The Shiny-Walled Box Thingie

时间：2006-08-30 08:23:18

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An Amish boy and his father were visiting a nearby mall. They were amazed1 by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny2 silver walls that moved apart and back together again by themselves.

The lad asked, "What is this, father?"

The father (having never seen an elevator) responded3, "I have no idea what it is."

While the boy and his father were watching wide-eyed, an old lady in a wheelchair4 rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched as small circles lit up above the walls.

The walls opened up again and a beautiful twenty-four-year-old woman stepped out.

The father looked at his son anxiously and said, "Go get your mother."
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1 amazed 9zYzBk     
adj.吃惊的，惊奇的v.使大为吃惊，使惊奇( amaze的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Just the size of the place amazed her. 仅仅地方之大就使她十分惊奇。
  • I was amazed at her knowledge of French literature. 她的法国文学知识之丰富使我大为惊奇。
2 shiny gEyzi     
adj.有光泽的，发光的，辉煌的
参考例句：
  • What shiny shoes you're wearing!你穿的鞋子擦得真亮啊！
  • All the cups are clean and shiny.所有的杯子都很干净明亮。
3 responded c73f9961000ace6c1fad4bf49de0e2b0     
回答，回报，响应( respond的过去式和过去分词 )； 有反应； 有效果； 有影响
参考例句：
  • Most of the staff who responded to the questionnaire were supportive. 回答了问卷的职员大多数表示支持。
  • She responded to the news by bursting into tears. 她听到那个消息后眼泪夺眶而出。
4 wheelchair Ye2z8U     
n.(病人等用的)轮椅
参考例句：
  • He used a wheelchair for the rest of his life.他的后半生依靠轮椅生活。
  • He collapsed the wheelchair and put it on the boat.他将轮椅折叠起来放在船上。

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