胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇154（在线收听）

154 an interesting career

As a child in rural England, Jim Brown was very much interested in Greek mythology. Sitting up late at night, he would garble up a Maria of the ancient Greek’s mythical tales. Mind you when he was not reading, Jim was usually up to some naughty childhood prank or other. He spent a great deal of time outdoors. And his life’s ambition was to become a Greek naturalist. 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 decided to immigrate to the United States. Soon after he took American nationality. Gone were his naturalistic bent and his naive 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 mutual 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 munificent man, he used to proportion the money he had made to donate a magnificent muro by a famous sculptor to the municipal offices of center Rosa, his chosen home town.