MBA英语单词故事烙印新版GOOD

1.    A cruel man abandoned his wife and son. Aboveall, everyone must abide by the law . So hewas arrested. But the trial came to an abruptend because of the man's absence. It was said hewas mentally abnormal and wasset free according to one law! What an absurd judgment判决! That's absolute nonsense胡言! Theangry people thought this bad law ought to be abolishedto keep the judge法官 from abusing his power权力. Fortunately幸运的, the boy's mother was able to afford enoughmoney for the boy to go abroad to study. The moment the son wasabout to go aboard the ship, they kissed good-bye with tears.The boy went to an Academy of Technology工艺 successfully顺利的. No one could doubt 怀疑his ability tolearn abstract knowledge. He was absorbed in knowledge somuch, just like dry sand absorbed water. His teacherreally appreciated欣赏 his complete 完成absorption专注 in his studies. So hesupplied the boy abundant books for study, which accelerated theboy working harder.
　　一个冷酷的男人抛弃了他的妻子和儿子。首要的是，每个人都必须遵守法律。因此他被捕了。但是审判因为此人的缺席而突然中止。据说他精神不正常并且根据一条法律被释放了！这是多么荒唐的判决！完全是一派胡言！愤怒的人们认为那项错误的法律应该被废除以免法官滥用职权。幸运的是，孩子的母亲能提供足够的钱让孩子去国外念书。在儿子即将上船的时刻，他们含泪吻别。男孩成功地就读于一所工艺学院。没人置疑他在学习抽象知识方面的能力。他如此专心于知识，就像沙子吸水一样孜孜不倦。他的老师非常欣赏他在学习上的专注，因此他给男孩提供了充裕的书籍来学习，这促进男孩更加努力了。

记忆法：a ban don 一个笨蛋→要 “抛弃”；abide一旦出现永远接by；ab rupt 偏离了碎裂→“突然的”； ab sence偏离了感觉， “缺席”；abnormal偏离了普通→“不正常”

2.   MissAustin was a strong woman. By investing wisely, she accumulated afortune. One day, Miss Austin met a young man by accident. Theirmeeting was quite accidental. It was time of the Olympic Games, so hotelaccommodations were scarce. The young man saved his room for Miss Austinpolitely. If she sang, he would accompany her on the piano. Because ofhis politeness, his strange accent was acceptable. Later, MissAustin employed him as her assistant. He becameaccustomed to his job quickly. If she asked him to buy some accessories for a car, he would accomplishthe work soon in accordance with her orders. So Miss Austintrusted him more and more and even one day the man had access to herbank account number. Miss Austin' detective showed her an accurate reportto warn her of the man's cheating. He advised, “You must act accordingly.” Miss Austin took his suggestion into account.The young man was asked to account for his cheating. He explainedhe made a mistake on account of his illness. According to hisbehavior, he was accused of incompetence..
      奥斯丁小姐是个女强人。通过理智投资，她积聚了财富。一天，奥斯丁小姐偶然遇到了一个年轻人。他们的相遇很偶然。当时是奥运会比赛期间，所以旅馆住宿很短缺。年轻人很礼貌地将自己的房间让给了奥斯丁小姐。如果她歌唱的话，他就会为她钢琴伴奏。因为他的礼貌，他那奇怪的口音也就是可接受的了。后来，奥斯丁小姐雇他做她的助手。他很快习惯了他的工作。如果她吩咐他买些汽车配件的话，他会与她吩咐一致尽快完成任务。于是奥斯丁小姐越来越信任他，甚至有一天此人可以获得她的银行账户号码。奥斯丁小姐的侦探想它展示了一份精确的报告来警告她关于那人的欺诈行为。他建议到：“您必须相应地采取措施。”奥斯丁小姐考虑了他的建议。那个年轻人被要求说明欺诈的原因。他解释他犯错是因为他病了。根据他的行为，他被控告不称职。

MBA核心词汇记忆：

just刚刚，仅仅，公正的，合理的，正直的                justice  n. 公正、合理、正义

Adjust a telescople使一个望远镜朝着合理的方向去了→“调整” 望远镜

           （sb）adjust oneselfto调整自己以适应

Administer朝着部长（minister）的方向去了→搞 “管理”； Master of Business Administer工商管理硕士

Admire 谐音：我的妈呀→“钦佩，羡慕”

Envy 谐音：恩威 容易造成别人的“嫉妒”  envy sb’s good luck 嫉妒某人的好运

appreciate欣赏

admit①承认admit/acknowledge doing ;confess doing忏悔..；admit/ confess ＋to doing

②mit词根的意思为：go  admit：朝着…的方向去了→允许进入 例：admission test入学考试

联想记忆：admit承认，permit每个人都go了→允许例：permit sb to do ;transmit转移着go→散步、传播、传布例：～ a disease 传播疾病，～televised signals传送电视信号；submit朝着某人的下方去了→屈服于某人～to 同义词：surrender to ..向某人投降 ,give way to.. /give into..屈服于某人;omit哦，走了？→遗漏、忽略（不经意间）/省略（故意的）；emit呓～～go→发射＝sendout例：send light发射光

3.   It'sthe age of advertisement. The ad companies have acutesenses to acti vate the public to like the products the sports playersrecommend. If a woman has been acknowledged as the best tennis-player inthe world, she can acquire a lot of money from advertisements. Ofcourse, she must pay some additional charges as taxes to the Tax Administration.Usually,the woman will adjust herself to the change of her life and soonshe will adapt herself to it. As a sports player, her earnings isn'talways adequate to meet her needs. In addition to abeautiful house, she also wants to buy luxury cars. It's normal that a famoussports player's cars add up to five. In addition,some rich sports players liked to buy acres of land as their properties,thus they can have their outdoor activities conveniently. Sometimes someacquaintances of the sports players are popular too because their houseare adjacent to the players. Their houses adjoin the players',which make them proud and happy. An adjective for this phenomenon is, “snobbish”.
      现在是一个广告的时代。广告公司有敏锐的感觉来刺激公众喜欢运动员推荐的产品。如果一个女子被承认为世界上最棒的网球运动员，那么她可以从广告中获得许多金钱。当然，她必须付一些附加费来向税务部门交税。通常，这个女子会调整她自己来面对生活中的变化，并会很快适应这些变化。作为一个运动员，她的运动收入不足够满足她的需要。除了漂亮的房子之外，她还会想要豪华的车子。一个著名的运动员合计有5部车子是不出奇的。另外，一些有钱的运动员喜欢买几英亩土地作为自己的财产，以便更好地做户外运动。有时候一些运动员的熟人也很受欢迎，因为他们的房子是邻近的。他们的房子毗连，使他们感到骄傲和高兴。形容这种现象的一个形容词就是“势力的”。

