Wasted Sweets

时间：2007-12-12 06:05:32

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  A CANDIDATE canvassing1 his district met a Nurse wheeling a Baby in
a carriage, and, stooping, imprinted2 a kiss upon the Baby's clammy
muzzle3.  Rising, he saw a Man, who laughed.

  "Why do you laugh?" asked the Candidate.

  "Because," replied the Man, "the Baby belongs to the Orphan4
Asylum5."

  "But the Nurse," said the Candidate - "the Nurse will surely relate
the touching6 incident wherever she goes, and perhaps write to her
former master."

  "The Nurse," said the Man who had laughed, "is an inmate7 of the
Institution for the Illiterate-Deaf-and-Dumb."

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1 canvassing 076342fa33f5615c22c469e5fe038959     
v.（在政治方面）游说( canvass的现在分词 )；调查（如选举前选民的）意见；为讨论而提出（意见等）；详细检查
参考例句：
  • He spent the whole month canvassing for votes. 他花了整整一个月四处游说拉选票。
  • I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party. 我在为保守党拉选票。 来自辞典例句
2 imprinted 067f03da98bfd0173442a811075369a0     
v.盖印（imprint的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • The terrible scenes were indelibly imprinted on his mind. 那些恐怖场面深深地铭刻在他的心中。
  • The scene was imprinted on my mind. 那个场面铭刻在我的心中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 muzzle i11yN     
n.鼻口部；口套；枪(炮)口；vt.使缄默
参考例句：
  • He placed the muzzle of the pistol between his teeth.他把手枪的枪口放在牙齿中间。
  • The President wanted to muzzle the press.总统企图遏制新闻自由。
4 orphan QJExg     
n.孤儿；adj.无父母的
参考例句：
  • He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。
  • The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。
5 asylum DobyD     
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
参考例句：
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
6 touching sg6zQ9     
adj.动人的，使人感伤的
参考例句：
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
7 inmate l4cyN     
n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人
参考例句：
  • I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
  • The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。

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