胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇111

Habitat harmony

栖息地的融洽

Habitat n.（动、植物的）产地，栖息地

Haggle¹ v.争论，讨价还价

Hail n.冰雹 vt.致敬，向…欢呼

Hallmark n.标志，特征

Hallucination n.幻觉 ，幻想

Halt vt./n. （使）停止

Hamburger n.汉堡包

Hamper² vt.妨碍，使困难

Handful n.少数，一把

Handicap n.残疾 vt.严重妨碍

Handy adj.便利的，容易取得的，有用的

Haphazard³ adj.偶然的，随便的

Harass⁴ v.侵优，骚扰

Harbinger n.先驱，先兆

Harbor n.1.海港 2.避难所

Hardware n.五金制品

Hardy⁵ adj.能吃苦耐劳的，强壮的，耐寒的

Harmonic adj.和声的

Harmonious⁶ adj.和谐的

Harmonize v.（使）协调，（使）和谐

Harmony n.协调，融洽

Harness vt.利用（河流，瀑布等）产生动力 n.（全套）马具

Harsh adj.1粗糙的，刺耳的，刻薄的， 2严厉的，严酷的，恶劣的

Harvest v.收获，收割

Haste n.匆忙，急忙，草率。

After hailing a taxi in great haste, I went to my favorite hamburger place. I only wanted to have a quick bite, before going home to face the mountain of work lying around the apartment in a haphazard way . my girlfriend nancy was coming home later, so I picked up a hamburger for her as well.

Nancy had asked I stop at the hardware store on my way home to pick up some odds⁷ and ends including a handful of screws to hand the paintings. While there I remembered the special glue would come in handy in fixing my broken shelf and stool. Though we’ve been together for 3 months. We were hampered⁸ in getting settled, due to our work.

Nancy was already home when I arrived. After opening the bag from the hardware store, she instantly became angry and started to say some very harsh words to me. It seems I had forgotten an important item she had wanted me to get. I can’t blame her for being annoyed, but still, I didn’t think I deserved such harassing⁹ from her. I decided¹⁰ this was not a good harbinger of the future for us. Nancy has a childhood handicap, which gives her a hardy spirit, but also makes her overly sensitive in many situations.

There was no safe harbor in our small, cramped¹¹ apartment, stilll, I really was in no mood to continue to haggle with her. It seemed she had harnessed her pent-up frustrations¹² and energies of the past 3months to hurl¹³ angry words at me. I wondered how I could harmonize our moods and feelings for each other. All I wanted was to harvest a harmonic relationship with her.

I tried to bring harmony to the situation, and halt the argument, but, all was in vain, as my efforts were hampered by nancy’s temper, which is her hallmark, and by her sour mood, it seemed a harmonious relationship was more distant than ever. Perhaps a peaceful habitat with nancy was only a hallucination. After all.

匆匆忙忙招呼了一辆出租车，我到了最喜欢的吃汉堡包的地方。我只想迅速咬两口，然后回家面对随意堆在家里的堆积成山的工作。我的女友南茜要稍晚一点回家，所以我也给她带了一个汉堡包。

南茜让我在回家的路上到五金制品店里买一些零星的杂物，包括一把挂画用的螺丝钉。在店里的时候，我想起特殊的胶水对修理破架子和破凳子迟早有用。尽管我们已经在一起三个月了。但因为工作的缘故，想安顿好一个家，简直困难重重。

我到家的时候南茜已经在家了。她打开从五金制品店带回来的袋子后，马上生气了，开始对我说一些刻薄的话。好像我忘了一样她让我买的很重要的东西。我不怪她发火，但是，我觉得她不能这样骚拢我。我认为这不是我俩未来的好征兆。南茜自小有残疾，这养成她吃苦耐劳的精神，但也使她在很多情况下过分敏感。

在我们侠小局促的家里没有安全的避难所。可是，我真的不想和她继续争论下去。她好像利用过去三个月郁积的不满和能量在对我发牢骚。我想知道我如何能协调我们彼此之间的情绪及感情。我想要的就是获得两人之间如和声般的融洽关系。

我试图使局面融洽，争论停止。但是，一切都是徒劳，我的努力受到了南茜的脾气（这是她的特征）和坏心情的阻挠，和谐的关系似乎比以往任何时候都遥远了。也许和南茜共享一个和平的栖息地归根结底不过是幻想而已。

1 haggle   

vi.讨价还价，争论不休

参考例句：

• In many countries you have to haggle before you buy anything.在许多国家里买东西之前都得讨价还价。
• If you haggle over the price,they might give you discount.你讲讲价，他们可能会把价钱降低。

2 hamper   

vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子

参考例句：

• There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
• The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。

3 haphazard   

adj.无计划的，随意的，杂乱无章的

参考例句：

• The town grew in a haphazard way.这城镇无计划地随意发展。
• He regrerted his haphazard remarks.他悔不该随口说出那些评论话。

4 harass   

vt.使烦恼，折磨，骚扰

参考例句：

• Our mission is to harass the landing of the main Japaness expeditionary force.我们的任务是骚乱日本远征军主力的登陆。
• They received the order to harass the enemy's rear.他们接到骚扰敌人后方的命令。

5 hardy   

adj.勇敢的，果断的，吃苦的；耐寒的

参考例句：

• The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
• He is a hardy person.他是一个能吃苦耐劳的人。

6 harmonious   

adj.和睦的，调和的，和谐的，协调的

参考例句：

• Their harmonious relationship resulted in part from their similar goals.他们关系融洽的部分原因是他们有着相似的目标。
• The room was painted in harmonious colors.房间油漆得色彩调和。

7 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

8 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

9 harassing   

v.侵扰，骚扰( harass的现在分词 )；不断攻击（敌人）

参考例句：

• The court ordered him to stop harassing his ex-wife. 法庭命令他不得再骚扰前妻。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was too close to be merely harassing fire. 打得这么近，不能完全是扰乱射击。 来自辞典例句

10 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

11 cramped   

a.狭窄的

参考例句：

• The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
• working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作

12 frustrations   

挫折( frustration的名词复数 )； 失败； 挫败； 失意

参考例句：

• The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
• Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。

13 hurl   

vt.猛投，力掷，声叫骂

参考例句：

• The best cure for unhappiness is to hurl yourself into your work.医治愁苦的最好办法就是全身心地投入工作。
• To hurl abuse is no way to fight.谩骂决不是战斗。