adolesent我做了香水→青少年

adopt采纳   

advance前进，提出，向前走　van前锋，先驱→强调在前面，ad朝…方向，朝着前方去了→v.前进；n.进步

progress  make progress/advance取得进步

advantage往前取得的优势→优点

adventure我得吻车→冒险　　　　　venture吻车→冒险　　　a joint venture联合的冒险事业→合资企业

　advancedenglish高级英语

4. It was advisablefor an old couple to adopt an orphan, as they had no children of theirown. Everything had been fixed in advance. Their kindness was an advantageouscondition, which gave them an advantage over otherapplicants for the adoption of a little boy. The boy grew up quicklyunder affection, but his behavior was not particularly adult.That was a common mistake among adolescents. Soon, the boy gained admissioninto the Aesthetic College. The college was affiliated with a famousuniversity. The affair affected all who knew the boy. He won the admirationof people. In the college, the professor he met first was an advocate oftruth. He ignored all kinds of adverse comments about him. In the class,the professor taught the students how to use an adverb in the sentence.After class, he told them about his adventures in aerospace, andhe showed them some aerial photographs. He also took advantage ofsome advanced instruments to make experiments. His new product was sopromising, that his students decided to advertise it for him. The boyenjoyed his study very much.
        对一对老夫妇来说，因为没有亲生孩子而收养一个孤儿是适当的。所有的事情都提前安排好了。他们的仁慈是一个有利的条件，使他们优于别的申请者而可以收养一个小男孩。男孩在慈爱下成长很快，但他的行为举止还不是非常成熟。那也是青少年的通病。很快，男孩获得允许进入艺术学院。这个学院隶属于一所著名的大学。这件事影响了所有认识男孩的人。他赢得了人们的赞美。在学院里，他最先遇到的教授是一个真理的提倡者。他不理睬各种各样对他不利的评论。在课堂上，教授教学生们如何在一个句子里用副词。下课，他告诉学生们他在太空的冒险，并向他们展示一些空中拍摄的照片。他还利用一些先进仪器来做实验。他的新产品是这样有前景，他的学生们决定为他给产品做广告。男孩非常喜欢他的学习生活。

advertise爱的我太死→做广告；advice/n.建议，advise/v.建议;advisable能够做出建议的→明智的

advisor提供建议的→顾;advisory/adj.顾问的

advocate朝着某物的方向发音→提倡，倡导，vocal嗓音的，发音的；vocabulary词汇

5.   Mr.Bacon used to be a music CD agent. He got the job through an employment agency.By accident, he heard some African music. The music was agreeableto the ear. From then on, he was in an agony of longing. Africawas a mysterious land attractinghim. His heart agitated for adventure. Mr. bacon had a friend name Jack.Jack was an alert alien. They were much alike in character. Bothof them never touched alcohol. Both of them were aggressive, butJack was stronger. In the 400-meter match , he got ahead of Mr.Bacon every time. One day, Mr. Bacon received airmail from Jack. In the airmail,Jack described the beauty of Africa.Mr. Bacon affirmed that what he said was true. Three days afterwardthey met at the airport. According to the agenda, they arrived in Africa the next day. They found that the lack of rainaggravated the serious shortage of food. The agriculturalcommodities were deficient that year. There were rumors in the air thatit was punishment from God. Next, on the way to hotel, they were shocked to seea dead man on the road. They alarmed the police at once and waited forthe aid from the police. It's really a bad journey!
       培根先生曾是一个音乐CD的代理商。他通过一个职业代理处得到这份工作。偶然地，他听到一些非洲音乐。那音乐非常令人愉快。从此，他陷入了热望的苦恼中。非洲成了一块吸引他的神秘土地。他的心煽动着要求冒险。培根先生有一个名为杰克的朋友。杰克是一个机灵的外侨。他们在性格方面非常相像。两个人都不沾酒。两人都很好斗，而杰克更胜一筹。在400米赛跑中，每次都是他领先培根先生。一天，培根先生收到了来自杰克的航空邮件。信中，杰克描述了非洲的美丽。培根先生肯定他说的是真的。三天以后他们在机场碰头。按照议事日程，他们第二天到了非洲。他们发现干旱使食物短缺加重了。那年的农业产品不足。有谣言在流传，说是来自上帝的惩罚。接着，他们在去旅馆的半路上震惊的发现一个死人。他们立刻向警方报警并等候援助。这真是倒霉的旅行！

