原版英语小短文 195. Dig for Rewards

      Stuart stood in line in the drugstore. The clerk said, "Next." She asked Stuart for his Rewards card. Stuart had been digging through his wallet looking for it. He finally found it. It was with seven other Rewards cards for seven other stores. Each card was about one-fourth the size of a credit¹ card. Every time he shopped, he had to dig out all the cards to find the one he was looking for. Dig, dig, dig. He was tired of digging. There must be a solution. When he got home, he dug all the little cards out of his wallet. He Scotch-taped them together. He left a small gap² between the fourth and fifth cards so he could fold the whole strip³ over on itself. What a simple solution. He was a genius! He put the strip of cards into his wallet. He couldn't wait to go shopping again.

1 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

2 gap   

n.缺口；间隔；差距；不足，缺陷

参考例句：

• We must see that there is no gap in our defence.我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。
• There is a gap of five miles between towns.镇与镇之间相隔五英里。

3 strip   

n.长条，条状；连环漫画；n.脱衣舞；vt.脱衣，剥夺；挤干(牛奶)；vt.拆卸；去除(烟叶的茎)；vi.脱衣，表演脱衣舞；剥落

参考例句：

• I need one more strip of cloth to finish this decoration.我还要一根布条来完成这个装饰品。
• We had to strip the old paint from the doors.我们只好把门上的旧漆刮掉。