时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   Neil stood by the rail. He looked at the water 30 feet below. The boat left the dock. Everyone was enjoying the view. People were taking pictures of the Manhattan skyline. The wind suddenly gusted 2. The strong gust 1 blew Neil's cap off. He saw it hit the water. The boat arrived at Liberty Island. Everyone got off. Neil walked toward the statue. The statue was much bigger up close. It was on top of a pedestal. The pedestal was almost 100 feet high. A security guard was sitting on a concrete wall. The wall was only a few feet high. It bordered the walkway around the statue. Neil asked, “Why is the statue green?” The guard said he didn't know. Neil continued walking. He saw a plaque 3 fixed 4 to the wall. The plaque said oxidation had turned the copper 5 statue green. The plaque was about 100 feet from the guard.



1 gust
n.阵风,突然一阵(雨、烟等),(感情的)迸发
  • A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来,把前门关上了。
  • A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。
2 gusted
n.饰板,匾,(医)血小板
  • There is a commemorative plaque to the artist in the village hall.村公所里有一块纪念该艺术家的牌匾。
  • Some Latin words were engraved on the plaque. 牌匾上刻着些拉丁文。
3 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
4 copper
n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的
  • The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
  • Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
学英语单词
abate a cause of cation
Acidaminococcaceae
Agassiz trawl
allowable operating voltage range
an echoic studio
Antithermics
astrophotometrical
aswan high dams
backkick
betain, betaine
Bremerton
brimley
callionymus altipinnis
cathodic protection automatically controlled
cling stone
communication device handler
compassionate care
congealing die
cronak method
culicoides (oecacta) okinawensis
deep page
different varieties
Disporum acuminatissimum
distant indicator
download center
drainage by shaft well
Egyptian wind
ellagitannic acid
expendable jammer
fault tolerant concept
femto-farads
first charge
flamingo flowers
Foettingeria
folkishly
forged document
garbage collection algorithm
gene pairs
general probability
general-purpose locomotive
get through to somebody
god's
goutin
gyri rectus
haematotoxin
hagbutter
halo of radio-burst region
heat-transfer
high rate trickling filter
hit the gravel
internal migration factor
internal reference line
joyousnesses
laser pointers
less-healthy
lifecourses
lipograulomatosis
Lonicera giraldii
low-temperature fluorescence spectrometry
Manitoulin
Manzou
microtechnological
Mykines
myleran tablet
obliquer
on action
Onigocia
panel on complaints
perianth lobe
plexus venosus areolaris
positive acknowledge
precloacal
provisionless
rachisensible
Rhodenic
run away inflation
selfcontact
shaft gear
shuts away
solo practice
spital
statistical petrology
supergraphics
terminal independence
thermodynamic constitutive equation
three way cock
tinto hill
to put the cat among the pigeons
too high
tooth space micrometer
traversing
unalluring
underheild
unimprinted
vanoverberghia sasakiana
vegetable cork
virtual zero time
warrior-mages
yarovizing
Zhrebchevo, Yazovir
zonule fiber
Zyzz