小学英语英语故事（幽默故事） A Smart Housewife精明的家庭主妇 A Smart Housewife精明的家庭主妇 A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning. 一位精明的家庭主妇听人说有一种炉子用起来可以比她现在用的炉子省一半的煤。 She was very excited, and said: "Thatll be terrific! Since one stove can save half of the coal, if I buy two, no coal will be needed!" 她听了大为兴奋，说：“那太好了！一个炉子可以省一半的煤，那么如果我买两个炉子的话，不就可以把煤全都省下来了吗？” 英语单词短语学习： 1 consume vt. 消耗，消费；使…著迷；挥霍 vi. 耗尽，毁灭；耗尽生命 eg:Martha would consume nearly a pound of cheese per day. 玛莎那时每天吃将近一磅奶酪。 词组短语 propensity to consume消费倾向 marginal propensity to consume[经]边际消费倾向 1 短语 Power consume 耗电量 ; 功率 law consume 法律消费 Memories consume 记忆的消磨 Stealth Consume 潜行吞噬 Fuel Consume 燃料需求 CONSUME LIGHTLY 减负零消耗 Consume behavior 消费行为 Consume resources 占用资源 Consume Tolerance 耗气量 2 terrific adj. 极好的；极其的，非常的；可怕的eg:What a terrific idea! 多好的主意啊！ 短语 terrific vingue 大贱卖 ; 大 Terrific Impression 恐怖印象 Terrific Ability 有着可怕能力 Quite Terrific 相当棒 Terrific Pig 不起猪 Terrific price 优惠价格 terrific alue 大 2 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/f1d4ec190422192e453610661ed9ad51f11d5450.html