6.  Thecollege admitted Steve when he was 15. The news was all over thesmall village.Not only he himself,but also hisparent felt happy for this. They always fought alongside him. There wasa bill along with the college notice, which upset them. Thefamily was not rich at all; they had no radio, letalone a television. But they went all out to afford thehigher education for him. After all, they had only one son.Fortunately, the college made allowances for Steve's situationand awarded him an allowance of five thousand dollars. When everythingwas all right, Steve went to college. In all, therewere 30 students in his class. Steve learned a lot at class. He knew brass isan alloy of copper and zinc. Besides this, he knew sometimes hemp wasused to alleviate pain. Also, he could read the Latin alphabetcorrectly. Steve liked all the subjects but history.He had heard enough such as “Britain in alliance with Franceonce defeated a number of smaller countries.”, “Britain was an ally of America in both World Wars. They wereallied countries.”, and so on. But allowing forthe graduation, he still got A in every subject. The teacher allocatedduties to all the students evry Monday, and Steve always finished his partfirst. So the teacher alleged that Steve was the most promising studentin the class.
      一所学院在史蒂夫15岁时接受了他。这个消息遍及了村庄。不但他自己，而且他的父母都为此高兴。他们总是与他并肩作战。与大学通知书一起来的一张账单让他们心烦。这个家庭一点也不富裕，他们没有收音机，更不用说电视了。但他们竭尽全力为儿子提供高等教育。毕竟，他们只有一个儿子。幸运的是，学员体谅史蒂夫的处境并发给他一项5000美元的津贴。所有事情都顺利后，史蒂夫上学了。他的班上总共有30名学生。史蒂夫在课上学会了很多。他知道了黄铜是铜和锌的合金。除此，他还知道有时候大麻用来减轻疼痛。还有，他可以无误地读出拉丁字母表。史蒂夫喜欢除了历史以外的所有课程。他听够了什么“英国与法国联盟曾经击败了许多小国家”“在两次世界大战中，英国是美国的一个同盟国，他们是同盟的国家”等等。但考虑到毕业，他的每门课都得了A。每周一老师给所有学生分配任务，史蒂夫总是第一个完成。因此老师断言史蒂夫是班上最有前途的学生。

7.  InPaul's youth, he had the ambition of being a famous basketball player.As an amateur, he found great amusement in playing basketball. Anambitious boy usually worked hard until one day he broke his leg. The ambulancedrove along with noisy whirling whistles toward the hospital. His parentsalternated in looking after him. Once he recovered, Paul amended hislife goal. He began to have interest in political affairs. At the age of 40, hewas appointed ambassador to Britain. He told the news to hisgirlfriend at once and he proposed to her. He said to her, “Mydear, my savings amount to 300 thousand dollars. We have ample money todecorate our wedding room. I just bought an amplifier yesterday. And Iprefer to an ampere meter being made of aluminum even though ithas analog to another one. ” But he wasamazed to hear her ambiguous answer, “Maybe….”. Paul had no alternative but towait. There were a few alterations to the timetable and the nextmonth he flew to Britain.The airplane flew at an altitude of 20000 ft. Paul feltsomething wrong and soon lost his mind. When he woke up, he was told that theairplane had crashed and he broke his leg, once again! By analogy,we could guess that Paul would amend his life goal once again!
       保罗年轻的时候，有雄心成为一个著名的篮球运动员。作为一个业余爱好者，他在打篮球中找到娱乐。一个有雄心的男孩总是很刻苦的，直到有一天他摔断了腿。救护车呼啸着开往医院。他的父母轮流看护他。保罗一康复，就修改了他的人生目标。他开始对政治感兴趣了。40岁的时候，他被任命为驻英国的大使。他立刻把这个消息告诉了他的女朋友并向她求婚。他说：“亲爱的，我的存款和计有三十万美元了。我们有充裕的钱来装饰新房。我昨天买了一个扩音机。我还想要一个铝制的安培表，虽然它与另一个类似。”但是，他惊讶地听到女友模棱两可的回答：“可能吧…..”。保罗没有选择，只好等待。他的时间表有所变更，他第二个月就去了英国。飞机飞行在两万英尺的高度。保罗觉得有点不对头然后很快失去了知觉。当他醒来后，他被告知飞机已经坠毁并且他又一次摔断了腿！用类推的方法，我们可以猜测保罗可能会再次改变他的人生目标！

