时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   Joey slipped on some ice and hit his head. He came to in a hospital. A nurse asked how he felt. He said, "Fine. Did you have red grapes, a boiled egg, and green tea for breakfast?" She asked, "How did you know?" He said, "That's what your breath smells like." Amazed, she called her supervisor 1. Many doctors examined Joey. Joey had acquired the sense of smell of a dog. DEA hired him to sniff 2 people and baggage entering the country. Joey's nose detected a million dollars' worth of drugs every day. He was the agency’s "top dog." But as months went by, Joey changed. He stopped shaving. He stopped getting haircuts. He stopped using deodorant 3. He started giving cats the evil eye. DEA had to let him go after he started sniffing 4 travelers' butts 5. However, his ex-boss said, "If he starts running around on all fours, we'll rehire him."



1 supervisor
n.监督人,管理人,检查员,督学,主管,导师
  • Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说,我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
  • He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。
2 sniff
vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视
  • The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding - place.警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
  • When Munchie meets a dog on the beach, they sniff each other for a while.当麦奇在海滩上碰到另一条狗的时候,他们会彼此嗅一会儿。
3 deodorant
adj.除臭的;n.除臭剂
  • She applies deodorant to her armpits after she showers.沐浴后,她在腋下涂上除臭剂。
  • Spray deodorant and keep the silk garments dry before dressing.在穿衣之前,洒涂防臭剂并保持干燥。
4 sniffing
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
  • We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了,一个劲地抽鼻子,打喷嚏。
  • They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了,呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5 butts
笑柄( butt的名词复数 ); (武器或工具的)粗大的一端; 屁股; 烟蒂
  • The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。
  • The house butts to a cemetery. 这所房子和墓地相连。
学英语单词
-log
accumulated points
Adgaoan R.
analysis of statements
Answer Modem
Arcyzonidae
ARPPRN
assembly language programming
auto-collimator
azerbaijans
barbara jordan
bottom weft
caloyer
cerevisious
character formation component
come rain, come shine
competitve
corfo
corridorlike
crenicichla
Dendrobium primulinum
diffraction wedge
draw out someone
East Frisia
engine driven knapsack duster
environmental sample
Eria pusilla
exhibitor
far-reaching designs
fiese
fishablest
for deposit only
gold reserves
gosha
green-eyed
Gregory, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse
Harnauli
heredo-ataxia
Hovd
hypogaeum
insect-expert
installation method
intermediate-period seismograph
koies
Laikipia Escarp.
Lamud
lightning center
metamorphic facies series
mintless
moon-ray
mooring arm
nosemonkey
number of resolved band
numbness and distension sensation
nutritarian
observado
oligochymia
oligopsony
onstream
Oriental button
orogeny
paged segmentation
pal(a)eophytogeography
parev
peak level indicator
Penrose stairs
photo-coupled pair
photoresist flaw
porphyrized
Puccinia brandegei
ramp step wave
ramus volaris superficialis
Ranunculus hejingensis
registerable
rhind
rurde
self-balancing device
send for a doctor
series of mean
sisti
slue
snow-patch erosion
spatial structure
square-root law
stacking density
strategic cruise missiles
striges
subchondral
syncytialization
tenure of office
thants
thawrtouer
three-valve engine
time sag
time-sharing system text editor
torsion moment
towing log
tri-counties
trimetaphan camsilate
turmeric
turneraceous
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin