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
2-hydroxyethanamide
abatable nuisances
advanced countries
aggravated assault
aggressive driving
air divisions
andrew project
apparel-maker
axle gear box
bacterial pyelonephritis
bar-goers
Battenberg(Eder)
bayesian analytical approach
be of one mind
beamcolumn
bioergonomics
blade centrifugal bending stress
bracing cable (bracing wire)
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
cephalisation
check with
crucians
crutter
current-cost
cyanogen laser
designation of replotting
devotements
diploclisia glaucescens (bi.) diels
dog mercuries
duodenal branches
effective memory address
enterogenous
extra outsize
ferishers
five-corners
fourier's equation
freits
fried rice
gib arm
global expression evaluation
glossary function
good agricultural practice
government control
Grammeno
grieflike
h w fowler
Hank Williams
hindiii
hisar (hissar)
home-buyer
jmu
Lake Tahoe
levkas
load the dice against
ludovisis
main-generator breaker
mana-weave
masticable
medullization
modified starch
molonglo
newmodelize
nonequilibrium phase
normal formulas
open mixer
oversets
Paisiello, Giovanni
PHILOPOTAMIDAE
photo senetive paper
postdictions
psychobiological entity
ptbt
punched screens
radiant resistance furnace
relative restraint
reworked units
ridge waveguide
road asphalt liquid
Sanpoku
semi-dual control
set assembling
set goal
stoma
stratigraphical break
subsistance agriculture
synsitia
tatro
text-to-speech mode
thesaurus absconditus
thickness of plate
tonitruating
triuncialis
tube socket
tumbling into
uncorrect
undershelves
vertical screw conveyor
visible mutation
warehouse problem
wax-bill
wracs
zinc benzoate