1、鲤鱼网（）Willing is not enough; we must do. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.-polymathTOEFL词汇精选17天巧记经典生词短文大串联背诵法修正版内容介绍：共17篇短文，是在备考最后一次“旧托福”期间记忆单词的一点成果积累。主要参考书是张红岩的TOEFL词汇精选。共包含了1000多个核心词汇，并且在写作的时候根据金山词霸2005修正了语法错误。背诵方法：先背3个Unit，然后选出其中的生词写成一篇短文，再把短文背下来，效果很好。希望对各位有帮助！Unit One The Abduction An adage s
2、ays that adversity is transient. The following allegory is an example.Long, long ago there were two couples that had no children. They adopted a boy named Terry. They were affable to Terry and Terry adored them very much. They lived an amicable life and amassed affluent affections.One day two bad me
3、n came to the village. They found Terry and accosted him: “Are your parents at home?” “No, they went to drink in the tavern.” terry replied. “Good!” alleged one of them, “Ive heard of an anecdote saying that, theres a bulk of ablaze antique treasure hidden somewhere near the apex of the mountain. Do
4、 you wish to find it out with us?” Terry was a boy with agility. He was allured and acclaimed: “Wonderful! Ill affiliate you.”Consequently, Terrys parents did find him when they came back. “Maybe you have alienated Terry. He finds you acrimonious and left. ” The mother said in anguish. “I do not dou
5、bt his allegiance; He may have been abducted.” replied the father.Just then they received a mail with an annex amalgamated with the text. In the appendix there was an abridged letter: “Your son is in our hands. Weve abated his diet and annulled his sleep. We want $10,000 for absolving him. If you ar
6、e amenable to our advisable request, send the money to the allocated aperture of the sewer at the north of the village within two days; if you adjourn, youll never see him again!” the letter admonished without any annotation. The letter was not abstruse, but the abhorrent allusion drove them into ag
7、ony. Quickly they called the police.Several policemen were allotted to the case. They were adroit and adept in their job. Soon they rescued Terry and treated him with antiseptics. The couple felt abashed: “Thanks to the police, their affinity to spec ops amazed us. Well abstain drinking and accentua
8、te the agrarian work.”The criminal and his accomplice were accused for abduction but were acquitted although proof was against them, because the avaricious judge adopted their bribery.(April, 2th)Unit Two GreedThere were two archaic countries called Albania and Croatia long ago. Albania was arid and
9、 bleak while Croatia arable. The king of Albania was an autocrat with belligerent bent who begrudged Croatia and belittled her armament, and he decided to assail Croatia. Firstly, he sent an astute ambassador in bleached apparel to visit Croatia. The king of Croatia held a banquet and appointed him.
10、 He avowed: “We Croatians are bestowed by God the ardent aptitudes. We are ascetic as to have few assets and bequests. Were also assiduous and keep austerity.” “Sure,” the messenger beguiled, “Your people have begotten(原形beget) great attainments, and we want to barter with your country.” On hearing
11、that, the Albania king said: “Good, nobody can balk us.” And he basted Croatia with his army. They bereaved Croatias land and beset its capital. The Croatia king was astounded and berated: “You shit belied your avid aspire for our land and blemished justice!” All Croatian officials were befuddled an
12、d began to bicker with each other. Only one minister said: “Although situation is arduous, we shall not apprehend them. Ive appraised them and asserted that their ardor wont last long. Everything is auspicious and will get assuaged.” The Albania-forces general thought: “Our king is too bigoted. Ever
13、 since I passed his audition and became general, my allegiance has been basked in attrition. Ive awed him, but now filled with aversion. Ill kill him and retire. Im apt to study barometer.” So he aspersed: “Our king is avaricious and barbarous. We shouldnt bend to his arrogance.” Then he sent an ass
14、assin and assassinated the king. (April, 3th)Unit Three Prisoners of WarThousands of war prisoners were kept in captivity in the bulky camp. They lived in clutter and had to deal with chores. They must show categorical obedience or else receive caustic chiding. The guarding officers censure them ver
15、y often, as well as clamor carnal punishments. Some captives got bruise and clots all over. Male prisoners lost their collaterals and female ones failed to keep chaste. They wear burnished canvas, and rested in circumscribed room with small capacity and caliber. They chafe each other and brawled fre
16、quently. They were chary of moving and can hardly budge. Their situations captivated lots of reporters, who castigated the government with cogent proof. However, the government gave bombastic data and bragged about the conditions in the camps. After the calamity of war ceased, large numbers of capti
