幽默学习第二期

　　On my birthday,which happened to be a day Margie, the part¹ time employee² in my gift shop,wasn't working, she phoned me at the shop."Go to the east wall in the card section," she instructed,"third row down,fourth card from the left." I did⁵ as³ she asked and took⁶ the card back to the phone."Now read it aloud⁷."

　　After I finished,she said,"That's your birthday card from me.I didn't want to waste⁸ money on it since⁹ you already¹⁰ own⁴ it."

1 part   

n.部份，零件；角色，部位；vt.分开，分离，分配；vi.分离，离开；adv.部份地；adj.分离的

参考例句：

• This is the broken part.这就是损坏的部件。
• Which part do you play?你演哪一个角色？

2 employee   

n.职员，员工，受雇人员

参考例句：

• Each employee received a like bonus.每个雇员都得到了相同数目的奖金。
• They brought around a new employee this morning.他们今天早晨请来了一位新雇员。

3 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

4 own   

v.拥有，持有；adj.(属于)自己的，特有的

参考例句：

• I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
• Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。

5 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

6 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

7 aloud   

adv.出声地；高声地

参考例句：

• He called aloud for help.他高声喊叫救命。
• Read it aloud before you write it down.抄写前，大声读出来。

8 waste   

v.浪费；滥用

参考例句：

• Ah!This is a waste of time!啊，真是浪费时间！
• If you give her money,she'll only waste it.如果你把这笔钱给她，她只会把它浪费掉。

9 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。

10 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。