胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇151
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：胡敏托福词汇记单词
The husband had always been a miser calling his wife to account for even the tiniest amounts of expenditure 2. He would mistrust his wife’s motives 3 behind every little thing she did, which made her feel thoroughly 4 miserable 5. It was amazing that she put up with her life with misery 6 for as long as she did. Her constant lack of cash was a severe impediment to her social mobility 7. There was little she could do though, to mitigate 8 the effects of her husband’s stinginess.
One day, the wife could take it no longer, and burst out, her eyes moist with emotion, “You miserable old retch, our lives had been filled with one embarrassing mishap 9 after another. The means you had been providing me with have been less than moderate, if not to say modest in the extreme, certainly much less than the support a loyal wife and mother might expect. I’m no longer socially mobile.”
The husband stood openmouthed, eyeing his wife’s misgiving 10.
“Ha,” the wife exclaimed, “you think that taking me and the kids out for a row on the mote 11 is our idea of fun? You’ve been misleading me for all these years. Before we got married, you pretend to be a man of the world, but all you do now is mock me when I beg you to buy me a new frock or two.”
“Ah, so I mock you when you want to buy a frock?” The husband began to sound like a mocking bird.
“Don’t you stand there and moist your eyes with crocodile tears. I wish to moderate your tone or somewhat and modify your attitude. I have been more than generous, you know.”
- The miser doesn't like to part with his money.守财奴舍不得花他的钱。
- The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
- The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
- The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。
- The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
- The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
- It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
- Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
- Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
- He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
- The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
- Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。
- The government is trying to mitigate the effects of inflation.政府正试图缓和通货膨胀的影响。
- Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.政府应努力缓解贫困问题。
- I'm afraid your son had a slight mishap in the playground.不好了，你儿子在操场上出了点小意外。
- We reached home without mishap.我们平安地回到了家。
- She had some misgivings about what she was about to do.她对自己即将要做的事情存有一些顾虑。
- The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。