时间:2018-11-29 作者:英语课 分类:四级晨读英语美文


英语课

Fall from University Grace


Just as Adam was cast out of Eden I was kicked out of university; but while his transgression 1 was eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge, my sin was ignoring the tree. After my dismal 2 performance in my first year of university, I contemplated 3 the reasons for my failure. Now, I understand the two factors that contributed to my downfall: the lack of a career goal and premature 4 independence.


Without a career goal, I lacked direction and motivation. About halfway 5 through my final year of high school, I was hounded by my parents to enroll 6 in university, but until that time I had not given any thought to what career I wanted to pursue. To silence their nagging 7, I told them I wanted to be an engineer. Though I got high marks in math, physics, and chemistry, I was bored with them, and my dislike of the sciences became apparent in the first four months of university. I failed all my science courses.


Snow fell in mid-December—final exam time—but I didn't notice either event, because I had become a creature of the night preying 8 on full beer mugs in smoke-filled bars. my exams had been returned and I had failed all my courses. I didn't care; neither did my friends, whose marks were equally bad. We bragged 9 of our freedom from our parents, not realizing that their influence was more beneficial than the influence we had on each other.


When Christmas day arrived, I found a "withdrawal 10 from university" notice in my stocking. Unearned independence was the fruit from the tree of knowledge that tempted 11 me and caused my downfall. Because I was not mature enough to accept the responsibility for my own future and because I abused my privileges of independence, I failed my first year of university. The causes of my downfall have taught me maturity 12 and responsibility, and in the future I will not ignore the tree of knowledge again. Falling from Eden was enough to teach Adam; the same is true for me.



1 transgression
n.违背;犯规;罪过
  • The price can make an action look more like a transaction than a transgression.罚款让一个行为看起来更像是一笔交易而不是一次违法行为。
  • The areas of transgression are indicated by wide spacing of the thickness contours.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
2 dismal
adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的
  • That is a rather dismal melody.那是一支相当忧郁的歌曲。
  • My prospects of returning to a suitable job are dismal.我重新找到一个合适的工作岗位的希望很渺茫。
3 contemplated
adj.比预期时间早的;不成熟的,仓促的
  • It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
  • The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。
4 halfway
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
5 enroll
v.招收;登记;入学;参军;成为会员(英)enrol
  • I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
  • They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。
6 nagging
adj.唠叨的,挑剔的;使人不得安宁的v.不断地挑剔或批评(某人)( nag的现在分词 );不断地烦扰或伤害(某人);无休止地抱怨;不断指责
  • Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. 别唠叨了—我会尽快做的。
  • I've got a nagging pain in my lower back. 我后背下方老是疼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 preying
v.掠食( prey的现在分词 );掠食;折磨;(人)靠欺诈为生
  • This problem has been preying on my mind all day. 这个问题让我伤了整整一天脑筋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • For a while he let his eyes idly follow the preying bird. 他自己的眼睛随着寻食的鸟毫无目的地看了一会儿。 来自辞典例句
8 bragged
v.自夸,吹嘘( brag的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He bragged to his friends about the crime. 他向朋友炫耀他的罪行。
  • Mary bragged that she could run faster than Jack. 玛丽夸口说她比杰克跑得快。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 withdrawal
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销
  • The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
  • They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
10 tempted
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词)
  • I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚,但还是没开口。
  • I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
11 maturity
n.成熟;完成;(支票、债券等)到期
  • These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
  • This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。
学英语单词
about to
adherens junctions
amount of bond
appearance of coat
argentans
arithmetic decoder
assignations
assignmentsymbol
atrichum undulatum
autodestruction
back-stab
boweth
Brasovo
cardiodysesthesia
check and bill in process of collection
conkers
cotangent function
cross-validation criterion
crystallographic refinement
cuntheads
did without
dough bird
Doyrentsi
dreariment
economic-forecasting
endplayed
enstead
epoxy insulation
erwiniocin
evaporator concentrate processing (plant)
exochorial pregnancy
extractum malti cum oleo morrhuae
foreland grit
full duplex telephone lines
gasator
go on the market
goal of native mode
gravid crab disease
Great Miami River
Guluguba
harpsical
have more sauce than pig
hot methylation
Hypopitys multiflora
idol star
internal fixation of spine
johann christoph friedrich von schillers
kermesina
ledesma
liquidation of duties
lovemobiles
macromolecular colloid
Mae Rim
maitles
market survey
minimum burn-out ratio
minimum detectable distance
monocentric bundle
monocular visual field
Navidrix
norbuprenorphine
o-chlorophenetole
oblique rotator model
Old Morley
one-player
onhang
order of business
out of-phase diagram
overflow passage
Phaedriades
photodeutron
pipe arch
polyprenols
president william henry harrisons
primitive economics
propers
Proth number
qap (quality assurance prigram)
radiative-convective equilibrium
rail-road disease
rays ultimes
reserved seaplane area
Rezi
right to request compensation
rubbery shear modulus
scaly flute-like mold
soredial branch
spin-flip scattering
Spinoolivary
static stability analysis
statistics of income
tarmacks
tautomeral
techno-industrial
the change
thermal glow characteristic
Tiékongoba
trailing broadcaster
Transvaalians
Trimastix
wish on/upon/up
witness an agreement