英文短篇故事（纽约）291 It's Not the Express Elevator

 　　Nora walked from her tenth¹-floor apartment² to the elevator³ bank. The building had⁴ six elevators⁵. She pushed⁶ the Down elevator button⁷. She waited. The bell rang and a red light lit up. She casually⁸ walked over to the farthest⁹ elevator. But the door was¹⁰ already¹¹ closing. She had to stick¹² her arm into the gap¹³. The door reopened. She got¹⁴ into the elevator. Since¹⁵ when does the door close so quickly, she wondered¹⁶. An old woman was in the elevator. She quickly pushed the Close Door button. Nora realized¹⁷ what had happened. The old woman was in a hurry. She had pushed the Close Door button on the tenth floor. That's why the door had closed¹⁸ so quickly. Nora was annoyed¹⁹. She pushed the button for floor seven. Just before the door opened, Nora pushed all the buttons²⁰ for floors six through two. Nora got out at the seventh²¹ floor.

1 tenth   

n.第十，十分之一

参考例句：

• The tenth question is very difficult.第十个问题十分难。
• He is the tenth in order.按顺序他是第十个。

2 apartment   

n.（美）公寓住宅，公寓房间；单元房间

参考例句：

• How big is the apartment?这公寓有多大？
• Remember to clean your apartment.记得打扫你的公寓。

3 elevator   

n.电梯；升降机

参考例句：

• The elevator doesn't stop at floors 1,2 and 3.电梯在一、二、三楼不停。
• The elevator went up to the fifth floor.电梯升到了五楼。

4 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

5 elevators   

n.电梯( elevator的名词复数 )；升降机（美）；谷仓；粮仓

参考例句：

• Floors one to eight are the elevators to the left. 一到八楼上下使用的电梯在左边。 来自辞典例句
• Certainly, sir. The elevators are right across the lobby. 当然可以，先生。电梯就在大厅的正对面。 来自辞典例句

6 pushed   

adj.（时间、钱等）不够用的； 没有空的，忙碌的v.推，推动( push的过去式和过去分词 )；对…施加压力；逼迫；按

参考例句：

• She pushed at the door but it wouldn't budge. 她推了推门，门却一动不动。
• He pushed his way through the crowd. 他在人群中往前挤。

7 button   

n.钮扣，按钮；v.扣住

参考例句：

• Press the button,then the machine will work.按下电钮，机器就能转动了。
• Push the button on top of the camera.按一下相机上面的按钮。

8 casually   

adv.漠不关心地，无动于衷地，不负责任地

参考例句：

• She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
• I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。

9 farthest   

adj.最远的，最久的；adv.最远，（far的最高级）

参考例句：

• The town is five miles away at the farthest.那个镇至多不过五英里。
• Of all the students,I ran farthest.在所有学生中，我跑得最远。

10 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

11 already   

adv.已经

参考例句：

• We have eaten already.我们已经吃过了。
• I've been there already,so I don't want to go again.我早已去过那里了，所以我不想再去了。

12 stick   

n.枝，杆，手杖；vt.插于，刺入，竖起；vi.钉住，粘贴，坚持

参考例句：

• A walking stick is a must for me now.如今我行走离不开手杖了。
• To stick a stamp on an envelope.在信封上贴邮票。

13 gap   

n.缺口；间隔；差距；不足，缺陷

参考例句：

• We must see that there is no gap in our defence.我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。
• There is a gap of five miles between towns.镇与镇之间相隔五英里。

14 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

15 since   

adv.后来；conj.既然，因为，自从；prep.自从

参考例句：

• He's been working in a bank since leaving school.自从毕业后，他就一直在一家银行工作。
• I have known him ever since I was a child.我自孩提时代起就已经认识他了。

16 wondered   

vt.对…感到好奇（wonder的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• I wondered uneasily if anything had happened to the children. 我忐忑不安地揣测孩子们是不是出了什么事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mother wondered if she could last out another operation. 母亲怀疑自己是否经得起再动一次手术。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 realized   

adj.realize的过去式v.实现( realize的过去式和过去分词 )；了解；（所担心的事）发生；以…价格卖出

参考例句：

• He realized that his calling was to preach the gospel. 他体悟到宣讲福音是他的使命。
• They soon realized they had been duped. 他们很快便意识到自己上当了。

18 closed   

adj.关闭的；封闭的

参考例句：

• He closed his eyes.他闭上了眼睛。
• He was out of work when the factory closed.他在工厂倒闭后失业了。

19 annoyed   

adj.烦恼的，恼怒的，生气的，恼火的

参考例句：

• I imagine she was pretty annoyed when she found out.我想她发现此事后一定很生气。
• He was annoyed with complaints made from outside.他因外界的种种怨言而感到烦恼。

20 buttons   

n.button的复数；按钮( button的名词复数 )；纽扣；（尤指印有信息的）徽章；没有价值的小东西v.扣住，系住( button的第三人称单数 )；扣…的钮扣；用钮扣扣上

参考例句：

• She liked the dress that buttons down the back. 她喜欢从背部扣纽扣的女装。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• You've done your buttons up the wrong way. 你把扣子扣错了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

21 seventh   

n.七分之一；num./adj.第七

参考例句：

• 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。