   

8.   TheSmiths lived in the apartment above ours. It was said that one of Mr.Smiths' ancestors was a great chess player. A chess player must have an analyticalmind. Mr. Smiths lived on his annual pension . Apart from that,he had no private income. His wife, Mrs. Smiths was an announcer on TVbroadcast. And she once helped us to fix the television antenna. Theirdaughter, June, was as lovely as an angel. Once she hurt her left anklewhen her parents were not at home. My wife sent her to the hospital in ahurry. All of us often sat side-by-side and chatted one with another.Sometimes we would discuss some ancient history. Sometimes we would playgames one after another. On their 10th anniversary ofmarriage, the Smiths received an anonymous letter and then made adecision. That is, they would start on Antarctic expedition. Since they anticipatedthat they might meet many difficulties, they would leave June with us. Junewas annoyed at their decision. So her father comforted her, “Viewit at a diffierent angle. You needn't have anxiety about that. Iwas anything but a hero. Anyhow we just want to realizeour dreams since childhood. ” Finally, June acceptedthat.
     史密斯夫妇住在我们楼上的公寓里。据说史密斯的一位祖先是一个很著名的象棋手。一个象棋手必须具备分析的头脑。史密斯先生以每年的养老金为生。除去这个，他就没有其他个人收入了。他的妻子，史密斯夫人是位电视台的播音员。有一次她帮我们修理电视机天线。他们的女儿，琼，像天使一样可爱。有一次她父母没在家时她伤了左踝。我的妻子急忙把她送到医院。我们大家经常坐下来互相聊天。有时候我们会讨论一下古代历史。有时，我们会一个接一个地玩游戏。在史密斯夫妇结婚十周年纪念日时，他们收到一封匿名信后做了一个决定，即是，他们将进行他们的南极探险。因为他们预料会碰到许多困难，他们将琼留下同我们待在一起。琼对他们的决定感到很生气。于是她的父亲安慰她：“从另一个角度看这件事。你对此不要太忧虑。我根本不是英雄。无论如何，我们只想实现自孩童时期就有的梦想而已。”最终，琼接受了这件事。

9. The show would approximatelybegin in five minutes. It's apt to rain that afternoon. The televisionmen had set up their apparatuses. Some appliances were made ofstainless steel. Last week, Grace's first appearance failed. There wasno apology needed. People's disappointment was already apparent.She was so sorry that she had no appetite to eat. Grace appealed toher friends for help. Thus she got an appointment with the appointeddirector. The way was applicable. The director was not easily approached.But Grace's appropriate attitude and clean appearance impressedhim. Although he had received twenty applications, he agreed to give heranother change. Grace appreciated his help very much. And now, Grace'ssecond performance won the applause of the audiences. She was loudly applauded.Therewas an appreciable difference between her two performances. The finallist together with an appendix would be sent to the manager for his approval.Grace waited for his appraisal with agreat deal of apprehension.
      演出将在大约5分钟后开始。那天下午天气有下雨的倾向。电视工作者已经架好了他们的设备。有些器具是不锈钢制作的。上周，格蕾丝的第一次出场失败了。道歉是没必要的，人们的失望已经是很明显的了。他感觉如此难受都没有食欲。格蕾丝请求他朋友帮助。因此她得到一次与指定导演的约会。这个方法是适用的。导演不容易接近。但格蕾丝恰如其分的态度和整洁的外表让他印象深刻。虽然他已经收到20份申请书，他同意再给她一次机会。格蕾丝非常感谢他的帮助。并且现在，格蕾丝的第二次表演赢得了观众的鼓掌欢迎。人们大声的欢呼。她的两次表演有着可以觉察的不同。最后的名单连同一份附录将被送到经理那里等候他的批准。格蕾丝怀着巨大的担忧等待他的评价。

