时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:365个英语简短小故事


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The crowd at the airport surged 1 forward. The passengers had been waiting for a couple of hours for an airline employee to open the door leading to the plane outside. No one was in a good mood. An old man got trapped in the middle of the rush. He fell down without being able to break his fall. His head hit the concrete floor. Blood gushed 2 from his forehead. He appeared to be unconscious. Everyone rushed past him, except for Dana. She called for help.


A minute later, a young airline employee showed up. Hardly looking at the old man, she told Dana to get aboard her plane. She said the old man would be okay, and walked away.


Dana screamed for help. An airport supervisor 3 appeared. He told Dana to get on the plane. Dana said that she was not moving until an ambulance arrived. The supervisor said her plane would leave without her. Dana said that she didn’t care.


An ambulance and two paramedics finally arrived. The paramedics said that the man would be okay, but he would need stitches 4. They put him into the ambulance and drove off.


On her way out to the plane, which was still refueling, Dana saw the employee who had initially 5 ignored the old man. The employee said, “You’re lucky the plane didn’t leave without you.”


“The plane?” Dana asked. “Who cares about the plane? How could you be so cold? That was an old man; he could have been your grandfather! How would you like it if everyone just stepped over your grandfather and went on their way?”


 



1 surged
v.(波涛等)汹涌( surge的过去式和过去分词 );(人群等)蜂拥而出;使强烈地感到
  • The gates opened and the crowd surged forward. 大门打开了,人群向前涌去。
  • The great Atlantic rollers surged in. 大西洋的巨浪翻滚到岸边。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 gushed
v.喷,涌( gush的过去式和过去分词 );滔滔不绝地说话
  • Oil gushed from the well. 石油从井口喷了出来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Clear water gushed into the irrigational channel. 清澈的水涌进了灌溉渠道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 supervisor
n.监督人,管理人,检查员,督学,主管,导师
  • Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说,我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
  • He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。
4 stitches
n.(缝纫或编织中的)一针( stitch的名词复数 );缝法;衣服;(缝合伤口的)缝线v.缝,缝补,缝合( stitch的第三人称单数 );[引申]把某物连在一起
  • Try to keep the stitches small and straight. 针脚要尽量缝得小而直。
  • Knit the next two stitches together to make the garment narrower. 下两针织在一起,把衣服弄瘦点儿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 initially
adv.最初,开始
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
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acceptable product
adrenalinoscope
aerobic treatment
albumin/globulin ratio
baerga
barrier mechanism
baryt
be out of line
be straight with sb
bleed dry
bring to one's knees
calnan
cellar lid pin
cerullo
compass flowers
component of tensor
corn-dolly
coronium
corpora bigmina
curbishleys
curtos obscuricolor
cytobios
digital sketch phone
dry-moulded
dual chamber pacemaker
Dysstichy
elamitics
enrichment mode
entry code
ex all
flicker principle
FTP server
gharst
Gran Pajonal
guestnight
hand-bound
hollow grinding
home territories
homoscedasticity
hydarnes
hydraulic maintenance panel
hyperlexic
interlayer correction
leadcircuit
lewitts
li shi-zhen
limitative
LMTH
LOFA (loss-of-flow accident)
macro-analysis
map making
Markov source
medium altitude communications satellite
mink
moesias
most musculars
mottled plate
nonmutable
nonuplest
oildag
overcommits
overdiffuse
partlike
pendletons
perpetual book
piezonator
pile core
puccinia asparagi de candslle
purchase order change request
putrefactivesubstance
Pyracide
radio intercept operator
religious people
remissibleness
remotes
representative subject
reverse library searching
roller skate
rotary saw
secondary cause
selfcheck
sketchiness
sling one's hook
soil consistence constent
spraydeck
static load
steam-air ratio
succulae
superfluous rule
Szeghalom
Sǎbǎoani
take ... into consideration
the Loop
there's no accounting for taste
top-loading washer
trespass against
Ukhrul
vanilla sugar
vein color
water softening job
Webb County
without doors