17、ves were longing for the boon of brisk and free life. According to a clandestine bond between the two canny governments, a process of exchanging captives will soon commence. This is considered as opening a cleft in the clogged wall between the two countries. (April, 4th)Unit Four Ladens EndAs Osama
18、Ben Laden(奥萨马-本-拉登)s forces failed contending with the Northern Confederate, he had to abandon the commodious capital city of Kabul and conceal his trail inside the contour of large mountains and caverns. His career comprises confidential conspiracy, conspicuous terrorist assaults, Islamic fundament
19、alist creed and contemptible crimes. But now, most of Laden s subordinates contemplated and become contrite, while castigating him with their conscience. Three months ago, some conciliatory connoisseurs of international affairs from UN came to Afghanistan(阿富汗) with cordial compassion to the catastro
20、phe occurring there, and consorted Laden. They deem it contingent to arrive at a congruity if Laden would concede. However, Laden was credulous in his counsels words that the constellation shows fortune to them. He was covetous and contemptuous of his enemy. Confounded by conceit, he craved for unit
21、ing the entire nation. Thus he contemned the UN commissions advice and convened his troops for counterstrike. Soon US corroborated that Laden was the person who contrived the new attack method of impacting skyscrapers with planes, and person who conspired the concerted serial assaults in New York. L
22、aden cowered and constricted his mouth. He controvert that he was consecrating some food with condiment to the God in order to confine the contagious disease in Afghanistan, and had no time to organize the attack. But US ignored his construing. They said that Ladens story was concocted and his crede
23、ntial was counterfeited. Then they confiscated it and attacked his troops with bombs that contaminated the whole country. Laden confided his congenial officer with composure: “They wont connive our terrorism, any more than condone us. We must consolidate the forces, equip them with the counterpart w
24、eapons of US armys, and put compulsive death to those infidels.” “Youre so composed! Lets conceive something optimistic.” The officer commended. (April, 5th) Unit Five Family betrayer Maria was a damsel in a noble family that had passed its culmination and fallen into decadence. She was little defec
25、tive, for he knew decorum well and was deft at cuisine of desserts. She followed her fathers decree and deferred marriage year after year, her best ages detained. One day, Marias father designated her as a deputy to dispatch a deleterious man who denounced her family and depicted its defects to othe
26、rs. After she saw the man, he declaimed: “Youre deluded by your culpable fathers deceit. Hes a despicable person who despoiled our property. He derided us and denoted that we should work for him. I am the delegate of all deceived people. We detest your father in cynical manners and demur to him befo
27、re the deities. We live in dank cells and feel dazed frequently, but were dauntless. Well keep deprecating him until he deplore.” What the man delineated struck Maria greatly. Her deference to father detracted, she said in a dejected mood: “I have despised you poor people but now Im deferential. You
28、re right in decrying my fathers detriment to you all. He deformed the truth and defrauded me. Ill curb my cursory task to put you into demise with this deterrent. Also, Ill detach myself from my family.” After some curt compliments, the man said: “Thanks, Ill go around that declivity and dab the bel
29、l dangling on the ceiling as a signal for us to escape.”(April, 6th) Unit Six The Arrogant ScholarAlder is a scholar with many devout disciples. He has been disseminating doctrines that is said to be not having the most diminutive drawback. He economizes his own life and become emaciated. When he ca
30、me to our city last year, our domineering boss discerned him and invited him to give us a discourse. Alder was eloquent and began dilating with elation: “What I want to elucidate today is a problem which is long distained and has dismayed many people. It distracts them all the time and makes them do
31、wncast. That is: How to effectuate the discretion in edifying your disposition? ” He devised lots of dispensable sentences while eluding the important things, thus digressed the topic and the lecture sounded devoid of sense. Whats more, his dialects greatly disarrayed the audience and dwindled away
32、the effectiveness of his speech. It was getting dusky and began to drizzle. We all became drowsy and our bosss patience ebbed. He was discreet and didnt want to disfigure himself by forcing Alder to stop, but he really disparage his speech very much and cannot dissemble any more. Eventually, he said
33、 in a devious way: “Your topic is discernible, but its so dingy now. Lets disband the meeting and Ill disburse your plane ticket back home with discounts.” Alder became dismal at once. He replied: “Do not dissimulate or disclaim your real purpose. You divulged that your patience have dissipated. Wel
