
Tokyo Stock Exchange
trans-crocetin
transgenic animal
trembling barrel
two-side plough tripper
U/WB
umbilicalitis
upsidedown
vagantes
verdurousness
water vapor cloud image
wet tons