慢速英语短文听力 味道

What’s That Smell

味道

It was a warm, sunny day. She put a hat on to keep the sun out of her eyes. She needed to visit her bank. She walked down to the corner. There were four buildings at the intersection¹. One was her bank. Opposite the bank was a fast food restaurant. The other two buildings were a dry cleaner and an office building. Before she arrived at the corner, she could smell the fried chicken. The restaurant was open seven days a week, and the odor² of fried chicken was in the neighborhood daily. She was a vegetarian³. She used to eat meat and fish. But that was before she found a dead cat in her dumpster one day. Of course, she had smelled the dead cat before she opened the dumpster lid. Everyone knows the smell of dead flesh. She knew that something in the dumpster was dead, but she didn’t know what. Just in case it was a human (some people dump their babies into dumpsters), she opened the lid. She saw the cat. Flies covered most of it. They were enjoying their meal. She loved cats. She had two of her own. A week later at a restaurant, she ordered a hamburger. She took one bite out of it, and almost gagged. She spit it out. All she could think about was the smell of that dead cat. That was the day she became a vegetarian.

这天风和日丽。她戴了一顶遮阳帽。她需要前往银行。她走向拐角。十字路口有四栋大楼。其中一个是银行大楼。银行对面是一家快餐店。另两栋分别是办公楼和一家干洗店。就在她走到拐角之前，她闻到了炸鸡的味道。每周七天餐馆都会营业，每天这里都弥漫着炸鸡味。她是素食主义者。她以前不是。但从那天在纸篓中发现死猫起，她成为了一名素食主义者。在打开垃圾箱之前，她就已经闻到了腐朽味。人们都知道这是什么味道。她认识到垃圾箱中的腐朽味，但并不知道是什么。万一是死尸呢（有人将婴儿放进垃圾箱），她打开了盖子。她看见了一只猫。尸体上竟是苍蝇。它们正享受这顿晚宴。她喜欢小猫。她自己养了两只。一周后在餐馆，她点了一个汉堡。她大口吃着汉堡，差点吐了出来。她将汉堡吐了出来。她满脑子都是死猫的味道。从那天起，她成为了一名素食主义者。

1 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。

2 odor   

n.气味，香气，臭气

参考例句：

• The whole herb has a characteristic taste and odor.整株药草有种独特的味道和气味。
• He is in bad odor with his friends.他在朋友中声誉不佳。

3 vegetarian   

n.素食者；adj.素食的

参考例句：

• She got used gradually to the vegetarian diet.她逐渐习惯吃素食。
• I didn't realize you were a vegetarian.我不知道你是个素食者。