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ctivate ,使開(kāi)始起作用Acmodating a PregnancyXiaomin never thought abortion was a big he became acquainted with American politics , however , he realized you have to work hard to keep abreast of changing values to truly understand how absurdly controversial this issue has found out from his American friends that opinions are in abundance of how to teach people to be accountable for their actions, how to make people abide by Family Planning laws, and even how to teach people just to abstain from significance of this issue became abruptly clear when Xiaomin39。s best friend, Jeff, got his girlfriend was an acclaimed graduate student who was living an abnormal life from other Americans just by attending a Chinese university to get his .( an abbreviation for Doctor of Philosophy, the highest degree available in a university).Jeff was also an ace soccer player and acoustic guitar was also alway an abundance of women around is how he met Sarah became pregnant with Jeff, his friends suddenly treated him as if he was an accessory to also felt as if he needed to be acquitted of some he decided in the end that he and his acplice, Sarah, would keep the to Jeff and Sarah, the life of their child was more important than their was the child would abolish any chance of a successful career for in Xiaomin39。 abounded in Jeff and Sarah were leaving school and returning to the United would do everying they could to acmodate themselves to their new 小民從來(lái)沒(méi)想過(guò)流產(chǎn)是個(gè)大事。他從美國(guó)朋友身上發(fā)現(xiàn)人們對(duì)許多問(wèn)題的看法是很豐富的,如怎樣教人們對(duì)自己的行為負(fù)責(zé)、如何使人們遵守計(jì)劃生育的法律規(guī)定、甚至如何教人們節(jié)制性生活。杰夫是位頗受贊揚(yáng)的研究生,他的生活和其他美國(guó)人相比是有些反常,因?yàn)樗谝凰袊?guó)大學(xué)里讀博士學(xué)位( of Philosorhy的縮寫(xiě),是大學(xué)里能夠獲得的最高學(xué)位)。杰夫使薩拉懷孕后,他的朋友突然把他當(dāng)作是謀殺同謀。杰夫和薩拉認(rèn)為,孩子的生命比他們的事業(yè)更重要。在小民看來(lái),你只要去一趟醫(yī)生那里,整個(gè)流產(chǎn)過(guò)程就會(huì)啟動(dòng),盡管可能要排隊(duì),三個(gè)人并列而行。生活充滿(mǎn)了出人意料的事情。讀故事記單詞第二篇WORDaffluent ,富足的aftermath ,余波aggravate ,使惱火aggregate ,合計(jì) ,合計(jì) ,合計(jì) ,使積聚in the aggregate 總共,作為總體agitate vi.(for,against)煽動(dòng),鼓動(dòng) ,搖動(dòng) agony n.(極度的)痛苦,創(chuàng)痛agreeable ,愜意的 2.(欣然)同意的,樂(lè)意的aide ,副官ailment ,疾病airconditioning ,空調(diào)系統(tǒng)aisle [ail] ,通道album ,集郵簿,像冊(cè)alcoholic ,含酒精的 alien ,外國(guó)人的 ,不相容的 ,外僑 alienate ,使不友好,離間 ,讓渡(財(cái)產(chǎn)等)allege ,宣稱(chēng),硬說(shuō)alleviate ,緩解,緩和alley ,胡同allot ,撥出alloy ??鑄成合金allude vi.(to)暗指,影射,提及A Hungry AlienWhen an alcoholic man dressed in dirty clothes and stinking of beer first alleged that an alien had landed in an alley behind a restaurant frequented by the affluent,no one listened to from the aftermath filled 10 photo the begining,as he rushed down the center aisle of the pleasantly airconditioned room,the alcoholic wasn39。