时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇


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[00:00.00]I looked for clues to

[00:02.61]determine how striking the changes

[00:04.46]in my daily life would be.

[00:06.87] How would I spend my time?

[00:09.61] In spite of having

[00:11.58] many long yearly vacations

[00:13.88]when I could pursue other interests,

[00:16.07]I had not bothered to

[00:18.14]make an earnest effort

[00:20.00]to confine my activities

[00:21.64]to one particular hobby. 

[00:23.28]Would I find life

[00:26.02]as a retiree boring? What new

[00:28.97]adventures might await me?

[00:31.27]Would I use my time to

[00:33.57]volunteer at a hospital or maybe

[00:35.65]work for a local charity?

[00:37.11]Maybe I would apply for

[00:41.27]membership in a golf league.

[00:42.58]Maybe I would donate

[00:44.99]my time and work with

[00:46.52]the Better Business Bureau.

[00:48.60]I might decide to

[00:50.79]enter local politics and

[00:52.65]run for a position

[00:54.50]on town council or I

[00:55.93] could run for the position

[00:58.12] of Deputy Mayor of my town,

[00:59.87]or maybe even consider submitting

[01:02.28] my name to be a candidate

[01:04.79]in an election for

[01:06.10] member of parliament.

[01:08.07]I would need to campaign

[01:10.04]and then wait to see

[01:11.68]if people would vote for me

[01:13.32]on election day at the polls.

[01:16.06]In spite of the fact that

[01:18.80]the possibilities all had merit,

[01:21.31] I had to admit that

[01:23.06]I only had a superficial interest

[01:25.14]in pursuing any of them.

[01:27.11]In fact, I was indifferent

[01:30.17]to most of the options.

[01:32.14]Did I think they might

[01:35.20]interfere with other commitments

[01:37.50] or mean I would have

[01:38.60]to cancel other appointments?

[01:40.35]Or was I just too attached

[01:42.97]to the idea of teaching,

[01:44.73]feeling that it formed

[01:46.80]part of my identity?

[01:48.88]I examined my emotions

[01:51.61]about the new direction

[01:53.37]my life would take.

[01:54.79]Would retirement 1 add a new dimension

[01:57.74]to my life and multiply my feelings

[01:59.27] of satisfaction or would

[02:02.99]the world apprehension 2 be more applicable?

[02:06.49]Did I feel guilty about

[02:09.12]not being gainfully employed

[02:11.31] when I was qualified 3 and capable?

[02:13.17] As a certified 4 teacher,

[02:15.68]did I feel obligated to work

[02:18.20]in the field of education?

[02:20.28]Did I feel entitled to

[02:23.24]sleep in late each day,

[02:25.21]or would that bother my conscience?

[02:27.39]Would I simply grow old gracefully 5

[02:29.91]or would feel that ridiculous?

[02:33.08]My instincts told me that

[02:36.58]although I would feel grateful

[02:38.00]for my good health,

[02:39.86]curiosity about other countries

[02:41.73]and lifestyles would overtake

[02:43.69]the desire to spend

[02:45.34] my time with senior citizens,

[02:47.19]playing board games,

[02:48.62]such as chess all day.

[02:50.25]Wouldn’t I rather learn about

[02:53.43]other cultures and at the same time

[02:55.51]be an ambassador for my own country



1 retirement
n.退休,退职
  • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
  • I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
2 apprehension
n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑
  • There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.有些地方仍然存疑,于是她越来越担心。
  • She is a girl of weak apprehension.她是一个理解力很差的女孩。
3 qualified
adj.合格的,有资格的,胜任的,有限制的
  • He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
  • We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
4 certified
a.经证明合格的;具有证明文件的
  • Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
  • The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。
5 gracefully
ad.大大方方地;优美地
  • She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她优雅地坐到他脚旁的垫子上。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line. 新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
学英语单词
2-ethyl-3-methylpentanamide
abyssal benthos
aerostat rigging
affine principal normal
anterior tympanic artery
autoland system
beet sugar manufacture
behavio(u)ral trait
bendlets
bepinching
bibliometrics
binary linear substitution
Campo Belo
cardiovascular agents
closer-in
conciliables
Cruden, Moss of
Dakshin Srīpur
deadman's handle
debylite
depth conversion
Derry
detrital precipitated mineral
diadzein
difficulty in decannulation
dilophotis libnetoides
dispersion aureole
double arm kneading mixer
dual level fertilizer applicator
dynamic free variable
EBWR
emphysema
exhausters
family physeteridaes
feel strange
floating triangulation
foreadvising
formed elements
Frobenioids
geared non-inclinable crank press
generator-type tachometer
genus Mercurialis
green winter
have been aroud a lot
Hennetalsperre
hexahexaflexagons
infraaxillary
interactive minicomputer programming
invalid page
inventory and control
inventuary
iron moulds
jalaric acid
jet-edge generator
junkmen
kakke diseases
keft
Lai Minh
liquidation of debt
locatio operis faciendi
major transaction
Mashoro Hill
musk oxen
NKB
not error loop
nullification process
offset pattern
open trench
Osmund furnace
ought not to
paper gauge
permissible stress
plate wave flaw detection
propulsion
pseudo-head
punctos
Q value
quartz cat's eye
rape seed meal
raw sugar factory
reactive orientation
resanctification
reverse polymerization
San Vito di Cadore
sarpis
Scandinavian Airlines System
selection sets
servo-link
silicostone
smash products
sporidesmium vagum
static characteristic test
tabetic dementia
tangibler
theorboes
through supervision
trial course
ulexes
uteroneter
vervens
Y. A. D.
year round work schedule