时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:原版英语小短文


英语课

  She went to the casino. A casino is a gambling 1 house. People gamble 2 in a casino. They take a chance with their money. They hope they will win. Sometimes they do. But usually they lose. It was her birthday. She took $100 to the casino. She went to the change booth. She got change for her money. She got 400 quarters for her $100. The quarters were in paper rolls. Forty quarters were in each roll. She put the rolls into a plastic bucket. She carried the bucket over to a slot 3 machine. She loved slot machines. She opened a roll of quarters. She put a quarter in the machine. She pulled down on the handle. She looked at the screen. Give me three cherries, she thought. Or give me three bananas. Or give me three apples. Three of anything is a winner. Two cherries, or one cherry, is a loser. She played for several hours. Sometimes she won. She felt good when she won. But usually she lost. Finally, she lost all her quarters. She went home. She spent $100, but she had fun. I will play again on my next birthday, she thought.



n.赌博;投机
  • They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
  • The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。
n.冒险;v.赌博,孤注一掷
  • Setting up this business was a bit of a gamble.开办这样的公司有点冒险。
  • Drive carefully and don't gamble with your life.小心驾驶,别拿你的生命冒险。
n.(口)位置,职位,狭长孔,狭槽
  • Put a coin in the slot.将硬币放入投币口。
  • He's been given a regular ten-minute slot on the radio.电台定期给他十分钟的节目广播时间。
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Alfred Damon Runyon
approximate continuity
authorized mortgage bonds
Ban Thap Lan
barrel pickle
Benzoylsulfanilamide
black margates
blended fruit juice
centerline .
Chayan
chemistry of radioactive substance
Cinemascope wide-screen system
consolized
contextures
cross-bearer
cubits
cumulative shortfalls
currying favour
Dandurand, L.
desert erosion feature
developed turbulent flow
discriminant of a field
disposal of spoil
eldness
electronic navigational equipment
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eyegasms
Fritillaria thunbergii
functional node
fungians
genus coscorobas
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granuloses
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grid hatch cover
horizontal lineanrity control
horny band
Indo-China
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later phase
lydman
mandragora mandrake
maupeou
maximum economic rating
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minimum stage cascade
mohawking
N-acetyl phenetidine
over-prescription
partable
pastry-makings
peindre
pharngeal reflex
phase volume
phyllosticta melastomatis
Pimba
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power loading
preread
program simulator
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recirculation cleaning
retinaculum of ileocecal valve
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tulawork
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unconfined compression apparatus
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vasile
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