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
academic qualification
ACBGEN
accelerator DM
akebiaquinata
alpine transhumance
aqueous alcoholic
Arabicising
attracted
backscatters
battle practice
be a sod
be high on
Bejestan
boudoir
bull chain
common battery private branch exchange
compensation deals
confinee
countable Lebesgue spectrum
cover transformation
curator minorum
deceleration torque
dephysicalized
depontination
deposit region
Domoni
duct acoustics
e-counselling
eucypris apiana
explosive power
fan board
fixed delay
flat slope
flexibility matrix
front gardens
full-sheet
gangues
gettiest
girdle bone
glyoxalin
Grb2
hartenstein
holds sway
hole open
hydrangea thunbergii sieb.
indelicately
interliner passenger
internal transport
interstack
iron clad coil
joggled lap
joint operation
lunar orbital rendezvous (lor)
magnetic recording material
Mala grammatica non vitiat chartam.
mini-RPV
Monfortinho
multicaulisin
navigation monitor
neottopteris antrophyoides (christ) ching
orthomic feldspar
out-pocketing
packet switching telephone network
point spectrum type
Polo'a
Porcupine Seabight
pretty much
proximity routing
reconnaissance plane
record retention schedule
redundant component
reliability deviation
research paradigm
rules of origin
rupture of interspinal ligament
SAGE, Sage
Saita
scalpellus
self love
Semikarakorskiy Rayon
separation movement
sewane
shimono
Sicayari, Mesa de
sinking crown
skipfest
specific request
stodginesses
swan song
transmission bearing retainer
Treponema phageaenae
tussock-grass
unibus adapter
uponlandis
Uripa
used to
variable bit rate service
vicar-general
war boom
whist drive
wonderchildren
wood burning appliance