首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] When quite young, Daniel Webster did not always obey the rule
[originaltext] When quite young, Daniel Webster did not always obey the rule
游客
2024-02-29
39
管理
问题
When quite young, Daniel Webster did not always obey the rules at school. One day the teacher caught him breaking a ruler and asked him to come forward to be punished. In that school, striking the open hand with a ruler was the punishment. Daniel’s hands happened to be very dirty. On the way to the teacher’s desk he wiped the palm of one hand on his pantaloons.
"Give me your hand, sir," demanded the teacher. Out went the right hand.
The teacher looked at it a moment and said, "Daniel, if you will find another hand in this schoolroom as dirty as that, I will let you go. " Instantly from behind Daniel’s back came the left hand. "Here it is, sir," he replied.
"That will do," said the teacher, laughing. "You may go."
An "early bird" used to be a person who was awake early and began his(or her) day’s work before other people. The people, who said it, were thinking of an old saying: It is the early bird that catches the worm. But since 1965 the Early Bird has had a different meaning. The modem Early Bird is a communications satellite in orbit round the earth.
The use of wires to carry telephone communications and for other purposes of the same kind does not satisfy modem needs. We had to use radio. But the radio waves that we use for these purposes--microwaves--travel in straight lines. They do not follow the curve of the earth’s surface. We can send them from one radio station to another—a relay station--where we amplify them and send them do a third station. If there is no relay station within about 50 kilometers to receive the microwaves, they will continue into space. At a certain height, some of them are sent back to earth. A powerful station several hundred kilometers from their starting point can receive them. But these are not good ways of sending the thousands of telephone, radio and television signals across the oceans.
选项
A、A person who is awake early.
B、A bird that catches the worm early in the morning.
C、A plane which flies in the morning.
D、A communications satellite in orbit round the earth.
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3494266.html
相关试题推荐
【B1】[br]【B11】[originaltext]WelcometotheNewBedfordInstitute’sseriesofl
【B1】[br]【B8】[originaltext]WelcometotheNewBedfordInstitute’sseriesofle
【B1】[br]【B5】[originaltext]WelcometotheNewBedfordInstitute’sseriesofle
【B1】[br]【B3】[originaltext]WelcometotheNewBedfordInstitute’sseriesofle
[originaltext]TheUnitedStateshasthelargestmyintheworld.Thesizeofan
[originaltext]TheUnitedStateshasthelargestmyintheworld.Thesizeofan
[originaltext]AnewreportfromtheUnitedNationssaystheworldmustdomuch
[originaltext]AnewreportfromtheUnitedNationssaystheworldmustdomuch
[originaltext]W:Dr.Thomas?ThisisKateBradleyfromthedailynews.I’dlike
[originaltext]W:Dr.Thomas?ThisisKateBradleyfromthedailynews.I’dlike
随机试题
Itwasallagreedthatthefirstproblemthenewgovernmentwouldhaveto______
Whenyouchooseafreezer,rememberit’sprobablygoingtobewithyoufora
—Ifeelsonervousaboutthedrivingtesttomorrow.—________.A、Ireallyenv
特种设备监督检验合格后,监督检验单位应按规定的期限出具监督检验报告监督检验报告应
艾滋病毒是一类A.冠状病毒 B.反转录病毒 C.正黏病毒 D.沙粒样病毒
(2021年真题)关于计价错误的处理及责任承担,以下表述错误的是()。A.
化学发光免疫测定的优点不包括()。A.检测快速 B.敏感度高于RIA C.
根据安德森的研究,影响人际吸引的最重要的人格品质是()。 (A)智慧(B)
对高度大于30m的桥墩,在钢筋安装时宜设置()。A.缆风绳 B.劲性骨架
属于抑制性神经递质的是( )。A.乙酰胆碱 B.γ-氨基丁酸 C.谷氨酸
最新回复
(
0
)