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发信人: bonjovi (bonjovi), 信区: Flyingoverseas
标 题: Building your vocabulary through reading (6)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2001年07月31日00:12:06 星期二), 站内信件
Building your vocabulary through reading (6)
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* Rule, Britannia
An unforgettable [SAGA] of World War II has to do with the small French
coastal town of Dunkirk. There, in 1940, thousands of British troops made a
[BELATED] escape from the [AWESOME] power of the German army and air force.
Thery were removed by an [ARRAY] of private boats, from huge [YACHETS] to [D
ECREPIT] fishing boats. At their own [VOLITION], the skippers came close to
the shore, while German planes bombed implacably. They remained [IMPERTURBAB
LE]under heavy fire. When their [VESSELS] were loaded,they [DASHED] back to
England. Once unloaded, they did not [VACILLATE], but returned with [EQUANIM
ITY] to their [VIGIL] in the danger zone. The British proved once again that
they are [PARAGONS] of comradeship in times of [JEOPARDY].
* The Good Guys vs. Bad Guys
The international adventure stories [PREVALENT] on television follow [ME
TICULOUSLY] a plot that is [INEXORABLE] in its development. Those on the sid
e of law and justice face [PERFIDIOUS] men and organizations. These are [ANA
THEMA] to those values the [STAUNCH] heroes would defend. These [INFAMOUS] m
en have no capacity for [COMPASSION], and they treat the lovely women with [
OPPROBRIUM]. The [INTREPID] heroes are placed in [DELETERIOUS] situations as
a result of the [MACHIAVELLIAN]maneuvers of their opponents. One [UNCONSCIO
NABLE] act of [DUPLICITY] follows another until the total destruction of the
“ good guys ”seems at hand. At the last moment, usually amidst the [PANDE
MONIUM]of a battle, the cause for which the heroes [STRIVE] triumphs. Howeve
r, evil is [UBIQUITOUS], and next week another [FRACAS] will erupt.
* A Famous [MUTINY]
One of the most [REPUGNANT] names in popular [LEGEND] is that of Captain
William Blight. He was the captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789, and the mu
tiny that erupted aboard the ship was the basis for a film in which Charles
Laughton portrayed Bligh as an [AWESOME] [BULLY] and an [UNMITIGATED] [VILLA
IN]. He would [FLAY] both the body and the spirit of anyone who crossed him.
The crew developed such an [AVERSION] to Bligh’s [MORTIFYING] actions and
[DEMEANOR] that, led by Fletcher Christian, they set the captain and 17 ship
mates off in a lifeboat in the South Pacific. The ship continued to The Pitc
airn Islands where the crew remained to live with the islanders. Laughton’s
[DELINEATION] of Bligh remains as the image we have of him. Only recently h
as any attempt been made to [VINDICATE] Captain Bligh and to remove the [HEI
NOUS] reputation that [PERMEATES] history.
* Fair Play!
Recently, there has been an attempt to improve Captain Bligh’s [TAINTED
] image. Historians maintain that there was no [TURPITUDE] in Bligh’s actio
ns aboard the H.M.S. Bounty. Perhaps he was [IMPRUDENT] in failing to keep h
is temper under control. While an [INFRACTION] aboard ship was quickly criti
cized, Bligh never carried out those [CALLOUS] actions the movie dramatized
in order to [DEPICT] an evil man, say his defenders. After the mutiny, Capta
in Bligh [ASTUTELY] navigated the lifeboat with the other 17 men for over 3,
000 miles to safety. This [PRODIGIOUS] [FEAT]alone, say those who would rest
ore Bligh’s good name, should be enough to allow for a full [REDRESS]of the
wrongs that have been blamed on him for over 150 years. While the [COTERIE]
defending Captain Bligh do not ask the public to praise him, they do request
a more [BENEVOLENT] attitude towards this traditionally [REPREHENSIBLE] fig
ure, and an end to the [VITUPERATION][HEAPED] upon him for these many years.
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过去太遥远,未来太迷茫。
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