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 at the Staples 1 checkout 2 counter. A red and white plastic "button" was on the counter. It was about five inches in diameter. On top of its plastic dome 3 was the word "Easy." He asked the clerk, "What's this?" She said, "That's the Easy button." He asked, "What's it for?" She said, "Press down on it." He pressed down on the dome. He heard, "That was easy!" He pressed down again. Again, he heard, "That was easy!" He asked, "Is that it? Does it say anything else?" She said, "No, that's all it says. Do you want to buy one?" He said, "Buy one? This thing costs money?" She said, "It's only $5." He said, "$5!? Why would anyone pay $5 for this?" She said, "They see the button on our TV commercials. They think it's cute." He said, "But it doesn't do anything!" She said, "But it's cute!"



1 staples
n.(某国的)主要产品( staple的名词复数 );钉书钉;U 形钉;主要部份v.用钉书钉钉住( staple的第三人称单数 )
  • The anvil onto which the staples are pressed was not assemble correctly. 订书机上的铁砧安装错位。 来自辞典例句
  • I'm trying to make an analysis of the staples of his talk. 我在试行分析他的谈话的要旨。 来自辞典例句
2 checkout
n.(超市等)收银台,付款处
  • Could you pay at the checkout.你能在结帐处付款吗。
  • A man was wheeling his shopping trolley to the checkout.一个男人正推着购物车向付款台走去。
3 dome
n.圆屋顶,拱顶
  • The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
  • They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。
学英语单词
a scene
abolitionary
active sealift forces
aerodynamic heating
airyated
alkadienes
arc of graph
audio-frequency circuit
Basel problem
basicranial fenestra
Bico
Bupleurum tenue
burnt gypsum
Cahersiveen
cloudy-crystal-ball model
Collin earth
congenital cystic eye
crowd trade area
cut in relay
d-commerce
damping to half amplitude
Desclidium
diapered type brick paver
donnington
DWL (derived working limit)
dystopy
electrostatic induced current
end-for-end
enterprise development fund
eurytrophic parasite
extensive use
fantasisings
fiber concrete pavement
fire-flag
following range of synchronism
forthspoken
frabble
FSAD
inebriants
inhibitory analogues
international recommendation on labo(u)r statistics
isotropic elastic beam
kerseymere
malathions
Malaya disease
mallach
mantodeans
Mendoza Chico
nee'n't
neoolivil
nevitts
nonc
optical texture
paltz
pancake syrup
partes mastoidea
paving brick on headers
Pechorskaya Guba
perhapsataron
plurale tantum
premium-bonus
prodigus
profilooks
propionylcholine
protector of drill pipe
pry-
Pular, Cerro
put an embargo on
put something aside
rakotoniaina
rated system voltage
res incorporales
rotary working
saw out
semi-amplexicaul
senior theater
Shannonian
share market
sieve clinging
soaken
sodium dihyogen arsenite
speckle technique
squirmingly
standard light sources
steering ball joint
stopping regime of machine
subhydrous
submariners
subscript and superscript
supersingular reduction
swalks
telephone extensions
television camera
the tide is high
thwartings
triethylaminoborane
truncated distribution
unpd.
velazquezs
vertical internal combustion engine
XST
XXY-syndrome