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
'twixt-brains
5-HTPDC
Antiochus VII Sidetes
apterism
areal heterogeneity
b-carotenes
Ballygarrett
basons
Beloochistan
binding energy of nucleus
Bleneau
blown joint
bonding metal
branch and bound algorithm
branch pipe tee
bulkfactor
celetomy
cellulose formiate
chloromaleic acid
Clementsville
coherent light bonding
concentration determination
consequence analysis
correctional officers
cortal
corylus americanas
cross-cloth
cushion-tire
Darwinize
dimethyldichlorosilane
Dinebra retroflexa
dioxylite (celestite)
Diplococcus flavus liquefaciens
entry of satisfaction of mortgage
eribulin
exorheism
familiar-looking
film decoration technique
flaskful
fly-casting
follow-up theory
Fritillaria agrestis
full of vim and vigour
gamma excited X-ray fluorimeter
Golden Disc
heat treatment practice
henmost
high copper amalgam
high court of chancery
Hodna, Chott el
horizontal positioning of lights
Hullbridge
huxtable
hypophysengangstumor
inner ear dysplasia
IRIG-B
junction network
Kaiping
kenneled
langues
Mariscus aristatus
martice
misheards
motorized rod insertion
Mustard Pots
Narameikhla
negletein
non-fluid friction
on friendly terms
orientational order
osteomalacic pelvis
outdrill
pachycarpine
peripheral image memory
Physospermopsis alepidioides
range of springtides
refluence
remote release
right scapuloanterior
sayed
series parallel circuit
settling term
starter propagation
steam admission
strike oil
summerhill
terminal test bay
thewness
thyroneural dystrophy
toser
trachops cirrhosus
trichoptilosis
trypanosomata
Udo
uk -ville
unageing
white Dutch clover
women's
wrongly
xkcd
yolky
zinc acid