高考阅读理解解析一则(英文) |
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引用本文: | 黄华斌.高考阅读理解解析一则(英文)[J].中学生英语,2005(16). |
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作者姓名: | 黄华斌 |
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作者单位: | 江苏盐城伍佑中学 |
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摘 要: | In1837,the historian Carlyle m ade the firstrecorded use of the word“queue”(排队).H e spoke ofthe French and their“habit of standing in a queue”.Forty years later Paris was the best place to wait inline.H owever,queuing becam e popular in Britain too.The Second W orld W ar was the golden age of queuing,and people joined any line in the hope that it was aqueue for som ething to buy.This was the source ofm any Second W orld W ar jokes:Shopkeeper to custom er:Excuse m e,m iss,are youpregnant(怀孕)?Custom er:W ell,...
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