第七篇

 

    WORDS

 

    anonymous a.1.無名的，不具名的 2.匿名的 3.無特色的，無個特征的

 

    antagonism n.對抗，敵對，對立

 

    antenna n.1.觸角，觸須 2.天線

 

    anthropologist n.人類學家，人類學者

 

    antonym n.反義詞

 

    ape n.猿 vt.模仿

 

    appal 見appall

 

    appall vt.使驚駭，使大吃一驚

 

    apparatus n.1.器械，器具，儀器 2.機構(gòu)，組織

 

    appease vt.平息，撫慰姑息

 

    appendix n.1.闌尾 2.附錄

 

    applaud vi.鼓掌，喝彩 vt.1.向……鼓掌，向……喝彩 2.稱贊，贊許

 

    appraisal n.估計，估量，評價

 

    apprehend vt.逮捕，拘押，領會，理解

 

    apprentice n.學徒，徒弟

 

    apron n.1.圍裙　2.臺口（舞臺幕前的突出部分）？ 3.停機坪

 

    apt a.1.易于，有（做某事的）傾向 2.恰當?shù)�，適宜的 3.聰明的，反應敏捷的

 

    aptitude n.（學習方面的）才能，資質(zhì)，天資

 

    arc n.1. 弧形（物）？ 2.弧 3.電弧，弧光

 

    arch n.拱，拱門，拱形（結(jié)構(gòu)）？ v.（使）成拱形 a.調(diào)皮的，淘氣的

 

    archaeology n.考古學

 

    My Apprentice the Ape

 

    The ape had stolen his research apparatus！ But now the anthropologist was going to make hime pay！ He had always thought his apprentice might be apt to make some stupid mistake that could cost hime dearly，but the apprentice's aptitude had failed him when he pretended to be an anonymous archeology student in front of his own wife. How could she not recognize him？ No one was larger or heavier in all the university——that's why they had started calling him "the ape".

 

    The anthropologist wasn't appalled to learn that his wife had played along with the game，and ，not wanting to stop baking and take her apron off， let his [b][color=#ff0000]apprentice through the arch into his secret office. That was when he stole the apparatus！ And his wife soon realized that she had made a mistake.

 

    Now，as his antagonism was again rising and he had almost reached the house，the anthropologist was certain that he would be able to apprehend the ape and appease his thirst for revenge.

 

    As he turned in an arc to stop his car in front of the driveway， and he saw that his apprentice had also seen him， he could tell that the ape was making an appraisal of his escape options. Quickly the anthropologist stepped out of his car， grabbed the antenna， broke it off and threw it at the apprentice. He couldn't help but applaud his aim when it punctured the ape's appendix！ Knowing that the usual antonym for revenge was forgiveness， the anthropologist still did not go to help the now injured apprentice.

 

    我的猿徒弟

 

    猿居然偷了他的研究器械！現(xiàn)在這名人類學家可是要讓他作出償還！他以前總是認為，他的徒弟可能很容易犯點愚蠢的錯誤，讓他損失慘重，可是當他在自己的老婆面前假裝是一名無特色的考古學生時，徒弟的天資讓他大失所望。她怎么竟會認不出他？整個大學里沒有人比他更大更重——這便是他們開始叫他“猿”的原因。

 

    得知他的老婆也在做戲，而且因為不想停止烘烤并脫掉圍裙，便讓他的徒弟從拱門進到了他的秘密辦公室，人類學家并沒有因此而大吃一驚。他偷器械就是在這個時候！他老婆很快意識到她犯了個錯誤。

 

    現(xiàn)在由于他的敵對情緒又起而且?guī)缀跻呀?jīng)到家，人類學家肯定他能逮到猿以平息他對復仇的渴望。

 

    當他呈弧形把車開過來停在車道前面時，他發(fā)現(xiàn)徒弟也看到了他，他明白猿在估量他的逃跑方案。人類學家很快下車，抓住天線，把它扯掉并向徒弟扔去。天線刺到了徒弟的闌尾，他不禁拍手叫好！盡管人類學家知道復仇的反義詞一般是寬恕，但他還是沒有走過去幫助現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)受傷的徒弟。