时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   At 4:05 p.m., Lonny checked the news. Linked-In had closed at $94. "I can't believe it! We doubled our money! We bought the right stock at the right time!" he exclaimed to his wife. They hugged and kissed. They went to a fancy steak house and celebrated 1. When they got home after dinner, Lonny said, "Let me check to see exactly how rich we are." He looked at his account online. It hadn't changed. There was still $180,000 in it. He called his broker 2. "What's going on?" he asked. "I should have over $300,000 in my account now." The broker put him on hold briefly 3. "Here's the problem," he said. "The opening price for Linked-In was $83. That was WAY above the pre-IPO price. Your limit was $60. You never even got into the game. You didn't make one cent. But, looking on the bright side, you didn't lose anything!"



1 celebrated
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
2 broker
n.中间人,经纪人;v.作为中间人来安排
  • He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
  • I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。
3 briefly
adv.简单地,简短地
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
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Aguazul
air-operators
antiestablishmentarianisms
antirattler
assess on/upon
automatic logging device
back pressure test
beta blackout
boniopsis
bridging host
bushings
calculable number
cancer-drug
celestial equator
Cementon
chapeu (doutor camargo)
clip bond
coin-collecting
compile-time diagnostics
costoscapular
critical height of subgrade
cusumano
disenrolled
distance between anvil tips
ditch digging
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drought frequency
echelon lens
elanus leucuruss
end in failure
enteroplax taiwanica
Erechtites valerianifolius
fallibly
family suite
finger-painted
flower leaf
flyweights
foldest
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gotten your hands on
h.o
hide or hair
hydroxyresveratrol
hyperasthesia
hyperlopha compactilis
iglesiass
immune interferon
jumped up people
keratinase
Khalatnikov theory
krantze
Kurdophone
kyped
linear cleavage
lizardness
Louisendorf
make one's debut
Margaret Of Austria
master cabin
meyer-betz disease
milko-tester
nakamura
nethergarment
network performance analysis logical unit
neutralization titration
Nicholls
Nicotiana L.
nitrogelatine
Out with it
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plasticize
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radio handbook
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room's squares
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silver perrhenate
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substantiators
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tellurine
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tooth ache
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typhlectomy
ultra-short wave device for eye
ultramicrometer
vesico-ureteric reflux
voluntary export restraint
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Whovian
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