时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   Tom, the Mets' star pitcher 1, bumped into Brooks 2, the replacement 3 third baseman, in the dugout. Tom didn't apologize. Brooks said, "Excuse you." The pitcher said, "No, excuse you. I heard your TV interview yesterday. Who do you think you are? You talked like you're here to stay. You're here only until Wade 4 recovers. Then you'll be back in the minors 5 again. You'll be gone, just like that." He snapped his fingers. A week later, Tom was pitching a masterpiece. Not one batter 6 had made it to first base. Were the fans about to witness a rare perfect game? The 27th batter hit a weak grounder toward third. Brooks had plenty of time. He looked at Tom. He threw the ball over the first baseman's head. Later, Brooks told Tom, "How about that? You were pitching a perfect game, and then it was gone, just like that." He snapped his fingers.



1 pitcher
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
2 brooks
n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )
  • Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时,狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了,今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 replacement
n.取代,替换,交换;替代品,代用品
  • We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
  • They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
4 wade
v.跋涉,涉水;n.跋涉
  • We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
  • We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。
5 minors
n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 );副修科目;小公司;[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修,选修,兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )
  • The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 batter
v.接连重击;磨损;n.牛奶面糊;击球员
  • The batter skied to the center fielder.击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
  • Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。
学英语单词
2-methylthiophene
albuminous cloudiness
alfandega da fe
allopregnane
aluminium bearing alloy
antiphrynolysin
aromatic halide
arrigo
benzenehydrasinonaphthalene
boundary element method(bem)
brakspear
brant geese
bridge convertor connection
Celone, Torrente
chromatic constancy
clear aperture (ca)
cold start test
common-channel signalling
compound catenary
consultative committee on electricity (cce)
contact rsistance
Corynebacterium acnes
countercurrent
denticulate
departments of chemistry
deutzia grandiflora bge.
devil's advocate
Dibenzlhione
distributive industry
dog stopper
don't get mad, get even
exhaust manifold heat control valve
fashionwise
FCT
feeding rate
fiber optic oil film sensors
floreat
forecast submission
foundation coefficient
glycolipids
gold coin
Gourmet kit
hacky dorty
henneberry
high-center
Histoplasma capsulatum
ideal compensator
iizuka
ilke
implementation
initial teacher training (itt)
innyards
internal storage location
International Sea Bed Authority
interrogation responder
juillard
kielbasas
koftwork
luper
Mambal
market goods locally
marot
milk stone
miniserial
non-saline-alkali soil
nonexcludable
oestrogenic activity
on the jar
open condition
ordinary bicycles
parachute kids
pier to door
prewrapped
primay delusion
quasi-racemic compound
residence operating system
resonance-level spacing
roula
Rumex obtusifolius
sack hoist
saxicola ferreus haringtoni
scortechinia chaetomioides
screw-eye
secret judgment
Short Circuit Protection
slip sensing relay
sound bridge
sphenofrontal
standing room only
starcraft
stochasticity
taeniae ventriculi quarti
target size
tethes
tube seat
ultrawideband
unpropitiable
Uraca
vapor velocity
Vaticanology
wearing someone out
yield in material