A Terrible Hail Storm

    A blonde was driving back from the mall when there was a terrible hail storm. Huge hail stones the size of golf balls pelted¹ her car leaving it full of dents²(凹, 凹痕). She drove to the body shop (车身修理厂)and asked what she should do.
    The body man explained what needed to be done and that it would cost at least $4,000 to repair. She said that was too much and asked if there was some other way to fix it.
    The body man decided³ to have a little fun and said, "Well you could blow into the tail pipe real hard and they might pop back out." She decided to give it a try before spending that much money.
    She drove home and was in the garage with her lips wrapped around the exhaust pipe when her blonde neighbor came over to visit.
    "What are you doing?" she shrieked⁴ thinking the worst and thankful that she may have just prevented her friend from committing suicide.
    "I'm blowing into the tailpipe real hard to pop all these dents out of my car," explained the first blonde.
    "Well silly, it's not going to work," replied her neighbor.
    "Why not?" asked the first blonde.
    "Because you've got to roll up the windows first."

1 pelted   

（连续地）投掷( pelt的过去式和过去分词 )； 连续抨击； 攻击； 剥去…的皮

参考例句：

• The children pelted him with snowballs. 孩子们向他投掷雪球。
• The rain pelted down. 天下着大雨。

2 dents   

n.花边边饰；凹痕( dent的名词复数 )；凹部；减少；削弱v.使产生凹痕( dent的第三人称单数 )；损害；伤害；挫伤（信心、名誉等）

参考例句：

• He hammered out the dents in the metal sheet. 他把金属板上的一些凹痕敲掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Tin dents more easily than steel. 锡比钢容易变瘪。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 shrieked   

v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
• Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫，陆子潇尖声叫：“告诉什么？ 来自汉英文学 - 围城