托福詞匯學(xué)習(xí)：通過閱讀記單詞一

    Lesson 1 Having Faith

    Words：

    abandon vt. 拋棄，放棄； n. 放縱，沉溺于

    abash vt. 使羞愧

    abate v. （數(shù)量、程度等）減少，減輕，緩解

    abbreviate vt. 縮短；縮寫

    abbreviation n. 縮寫，縮寫詞

    abdicate v. 讓位，辭職；放棄（權(quán)利或責(zé)任）

    abduct vt. 綁架，拐走

    abet vt. 幫助；教唆，唆使；煽動，慫恿

    abide vi. 遵守；vt. 忍受

    abiding adj. 持久的

    abolish vt. 廢除，取消

    abolition n. 廢除，革除

    aboriginal adj. 土著的；原來的；土著居民的

    abort n. 中止計劃（任務(wù)）

    abortive adj. 失敗的，無結(jié)果的

    abound vi. 充滿；富于

    abrasion n. 表面磨損

    abrasive adj. 研磨的

    abridge v. 縮短，刪節(jié)

    abrupt adj. 突然的，意外的

    You can call me A. J.， which is an abbreviation of my full name， Alexander Justice. I like to abbreviate my name because it's easier for people to remember. I work for a museum that collects aboriginal artifacts.

    I would like to tell you why I have an abidding faith in the legal system. The story you're about to read has been abridged to reduced its length.

    I used to live in an area where criminals abounded and where the legal system seemed powerless. One day， my daughter was abducted. Although I abided by the kidnapper's monetary demands， they refuse to release her. I had no choice but put my faith in the legal authorities. The police responded immediately and searched the area. Despite their lack of success， they refused to abandon their search or to call an abort to their mission. They knew that any abortive action would surely result in my daughter's death.

    The investigation eventually led the police to conduct an abrupt search at the home of a local office who was abashed when he learned of the search. My daughter was found in his basement. She had abrasions to her wrists where the abrasiverope had scraped her. The official was arrested along with his bodyguard whoabetted him in the kidnapping.

    The office was forced to abdicate his position and was sent to prison for life. The judge told him that he was lucky that the capital punishment had been abolishedand that it was only due to this abolition that he would not be executed. The swift apprehension and strict punishment fo these criminals help to abate my lack of faith in the legal system. These days， I truly believe in "justice"， and it's not because of my name！

    你可以叫我A.J， 這是我的全名Alexander Justice的縮寫。我喜歡縮寫我的名字，因為這樣人們更容易記住。我在一家收藏土著手工藝品的博物館工作。

    我要告訴你為什么我會始終不渝的信任法制。下面你將讀到的故事已經(jīng)被刪減，以免冗長。

    我曾經(jīng)住在一個罪犯多如牛毛而法律又軟弱的地區(qū)。一天，我的女兒遭到了綁架。盡管我遵從了綁架者的金錢要求，他們?nèi)匀痪芙^釋放她。我別無選擇，只好寄希望于法律機(jī)構(gòu)。警察部門立刻行動，全面搜查該地區(qū)。雖然徒勞無獲，但他們不愿中止行動、放棄搜查，因為他們知道任何失敗都將導(dǎo)致我女兒的死亡。

    調(diào)查到最后，警察部門出其不意的搜查當(dāng)?shù)匾幻�官員的家。那名官員得知要被搜查時，羞愧難當(dāng)。警察在他的地下室找到了我的女兒。她的手腕有多出磨傷，那是被粗糙的繩子擦傷的。那名官員連同唆使他綁架的保鏢雙雙被捕。

    那名官員被迫辭職，判處終身監(jiān)禁。法官告訴他，他該慶幸極刑已被廢除，并且由于該項懲罰的廢除，他將免遭處決。迅速抓獲罪犯并對其嚴(yán)加處置的做法減少了我對法律的不信任感。現(xiàn)在我真正信任“司法Justice”，但并不是因為我的名字叫Justice ！

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