【英语4级听力】重聚-The Reunion

Chris Miller¹ hated his college life. He was very fat. All his classmates made fun of him. It was hard for him to lose weight. People wouldn't stop laughing at him. After he graduated, he finally had time to go to the gym. He worked out every day. Eventually², Chris was hired³ to be a swimsuit model. He was very successful.

 

Fifteen years later, his college reunion arrived. No one was able to recognize⁴ him at first. He looked very fit and handsome. He couldn't recognize anyone else either. They had all gotten fat and ugly.

1 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

2 eventually   

adv.终于，最后

参考例句：

• Eventually he won the match.他终于赢得了这场比赛。
• Their marriage eventually broke up.他们的婚姻终告破裂。

3 hired   

v.聘用( hire的过去式和过去分词 )；录用；雇用；租用

参考例句：

• They hired a boat and went for a row down the river. 他们租了条小船，划向河的下游。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These girls never hired out to do servants' work. 这些姑娘从不受雇去做佣人的工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 recognize   

vt.认出，认可，承认，公认，识别，赏识；vi.承认，具结

参考例句：

• How will I recognize you?我怎样才能认出你？
• I want to recognize Mr.Green.我想要认识格林先生。