10. TheArabian Nights’ Entertainment is very interesting. One ofthem was a story about an  outstanding architect named Ralph.He was good at arithmetic since childhood. And at the age of 20, hisopportunity had arisen. The king asked him to design a palace roofedwith an arch. On top of the arch, there would be an artificialarctic bear. It’s architecture of great artisticvalue. The king and the architect arrived at the agreementwithout argument. Before Ralph finished his work, he saw the princess.Even a flower was not as beautiful as she. Once hesaw her, he felt as if he were drunk. As to that,he hadn’t thought of his social rank. Love wasimportant for Ralph as well as for the princess. As for her,she felt as though Ralph were a member of her family. Oneevening, Ralph articulated his love to the princess. She arranged withhim to meet at her bedroom. The next day, the princess aroused him justbefore dawn. But the arbitrary king had arrayed troops and heordered the soldiers to arrest him. Luckily, the princess shot anarrow to stop them in time.
　　阿拉伯一千零一夜故事非常有趣。其中一个说的是关于建筑师拉尔夫的故事。他从小算术就很好。在他20岁那年，他的机会出现了。国王叫他设计一座屋顶是拱形的宫殿。拱形的顶部，又一只人造的北极熊。那是很有艺术价值的建筑。国王和建筑师没有争论地达成了协议。在拉尔夫完工之前，他见到了公主。花朵也不如她那样美丽。一见到她，拉尔夫就好象喝醉了酒似的。关于此，他并没有考虑自己的社会阶层。爱，除了拉尔夫之外，对公主也很重要。至于她来说，她觉的拉尔夫仿佛是她的一位亲人。一个晚上，拉尔夫向公主明确有力地表达了自己的爱。而她则安排他在卧室约会。第二天，公主天不亮就唤醒了他。但专断的国王已经排列好了军队，并下令士兵逮捕他。幸运地是，公主及时射出了一箭，制止了他们。

11.  Sandy was an Asian.The local theare associated with other business establishments todiscriminate against Asians. Every one aside from Asianscould get into the theatre. Sandywas stopped too. But his angry aspect frightened the entrance guard.That evening, several Asian students including Sandy assembled in the campus. Eachstudent had been assigned to a job. As for Sandy, he was to make an assault onthe theatre. In the middle of the night with a loud"bang", the thearewas burned to ashes. Sandyassisted other students to swim ashore. A helicoper was waiting forthem. But Sandystayed alone. He watched the helicopter ascend higher and higher untilit disappeared. The police was going to ascertain the truth and theyarrested Sandy.On the court, Sandymade a speech to assert his innocence. He assumed his actionwould arouse attention to race discrimination. But his assumption provedto be wrong. No one assessed his speech at its true worth. The courtsimply put him into prison. Sandyasked for a meeting with his parents. They came with tears. Theyhad brought some easily assimilated food for him. Sandy asked them to askafter his grandmother.
　　桑迪是个亚洲人.当地的剧院联合其他营业机构歧视亚洲人.除了亚洲人,其他所有人都可以进剧院.桑迪也同样被阻止了.但他那生气的样子吓坏了门卫.那天晚上,包括桑蒂在内的几个亚洲学生在校园里集会.每个人都分配到了一项任务.对桑地来说,就是要袭击剧院.在深夜,"砰"一声巨响后,剧院被烧毁成灰烬.桑地帮助其他的学生游上岸.一架直升飞机上升越来越高直到消失.警察要查明事情真相,于是他们逮捕了桑迪.法庭上,桑迪发表了演讲来宣称他无罪.他假定他的行为可以唤起人们对种族歧视的注意.但事实证明他的假定是错误的。没人评价他演说的真正价值.法院只是简单地将他关入监狱了事.桑迪要求与他的父母会面.他们含泪而来.他们带来了一些容易消化的食物给他.桑迪请求他们代他向祖母问候

