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
absolute vector
Agrano
aliased imaging
Ampere's circuital law
ampliations
apigenin-7-glucoside
arterial tract
Bangala Falls
battery life indicator
bi-grid valve
bistatic doppler acoustic sounder
blackcap raspberry
boot polish
bow ornament
bustop
cadmium-selenium red
Cajapio
ciadir-lunga (ciadar-lunga)
Cib.
cilioiridic
circumstantiating
clearance light
console search mode
Corydalis gamosepala
data mart server
decrustation
dermal print identification
detersiveness
digital-to-analog
Disciflorae
dive bomber
drum display
endosiphoblade
fag out
family Cucurbitaceae
flamingo
fluke point
for honours of
fulldose digitalis therapy
Gizel'
graphical stepwise method
growing-season temperature
halophils
hemoglobin A
identification limit
industrial boom
inset balance
insulating polymeric materials
Junnar
killeshan
Kinosternon
limit state design method
Lithochemistry
low-culture
Mebtoûh, Oued el
microsociological
missile injury of pelvis
nasal mutations
nonparasite
nonsterol
nontrappable
nuttallianus
nuture
overage and shortage
oxyacetylene welding equipment
pavonazzo
photo scanner
physical colorimeter
poobutt
pressure sensing resistor alloy
promiscuities
pultruding
pyramidalization
quasi-synonymity
quirper
risk discount factor
rowdydows
saddle shoes
schwatzite (mercurian tetrahedrite)
semidirect product group
set point control
side-to-side vibrations
sokambi
source nation
spigot
srseslsisesfs-s
stands still
stearyl chloride
tax criterion
temporal logic
theory of functions of a real variable
thiopentobarbital
trattner
truck end sill
true-up
unreceiving
vacuum and pressure air pump
variable-area meter
vint
volcanic projection
Waxoline