34、l, if any of you can disprove the topic of my discourse, you can displace me and Ill go home keep dormant. Im so ductile.” “Stop effusing your words filled with discord,” shouted the boss angrily, “Ive dissected your topic and it embodies nothing. Diversify its content, or Ill efface them. We diverg
35、e too much and I have to let you leave, otherwise youre doing nothing but embezzling our money.”(April, 7th) Unit Seven Great Archaeological DiscoveryAn erratic instrument was exhumed from an excavation of ancient epoch. It looked like a pipe but was embroidered exquisite pictures on it, and could s
36、till engender a euphonious sound. As nobody in the country can enunciate what it is, an archaeologist with special expertise skill was enlisted from abroad. Following the envoy, the expert came to the expedient huts encompassing the spot. During his expeditious esteeming, the expert was completely e
37、ngrossed. He exclaimed: “This is an exotic flute which is the oldest extant one, and all others have been exterminated in ethnic migrations.” Then he gave an exemplary play with the pipe, followed by extemporaneous expounding to its structure. Eventually, he extolled the importance of this discovery
38、, showing exorbitant etiquette. The enrapturing local official held a banquette on the archaeologists exodus. However, the instruments value enticed the expert and entailed his greed. He emended his plan and wanted to encroach the flute. Thus he exerted his eloquence and equivocated: “Sorry Ive made
39、 a mistake maybe. According to an excerpt from a book enacted by my teacher, this instrument is unworthy. Its value cannot emulate a common flute.” The official was exasperated: “Nobody will endorse such nonsense excluding yourself. Your crime can be neither extenuated nor exempted. Expedite your st
40、eps and eschew us, foolish exponent.” The archaeologist was enervated and ran away as soon as possible.(April, 8th) Unit Eight The Fox and the ChickenThe frigid winter and scarce food supply famish many animals, including a ferocious fox. He is almost forlorn because he has garnered little food when
41、 the land was fertile, and the flora is extraneous to his diet. He used to be fussy and extravagant with his food but now has to fetter his stomach and be frugal. “What a formidable winter!” he gabbles. Just then his eyes flicker due to a fortuitous discovery. After ferreting about the whole grassla
42、nd fraught of snow for fishy objects, he finally found a small finch with fuzzy feather and fragrant smell. A chicken! “Aha, facile prey!” the fox was exultant, “HmmShe looks so fatuous and feeble. But I shall not go forthright, because the feud between foxes and chickens will fluster or fret her, a
43、nd foment her escape. I must make her believe her foe through frauds.” After fitful garnishing, the fox comes up to the fluffy fowl with a genial smile on his face. He feigned that he is a gentry with genteel speaking genre: “Hey, my fraternal friend! Im coming to extricate you from a disaster. Its
44、not facetious. Your nest is too flimsy and frail to be a fixture for living. It cannot foil great gales coming soon. However, I can help building a new nest with many fortes for you, which can forestall water exuding. I just want to show my genuine feat and wont extort money from you.” “Stop your fu
45、tile fraudulent figment. Its such gauche farce.” the chicken flouted, “Look at the frowsy gash on your cheek. Youre the fickle figurehead of the fox clan who just failed in the factious fights.” The fox cannot gainsay the chickens words and left in frenzy frustration.(April, 9th) Unit Nine Generatio
46、n GapTed made a fortune and hiked back his idyllic home in illustrious guises. He wore a grand hat, a pair of gilded glossy shoes and a girdle with glazed tip. All neighbors in the gorge welcomed Ted with homage instead of grudging, and he was gleeful as well as haughty. Yet, Teds father, who used t
47、o be humane, criticized him bitterly: “How hideous you are! We used to be hardy and hectic. Were gregarious and never guileless. Now you made a haphazard fortune and lost our virtues. Hearsay says that you get your money by harrying passengers and hewing trees. Somebody even imparted me that youve c
48、ommitted immense homicide. If youve done those illicit things, Its surely ignominious idiosyncrasy, and youll lose your imminent heirship if you go on like that.” He humiliated Ted. Ted imbibed some tea, groped his match and ignited a cigar. “Youre too hackneyed and grumpy,” he grumbled in a grouchy
49、 voice, “I cannot gratify your obsolete ideology. You old people used to live like ignoble cattle and illegible grasses. You glean grain from fields and heave them back in gratitude to the God. You gnaw dirty food everyday, ignorance of hygiene. All my wealth hinges on my gripping many chances and its unreas
