疯狂英语易背作文 56.Returning Library Books

056. Returning Library Books

Meimei likes reading books. She often goes and borrows books from the school

library. Though she likes reading, she doesn’t take care of her books. She throws

them everywhere, on the table, on the ground, even under her bed. Her

roommates often remind her of this. But she turns defiant¹ of them. Not until

yesterday did her bad habit bring her a great trouble. It was the deadline for two

books. She looked everywhere but failed to find them. When her roommates came

back and learned² that, they began to help her look for the books in the room.

Twenty minutes past without any result. Meimei cried helplessly³. It was four thirty

and Meimei had to go to the library, for it closed at five. As soon as she told the

story to the librarian⁴ and asked for an extra day with tears, the librarian looked at

her with surprise and said，“what a careless girl! You returned them yesterday.

Don’t you remember? ”
 

1 defiant   

adj.无礼的，挑战的

参考例句：

• With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
• He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。

2 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

3 helplessly   

adv.无力地，无助地；无可奈何地；眼睁睁

参考例句：

• His abrupt change of subject left her floundering helplessly. 他突然改变话题，使她茫然不知所措。
• She watched helplessly as her husband was dragged away. 她眼睁睁地看着丈夫被拉走了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 librarian   

n.图书管理员；图书馆馆长

参考例句：

• His father is the librarian of our school library.他父亲是我们学校的图书馆馆长。
• The librarian entered a new book in the catalogue.图书管理员把一本新书编入目录。