胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇154

154 an interesting career

As a child in rural England, Jim Brown was very much interested in Greek mythology¹. Sitting up late at night, he would garble² up a Maria of the ancient Greek’s mythical³ tales. Mind you when he was not reading, Jim was usually up to some naughty childhood prank⁴ or other. He spent a great deal of time outdoors. And his life’s ambition was to become a Greek naturalist⁵. He was fascinated with mushrooms in particular. As it happened, he was living near Shorewood forest at the time. And it was easy for him to enjoy his hobby. One particular interest of his were any mutations that might appear. Life took its course and after school, Jim was drafted as a navel cadet. All that drill and exercises helped him grow into a strong and muscular young man. The key attraction is on any dance floor during shore leave. On leaving the navy, Jim decided⁶ to immigrate⁷ to the United States. Soon after he took American nationality. Gone were his naturalistic bent⁸ and his naive⁹ pursuit of myth, but unlike so many others, he never pursued a career full of naked ambition. One guide in principle he believed in was that his mutual¹⁰ benefit, even though he got involved in a merrier business. His investment in natural gas exploration turned out to be highly profitable. As he was an extremely generous and munificent¹¹ man, he used to proportion the money he had made to donate a magnificent muro by a famous sculptor¹² to the municipal offices of center Rosa, his chosen home town.

1 mythology   

n.神话，神话学，神话集

参考例句：

• In Greek mythology,Zeus was the ruler of Gods and men.在希腊神话中，宙斯是众神和人类的统治者。
• He is the hero of Greek mythology.他是希腊民间传说中的英雄。

2 garble   

v.曲解，窜改

参考例句：

• You garble my words from their real meaning.你曲解了我的话的真实含义。
• We must take this report as a whole and not garble any part of it.对这篇报告要全面理解，不能断章取义。

3 mythical   

adj.神话的；虚构的；想像的

参考例句：

• Undeniably,he is a man of mythical status.不可否认，他是一个神话般的人物。
• Their wealth is merely mythical.他们的财富完全是虚构的。

4 prank   

n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己

参考例句：

• It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
• The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。

5 naturalist   

n.博物学家(尤指直接观察动植物者)

参考例句：

• He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.他从事印刷业，同时是个博物学爱好者。
• The naturalist told us many stories about birds.博物学家给我们讲述了许多有关鸟儿的故事。

6 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。

7 immigrate   

v.（从外国）移来，移居入境

参考例句：

• 10,000 people are expected to immigrate in the next two years.接下来的两年里预计有10，000人会移民至此。
• Only few plants can immigrate to the island.只有很少的植物能够移植到这座岛上。

8 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

9 naive   

adj.幼稚的，轻信的；天真的

参考例句：

• It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.相信他会言行一致，你未免太单纯了。
• Don't be naive.The matter is not so simple.你别傻乎乎的。事情没有那么简单。

10 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

11 munificent   

adj.慷慨的，大方的

参考例句：

• I am so happy to get munificent birthday presents from my friends.我很高兴跟我朋友收到大量的生日礼物。
• The old man's munificent donation to the hospital was highly appreciated.老人对医院慷慨的捐赠赢得了高度赞扬。

12 sculptor   

n.雕刻家，雕刻家

参考例句：

• A sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。
• The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。