《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。 Dylans car was 20 years old, but the faded paint made it look even older. His friend Joe told him no girl would ever go out in a car that looked like that. So Dylan took the car to a paint shop and got it painted dark blue for only $200. He was very pleased with the new look. The car stereo did not work. Joe told him that no girl wanted to be in a car without a good sound system. So Dylan bought a nice stereo and installed it himself. Months went by. One day, Dylan told Joe that no girl had ridden in his new car yet. Thats because there are other problems, Joe told him. Like what? Well, you dont exactly have the worlds best personality, Joe said. Thats a little more important than a paint job. So Dylan told Joe he would ask a psychologist to give him a new personality. Recently, Dylan had a new problemgasoline. He smelled gas after he started his car; he smelled it while driving the car. Was he driving a bomb? What if someone tossed out a cigarette near his car? Would it explode into a thousand piecespieces that included Dylan? That night, he opened his car manual. It was a well-thumbed book. He had a car problem at least once a month, and he was always looking up ways to fix the problems. He thought this might be a carburetor problem. |