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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 wish to find it
out with us?” Terr
y 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.
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)
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Unit Two
Greed
There were two
archaic
countries called Albania and Croatia
long ago. Albania was
arid
and
bleak
while
Croatia
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
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beget
) 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
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.
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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 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)
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
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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
.”
Alder became
dismal
at once.
He replied: “Do not
dissimulate
or
disclaim
your real
purpose. You
divulge
d that your patience
have
dissipated
. Well, if
any of you can
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disprove
the topic of my
discourse
, you can
displace
me and
I’ll go home keep
dormant
.
I’m so
ductile
.”
“Stop
effus
ing your words filled
with
discord
,” shouted the
boss angrily, “I’ve
dissect
ed your topic and it
embodies
nothing.
Diversify
its content, or
I
’ll
efface
them.
We
diverge
too much and I have to let you leave,
otherwise you’re doing nothing but
embezzling
our
money.”
(April,
7th)
Unit Seven
Great Archaeological
Discovery
An
erratic
instrument was
exhume
d from an
excavation
of ancient
epoch
. It looked
like a pipe but was
embroider
ed
exquisite
pictures on it,
and could still
engender
a
euphonious
sound. As nobody
in the country can
enunciate
what it is, an
archaeologist
with special
expertise
skill was
enlist
ed from abroad.
Following the
envoy
, the
expert
came to the
expedient
huts
encompass
ing the
spot. During his
expeditious
esteeming
, the expert was completely
engross
ed. He
exclaim
ed: “This is an
exotic
flute
which is the oldest
extant
one, and all others
have
been
exterminate
d in
ethnic
migrations.” Then he gave an
exemplary
play with the
pipe,
followed by
extemporaneous expounding
to
its structure.
Eventually
,
he
extoll
ed the
importance of this discovery, showing
exorbitant etiquette
.
The
enrapturing
local official
held a banquette on the
archaeologist
’s
exodus
.
However,
the instrument’s value
entice
d the expert and
entail
ed his greed. He
emend
ed
his plan
and wanted to
encroach
the
flute. Thus he
exerted
his
eloquence
and
equivocate
d:
“Sorry I’ve made a mistake maybe.
According to an
excerpt
from
a book
enact
ed by my
teacher, this instrument is unworthy. Its value
cannot
emulate
a common
flute.”
The official was
exasperate
d: “Nobody will
endorse
such nonsense
excluding
yourself. Your
crime can be neither
extenuate
d nor
exempt
ed.
Expedite
your steps and
eschew
us, foolish
exponent
.”
The
archaeologist was
enervate
d
and ran away as soon as possible.
(April, 8th)
Unit Eight
The Fox and the
Chicken
The
frigid
winter
and scarce food supply
famish
many animals,
including a
ferocious
fox.
He is almost
forlorn
because
he has garnered little food when the land
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was
fertile
, and
the
flora
is
extraneous
to his diet. He
used to be
fussy
and
extravagant
with
his food but now has to
fetter
his stomach and
be
frugal
. “What a
formidable
winter!” he
gabble
s.
Just then his
eyes
flicker
due to a
fortuitous
discovery. After
ferret
ing about the
whole grassland
fraught
of snow for
fishy
objects, he finally
found a small
finch
with
fuzzy
feather and
fragrant
smell. A chicken!
“A
ha,
facile
prey!” the fox was
exultant
,
“Hmm…She looks so
fatuous
and
feeble
. But I shall not go
forthright
, because the
feud
between foxes and
chickens will
fluster
or
fret
her, and
foment
her escape. I must
make
her believe her
foe
through
fraud
s.”
After
fitful
garnish
ing, the fox comes up
to the
fluffy
fowl
with a
genial
smile on his
face. He
feign
ed
that he is a
gentry
with
genteel
speaking
genre
: “Hey, my
fraternal
friend!
I’m coming to
extricate
you from a disaster. It’s not
facetious
. Your nest is too
flimsy
and
frail
to be a
fixture
for living. It
cannot
foil
great
gale
s coming soon. However,
I can help building a new nest with
many
forte
s for you, which
can
forestall
water
exud
ing. I just want to show
my
genuine
feat
and won’t
extort
money from you.”
“Stop your
futile fraudulent
figment
. It’s such
gauche
farce
.”
the
chicken
flout
ed,
“Look at the
frowsy
gash
on your
cheek. You’re the
fickle
figurehead
of the fox
clan
who just
failed in the
factious
fights.”
The fox cannot
gainsay
the chicken’s
word
s and left in
frenzy
frustration.
(April, 9th)
Unit Nine
Generation Gap
Ted made a
fortune
and hiked back
his
idyllic
home
in
illustrious
guise
s. He wore
a
grand
hat, a pair of
gilded glossy
shoes and a
girdle
with
glazed
tip. All neighbors in
the
gorge
welcomed Ted with
homage
instead of
grudging
, and he
was
gleeful
as well
as
haughty
.
Yet, Ted’s father, who used to be
humane
, criticized him
bitterly: “How
hideous
you
are! We used to be
hardy
and
hectic
.
We’re
gregarious
and never
guileless
. Now you
made a
haphazard
fortune
and lost our
virtues.
Hearsay
says that
you get your money
by
harry
ing passengers and
hew
ing trees. Somebody
even
impart
ed me that you’ve
committed
immense
homicide
. If you’ve done
those
illicit
things, It’s surely
ignominious idiosyncrasy
,
and you’ll lose your
imminent
heirship
if you go on like
that.” He
humiliate
d Ted.
Ted
imbibe
d some tea,
grope
d his match and
ignit
ed a cigar. “You’re too
hackneyed
and
grumpy
,” he
grumble
d in a
grouchy
voice, “I
cannot
gratify
your
obsolete
ideology
. You old people
used to live like
ignoble
cattle and
illegible
grasses.
You
glean
grain
from fields and
heave
them back in
gratitude
to the God. You
gnaw
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