时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   "I’m so tall!" he bragged 1 to his classmates. "I'm so tall!" he bragged to his grandparents 2. "I'm so tall!" he bragged to his little sister. He was 3 only 12, but he was a head taller than most of his classmates. "You're going 4 to be so tall when you grow up," his dad said 5 proudly 6. "I'm going to be taller than a door!" he bragged to his dad. "Maybe you will be a professional 7 basketball player," his dad said proudly. "I'm going to be taller than the basketball net 8!" he bragged to his dad. Everyone was sure he was going to be very tall. But then something happened. He didn't grow taller in the seventh 9 grade. He didn't grow taller in the eighth 10 grade. He didn't grow taller in ANY grade! But his classmates grew taller and taller. When he graduated 11 from high school, his sister was taller than he was.



1 bragged
v.自夸,吹嘘( brag的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He bragged to his friends about the crime. 他向朋友炫耀他的罪行。
  • Mary bragged that she could run faster than Jack. 玛丽夸口说她比杰克跑得快。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 grandparents
n.祖父母;外祖父母
  • I often visit my grandparents.我常常去看望祖父母。
  • My grandparents live in shanghai.我的祖父母住在上海。
3 was
v.(is,am的过去式)是,在
  • He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
  • He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。
4 going
n.去,离去,地面(或道路)的状况,工作情况;(复数形式)goings: 行为;adj.进行中的,流行的,现存的
  • We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
  • He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。
5 said
v.动词say的过去式、过去分词
  • He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
  • He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。
6 proudly
adv.自豪地,得意地;傲慢地
  • She proudly displayed her prize.她得意地展示所获的奖品。
  • She gazed proudly at the shiny buckles on her shoes.她骄傲地注视着鞋上闪亮的扣环。
7 professional
adj.专业的;职业的;n.专业人员;职业运动员
  • He is a professional tennis player.他是一名职业网球运动员。
  • I need a professional to sort out my finances.我需要专业人士为我管理财务。
8 net
n.网,网状物,罗网,净利,实价;adj.净余的,纯粹的;vt.用网捕,撒网;净赚
  • There is a net behind the goal in football. 足球的球门后面有一个网子。
  • The ball rolled into the net. 球滚进了网中。
9 seventh
n.七分之一;num./adj.第七
  • July is the seventh month of the year.7月是一年中的第七个月。
  • Let's start from the seventh stop. 让我们从第七站开始。
10 eighth
n.八分之一;num.第八
  • It is on the eighth page.它在第八页上。
  • August is the eighth month of the year.八月是一年中的第八个月。
11 graduated
a.(税)累进的;分等级的;刻度的;毕业的
  • He graduated cum laude. 他以优等成绩毕业。
  • He graduated with a GPA of 3.8. 他毕业时各科成绩的平均积分点为3.8。
学英语单词
-salpinx
accept phase
American twinflower
analysis of surplus
another bite at the cherry
arsy versy
assembler generator
at the tender age of
automatic pipet rinser
Baccacurea
bastu
bauble
Capparis multiflora
caravaning
carbon monoxide poisoning
case law
Chromoxane
clement attlees
conflicting signals
corbell
corn-worm
cut friends
cyclery
Dill City
embolise
end cutting nipper for cutting at a distance l
epiconamine
fareyouwell
financial intermediation
flow of wealth
fronto-dextra-posterior
Gate City
general forecast
gleer
Goldfussia
grambling
ground water dam
guardswomen
hardware control
Harrisia
hasbara
Highmore's antrum
illegal terminator
induced emission
insulating stud
intake grill
isoginkegetin
isthmensis
Kingie, River
kwannons
lactonase
large-scale map
leiarius
lookahead control
lycomarasmin
many-fold
Marketweight
multiply doubleword
naval vessels
node-shift method
Nollcn
non corrosive grease
nonideas
ojinaga
old-field
omnipotently
peiler
perchloroethene
perilunes
powder-type coating
preliminary checkout
profile form
re-ventilate
Remantadine
resisted roll
resistivity against water
right down the line
rolodine
Sancham-ni
semimembranosus muscle
Severo-Yeniseyskiy
shortage of weight
sliding door
snowsports
Sphaeranthus senegalensis
stabilizing resistor
statement on auditing standards
subjective life expectancy
swamp pheasant
tabulation sequential format
Thompsonseedless
tousse
treehorn
uncinula australinana mcalpine
Uptonian
video analysis
vinegarinesses
viseu (vizeu)
water line target
Web master
wet minced meat
zero-balance bridge