12.  An Australian,Mr. Mason, was charged with being in debt! On the day of trial, there was agreat attendance at the court. Every audience was attentiveto what he said. Mr. Mason used to be an athlete. But he had a dream ofbeing an astronaut. In his mind, astronomy had atom theorywere much more attractive than sports games. He paid attention to allkinds of space information. And he borrowed too much money to rent a spacecraft.But he hadn’t paid off his debt yet. Mr. Mason gave assurancethat his debts should be paid soon. His sincere attitude was somoving that he attained his freedom. But he attributed this tohis attorney. After that, Mr. Mason worked in a store during the day.And he augmented his income by teaching in the evenings. He used tapesas aural material to teach English. By the end of that year, he paid offall his debt. So Mr. Mason decided to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a trip. He attached a label to his baggage thenwent aboard. It’s a day of nice atmosphericpressure. He was astonished to feel the atmosphere of peace andcalm on the sea. It reminded him of his dream again!  
　    一名澳大利亚人，梅森先生被控欠债！法院审判的那天，许多人出席了。每个听众都很留神他说的话。梅森先生曾经是个运动员。但他的梦想是成为一名宇航员。他的概念中，天文学和原子理论比体育比赛要有吸引力多了。他注意各种各样的太空信息。并且他借了太多的钱来租一条太空船。但他迄今还没有还清债务。梅森先生保证很快会还清。他那诚恳的态度如此感人，因此他获得了自由。但他把这归于他的辩护律师。那之后，梅森先生白天在一家店里工作，晚上则教书来增加收入。他用磁带作为听觉教材来教英语。在年底之前，他付清了所有债务。于是梅森先生决定横渡大西洋来旅游。他在行李上贴上一个标签后上了船。那天气压很好。他很惊讶地感觉到海上那种平和宁静的气氛。这让他又想起了他的理想！

13   At the beginning of the auto (automobile) industry, many people wereattracted to Detroit.Nike was one of them. He worked in a factory. There was no available automaticin that factory. Some part of the work must be done by ax. And the axwas awkward to handle. So Nick availed himself of everyopportunity to improve instruments. He would design two to three instruments amonth on an average. By and by, he became an authority onit. As one of the best workers, he was awarded bonuses often. Recently,Nick was assigned to fix an engine to avert any possible damage. He drewan axis on it first then fixed it carefully. He also brought an auxiliaryengine with him. But just after he finished repairing, he was aware ofhis mistake right away. An awful accident happened next.The engine exploded and a big fire ensued. The people who stood on the avenuetried to extinguish the fire, but it’s of no avail.Fortunately, nobody was injured. The boss awaited Nick at the meetingroom. Nick didn’t want to avoid punishment. Tohis surprise, the boss didn’t blame him. Instead, hegave a book about aviation to Nick. And the author was the bosshimself!
　    在汽车工业发展之初，许多人被吸引到底特律。尼克是其中之一。他在一家工厂工作。那家工厂没有可用的自动机械。部分活儿必须用斧头完成。但斧头使用不便。于是尼克利用各种机会来改进仪器。他一般说来一个月设计两到三件仪器。渐渐地，他成为这方面的权威。作为最好的工人之一，他常常被授予奖金。最近，尼克被指派修理一个发电机以避免它可能产生的任何伤害。他首先在发电机上画了一条轴线然后仔细修理起来。他还带了一个辅助的发电机。但他一完成修理，立刻就意识到他犯了一个错误。可怕的事故紧接着发生。发电机爆炸，大火随之发生。站在林荫道上的人们想熄灭大火，但不起作用。幸运的是没人受伤。老板在会议室等候尼克。尼克不想逃避惩罚。但出乎意料的是，老板没有责怪他，反而还送了一本关于航空的书给他。作者就是老板自己。

