【英语1级听力】赛丽得了感冒-Sally's Cold

Sally had a cold. Her nose was red. She pulled a tissue out of the tissue box. She blew her nose. She threw the tissue into the trash. She looked at her fingernails. Her fingernails were too long. She needed to cut her nails. She opened her purse. She took her nail clippers out of the purse. She clipped¹ all the nails on her left hand. Then she clipped all the nails on her right hand. She looked at both of her hands. Now her nails were nice and short. She put her nail clipper back in her purse. She pulled another tissue out of the box. She blew her nose again.

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adj.发音清楚截断的，缩短的的；经修剪而显整齐的v.用别针别在某物上，用夹子夹在某物上( clip的过去式)；剪短

参考例句：

• his clipped military tones 他那短促的军人音调
• He clipped the article out of the newspaper. 他从报纸上剪下了那篇文章。 来自《简明英汉词典》