胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯 第154期:有趣的事業(yè) An interesting career
胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯 第154期:有趣的事業(yè) An interesting career
中英對照
An interesting career
有趣的事業(yè)
As a child in rural England, Jim Brown was very much interested in Greek mythology.
吉姆·布朗是一個英國鄉(xiāng)下長大的孩子，孩提時候，他對希臘神話非常感興趣。
Sitting up late at night, he would garble up a Maria of the ancient Greek's mythical tales.
每天深夜，他都會如饑似渴地閱讀許多古希臘神話故事。
Mind you when he was not reading, Jim was usually up to some naughty childhood prank or other.
有一點值得注意，如果不讀神話的話，吉姆經(jīng)常會和其他孩子一樣淘氣，喜歡做個惡作劇什么的。
He spent a great deal of time outdoors.
在室外活動上他總是花費大量時間，
And his life's ambition was to become a Greek naturalist.
他一生的最大愿望就是做一個偉大的自然主義者。
He was fascinated with mushrooms in particular. As it happened, he was living near Shorewood forest at the time.
他對蘑菇尤其感興趣。湊巧的是，當(dāng)時他正住在舍伍德森林附近，
And it was easy for him to enjoy his hobby. One particular interest of his were any mutations that might appear.
所以要滿足這種嗜好還是很容易的，森林里任何可能發(fā)生的變化都讓他感到興奮。
Life took its course and after school, Jim was drafted as a navel cadet.
然而，生活的道路有它自己的取向。
All that drill and exercises helped him grow into a strong and muscular young man.
畢業(yè)以后，吉姆應(yīng)征入伍，成為一名海軍學(xué)員。
The key attraction is on any dance floor during shore leave.
部隊各種各樣的操練和演習(xí)把吉姆鍛煉成了一個強壯的年輕人，每一次休假離船上岸的時候，他都會成為舞會中注目的焦點。
On leaving the navy, Jim decided to immigrate to the United States.
離開海軍的前夕，吉姆決定移民去美國，
Soon after he took American nationality.
而且很快就獲得了美國國籍。
Gone were his naturalistic bent and his naive pursuit of myth, but unlike so many others, he never pursued a career full of naked ambition.
此時，他對自然主義的愛好和他對神話的天真追求都已消失殆盡，但和其他人不同的是，吉姆從來就不追求那種充斥著赤裸裸的野心的所謂事業(yè)。
One guide in principle he believed in was that his mutual benefit, even though he got involved in a merrier business.
他堅信一條指導(dǎo)原則：相互受益；即使他總是被無數(shù)宗生意方面的事情包圍著。
His investment in natural gas exploration turned out to be highly profitable.
他投資于天然氣的開發(fā)勘探，并取得了巨額利潤。
As he was an extremely generous and munificent man, he used to proportion the money he had made to donate a magnificent mural by a famous sculptor to the municipal offices of center Rosa, his chosen home town.
同時，他也非常慷慨大方，用所掙的一部分錢買了一幅由著名雕刻家制作的富麗堂皇的壁畫作品，并把它捐贈紿了他所選擇的家鄉(xiāng)—圣羅莎市的市政機關(guān)。
重點詞匯
mythical['miθikəl]adj. 神話的，虛構(gòu)的，杜撰出來的
garble['gɑ:bl]vt. 斷章取義，曲解，混淆 n. 斷章取義，混淆
mythology[mi'θɔlədʒi]n. 神話，神話學(xué)，神話集
particular[pə'tikjulə]adj. 特殊的，特別的，特定的，挑剔的
n.
vt. 捐贈，轉(zhuǎn)移(電子)
vi. 捐款
adj. 有益的，有用的
cadet[kə'det]n. 軍官學(xué)校學(xué)生
extremely[iks'tri:mli]adv. 極其，非常
sculptor['skʌlptə]n. 雕刻家
benefit['benifit]n. 利益，津貼，保險金，義賣，義演
vt.
