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VOA慢速英语:'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,' by Mark Twain
短语讲解:
1. A friend of mine in the East asked me to visit old Simon Wheeler, to ask about my friends friend, Leonidas W. Smiley.
ask about 询问,打听; 打探
例句:He went to the station to ask about the trains.
他到火车站却了解火车情况。
2. I saw that he was fat and had no hair, and had a gentle and simple look upon his peaceful face.
look upon 看作,显得不错
例句:He seemed to look upon the matter as settled.
他似乎认为事情已成了定局。
3. I told him a friend had asked me to find out about a friend named Leonidas W. Smiley, who he heard was at one time living in Angels Camp.
at one time 一度, 从前
例句:The city at one time must have been prosperous.
这座古城肯定一度很繁荣。
4. Anyway, he was the strangest man. He was always making money on anything that turned up if he could get anybody to try to make money on the other side.
turn up 翻起; 出现; (尤指失去后偶然)被发现
例句: I'm sure your watch will turn up one of these days.
我担保你的手表准有一天能找到.
5. Parson Walker's wife was very sick once, for a long time, and it seemed as if they were not going to save her.
as if 好像,似乎
例句:He speaks like that as if he doesn't want to attend the meeting.
他那样说话,似乎不想参加会议。
6. Then all of a sudden Smiley's dog would grab that other dog by his back leg and hang on till the men said it was over.
hang on 坚持下去; 等候; 紧紧抓住
例句:Hang on, please. I'll switch you to the manager.
请不要挂断电话。我给你转接到经理那儿去。
7. It always makes me feel sorry when I think of that last fight of his and the way it turn out.
turn out 结果是; 关掉; 制造
例句:Remember to turn out the lights before you go to bed.
临睡前别忘了关灯。
8. And so the man took the box, and put up his forty dollars and sat down to wait.
put up vt.举起; 张贴; 建造
例句:He put up a stake to support the newly planted tree.
他竖了一根桩支撑新种的树。
9. Dan'l just lifted up his body but could not move at all. He was planted like a building.
lift up 举起,提起
例句:We'll have to lift up the car to get her out.
我们得把车子抬起,才能救她出来。
10.And he picked up Dan'l and turned him upside down and out came a whole lot of bullets.
pick up 捡起
例句:I'd really like to pick up Grandpa at the railroad station.
我真想去火车站接爷爷。
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