原版英语小短文 81. He Loved Her

　　The man set the woman on fire. She was a dancer in a night club. The man came to the night club once a month. He asked the woman for her phone number. She said no. "I don't even know you," she said. "Why would I give you my phone number?" He told her that he was in love with her. She told him that he was crazy. How could he be in love with her? He didn't even know her. He didn't know anything about her. He finished his drink and paid for it. He left the night club. He sat in his car in the parking¹ lot. She was glad that he left. Later she went outside to smoke a cigarette². The man got out of his car. She did not see him or hear him. He poured³ gasoline⁴ on her and threw a match on her. She was on fire. She started screaming⁵. She ran into the night club. The manager put the fire out with his jacket. But her face and hands were badly burnt. No one would ever ask for her phone number again.

1 parking   

n.停车，停机，停放

参考例句：

• A bus is parking on the road.路上停着一辆公共汽车。
• Next you must learn how to back a car into a parking space.下一步你应该学会如何把车倒入停车的空地。

2 cigarette   

n.香烟，纸烟，烟卷

参考例句：

• Help yourself to a cigarette.请随便用香烟吧。
• Please put that cigarette out.请把烟灭掉。

3 poured   

涌出( pour的过去式和过去分词 )； 倾，倒； 涌流； 倾泻

参考例句：

• She poured the dark brown liquid down the sink. 她把深棕色的液体倒进了污水池。
• Scalding tears poured down her face. 滚烫的泪水从她脸上扑簌簌地流下来。

4 gasoline   

n.(美)汽油

参考例句：

• This car runs 5 miles on a gallon of gasoline.这部汽车一加仑汽油可以行驶五英里。
• There is still some gasoline left in the tank.油箱里还剩下一些汽油。

5 screaming   

adj.尖叫的，令人惊愕的，引人捧腹大笑的v.（因伤痛、害怕、激动等）尖叫 ~发出尖叫声( scream的现在分词 )；（向某人或为某事）高声喊；发出大而尖的声音；呼啸而过

参考例句：

• He covered her mouth to stop her from screaming. 他捂上她的嘴，不让她叫出声来。
• People were floundering about in the water, shouting and screaming. 人们呼喊尖叫着在水里挣扎。 来自《简明英汉词典》