时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   The unopened box contained a bar of soap. He dug under the end flap with his thumbnail. He couldn't pry 1 the flap open. He tried to dig under the other end flap. He couldn't pry that flap open either. This is a simple, cardboard box, he thought. Why is it sealed like Fort Knox? He grabbed a knife and sawed through the box. That's it, he thought. He was tired of wrestling with packages in order to open them. He went to his basement. After many months of effort, he developed his Instant Opener. He took it to trade shows. Manufacturers loved it. What was it? A quiet, tiny bomb. To activate 2 the bomb, all a customer had to do was pull on a piece of string on the outside of the package. The tiny bomb was just strong enough to open any package. It didn't even make a mess.



vi.窥(刺)探,打听;vt.撬动(开,起)
  • He's always ready to pry into other people's business.他总爱探听别人的事。
  • We use an iron bar to pry open the box.我们用铁棍撬开箱子。
vt.使活动起来,使开始起作用
  • We must activate the youth to study.我们要激励青年去学习。
  • These push buttons can activate the elevator.这些按钮能启动电梯。
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accident cause factor
added return
anhydrobiosis
anodizing treatment
Begēmdir Prov.
birthcontrol
blarings
blended spinning
Bourdeilles
breakout effort
bring sb to terms
C. A.
Camilla
Caskett
cassique
chilognathus
cocco-
coded stop
colour etching
comparative risk
conveyance charge
counter pull
Daucusin
dead center of lathe
delayed pick-up
dendritic(al) crystal
dieting
direct adjustment
dry root
effective base length
elementary necessaries
emblazers
end-piece
energy fusion
entail dangers
ethyl hydrocyanic ether
ferrous sulphate
flehman
fnla
foolfishes
Four Paths
GEKKOTA
Graham L.
hackbutter
have belief in
hexaminidase
hoidenish
holding attack
in one's heart
itemized scale of professional charges
Katapakishi
Kingswood
licure
lieu of hold cleaning
light water reactor power plant
low quartz
lycetamine
megacities
Mexican brown
mid-mounted reversible plough
modified read
Myinmoletkat Taung
named data
navigation act
nervous shock
nitroglyn
painted daisies
pay the interest accrued
petitenesses
PFUC
physiographic form
plexus lumbo-sacralis
pollex flexus
pressure damper regulator
rainfall volume
re-fuel
regrounded
restoration work
romany (gypsy)
roof cross member
sacculus (pl.sacculi)
saluting
schedule of operation
SDPS
self-immolates
single.step
so-and-sos
sub-limits
tardiff
the effects
the great beyond
thickness profile
tie into knots
towards the end of
vanadium-aluminium alloy
visual inquiry-display terminal
vivency
wakabayashi
wear and tear
whiteoak
woodworking milling machine
wool tricot lining