事后的照片裝滿(mǎn)了10個(gè)影集。大家好象只在看他的樣子,沒(méi)有注意聽(tīng)他在說(shuō)什么。由于激怒了那么多的有錢(qián)人,他清楚他不得不痛苦地離開(kāi)那里。當(dāng)大家明白酗酒者提到的外星人確實(shí)存在而且總體上是由一種不知名的、普通子彈打不穿的合金構(gòu)成的時(shí)候,他們尖叫著四處亂跑,竟沒(méi)有留出一條出路,結(jié)果誰(shuí)也沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)逃出去。他們的感覺(jué)是對(duì)的,因?yàn)槿魏瓮鈦?lái)的援助都沒(méi)能阻止外星人吃掉酒店里的每一個(gè)人。他靜靜地站著,緊緊地抱著槍?zhuān)戎话l(fā)現(xiàn),這時(shí)無(wú)政府主義者知道,第二天將有足夠的報(bào)紙分析家撰寫(xiě)的軼事修改他的訃告。當(dāng)這些想法在他的腦海里閃現(xiàn),然而這時(shí)突然出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)天使。天使的聲音具有誘惑力和威懾力,這更增加了他的恐懼?!庇捎跊](méi)有任何類(lèi)比可以幫他知道該說(shuō)什么,也沒(méi)有任何參考供他優(yōu)秀的分析能力進(jìn)行思考,這名無(wú)政府主義者只能靜靜地跪著,腦子一片空白。但是記住,上帝在看著你。他不知道如何用類(lèi)推的方法描述這次經(jīng)歷,但是他很高興能有第二次機(jī)會(huì)。s included the boys39。s progress,the activist was really happy that he had been able to make a difference in someone39。實(shí)際上,發(fā)現(xiàn)他的敵人有這樣的個(gè)人問(wèn)題,他還感到很高興。很顯然,當(dāng)這位反戰(zhàn)積極分子看到艦隊(duì)司令對(duì)兒子是如何喜愛(ài)時(shí),艦隊(duì)司令成了一個(gè)可愛(ài)的人。這位反戰(zhàn)積極分子能夠用審美上的變化提供幫助,如用干凈的衣服打扮男孩,當(dāng)他的身體與醫(yī)療添加劑的副作用作斗爭(zhēng)的時(shí)候他會(huì)斷言它們會(huì)使他好起來(lái)。由于他的誠(chéng)心相助,這位反戰(zhàn)積極分子得到了他的下屬的注意。在艦隊(duì)司令使每周召開(kāi)的討論男孩病情的會(huì)議休會(huì)時(shí),這位積極分子為自己能使一個(gè)人的生活發(fā)生變化而感到由衷的高興。s tasted like they were all in none of them would ever be the same 一小群男孩悄悄地把槳放進(jìn)小船并走進(jìn)橡樹(shù)園,橡樹(shù)園通向一個(gè)偏僻的隱藏地點(diǎn),他們要在那里宣誓成為一個(gè)秘密組織的成員。他們的首領(lǐng)在一棵橄欖樹(shù)下面從他們面前走過(guò),橄欖樹(shù)把一個(gè)小洞的入口堵住了,一股奇怪的氣味直沖他們的鼻子。無(wú)論如何,這是他們都想加入的組織。儀式結(jié)束之后,男孩們被提醒他們現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)發(fā)誓要保持安靜,他們少數(shù)幾個(gè)新成員居住的地方很小。他們要做的最后一件事是喝下一種東西,那東西肯定沒(méi)有營(yíng)養(yǎng),喝起來(lái)像血,但現(xiàn)在他們都已經(jīng)入會(huì),他們誰(shuí)也不會(huì)跟以前一樣了。t first person we met as we wandered into town was a boy who told us outright that he had just bee an had nowhere else to go and he wanted to join our leader was outraged that such a small boy had recognized us so easily,but we kept walking into there we saw that the ordeal must have been ornaments on the buildings for the ing orthodox holiday season had been torn down,several were burnt from fire,and bodies were lying on the we went to get water the bucket was overflowing with didn39。t do anything the crowd turned ugly and ousted us from we rode away none of us could natural events overwhelm you,as your own mistakes never 出去的時(shí)間早就到了,我們作為亡命之徒在城外郊區(qū)已經(jīng)躲得太久。他們稱(chēng)之為“東方病”,可我們不在乎。我們的頭兒很憤慨,因?yàn)檫@樣一個(gè)小男孩居然這么容易就認(rèn)出了我們,但我們還是繼續(xù)往城里趕。