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 decided 

[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 squeal¹ 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 brutal² 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 bind³ her hands, 

[01:11.21]the men were free to proceed. 

[01:13.17]First a fist broke her 

[01:16.24]upper jaw⁴ leaving her unconscious. 

[01:18.65]Then the hoodlums used 

[01:20.89]a metal rod to crush 

[01:22.97]Megan’s skull⁵ and finally 

[01:25.27]a knife blade penetrated 

[01:27.46]her neck piercing an artery⁶. 

[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 isolated⁷ 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 immediate⁸ 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 inquiry⁹  

[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 outlet 

[02:28.18]for mounting frustrations¹⁰ on the island.

1 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。

2 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。

3 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。

4 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。

5 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。

6 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。

7 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。

8 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。

9 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

10 frustrations   

挫折( frustration的名词复数 )； 失败； 挫败； 失意

参考例句：

• The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
• Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。