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Willing is not enough; we must do. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.--polymath

Unit One

The Abduction

An

adage

says that

adversity

is

transient

. The following

allegory

is an example.

Long, long ago there were two couples that had no children.

They

adopt

ed a boy named Terry. They were

affable

to Terry

and Terry

adore

d them very much. They lived an

amicable

life

and

amass

ed

affluent affection

s.

One day two bad men came to the village. They found Terry

and

accost

ed him: “Are your parents at home?” “No, they went

to drink in the

tavern

.” terry replied. “Good!”

allege

d one of

them, “I’

ve heard of an

anecdote

saying that, there’s

a bulk of

ablaze antique

treasure hidden somewhere near the

apex

of the

mountain. Do you w

ish to find it out with us?” Terry was a boy

with

agility

. He was

allured

and

acclaim

ed: “Wonderful! I’ll

affiliate

you.

”

Consequently,

Terry’s parents

did find him when they came

back. “Maybe you have

alienate

d Terry. He finds you

acrimonious

and left. ”

The mother said in

anguish

. “I

do not

doubt his

allegiance

; He may have been

abduct

ed.” replied the

father.

从绝望中寻找希望，人生终将辉煌！

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Willing is not enough; we must do. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.-- polymath

Just then they received a mail with an

annex amalgamate

d

with the text. In the

appendix

there was an

abridged

letter: “Your

son is in our hands. We’ve

abate

d his diet and

annull

ed his sleep.

We want $$10,000 for

absolv

ing him. If you are

amenable

to our

advisable

request, send the money to the

allocate

d

aperture

of the

sewer at the north of the village within two days; if you

adjourn

,

you’ll never see him again!” the letter

admonish

ed without any

annotation

. The letter was not

abstruse

, but the

abhorrent allusion

drove them into

agony

. Quickly they called the police.

Several policemen were

allot

ted to the case. They were

adroit

and

adept

in their job. Soon they rescued Terry and treated

him with

antiseptic

s. The couple felt

abash

ed: “Thanks to the

police, their

affinity

to spec ops

amaze

d us. We’ll

abstain

drinking and

accentuate

the

agrarian

work.”

The criminal and his

accomplice

were

accuse

d for

abduction

but were

acquit

ted although proof was against them,

because the

avaricious

judge

adopt

ed their

bribery

.

(April, 2th)

Unit Two

Greed

There were two

archaic

countries called Albania and

Croatia long ago. Albania was

arid

and

bleak

while Croatia

从绝望中寻找希望，人生终将辉煌！

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Willing is not enough; we must do. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.-- polymath

arable

. The king of Albania was an

autocrat

with

belligerent

bent

who

begrudge

d Croatia and

belittle

d her

armament

, and he

decided to

assail

Croatia.

Firstly, he sent an

astute

ambassador

in

bleach

ed

apparel

to

visit Croatia. The king of Croatia held a

banquet

and

appoint

ed

him. He

avow

ed: “We

Croatians are

bestow

ed by God the

ardent

aptitude

s. We are

ascetic

as to have few

asset

s and

bequest

s.

We’re also

assiduous

and keep

austerity

.” “Sure,” the messenger

beguile

d, “Your people have begotten

(

原形

) great

attainment

s, and we want to

barter

with your country.”

On hearing that, the Albania

king said: “Good, nobody can

balk

us.” And he

baste

d Croatia with his army. They

bereave

d

Croatia’s

land and

beset

its capital. The Croatia king was

astound

ed and

berate

d: “You shit

belie

d your

avid aspire

for our

land and

blemish

ed justice!” All

Croatian officials were

befuddle

d and began to

bicker

with each other. Only one

minister said: “Although situation is

arduous

, we shall not

apprehend

them. I’ve

appraise

d them and

assert

ed that their

ardor

won’t last long. Everything is

auspicious

and will get

assuage

d.”

The Albania-

forces’ general thought: “Our king is too

bigoted

. Ever since I passed his

audition

and became general, my

从绝望中寻找希望，人生终将辉煌！

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Willing is not enough; we must do. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.-- polymath

allegiance

has been

bask

ed in

attrition

. I’ve

awe

d him, but now

filled with

aversion

. I’ll kill him and retire. I’m

apt

to study

barometer

.” So he

asperse

d: “Our king is avaricious and

barbarous

. We shouldn’t bend to his

arrogance

.” Then he sent an

assassin

and

assassinate

d the king.

(April, 3th)

Unit Three

Prisoners of War

Thousands of war prisoners were kept in

captivity

in the

bulky

camp

. They lived in

clutter

and had to deal with

chore

s.

They must show

categorical

obedience or else receive

caustic

chiding

. The guarding officers

censure

them very often, as well

as

clamor

carnal

punishments. Some

captive

s got

bruise

and

clot

s

all over. Male prisoners lost their

collateral

s and female ones

failed to keep

chaste

.

They wear

burnish

ed

canvas

, and rested in

circumscrib

ed

room with small

capacity

and

caliber

. They

chafe

each other and

brawl

ed frequently. They were

chary

of moving and can hardly

budge

. Their situations

captivate

d lots of reporters, who

castigate

d the government with

cogent

proof. However, the

government gave

bombastic

data and

brag

ged about the

conditions in the camps.

从绝望中寻找希望，人生终将辉煌！

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Willing is not enough; we must do. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.-- polymath

After the

calamity

of war

cease

d, large numbers of captives

were longing for the

boon

of

brisk

and

free life. According to a

clandestine

bond

between the two

canny

governments, a process

of exchanging captives will soon

commence

. This is considered

as opening a

cleft

in the

clog

ged wall between the two countries.

