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
Acroglochin persicarioides
ad daww
affines
american college testing(act)
appropriative right
asporocystid
aureofuscin
barren rock
biquadratie filters
boom-boom-boom
breadthwise
Buerarema
carminophilous
contiguity number
contrast transfer function
cratches
creakle
decries
deep-dwelling
degree of convergence
Desert Valley
doxycyclin
economic expropriation
erection plan
facet mirror
family hotel
fire risk map
fireproof floor
flatheads
foodgasm
foreign press
genus Balaenoptera
get the run of
glyceryl linoleate
gorillian
grease cartridge lubricator
hornblende hornfels facies
ignition cord
Ihanja
infrared color index
integrated chopper
intendedly
Leo I
Lewis Hills
liner girth
lingots
loud-pedal
magnetic quantity measurement
magnetohydrodynamic energy conversion
main tree
milker's nodule
moneyful
mop skate
morphet
multicurrency intervention
naccarato
nitroscleran
occipito-orbital bristles
offsite storage
on the right side of the hedge
on-line process control
organic centre
ozonoscop
personal property floater
pilzer
Porcos, I.dos
preorganized
prereads
quintons
redeemless
refax
relexicalizations
remis
repastinate
reverse lever latch bolt
Rheinböllen
risk theory
rocket thrust chamber
rolling-piston refrigerant compressor
Rudby
Samana
set spacing
sophorinum
specific unit capacity purchases
squodgy
staff counsellor
step along
superplan
supply air rate
test for over-all air-tightness of compressed air equipments
tetramethylene diamine
time line
transfer turn table ribbon feeder
Tylophora sui
urean lobata l.var.tomentosa miq.
vandana
warehouse ship
warp knit machine with latch needles
what-soever
Wichon
wienecke