时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   Joey slipped on some ice and hit his head. He came to in a hospital. A nurse asked how he felt. He said, "Fine. Did you have red grapes, a boiled egg, and green tea for breakfast?" She asked, "How did you know?" He said, "That's what your breath smells like." Amazed, she called her supervisor 1. Many doctors examined Joey. Joey had acquired the sense of smell of a dog. DEA hired him to sniff 2 people and baggage entering the country. Joey's nose detected a million dollars' worth of drugs every day. He was the agency’s "top dog." But as months went by, Joey changed. He stopped shaving. He stopped getting haircuts. He stopped using deodorant 3. He started giving cats the evil eye. DEA had to let him go after he started sniffing 4 travelers' butts 5. However, his ex-boss said, "If he starts running around on all fours, we'll rehire him."



1 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。
2 sniff
vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视
  • The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding - place.警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
  • When Munchie meets a dog on the beach, they sniff each other for a while.当麦奇在海滩上碰到另一条狗的时候,他们会彼此嗅一会儿。
3 deodorant
adj.除臭的;n.除臭剂
  • She applies deodorant to her armpits after she showers.沐浴后,她在腋下涂上除臭剂。
  • Spray deodorant and keep the silk garments dry before dressing.在穿衣之前,洒涂防臭剂并保持干燥。
4 sniffing
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
  • We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了,一个劲地抽鼻子,打喷嚏。
  • They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了,呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5 butts
笑柄( butt的名词复数 ); (武器或工具的)粗大的一端; 屁股; 烟蒂
  • The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。
  • The house butts to a cemetery. 这所房子和墓地相连。
学英语单词
Aram Ilich Khachaturian
aryldihalogenoborine
ashcombe
automatic drop v-can
basic chrome sulfate
Blenheim spaniel
boundary-fault
Bribie Island
brise-soleil
cement blender
chronograhp
cladanthy
constrainment
crimp stability
cube corner retroreflector
Cynopterus
diesel cycle engine
dinarthrum taiwanense
einstein's transition probability
electro-horticulture
embedded electrode
embryonic doom
engine front end PTO
entoptic pulse
exterior evil inward invasion
flow graph analysis
flush cabin
following blanks
food spoilage bacteria
genus Tamus
geographical distribution pattern
ginger snap
glass vessel
grinnel
guarantee period
hydrothermal water
hydrotympanum
hypogonadotropic syndrome
implicit programming
inland passages
jus naturae, jus naturale
KC-
Keto-scyllo-inositol
keyite
law of rational intercepts
licking
Ligamentum cricotracheale
loan-servicing
Longeville-sur-Mer
lycopin
Lynch-like
Macosquin
medida
meteoroid impact
Monostoma
morello (cherry)
murmurish
octaploidy
OPCS
outer mold vibrating process
parish rooms
penetrancy
Pestalozzi
polyprotein processing
project success
provines
pseudohaltere
pseudomonas gladioli (severini)elliott
purchasing contractor
Puryǒng-gun
pycnia
quasi-nilpotent element
reciprocating power-driven tine harrow
relaxation term
retention discipline
reversative
rhizoctonia
rifle corps
robwort
roller case
sausage perforating machine
screwing lathe
segmental roof truss
silt size
Slavic language
Slavonia
sliding door lock
slop moulding
solicit request
soppy
sprocket safety plate
steering system stiffness
stegostoma variurn
stem tube
straight forward experiment
summa bona
surface irregularity
thermal insulation performance
twelve tone
unbenefited
welding rod
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