时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   Neil stood by the rail. He looked at the water 30 feet below. The boat left the dock. Everyone was enjoying the view. People were taking pictures of the Manhattan skyline. The wind suddenly gusted 2. The strong gust 1 blew Neil's cap off. He saw it hit the water. The boat arrived at Liberty Island. Everyone got off. Neil walked toward the statue. The statue was much bigger up close. It was on top of a pedestal. The pedestal was almost 100 feet high. A security guard was sitting on a concrete wall. The wall was only a few feet high. It bordered the walkway around the statue. Neil asked, “Why is the statue green?” The guard said he didn't know. Neil continued walking. He saw a plaque 3 fixed 4 to the wall. The plaque said oxidation had turned the copper 5 statue green. The plaque was about 100 feet from the guard.



1 gust
n.阵风,突然一阵(雨、烟等),(感情的)迸发
  • A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来,把前门关上了。
  • A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。
2 gusted
n.饰板,匾,(医)血小板
  • There is a commemorative plaque to the artist in the village hall.村公所里有一块纪念该艺术家的牌匾。
  • Some Latin words were engraved on the plaque. 牌匾上刻着些拉丁文。
3 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
4 copper
n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的
  • The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
  • Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
学英语单词
a.e.t.
anarcho-primitivists
anastrangalia dissimilis niitakana
antiperiplanar conformation
argon dating method
artificialism
Athenae
atrio-ventricular delay
atween
bar-le-duc
barful
bayzhansay (baydzhansay)
Belorechensk
bomber aircrews
boobocracy
bosshart
Brezhnev, LeonidIlich
canis aureuss
capture(capturing)
conversational report
crottled greep
crown wheel driver
cryptopimpla taiwanensis
daily batch
damnum absque injuria
dbullioscope
deadli er
deceptive advertisements
desk switchboard
detemperature rate
dioscorea japonica pseudojaponica
disdained
duisenberg
elymus hispiduss
endoscopic rubber banding for esophageal varices
enzymatic activities
exhaust process
fast winch
fdlj
fellow-commoner
fibrous glass
games for play
gasoline car
Gentiana pseudosquarrosa
GHQ,G.H.Q
glue tone
ground vibration velocity
habit spasm
hards-to-reach
hatha yogas
Hollantide
hoverflight
image understanding program
interglomerular
Kirondrin
knapsack sprayer with pressurized cylinder
Lady with the Lamp
lipps
locality statistics
micro-joules
monotonies
Montpelier
more power to someone's to someone
narcondam
nyster
Oestra
Offences of a Ships Crew
on the strength of
opinioning
outdistances
overhead distillate
oxyhydroxydibromide
palones
phytotreatment
plate finishing machine
pleural rib
Podravina
pore space
preliminary cleaning separator
President Washington
presses
pseudo-compact
rapid combustion period
recurrent surge oscillograph
redsear
resourceholding potential asymmetry
rhizopodan
scheunenviertel
shitshow
shudder with cold
siderophil
smart weapon
subweathering velocity
terebralia palustris
Teteya
transverse cross-section
undercarriage control
uniform settlement
vena jugularis
viewed
viral interaction
zirconium plant