超级简单英语阅读:Dead Bodies

The big room is air-conditioned. But it smells. Dead bodies are in metal drawers. The bodies have no clothes. The bodies are naked¹. A white sheet² covers each dead body. The drawers slide in. The drawers slide out. A doctor works³ in the big room with the dead bodies. He works there almost every day. He cuts the bodies open. He cuts them open with a knife. He cuts them open with a saw. He looks at the bodies. He looks inside the bodies. Why did these people die? Why did this young man die, he wonders. He tries to answer the question. Every dead body is a puzzle. The doctor tries to solve the puzzle. Then he tells the police why the people died.

 

1 naked   

adj.裸露的；赤裸裸的，无遮蔽的

参考例句：

• To the east of our school,there's a naked hillside.我们学校东边有片光秃秃的山坡。
• The children stripped off their clothes and swam naked in the river.孩子们脱得光溜溜的在河里游泳。

2 sheet   

n.床单，张，纸张，印刷品，表格，薄片；vt.盖上被单，遍布；vi.大片落下；adj.片状的

参考例句：

• Can I have another sheet of paper please?我可以再要一张纸吗？
• He looked as white as a sheet.他脸色苍白如纸。

3 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。