慢速英语短文听力 大米中的虫子

Insects in the Rice

大米中的虫子

"Look at this," she said. He looked. He looked inside a plastic bag. There was rice inside the bag. But something else was inside the bag. "What are these things?" he asked. They were insects. The insects were crawling¹ around. A lot of insects were crawling around. "That's disgusting," he said. "Where did they come from?" She said, "They came from you!" He denied² it. He didn't have insects. Not even one. "You bought the wrong bag of rice," she said. "I told you which bag of rice to buy. But you wanted to save money. And I agreed to it. Never again. From now on, we buy the same brand I've always bought." He agreed. She tied up the bag. She put the bag inside a fresh plastic bag. She tied up the second plastic bag. "This is for you," she said. "Gee³, thanks," he said.

她说：“看这个”。他看了看。他向塑料袋中看。袋子中有大米。袋子里还有其它东西。他问道：“这些是什么？”他说：“这些是虫子。虫子在里面爬行。里面有许多虫子。太恶心了。”她说：“它们是哪来的？”它们是你带来的！他否认到。他没有昆虫。一只都没有。她说：“你的大米买错了。我已经告诉你要买哪个。但是你想省钱。我同意了。别再有下一次。从此，我们一直买同一个牌子的大米。他同意了。他把袋子系好。她将袋子放进了一个新的塑料袋子中。她将第二个袋子系好。她说：“这是给你的。”他说：“啊，谢谢你。”

1 crawling   

n.表面涂布不均v.爬( crawl的现在分词 )；（昆虫）爬行；缓慢行进；巴结

参考例句：

• You should be ashamed of yourself, crawling to the director like that. 你那样巴结董事，应该感到羞耻。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Stubborn, self-confident Guo Zhenshan has never gone crawling to anyone. 坚强、自信、有气魄的郭振山，实在说，永远也不会向人低三下四啊！ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 Denied   

adj.拒签v.拒绝( deny的过去式和过去分词 )；拒绝承认；拒绝…占有；否认知情

参考例句：

• Government sources denied there had been a deliberate cover-up. 政府方面否认了有故意掩饰的行为。
• When we confronted him, he denied everything. 我们与他当面对质时，他什么都不承认。

3 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！