08年5.22第一期托福英语学习：托福词汇1

　　大家好！从今天开始，我将与大家一起学习《胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇》，这本书共有236讲，每讲涉及的托福词汇大约有20个左右，再加上文章里涉及到的一些其他词汇，因此整本书的总体词汇量将高达到8000以上。我很高兴能够跟大家一起来享受这个学习过程，一起进步，希望这本书能够给准备考托福的朋友带来帮助，今天我们来学习第一讲。

　　Lesson 1 Having Faith

　　Words:
　　abandon vt. 抛弃，放弃; n. 放纵，沉溺于

　　abash vt. 使羞愧

　　abate v. (数量、程度等）减少，减轻，缓解

　　abbreviate vt. 缩短；缩写

　　abbreviation n. 缩写，缩写词

　　abdicate v. 让位，辞职；放弃（权利或责任）

　　abduct vt. 绑架，拐走

　　abet vt. 帮助；教唆，唆使；煽动，怂恿

　　abide vi. 遵守；vt. 忍受

　　abiding adj. 持久的

　　abolish vt. 废除，取消

　　abolition n. 废除，革除

　　aboriginal adj. 土著的；原来的；土著居民的

　　abort n. 中止计划（任务）

　　abortive adj. 失败的，无结果的

　　abound vi. 充满；富于

　　abrasion n. 表面磨损

　　abrasive adj. 研磨的

　　abridge v. 缩短，删节

　　abrupt adj. 突然的，意外的
　　You can call me A. J., which is an abbreviation of my full name, Alexander Justice. I like to abbreviate my name because it's easier for people to remember. I work for a museum that collects aboriginal artifacts.

　　I would like to tell you why I have an abidding faith in the legal system. The story you're about to read has been abridged to reduced its length.

　　I used to live in an area where criminals abounded and where the legal system seemed powerless. One day, my daughter was abducted. Although I abided by the kidnapper's monetary demands, they refuse to release her. I had no choice but put my faith in the legal authorities. The police responded immediately and searched the area. Despite their lack of success, they refused to abandon their search or to call an abort to their mission. They knew that any abortive action would surely result in my daughter's death.

　　The investigation eventually led the police to conduct an abrupt search at the home of a local office who was abashed when he learned of the search. My daughter was found in his basement. She had abrasions to her wrists where the abrasive rope had scraped her. The official was arrested along with his bodyguard who abetted him in the kidnapping.

　　The office was forced to abdicate his position and was sent to prison for life. The judge told him that he was lucky that the capital punishment had been abolished and that it was only due to this abolition that he would not be executed. The swift apprehension and strict punishment fo these criminals help to abate my lack of faith in the legal system. These days, I truly believe in "justice", and it's not because of my name!

　　你可以叫我A.J, 这是我的全名Alexander Justice的缩写。我喜欢缩写我的名字，因为这样人们更容易记住。我在一家收藏土著手工艺品的博物馆工作。

　　我要告诉你为什么我会始终不渝的信任法制。下面你将读到的故事已经被删减，以免冗长。

　　我曾经住在一个罪

责任编辑:joyyy

 

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