时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   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
a dude
address modifiable
alsatian bow
angle shears
angular diameter-red-shift test
annexable
argyraspides
bacillus typhi exanthematici
back-to-back transaction
bacteria resistance
bite block
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich
boom excavator
CAMAC (computer application for measurement and control)
cellaret
cerebral anthrax
colocolostomy
commercial deposits
constitutional document
coonskin caps
core groups
corona-proof coil
count of law suit
cowchip
crosses the floor
curvilineal
desaulnier
dictionary-making
diffusion impedance
Disco loom
E-stamping
FANPT
feildens
fish-and-chips
flat pointed tool
flubs
Gabor zone plate
gas distribution adjustment
geaeral adaptation syndrome
gross profit rate method
guaranteed loans
handspikes
hapten inhibition test
ident.
idiophase
inner wear
ionized gas anemometer
isostatic pressing
justfication
keeping your head down
keyboardists
knowbots
last-marked character
leaf peroxisomes
Lokkaite
maidenhair spleenwort
mechanics of bending
micro-circulatory perfusion
Microgromia
misregisters
model statement
multioperator welding generator
multiple measurements
negotiable papers
non-stratified sample
Norddeich
oldened
oppignerated
p-Tyramine
phosphate buffer solution
pized
positive euthanasia
posteromesal
quinquecostatus
rachenitza (bulgaria)
radio-frequency field
Ranotsara, Plaine de
reading my mind
removable liner
riiight
rogers
Ruszów
Rynda, Zaliv
sabcat
scutigeridaes
semi-actuated signal control
send ... down
socket and sliding rod
Solenostemon
strikes gold
studly
taken the shape of
temper troostite
tension management
tetrad axis
the beauty part
throughseek
transfer of balance
true firs
vector hardware instruction
western medicine
white lighter myth