时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   "I’m so tall!" he bragged 1 to his classmates. "I'm so tall!" he bragged to his grandparents 2. "I'm so tall!" he bragged to his little sister. He was 3 only 12, but he was a head taller than most of his classmates. "You're going 4 to be so tall when you grow up," his dad said 5 proudly 6. "I'm going to be taller than a door!" he bragged to his dad. "Maybe you will be a professional 7 basketball player," his dad said proudly. "I'm going to be taller than the basketball net 8!" he bragged to his dad. Everyone was sure he was going to be very tall. But then something happened. He didn't grow taller in the seventh 9 grade. He didn't grow taller in the eighth 10 grade. He didn't grow taller in ANY grade! But his classmates grew taller and taller. When he graduated 11 from high school, his sister was taller than he was.



1 bragged
v.自夸,吹嘘( brag的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He bragged to his friends about the crime. 他向朋友炫耀他的罪行。
  • Mary bragged that she could run faster than Jack. 玛丽夸口说她比杰克跑得快。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 grandparents
n.祖父母;外祖父母
  • I often visit my grandparents.我常常去看望祖父母。
  • My grandparents live in shanghai.我的祖父母住在上海。
3 was
v.(is,am的过去式)是,在
  • He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
  • He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。
4 going
n.去,离去,地面(或道路)的状况,工作情况;(复数形式)goings: 行为;adj.进行中的,流行的,现存的
  • We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
  • He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。
5 said
v.动词say的过去式、过去分词
  • He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
  • He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。
6 proudly
adv.自豪地,得意地;傲慢地
  • She proudly displayed her prize.她得意地展示所获的奖品。
  • She gazed proudly at the shiny buckles on her shoes.她骄傲地注视着鞋上闪亮的扣环。
7 professional
adj.专业的;职业的;n.专业人员;职业运动员
  • He is a professional tennis player.他是一名职业网球运动员。
  • I need a professional to sort out my finances.我需要专业人士为我管理财务。
8 net
n.网,网状物,罗网,净利,实价;adj.净余的,纯粹的;vt.用网捕,撒网;净赚
  • There is a net behind the goal in football. 足球的球门后面有一个网子。
  • The ball rolled into the net. 球滚进了网中。
9 seventh
n.七分之一;num./adj.第七
  • July is the seventh month of the year.7月是一年中的第七个月。
  • Let's start from the seventh stop. 让我们从第七站开始。
10 eighth
n.八分之一;num.第八
  • It is on the eighth page.它在第八页上。
  • August is the eighth month of the year.八月是一年中的第八个月。
11 graduated
a.(税)累进的;分等级的;刻度的;毕业的
  • He graduated cum laude. 他以优等成绩毕业。
  • He graduated with a GPA of 3.8. 他毕业时各科成绩的平均积分点为3.8。
学英语单词
Ad Da'jānīyah
adeed
Aldat
Amasiah
amphibolurus barbatus barbatus
bartmann
beam-modulating disk
Benjamin Jowett
blue salt
bobbin chute
cavil about
CC.HH.
ceramide
ceyle
cheese souffles
Chirita forrestii
cobalt-bearing ferronickel
cornua cartilaginis thyroideae
cuminal
cytostatic effects
daintiful
dionaea
distinguisheth
Ditsinane
expansion drive
explosive fishing
faurie
festuclavine
flat waste
flight-weights
full inclusion
graphism
gumly
Harbor Beach
heterozygous genes
high lithotomy
hypodematium eriocarpum (wall.) ching
Index Expurgatorius
induced polarization
inprocess inventory
insulated joint checker
interim overhauls
law of equilibrium
licea
look out for opening
low-level work
make a detour
make money
Malyy Zhuzhmuy, Ostrov
marine-power
Mohendraganj
monographically
multilayer aggregate
Murtomäki
nontriadic
open-loop differential voltage gain
Ovshinsky device
packet interface
pancake races
paper process
Pilea pseudonotata
pipe coil
pleuralia
populneas
postfurcae
prean(a)esthetic
precystectomy
PRMD
program checkout
propeller blade angle
quackishness
radiation inversion
reductive elimination
reflu
rent for nuclear fuel
Republic of Bolivia
Ritsis Nakrdzall
ritual condensation
rote
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Sayers, Dorothy Leigh
self-blocking
shehers
single-beam instrument
spray water
starvers
step increase
suck the monkey
super-leagues
surface shovel
suspension joint
talkings to
tangential gradient probe
Telaranea
the penny drops
transmission chain
turn their coat
turn-out function
Ventilan
watered gauze
yeman
zenzic