最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit9-Part4

[00:00.00]One Saturday evening a gang
[00:03.82]of kids piled into a taxi,
[00:06.01]heading off for
[00:07.43]a barbecue on the beach.
[00:09.18]Some of the girls decided¹
[00:11.47]to walk along the beach.
[00:13.00]Megan joined them, lagging slightly behind.
[00:17.05]She knew she ought to
[00:19.90]hurry to catch up
[00:21.10]but the moist sand
[00:22.52]felt good under her feet.
[00:24.49]Water lapped at her toes;
[00:26.46]the tide was coming in.
[00:28.54]The violet light of dusk
[00:30.84]began to darken the sky.
[00:33.35]In the growing darkness
[00:36.30]a van pulled alongside her,
[00:38.83]stopping with a squeal² of brakes.
[00:41.12]Before she knew what was happening
[00:45.17]two masked men leapt out
[00:47.35]of the car and
[00:48.89]began to chase her,
[00:50.31]grabbing her and finally
[00:52.06]throwing her to the ground.
[00:53.92]The gross attack that followed
[00:56.76]was brutal³ and unexplainable.
[00:59.72]Initially Megan tried to
[01:02.12]fight off her attackers
[01:03.66]by clawing at their
[01:05.19]faces with her nails.
[01:07.16]Using a coil of rope
[01:09.57]to bind⁴ her hands,
[01:11.21]the men were free to proceed.
[01:13.17]First a fist broke her
[01:16.24]upper jaw⁵ leaving her unconscious.
[01:18.65]Then the hoodlums used
[01:20.89]a metal rod to crush
[01:22.97]Megan’s skull⁶ and finally
[01:25.27]a knife blade penetrated⁷
[01:27.46]her neck piercing an artery⁸.
[01:29.75]After the crude act
[01:32.92]was completed her body was
[01:35.23]bundled into the back
[01:36.75]of a cab and discarded
[01:38.73]in a ditch in an isolated⁹ district
[01:40.69]far from the beach.
[01:43.43]Realizing that Megan had disappeared,
[01:46.72]her friends dialed an emergency number,
[01:50.43]notifying the authorities of the situation.
[01:53.17]Once Megan’s body was discovered,
[01:56.67]a warrant was issued
[01:58.42]for the immediate¹⁰ arrest
[02:00.17]of the two wanted men.
[02:02.46]Megan’s parents were
[02:04.32]notified by the embassy.
[02:06.95]They in turn retained legal counsel
[02:10.13]and an intense inquiry 
[02:12.42]began into the case.
[02:15.05]Those officials with an intimate knowledge
[02:18.77]of the island felt that
[02:20.52]the mugging was a case
[02:21.72]of mistaken identification and
[02:23.69]a complete misunderstanding, a misguided outlet¹¹
[02:28.18]for mounting frustrations on the island

1 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。

2 squeal   

v.发出长而尖的声音；n.长而尖的声音

参考例句：

• The children gave a squeal of fright.孩子们发出惊吓的尖叫声。
• There was a squeal of brakes as the car suddenly stopped.小汽车突然停下来时，车闸发出尖叫声。

3 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

4 bind   

vt.捆，包扎；装订；约束；使凝固；vi.变硬

参考例句：

• I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
• He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。

5 jaw   

n.颚，颌，说教，流言蜚语；v.喋喋不休，教训

参考例句：

• He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
• A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。

6 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

7 penetrated   

adj. 击穿的，鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The knife had penetrated his chest. 刀子刺入了他的胸膛。
• They penetrated into territory where no man had ever gone before. 他们已进入先前没人去过的地区。

8 artery   

n.干线，要道；动脉

参考例句：

• We couldn't feel the changes in the blood pressure within the artery.我们无法感觉到动脉血管内血压的变化。
• The aorta is the largest artery in the body.主动脉是人体中的最大动脉。

9 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

10 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

11 outlet   

n.出口/路；销路；批发商店；通风口；发泄

参考例句：

• The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
• Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。