时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   He was bicycling west on Delancey Street. Traffic was moving fast. It was bumper 1 to bumper. He turned south off Delancey Street. A couple of blocks later, he turned onto Grand Street. Traffic was also bumper to bumper, but it was barely 2 moving. He came to a Chinese market. Fresh vegetables and fruits were on display outside. He parked his bicycle. He looked at all the different greens. He pointed 3 to three different greens. He told the Chinese woman, "Two pounds of each, please." She put the greens into three red, plastic bags. She said, "$9.50." He said, "$9.50!? No, $8.50." The woman frowned. Her voice rose: "$9.50! $3, $3, $3.50—$9.50." He realized that she was right. He shook his head. I can't add three little numbers, he thought. He gave her $10. She offered him his change. He said, "Keep it." She smiled. She sweetly said thank you.



1 bumper
n.(汽车上的)保险杠;adj.特大的,丰盛的
  • The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。
  • This year we have a bumper harvest in grain.今年我们谷物丰收。
2 barely
adv.仅仅,几乎没有,几乎不
  • The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
  • He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。
3 pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
学英语单词
1-naphthylamine-5-sulfonic acid
a loadedquestion
acela
Ajra
Ammishaddai
anti-explosion structure
antiknocking compound
arthrodia
Arthrospira
audubons
bearableness
Brigantia
Caps Lock Voice
Cauchy method
cedon
cerithidea rhizophorarum morchii
chain-off thread back-tacking
chameleon paint
conjunctivitis tularensis
contact hitter
couple stress
croesian
customer involvement
de dion axle
decked-out
degradation of structure
dial needle
dialkyl sulfates
didym
digit-marker
do a leak
down-link earth station
ectopistess
El Vesubio
emitter voltage
ergonomic factors
eschatologist
etryptamine
family blattidaes
flat horizontal surface
flocculating agent
formation of trifoliolate leaves
four-in-line engine
genus sagittas
gropest
hardware origin
Hastings R.
helical-flow turbine
hexaoxides
hugest
hypercalcemias
ideal plasticity
inanimating
information behavioral pattern
inside antenna
isoechoic
Jalite
knarls
latched on
Lawsonia L.
light plane
lovingkindness
low temperature lubricating oil
Maesa ambigua
master-slave relation
meadow-steppe
measured against
mummychogs
neathouses
niangara
nixon-kissinger
nuclear probability
ordinary tide
oscillatory field
outside air intake duct
Padishahs
peak ground velocity
Phalaropus fulicarius
phyloneanic
plagiopematite
plausibility assessment
potentioneter
relay repair
Remolino
run an enterprise
shunt off
spike density
SQRT (square root)
stop device
studiolike
tank suction
thermoelastic distortion
through-feed method
to snake
top end
trikes
triple of numbers
Truth In-lending Act
undulator
unreasonable interest rate
water crane sign
workspace register addressing