《365个英语小故事》:实用简洁的小故事,都是日常生活小故事,在学习英语的同时了解美国文化,循序渐进,轻松掌握。
Jimmy lives on the second floor of a six-unit apartment building. His front door has two locks -- a security deadbolt, and a regular door handle lock. The front door also has a peephole -- a tiny piece of glass through which Jimmy can look out his door at about eye-level to preview who is knocking on his door or ringing his doorbell.
The peephole is a security device, but Jimmy never uses it. When someone knocks, he just opens the door. First of all, he lives in a safe neighborhood, so security is not really a problem. Second, people rarely knock on Jimmys door, so he is always eager to greet a visitor.
Before you can knock on the front door, you have to push the button on the black screen door to open the screen door. The screen door has an inside lock on it, but the lock has not worked since the screen door was installed more than two years ago. This has bothered Jimmy from day one. Today, Jimmy finally decided to do something about the lock on the screen door. It was a nice, warm sunny day. Jimmy was in his shorts -- no flip-flops, no shirt.
The lock was part of the screen door pushbutton handle. The outside and inside handles were held together with just two screws. Jimmy got a flathead screwdriver and loosened both screws. He kept adjusting the screws, and pushing on the outside button. Eventually he adjusted the screws enough to where the lever stayed in the locked position when he pushed on the outside button. Finally, he had made the right adjustment.
But now he needed to put a spacer on the inside handle to maintain that adjustment. He found a piece of plastic that was just the right thickness. He inserted the plastic between the handle and the doorframe itself, and then he tightened the two screws. Bingo! It worked perfectly. He could push on the outside button with all his might, and the lever would remain locked. Jimmy grinned. The screen door finally worked properly!
Jimmy had fixed a two-year-old problem in less than an hour. He was ecstatic. He returned the screwdriver to the toolbox, thinking Im a genius.
GRE Issue写作提纲思路与分析39
GRE AWA 范文 ——Issue 9
GRE考试写作范文——Issue 157
GRE AWA 范文 ——Issue 12
GRE issue写作范文:科学的作用
GRE AWA 范文——Issue 13
GRE写作话题:质疑精神(Skepticism)
GRE高频作文分析与提纲:Issue93
GRE考试写作范文——Issue 151
GRE考试写作范文——Issue 144
GRE考试写作范文——Issue 154
GRE AWA 范文 ——Issue 8
GRE issue写作范文:触类旁通
新GRE写作Argument范文(十)
GRE考试写作范文——Issue 147
GRE AWA范文 ——Issue 3
GRE issue写作范文:现代技术
GRE AWA 范文——Issue 7
GRE考试写作范文——Issue 138
GRE考试写作范文——Issue 141
GRE Issue写作提纲思路与分析40
GRE issue写作范文:法律灵活性
GRE考试写作范文——Issue 142
GRE issue写作范文:教学活动
GRE issue写作范文:学科
GRE写作提纲思路与分析——issue 153
GRE AWA 范文——Issue 15
GRE AWA范文 ——Issue 6
GRE考试写作范文——Issue 140
GRE issue写作范文:竞争利弊问题
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