时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语时差8,16


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Do you ever fancy a career change? Well if you can cast spells, fly on a broomstick and have a good cackle, then you might be interested in becoming a professional witch. And if you become the Witch of Wookey Hole you could even earn a good salary. Legend has it that the haunted caves of Wookey Hole in the south of England were home to a witch who laid a curse on the local villagers, until she was turned to stone by a monk 1. These days the caves are a tourist attraction which bring in thousands of visitors a year. And they have just appointed a new witch. On Tuesday, Carole Bonahan beat over 300 applicants 2 with pointy hats, capes 3 and hooked noses to win the £50,000-a-year (around 500,000 RMB) post as Wookey Hole's resident witch. Carole, who will now be known by her witch's name Carla Calamity 4, will give up her job as an estate agent in order to become a full-time 5 witch. Her main duty will be welcoming visitors to the caves. Miss Calamity wears stilettos and describes herself as a "glamorous 6 witch". Indeed, Carla Calamity had to overcome a wide range of people from all walks of life in order to get the job. Teachers, a photographer, and even an accountant all threw their hats in the ring. So next time you feel like introducing a little magic into your life, you might want to think about a career in witching.



1 monk
n.和尚,僧侣,修道士
  • The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.那人是峨眉山下来的和尚。
  • Buddhist monk sat with folded palms.和尚合掌打坐。
2 applicants
申请人,求职人( applicant的名词复数 )
  • There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
  • He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。
3 capes
碎谷; 斗篷( cape的名词复数 ); 披肩; 海角; 岬
  • It was cool and they were putting on their capes. 夜里阴冷,他们都穿上了披风。
  • The pastor smiled to give son's two Capes five cents money. 牧师微笑着给了儿子二角五分钱。
4 calamity
n.灾害,祸患,不幸事件
  • Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
  • The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。
5 full-time
adj.满工作日的或工作周的,全时间的
  • A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
  • I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作,我不知道她是如何对付的。
6 glamorous
adj.富有魅力的;美丽动人的;令人向往的
  • The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊,但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
  • It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差,并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。
学英语单词
2-amino-5-bromo-3-nitrobenzoic acid
articles of faith
associated electrical apparatus
automatic rail washer
big-timer
bregmatic fontanel
calendar application programming interface
contan
CPDE (core power distribution estimation)
cursor up down
Dendrocalamus peculiaris
digital data transmission system
double spotting
e signature bill
electric charge density
engineering support system
expertocrat
falsify a record judge-ment
fertile phases
flexible reserve
french-stylest
garyville
generalized follicular hamartoma
Giotto
gonioautoecious
grope around
gun fire-control radar (gfcr)
highly-valued
Hoima
hydrometers
hypocholesteromia
illegal disposition
im'ing
indigouria
Inf.
inframarginalia
isopolyoxometallate
Larusan
levulinic
litigating party
lunarite
massive resection of small intestine
measurement of displacement
meiosporangium
mode of laser
moon culmination
motamid
multiple defined symbol
non-operating charges
notory
outlasteth
panel van
pedospheres
personality card
peziza
photo chemical cell
point-to-pointers
postering
press studs
pyrogallolphthalein
pyrrolinium compound
receiver of ultrasonics
release to true sterling
revalves
RF standard signal generator
ring radial thickness tolerance
round-the-world echo
saccharum barberi jeswiet
saftware house
segmented roller
seizing of piston rings
self-supplied manure
siliciuretted
Simen,Herbert Alexander
single-point mooring
spectrometers
sport selection
stand-over order
statically neutralized state
supplementary maintenance time
swinging davit
taking liberties
tape splice
tennen
ternary complexes
terrified
to name only a few
toggeries
tractor artillery
transaminate
two-engine landing
undimpled
unsymmetric flow
unwinkingly
upskilling
welded steel frame
well-motivated
wideband data set
y value
Yiddish literature
Yuzhnyy Gusinyy Nos, Mys
zingaros