12."Extra?Extra!Gasoline hits four dollars a gallon!" No one will really be shocked一except,perhaps,the old-timers who tell about the good old days when gas was three gallons for a dollar,and people drove around"just for the fun of it". As a matter of fact; the price of gas has ...
But just as we have stopped commuting by horse, or have replaced a coal fireplace with central heating, it’s time to move gas out of our kitchens.(改变我们生活的基本原则是很难的。但是,就像我们不再骑马上下班,或者用中央供暖取代了煤壁炉一样,是时候把燃气从我们的厨房里移走了)”可知,作者...
aTodd was working at his gas station 加油站at night when he heard over the radio that a bank in Long Island had been broken into by an armed man who had killed the night guard and got away with $ 150,000. “One hundred and fifty thousand,” Todd whistled. Here's a fellow 同伙who...
I was waiting in line at the gas bar when two small white cars drove in out of nowhere and 1 right in front of me. I wish I could calmly 2 this new situation, but I can’t. I was overcome with anger. I got my tank filled up and drove 3 to a snack bar to grab a burger....
翻译如下：那是一个寒冷的冬夜，我下班回家的路上停下来加油。我很累，有轻微的36。我在一个37岁的医生办公室工作，这是那些意外发生的日子之一，使时间表比平时运行38。看起来我回家要迟到了，而我的丈夫，作为40岁的人，准备再次宣布我迟到。也许我很匆忙，但我还是能回家。我正要去42号房加油，...
A man who died in an accident – buried in a Pennsylvania cemetery –“Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake, Stepped on the gas instead of the brake.” In Silver City, Nevada –“Here lies Butch, We planted him raw, He was quick on the trigger, But slow on the draw.” ...
“Debt is a difficult subject for many families, especially young families just out of school. With inflation at an all-time high since the early 1980s, and increased gas prices, we all are potentially racking up some additional debt,” Hendrickson says. ...
It was a hot summer day and I had just pulled into the gas station to fill up my car.After filling it up,I started to walk inside to pay.That is when I noticed them.Two elderly women were standing back from their car.There was shock and fear on their fa...
Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was