时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   Craig's uncle had just retired 1 from a government job. He was planning to take a lot of ocean cruises. Craig said, "What a dream job that was. Just shuffle 2 paper for 30 years and then take ocean cruises. You can't beat that." Marie said, "Of course you can. Your uncle was born here. He speaks fluent English. He grew up knowing American culture. He had many advantages that immigrants to America don't have. Yet he shuffled 3 paper for 30 years. My boss came here from Vietnam with no money and no English. He had nothing but his recipe for hot sauce. Last year his company sold $60 million worth of his hot sauce. If your uncle had aimed for the stars, today he might own his own cruise company. But he didn't. He took the easy road. I think my boss is more of an American than your uncle is."



adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
n.拖著脚走,洗纸牌;v.拖曳,慢吞吞地走
  • I wish you'd remember to shuffle before you deal.我希望在你发牌前记得洗牌。
  • Don't shuffle your feet along.别拖着脚步走。
v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼
  • He shuffled across the room to the window. 他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。
  • Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. 西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
alcyonaria (octocorallia)
angelinoes
Aruntas
auditory rod
Ayer Rajah, Sungai
Baal-hazor
Biddy Basketball
cascade reverser
cnnsi
coalitive joint action
cold circular saw
controlling operator
counting glass
cproscopy
cracs
cuxhavens
delabiate
Druzhkivka
duo-diode
ear-shot
electromagnetic inspection machine
enclosed belt conveyor
ent.
erzuli
exalbuminous seed
fast effect
fibroplastic proliferation
furuncle of penis
genus syzygiums
gyro-meter
harbor entrance patrol
header type heater
helikites
hydrocarbon-end-out
hypsistenocephalic
inamoratos
inference-maker
intact side of ship
internal consistency
internal strain gauge unit
isospora suis
knockout mice
lampbase
laryngeal biopsy forceps
lcrm (linear count rate meter)
levchenko
life-cycle costing
LPWAN
market index
mass rearing
mean hgih high water
mechanical acne
menichlopholar
muhurta
Nepali
netting knot
neutral sheet
nondirectional
on the downside
one-pan balance
onset-rimes
plights
Pohl's test
presphygmic period
primary photo-electric effect
proportional integral and differential action
quital
ranine
reaction thrust
recirculation loop
reheat shrinkage
reseason
round of sights
Salupen
sea-captains
Shararat
sheet-fed rotogravure
short-range omnidirectional beacon (srob)
silver iodide seeding
solution of difference equation
squbit
stavropoulos
t.e
takatsu
thermodynamic calorie
tidal observation
Tillicoultry
totally-redundant code
trailer/tractor ratio
two-axle bogie
tyde
type of symmetry
undulatory theory
universal velocity profile
vetiveryl formate
wet or fine
wira
woody phlegmon
wopspeak
wu fu kuan
X-ray spectrochemical analysis
zinc-plate process