建筑物上所有為即將到來(lái)的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日準(zhǔn)備的裝飾品都被扯了下來(lái),有些被火燒掉了,街上到處是尸體。作為逃跑中的歹徒我們很快迷失了方向,看到一大群人沖向我們,我們非常吃驚。當(dāng)我們回答說(shuō)我們幫不了忙時(shí),人群變得兇巴巴的并把我們從城里驅(qū)逐出來(lái)了。有時(shí)候,雖然你自己的錯(cuò)誤決不會(huì)制服你,第七篇WORDSanonymous ,不具名的 ,無(wú)個(gè)特征的antagonism ,敵對(duì),對(duì)立antenna ,觸須 anthropologist ,人類(lèi)學(xué)者antonym ape appal 見(jiàn)appallappall ,使大吃一驚apparatus ,器具,儀器 ,組織appease ,撫慰姑息appendix applaud ,喝彩 ??鼓掌,向??喝彩 ,贊許appraisal ,估量,評(píng)價(jià)apprehend ,拘押,領(lǐng)會(huì),理解apprentice ,徒弟apron (舞臺(tái)幕前的突出部分)? apt ,有(做某事的)傾向 ,適宜的 ,反應(yīng)敏捷的aptitude n.(學(xué)習(xí)方面的)才能,資質(zhì),天資arc (物)? ,弧光arch ,拱門(mén),拱形(結(jié)構(gòu))? v.(使)成拱形 ,淘氣的archaeology My Apprentice the ApeThe ape had stolen his research apparatus!But now the anthropologist was going to make hime pay!He had always thought his apprentice might be apt to make some stupid mistake that could cost hime dearly,but the apprentice39。s why they had started calling him “the ape”.The anthropologist wasn39。t help but applaud his aim when it punctured the ape39。她怎么竟會(huì)認(rèn)不出他?整個(gè)大學(xué)里沒(méi)有人比他更大更重——這便是他們開(kāi)始叫他“猿”的原因。他偷器械就是在這個(gè)時(shí)候!他老婆很快意識(shí)到她犯了個(gè)錯(cuò)誤。當(dāng)他呈弧形把車(chē)開(kāi)過(guò)來(lái)停在車(chē)道前面時(shí),他發(fā)現(xiàn)徒弟也看到了他,他明白猿在估量他的逃跑方案。天線(xiàn)刺到了徒弟的闌尾,他不禁拍手叫好!盡管人類(lèi)學(xué)家知道復(fù)仇的反義詞一般是寬恕,但他還是沒(méi)有走過(guò)去幫助現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)受傷的徒弟。例如英文的學(xué)習(xí)中單詞、短語(yǔ)和句子,甚至文章的內(nèi)容都是通過(guò)記憶完成的。有很多 人在學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的過(guò)程中,只注重了學(xué)習(xí)當(dāng)時(shí)的記憶效果,孰不知,要想做好學(xué)習(xí)的記憶工作,是要下一番工夫的,單純的注重當(dāng)時(shí)的記憶效果,而忽視了后期的保持和再認(rèn)同樣是達(dá)不到良好的效果的。人的記憶的能力從生理上講是十分驚人的,它可以存貯1015比特(byte,字節(jié))的信息,可是每個(gè)人的記憶寶庫(kù)被挖掘的只占10%,還有更多的記憶發(fā)揮空間。一、艾賓浩斯記憶規(guī)律曲線(xiàn)解釋德國(guó)有一位著名的心理學(xué)家名叫艾賓浩斯(Hermann Ebbinghaus,18501909),他在1885年發(fā)表了他的實(shí)驗(yàn)報(bào)告后,記憶研究就成了心理學(xué)中被研究最多的領(lǐng)域之一,而艾賓浩斯正是發(fā)現(xiàn)記憶遺忘規(guī)律的第一人。而我們平時(shí)的記憶的過(guò)程是這樣的:輸入的信息在經(jīng)過(guò)人的注意過(guò)程的學(xué)習(xí)后,便成為了人的短時(shí)的記憶,但是如果不經(jīng)過(guò)及時(shí)的復(fù)習(xí),這些記住過(guò)的東西就會(huì)遺忘,而經(jīng)過(guò)了及時(shí)的復(fù)習(xí),這些短時(shí)的記憶就會(huì)成為了人的一種長(zhǎng)時(shí)的記憶,從而在大腦中保持著很長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間。艾賓浩斯在做這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)的時(shí)候是拿自己作為測(cè)試對(duì)象的,他得出了一些關(guān)于記憶的結(jié)論。他經(jīng)過(guò)對(duì)自己的測(cè)試,得到了一些數(shù)據(jù)。這條曲線(xiàn)告訴人們?cè)趯W(xué)習(xí)中的遺忘是有規(guī)律的,遺忘的進(jìn)程不是均衡的,不是固定的一天丟掉幾個(gè),轉(zhuǎn)天又丟幾個(gè)的,而是在記憶的最初階段遺忘的速度很快,后來(lái)就逐漸減慢了,到了相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)的時(shí)候后,幾