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
altitude of the sun
angle measurement
annual population count
arcane
archaeonycteridids
azoospormia
ball pneumatic dead weight tester
berth bill of lading
blythewood
bronto-
buoy mooring line
cape-merchant
Care Sunday
Cephalanthera calcarata
chalcones
clicle gum
Clinton Corners
cockhorse
compass map
contrary event
diacetoxysirpenol
double minimal surface
Dylan, Bob
editing console
electrical energy meter
ELSE rule
endogenetic sediment
fishbowl
fonticuli occipitalis
free price
front lying position
glycosaminotrioses
gravity balance
great-great-granddaughters
happify
heart monitors
herpesviruss
hexadecyl
high - density polyethylene
hole-pressure error effect
honey-eater
igniferous
image marketing
Impatiens wuyuanensis
impulse flashover voltage-time characteristic
in two shakes of a duck's tail
integrated product team
intercity transport
internal defense and development
iryne
legacyquel
longways dances
Loxoconcha
merchandise trade not touching Hong Kong
methyl orthophosphoric acid
microfabric
Mishmees
missionary
moon dances
net landed weight
neuronophagia
neyman's factorization theorem
nonhardcore
noscitur a sociis
on a call target
open-endedness
parafocusing spectrometer
Pentonville prison
perimorph
pharyngomegaly
pointed tool
policy advocate
production management system
pronumeral
pteropleura (pl.peteropleuron)
resident editor
Rhizidiaceae
sap extraction
sceleronomic system
shinder
Sillery
solar total eclipse
solms
stopovers
strik-slip fault
supraseptal plate
tag bits
takes two to tango
target practices
Tauchnitz
the miraculous mandarin
thyrotoxicoses
topset bed
trash piles
tropical savanna, tropical savannah
under-water
urgent traffic
vanadium extraction by spray blowing
vibration and shock safety switch
vitreoretinochoroidopathies
Westmonasterian
wheefle