(April, 4th)

Unit Four

Laden’s End

As Osama Ben Laden(

奥萨马

-

本

-

拉登

)

’s forc

es failed

contend

ing with the Northern

Confederate

, he had to

abandon

the

commodious

capital

city of Kabul and

conceal

his trail inside the

contour

of large mountains and

cavern

s. His career

comprise

s

confidential conspiracy

,

conspicuous

terrorist

assault

s, Islamic

fundamentalist

creed

and

contemptible

crimes. But now, most of

Laden

’s subordinates

contemplate

d and become

contrite

, while

castigat

ing him with their

conscience

.

Three months ago, some

conciliatory connoisseur

s of

international affairs from UN came to Afghanistan(

阿富汗

) with

cordial

compassion

to the

catastrophe

occurring there, and

consort

ed Laden. They deem it

contingent

to arrive at a

congruity

if Laden would

concede

. However, Laden was

credulous

in his

counsel

’s words that the

constellation

shows fortune to them. He

从绝望中寻找希望，人生终将辉煌！

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Willing is not enough; we must do. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.-- polymath

was

covetous

and

contemptuous

of his enemy.

Confound

ed by

conceit

, he

crave

d for uniting the entire nation. Thus he

contemn

ed the UN

commission

’s ad

vice and

convene

d his troops

for

counterstrike

.

Soon US

corroborate

d that Laden was the person who

contrive

d the new attack method of impacting skyscrapers with

planes, and person who

conspire

d the

concerted

serial assaults in

New York. Laden

cower

ed and

constrict

ed his mouth. He

controvert

that he was

consecrat

ing some food with

condiment

to

the God in order to

confine

the

contagious

disease in Afghanistan,

and had no time to organize the attack. But US ignored his

construing

. They said that Laden’s story was

concoct

ed and his

credential

was

counterfeit

ed. Then they

confiscat

ed it and

attacked his troops with bombs that

contaminate

d the whole

country.

Laden

confide

d his

congenial

officer with

composure

:

“They won’t

connive

our terrorism, any more than

condone

us.

We must

consolidate

the forces, equip them with the

counterpart

weapons of US army’s, and put

compulsive

death to those

infidels.” “You’re s

o

composed

! Let’s

conceive

something

optimistic.” The officer

commend

ed.

(April,

5th)

从绝望中寻找希望，人生终将辉煌！

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Willing is not enough; we must do. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.-- polymath

Unit Five

Family betrayer

Maria was a

damsel

in a noble family that had passed its

culmination

and fallen into

decadence

. She was little

defective

, for he knew

decorum

well and was

deft

at

cuisine

of

dessert

s.

She followed her father’s

decree

and

defer

red marriage year after year, her best ages

detain

ed.

One day, Maria’s father

designate

d her as a

deputy

to

dispatch

a

deleterious

man who

denounce

d her family and

depict

ed its

defect

s to others. After she saw the man, he

declaim

ed:

“You’re

delude

d by your

culpable

father’s

deceit

. He’s a

despicable

person who

despoil

ed our

property. He

deride

d us and

denote

d that we should work for him. I am the

delegate

of all

deceive

d people. We

detest

your father in

cynical

manners and

demur

to him before the

deities

.

We live in

dank

cells and feel

dazed

frequently, but we’re

dauntless

. We’ll keep

deprecat

ing him

until he

deplore

.”

What the man

delineate

d struck Maria greatly. Her

deference

to father

detract

ed, she said in

a

deject

ed mood: “I have

despise

d you poor people but now I’m

deferential

. You’re right in

decry

ing my father’s

detriment

to you all. He

deform

ed the truth and

defraud

ed me. I’ll

curb

my

cursory

task to put you into

demise

with this

deterrent

. Also, I’ll

detach

myself from my family.”

After some

curt

compliment

s, the man said: “Thanks, I’ll go around that

declivity

and

dab

the bell

dangling

on the

ceiling

as a

signal for us to escape.”

(April,

6th)

Unit Six

The Arrogant Scholar

Alder is a scholar with many

devout

disciple

s. He has been

disseminat

ing

doctrine

s that is

said to be not having the most

diminutive drawback

. He

economize

s his own life and become

emaciated

. When he came to our city last year, our

domineering

boss

discern

ed him and invited

him to give us a

discourse

.

Alder was

eloquent

and began

dilat

ing with

elation

: “What I want to

elucidate

today is a

problem which is long

distain

ed and has

dismay

ed many people. It

distract

s them all the time and

makes them

downcast

. That is: How to

effectuate

the

discretion

in

edify

ing your

disposition

? ……” He

devise

d lots of

dispensable

sentences while

eluding

the important things,

thus

digress

ed the topic and the lecture sounded

devoid

of sense. What’s more, his

dialect

s greatly

disarray

ed the audience and

dwindle

d away the

effectiveness

of his speech.

It was getting

dusky

and began to

drizzle

. We all became

drowsy

and our boss’s patience

ebb

ed. He was

discreet

and didn’t want to

disfigure

himself by forcing Alder to stop, but he really

disparage

his speech very much and cannot

dissemble

any more. Eventually, he said in a

devious

way: “Your topic is

discernible

, but it’s so

dingy

now. Let’s

disband

the meeting and I’ll

disburse

your plane ticket back home with

discount

s

.”

从绝望中寻找希望，人生终将辉煌！

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