10. What Will Be the Headline

　　When a man in Macon, Ga. , came upon a wild dog attacking a young boy, he quickly grabbed the animal and throttled² it with his two hands. A reporter saw the incident, congratulated the man and told him the headline the following day would read, "Local Man Saves Child by Killing³ Vicious Animal. "

　　The hero, however, told the journalist that he wasn't from Macon.

　　"Well, then," the reporter said, the headline will probably say, 'Georgia Man Saves Child by Killing Dog. '"

　　"Actually," the man said, "I'm from Connecticut."

　　"In that case," the reporter said in a huff, "the headline will read ,'Yankee Kills Family Pet.'"

Notes：

　　(1) Ga. Georgia的缩写（美国的）乔治亚州

　　(2) come upon 偶然遇见

　　(3) grab v.抓取；揽取

　　(4) throttle¹ v.勒死；缢死

　　(5) congratulate v.祝贺

　　(6) vicious adj. 凶恶的

　　(7) Connecticut n.（美国）康涅狄格州

　　(8) huff n.发怒

　　(9) Yankee n.（美国南北战争中）北部诸州的人；北方佬

Excises⁴:

根据短文回答问题：

　　① The man carne from Macon, Ga.

　　② The man killed the dog with a knife.

　　③ At first, the reporter was pleased with what the man had done.

　　④ The reporter thought that the man was a local person.

　　⑤ We can see from the passage that the reporter didn't like a person from Connecticut.

10.标题是什么

　　一位男子在乔治亚州的麦根城遇到一条狗在袭击一个男孩。他敏捷地用两手卡住了狗的脖子并掐死了它。一位记者目睹了这件事，向这位男子表示祝贺并说次日的新闻标题将是：“本地男子杀恶畜救孩童”。

　　然而，这位英雄却告诉记者他不是麦根人。

　　“那么，”记者说，“标题可能为‘乔治亚男子杀狗救孩童’。”

　　“实际上，”那男子道，“我是康涅狄格人。”

　　“这样的话，”记者怒气冲冲地说，“标题将是‘北方佬杀死家庭爱犬’。”

练习参考答案：

① F ② F ③ T ④ T ⑤ T

1 throttle   

n.节流阀，节气阀，喉咙；v.扼喉咙，使窒息，压

参考例句：

• These government restrictions are going to throttle our trade.这些政府的限制将要扼杀我们的贸易。
• High tariffs throttle trade between countries.高的关税抑制了国与国之间的贸易。

2 throttled   

v.扼杀( throttle的过去式和过去分词 )；勒死；使窒息；压制

参考例句：

• He throttled the guard with his bare hands. 他徒手掐死了卫兵。
• The pilot got very low before he throttled back. 飞行员减速之前下降得很低。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 excises   

n.国内货物税，消费税( excise的名词复数 )v.切除，删去( excise的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises. 国会有权规定并征收税金、关税、捐税和消费税。 来自辞典例句
• When is the operation that excises appendix used how long? 切除阑尾的手术用时多久？ 来自互联网