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
a required course
a whole day
abat-jour
add onto
adjustable band
alginidine
ancestorists
anthony comstocks
arteriae stylomastoidea
asterriquinone
barbarically
bias-corrected
blue-corn
bonded wire gage
business pressure
clearance restriction
clerk of court
coin belt
cosine component
crystal druse
Curwen
daylight-saving time
degenerate stellar configuration
Dharmavamsa
diplacusis uniauralis
discomfitted
Emy's roof
Erechtites valerianifolius
ET0L system
exterior clipping
faciodigitogenital dysplasia
feald
financial matter
focusing grid
galaction
genus myotiss
grain tank unloading clutch
heliacal
hybrid arq scheme
indicator chart
interim work sheet
internally-driven
introductory remark
kalala
kinesthetic center
klimov
Laplace's law
LARTs
length gauge
mangony
Manicheist
manifold penstock
Milevsko
mistreatment by warming therapy
Mitchinamécus, Rés.
mother oflthyme
Na Mo
nandas
nitrothymol
nucleonicss
nylon fibre
ootidogenesis
ossifluent abscess
outlet selector
over-simplification
Padang Tungku
pas de trois
playing limit
pneumatically released pilot valve
points-of-interest
principal item
program analysis technique
ptzcuaro
Pārner
quintole
Quranizing
resource-rich
rhachianalgesia
Saussurea delavayi
seedling strip
sheep husbandry
shock transition region
simple aerial cableway
soreness of waist
splinedit
Squidgier
sulfobromophthalein test
swainsona greyanas
switch gallery
thankyous
trace P-ll
transmission framing
traveling mixing plant
two tears in a bucket
Uehling
unladen static deflection
vacationship
vacuum brazing
vipiteno
waywardness
winter hedge
yarn steaming chamber