胡敏老師的《讀故事記單詞雅思詞匯》是用一些風(fēng)趣幽默的小故事把一些看似毫無關(guān)系的詞串連起來，先提供一個故事，然后再提供一個雅思詞匯表，這樣不僅簡單方便，而且妙趣橫生。上海新航道小編給大家?guī)碜x故事單詞雅思詞匯-An elite town。想要下載的同學(xué)，請點擊：胡敏《讀故事記單詞|雅思詞匯》PDF下載

  An elite town

  There would never be an egalitarian society in Middleton, a beautiful small town bordering an embankment of the St. Louis River. An elite family ruled effectively and the citizens were quite happy to have such elegant, although sometimes elusive, rulers.

  Each daily edition of the town paper spoke eloquently of their efficient town even listing improvements in the basic elements of life in Middleton. The recent flow of effluent into the basement of several homes in the town center was quickly cleaned up. The paper reported that 5 days had elapsed before the rulers of a nearby town had responded to a similar problem. In Middleton the problem was fixed and cleaned up within hours.

  When news was spread of how good life was in Middleton, people who had been ejected from other towns began to relocate. They hoped to benefit from the elevated standards of Middleton and live a life of increased efficiency and orderliness. This had the opposite effect, however, and lowered the quality of people in Middleton. They did not have the elasticity of normal Middleton citizens and began to demand more say in how the town was run.

  The elite developed an elaborate plan to eliminate these newcomers from Middleton. They detailed that the only people that would be eligible to live in Middleton were those who had been born there. Heavy fines and taxes were placed on those that did not meet this standard. Soon the newcomers left and Middleton returned to normal; ruled by an elite, but happy.

讀故事單詞雅思詞匯譯文——精英小鎮(zhèn)

  米德爾頓永遠(yuǎn)不會成為平等主義社會。米德爾頓是一座位于圣路易斯河岸邊的美麗小鎮(zhèn)。一個精英家族治鎮(zhèn)有方，市民們也很高興擁有如此明君，盡管他們有時也有些難以捉摸。

  鎮(zhèn)里的報紙每天每版都大談特談這座鎮(zhèn)是如何的高效率，甚至還列出了米德爾頓在基本生活要素方面的改進(jìn)。最近流進(jìn)鎮(zhèn)中心幾戶人家地窖的廢水很快就得到了處理。報紙報道說，鄰鎮(zhèn)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)在類似問題上過了五天才做出反應(yīng)，而在米德爾頓問題在數(shù)小時內(nèi)就得到了解決。

  有關(guān)米德爾頓的生活是如何之好的消息傳開之后，被其他城鎮(zhèn)驅(qū)逐的人開始遷移過來。他們希望能從米德爾頓提高了的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)中受益，過一種更有效率、更有秩序的，生活，可這樣做的效果卻適得其反，米德爾頓人的生活水平降低了。他們沒有普通米德爾頓居民的靈活性，并且開始要求在城鎮(zhèn)管理問題上有更多的發(fā)言權(quán)。

  精英們想出了一個周密的計劃把這些新來者從米德爾頓趕走。他們詳細(xì)說明只有在米德爾頓出生的人才有資格在那里居住，對那些不符合標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的人要征收高額罰款和稅金。很快新來者都走了，米德爾頓恢復(fù)了正常，由精英領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著并快樂著。

  單詞詳解

  editon n.版本,版次;同一版本中的一冊書

  effect n.效力,作用,影響

  effectively ad.有效的,生效地,起作用地

  efficiency n.效率,功效;效能

  efficient a.效率高的;有能力的,能勝任的

  effluent a.流出的,發(fā)出的,射出的n.支流;廢水,廢氣

  egalitarian a.平等主義的,主張人人平等的n.平等主義者

  deject v.驅(qū)逐,排斥;噴射;吐出,排出(彈殼)

  elaborate a.精心制作的(或計劃)的,詳盡的,精巧的v.詳細(xì)說明,精心制作

  elapse v./n.(時間的)流逝,過去

  elascity n.彈性,彈力;靈活性;爽朗,開朗

  elegant a.1 優(yōu)美的,文雅的,講究的2 精確的,簡練的3(口)上等的,好的

  element n.1 要素,基本組成部分2(化)元素

  elevate v.升高,提高;抬起;提升,改善

  eligible a.有資格當(dāng)選的,有條件被選中的,在法律上(或道德上)合格的

  eliminate v.排除;淘汰,消除;(比賽中)淘汰

  elite n.(總稱)出類拔萃的人,精華,掌權(quán)人物,實力集團(tuán);精銳部隊,精華a.杰出的,卓越的;精銳的

  eloquent a.雄辯的,口才流利的;有說服力的

  elusive a.逃避的;難以捉摸的,令人困惑的

  embankment n.(河、海)堤;(鐵路)路堤

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