14 George was a little backward since hischildhood, but he was awarded a badge for his hard work in study. So itwas't surprising that he had attained a bachelor's degree without any background.The first day George came to a village after graduation, he saw birds fly backand forth over it. There was a stream back of a bar.Suddenly a girl lost her balance and fell down in front of him."You have to back up then turn around", he said andhelped her up. Then he bandaged up her injured ankle. The girl judgedhim to be a bachelor from his simple baggage. She invited him toher home. The house was decorated with some colored balloons and banners.A badminton racket was hung on the wall. But iron bacterium hadmade it rusty. Her father, Mr. White was a barber, but he himself wasalmost bald. Mrs.White ran a bakery. And her bacon breadwas famous. The girl backed her mother up whole-heartedly.So their bakery would never go bankrupt. That evening, Georgeinvited the girl to see a movie that was banned in the 60's. She used arubber band to tie her hair then followed him. They went out with the bangof the door behind them. But George backed down what he saidsoon. He decided to treat the whole family to a big dinner first.
　    乔治从孩童起就有点迟钝,但他因为学习努力而被授予徽章.所以他没有什么背景也获得了学士学位并没有让人吃惊.乔治毕业后来到一个村庄的第一天,他看到鸟儿在村子上空来来往往地飞翔.在一个酒吧后面有一条小溪.突然有个女孩在他前面失去了平衡而跌倒了."你得往后退,然后转过来,"他说着并帮助她起来.然后他用绷带扎缚她受伤的脚踝,女孩从他简单的行李上判断他是个单身汉.她邀请他回家.她家的房子被一些彩色的气球和旗帜装饰着.一个羽毛球拍挂在墙上.但是铁细菌已经让它生锈了.她的父亲,怀特先生是个理发师,但他自己几乎已经秃顶了.怀特夫人经营着一个面包店.她的熏肉面包非常出名.女孩全心全意支持她的母亲.于是他们的面包店永远也不会破产.那天晚上,乔治邀请女孩去看一场在60年代禁止的电影.她用一根橡皮带子扎紧头发然后跟他走.他们砰地关了门走出去了.但乔治很快放弃了他说的话.他决定先请他们全家人吃顿大餐.

15  Harryjoined the army and became a member of battery. It's wintertime. Thetrees were bare because of the cold. The war ended nearby abay. The battery bought a barrel of beer to celebrate theirvictory. The salesman refused to bargain over the price, but he gavethem some coffee beans free. After lunch, the game began with abaseball match on basis of friendship. A batch ofsoldiers joined this. Beginners would feel it difficult to play. ButHarry did it well. In fact, he wanted to play tennis with his new tennis bat.At that night, the strong wind unroofed the barn and a dog barked.So the battery found a captive was gone. The captive had a beardand it was said that he was a beast. No one expected this beforehand.Harry rode on a horse to purse him. The horse ran over the barriereasily. He stopped in front of the basement of a building. He took out atorch but it was useless, for the battery had run down. Harry went down.The bats flew everywhere. Finally he tried his best to catch thecaptive. He said to him, "On behalf of my battery, Iarrest you!"
　   哈里参军了，成为炮兵连的一员。那时是冬天。因为寒冷，树儿都光秃了。战争在一个海湾附近结束。炮兵连买了一桶啤酒来庆祝胜利。商人拒绝议价，但他免费给了他们一些咖啡豆。午饭后，游戏在友谊的基础上从棒球赛开始了。一组士兵参加了比赛。初学者会觉得比较难，但哈里做得很好。实际上他想用他的新网球拍打网球。那天夜里，狂风掀翻了谷仓的顶，狗儿也吠叫起来。很快，炮兵连发现一名俘虏逃跑了。那名俘虏留着胡须，据说他是个凶残的人。没人事先预料到这事。哈里骑上马追赶他。马儿轻易地越过了栅栏。他在一座建筑的地下室停住了。他掏出手电，但没用，因为电池耗尽了。哈里走下去。蝙蝠到处乱飞。最终他尽全力抓住了俘虏。他对他说：“我代表炮兵连逮捕你！”