最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit1-Part3

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[00:00.00]The next day,

[00:02.07]as the morning wore on,

[00:03.93]Lesley became more and more agitated¹,

[00:07.10]and her mood became apprehensive²,

[00:09.62]when Jeff did not appear.

[00:11.26]When noon hour arrived

[00:14.32]and he still had not appeared,

[00:16.19]she started making some phone calls.

[00:19.14]None of their mutual³ friends

[00:22.20]had either seen or talked

[00:24.17]with Jeff that day. Until today,

[00:27.89]Jeff had always been very punctual

[00:30.51]about returning the boy

[00:32.15]at the appointed time.

[00:35.10]Lesley  felt a knot

[00:36.85]forming in her stomach

[00:38.27]as a crazy thought persisted

[00:39.92]at the back of her mind.

[00:42.00]She was absolutely sure

[00:44.51]something was wrong.

[00:46.15]Jeff sat with his head bowed.

[00:50.09]He was undecided what to do.

[00:53.48]The domestic arrangement with his former

[00:56.77]wife was proving to be awkward.

[00:58.96]He was frustrated⁴ at being

[01:01.69]able to see his  son

[01:03.33]only on weekends and felt

[01:05.52]he was always making concessions⁵

[01:07.93]to accommodate Lesley’s work schedule.

[01:10.55]Every meeting was turning

[01:13.95]into a competition for the boy’s affection.

[01:16.90]His one desire was

[01:19.09]to take Zac away for good.

[01:21.06]The enormous decision to undertake

[01:24.77]this plan appeared to be presenting itself.

[01:27.40]Today he would depart

[01:29.81]for a conference in California.

[01:32.33]This appeared to be a marvelous opportunity

[01:36.04]to take the boy and leave the country

[01:38.34]for good.  He bet that

[01:41.19]he could pack sufficient baggage

[01:42.72]into his vehicle and

[01:44.36]then disappear across the border,

[01:46.22]gaining entry the U.S.A.

[01:49.61]He gave little thought to

[01:53.55]whatsoever of the fact that

[01:55.74]this act could lead to his conviction

[01:58.14]if he was tracked down by the cops.

[02:01.43]Meanwhile, for Lesley

[02:04.60]the nightmare continued to unfold

[02:07.23]as the reality of the situation deepened.

[02:10.28]After 48 hours, the spokesman

[02:14.22]for the district policedepartment assured her

[02:17.40]they would investigate Zac’s disappearance⁶.

[02:20.57]Her faith that

[02:22.87]justice would be realized was faint.

[02:25.16]The shock of the past two days’ events

[02:28.67]made her realize that

[02:30.31]possibly her son would become

[02:32.39]One more statistic⁷ in the missing children file.

[02:36.33]The police completed a preliminary survey

[02:39.61]after asking hundreds of detailed⁸ questions.

[02:43.55]Hot lines proved fruitless.

1 agitated   

adj.被鼓动的，不安的

参考例句：

• His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
• She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。

2 apprehensive   

adj.担心的，恐惧的，善于领会的

参考例句：

• She was deeply apprehensive about her future.她对未来感到非常担心。
• He was rather apprehensive of failure.他相当害怕失败。

3 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。

4 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 concessions   

n.（尤指由政府或雇主给予的）特许权( concession的名词复数 )；承认；减价；（在某地的）特许经营权

参考例句：

• The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
• The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

6 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

7 statistic   

n.统计量；adj.统计的，统计学的

参考例句：

• Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
• There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.关于阵亡人数没有可靠的统计数字。

8 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。