胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇159

　　LESSON 159
GETTING AWAY FROM OCTOPUS¹ FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER
“I never used to mind the occasional bit of octopus, as you know, we had those wonderful dinners at Anemos in Charlotte Street in London, you remember? But here in Greece, they seem to be occupy every bit of the beach front, I get the impression, and the odor of the friend stuff is almost omnipresent. I can tell you offhand² that I find that quite offensive. Now, my darling, tomorrow let’s hire a boat and have our lunch offshore³, what do you think?”
“What about our offspring? The kids, I mean,” Robin⁴ enquired⁵.
“Ah, they don’t care about us, anyway,” Laura replied in an offhand way. “It’s my olfactory⁶ sense that I’m worried about. I need an odorless lunch experience, I’ve made up my mind, and the odds⁷ of getting one onshore aren’t good at all, so let’s just get away!”
“That’s odd,” Robin mused⁸. “I don’t mind the smell at all. But perhaps it has something to do with my occupation of working at the Billingsgate fish market. Still, it does occur to me there, there was an odd occurrence like the before, wasn’t there? When we were in Spain, a few years ago. We were the occupants of a beachfront hut, all alone, it was out of season. I had an ominous⁹ feeling that you might not like the experience, not least because of the fishy¹⁰ odor everywhere. I was right, but now we’ve made the same mistake again. Oh dear, what can we do! I wish I was omnipotent¹¹ and able to whisk us all out of here to some tropical paradise that smells of nothing but honeydew!”
WORDS:
occasional adj.偶然的
occupy v.居住，占用，占据
occupant n.居住着，占有者
occur v.发生
occurrence n.事情，发生
octopus n.章鱼
odd adj.奇异的
odds n.可能的机会，成败的可能性
odor n.气味
odorless adj.无臭的，没有气味的
offensive adj.讨厌的，冒进的，进攻的
offhand adj.临时的，无准备的；随便的，马虎的； adv.未加思索地，不经考虑地
offshore adj.近海的，沿岸的
offspring adj.子孙，后代
olfactory adj.嗅觉的
ominous adj.不详的，险恶的
omnipotent adj.全能的，万能的
omnipresent adj.无所不在的，普遍存在的

1 octopus   

n.章鱼

参考例句：

• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
• One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。

2 offhand   

adj.临时，无准备的；随便，马虎的

参考例句：

• I can't answer your request offhand.我不能随便答复你的要求。
• I wouldn't want to say what I thought about it offhand.我不愿意随便说我关于这事的想法。

3 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

4 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

5 enquired   

打听( enquire的过去式和过去分词 )； 询问； 问问题； 查问

参考例句：

• He enquired for the book in a bookstore. 他在书店查询那本书。
• Fauchery jestingly enquired whether the Minister was coming too. 浮式瑞嘲笑着问部长是否也会来。

6 olfactory   

adj.嗅觉的

参考例句：

• He is to develop a sensor to substitute for the olfactory abilities of dogs.克罗克将研制一种传感器用以代替狗的嗅觉功能。
• Based on these findings, Keller suspects that each person has an olfactory blind spot.根据这些发现，凯勒推断，每个人都有一个嗅觉盲区。

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 mused   

v.沉思，冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 )；沉思自语说（某事）

参考例句：

• \"I wonder if I shall ever see them again, \"he mused. “我不知道是否还可以再见到他们，”他沉思自问。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• \"Where are we going from here?\" mused one of Rutherford's guests. 卢瑟福的一位客人忍不住说道：‘我们这是在干什么？” 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

9 ominous   

adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的

参考例句：

• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

10 fishy   

adj. 值得怀疑的

参考例句：

• It all sounds very fishy to me.所有这些在我听起来都很可疑。
• There was definitely something fishy going on.肯定当时有可疑的事情在进行中。

11 omnipotent   

adj.全能的，万能的

参考例句：

• When we are omnipotent we shall have no more need of science.我们达到万能以后就不需要科学了。
• Money is not omnipotent,but we can't survive without money.金钱不是万能的，但是没有金钱我们却无法生存。