时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:新视野大学英语:视听说教程 2


英语课

Task 3: A Sudden 1 Change in the Parrot’s Attitude

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of this bird’s mouth was rude. John tried every method to change the bird’s attitude by constantly 2 saying polite words, playing soft music, and anything he could think of to set a good example. Nothing worked. Finally, John got fed up and he yelled 3 at the parrot. And the bird yelled back. John shook the parrot, and the bird got angrier and ruder. Finally, in a moment of desperation, John put the bird in the refrigerator freezer. For a few minutes, John heard the bird scream and kick. Then suddenly there was silence. Not a sound for over a minute. Fearing that he’s hurt the bird, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out and said, “I believe I may have offended 4 you with my rude language and actions. I am truly sorry, and I will do everything I can to correct my poor behavior.”

John was greatly surprised at the bird’s change of attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had caused such a sudden change in his behavior, the bird continued, “May Ii ask why you put the chickens there and what they did wrong?”

1.C   2.D   3.B   4.C     5.A



n.突然,忽然;adj.突然的,意外的,快速的
  • All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.他突然转过身来看见了我。
  • The horse was badly frightened by the sudden noise.那匹马被突然而来的嘈杂声吓坏了。
adv.不变地,不断地,时常地
  • The two countries have been warring constantly for years.这两国多年来一直交战。
  • We should constantly urge ourselves on to study hard.我们要经常鞭策自己努力学习。
v.叫喊,号叫,叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
  • The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着,希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.触怒( offend的过去式和过去分词 );得罪;冒犯;使反感令人不适
  • They'll be offended if you don't go to their wedding. 你若不参加他们的婚礼,他们会生气的。
  • She was offended by the vulgarity of their jokes. 他们那些粗俗的笑话使她大为不快。
学英语单词
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Amsterdam Treaty
antiangiogenics
attackee
attractive (-type) maglev
Bagac
Bagayevskiy
bialkowski
black bamboo
both dates inclusive
buffer spring seat
cerium(iii) benzoate
Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm
chattelization
Chelonidae
coil chain
commercializing human relations
control store literal
cosmeticology
counter gegen ion
CYK algorithm
dampened
decolourised
diol-lipid
DSML
elliot axle
eye relif
fan-shaped structure
feedc collet
finite difference theory
food raw material
format (in programming language)
galvanized pole steps
helicopter-landing
help somebody out
Homalomena
hotblooded
hydroxy-farreol
hypertrophic cicatrix
indo-hittite
infrared problem
landefeld
larrans
lee dune
leeched
letter of undertaking
light grey
locomotor rods
looking glass trees
m levator ani
maritime loans
mechanically mixed flux
med-evac
microframeworks
monolithic group
Morrill Act
MSCP
myoston
neutron generator tube
o'brian
Olching
open incineration
Orth's stain
Ozzies
pediococcus damnosus
pen-and-ink
petroleum industry tax
piriformis
pneumotonometry
pod-person
polytetrahedron
Portuguese man-of-war
pseudo-osteomalacia
pull-out hand brake
purple brood
purplish pinks
reading lesson
receive order
run train
salt diapir screened hydrocarbon reservoir
sampling moment
satirial
shifting board
specific lift
standard indenter
sudanese pounds
szilard-chalmer's method
takes long views
tasseled
temperedly
text part
theocons
timing of intervention
tin plague
topographic change
tuberculous scrofulosis
tubulin-S
various dates
weatherburn
work clock
yours truly
zinc lead accumulator