The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller

时间：2006-10-12 02:24:15

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A CHARCOAL1-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house.  One day
he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated2 him to come and live
with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and
that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened3.  The Fuller
replied, "The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned,
for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again
with your charcoal." 


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1 charcoal prgzJ     
n.炭，木炭，生物炭
参考例句：
  • We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.我们烧烤需要更多的碳。
  • Charcoal is used to filter water.木炭是用来过滤水的。
2 entreated 945bd967211682a0f50f01c1ca215de3     
恳求，乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail. 他们时而恳求，时而威胁，但这一切看来都没有用。
  • 'One word,' the Doctor entreated. 'Will you tell me who denounced him?' “还有一个问题，”医生请求道，“你可否告诉我是谁告发他的？” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
3 lessened 6351a909991322c8a53dc9baa69dda6f     
减少的，减弱的
参考例句：
  • Listening to the speech through an interpreter lessened its impact somewhat. 演讲辞通过翻译的嘴说出来，多少削弱了演讲的力量。
  • The flight to suburbia lessened the number of middle-class families living within the city. 随着迁往郊外的风行，住在城内的中产家庭减少了。

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