华尔街高级英语Lesson 9

Dear Juanita,
It was absolutely marvelous¹ to see you again the other day and to meet your tiny sweet little daughter and your handsome, clever husband.
I must tell you my dear; the most extraordinary thing happened to me after I left you: I was stopped by this funny little man in a car, who asked me lots of awfully² embarrassing³ questions about you and
David and Annie.
I wouldn’t have minded so much if he hadn’t been so terribly unattractive. Perhaps I shouldn’t have told him that David used to take drugs (everyone does these days). But I had to tell him something, just to get rid of him. I’m sure you understand now I don’t want to frighten you, darling, but  I thought you should see this simply awful magazine article.
“Dangerous Acquaintances”
Why did the daughter of Mexico’s Mr. Big marry the son of an international drugs criminal⁴, and brother of a well-know terrorist⁵? And who really gave the order to kill
Washdon businessman Hugo Peters?
These are some of the questions that top reporter Kristi Schmidt will be trying to answer in her article in next month’s Playperson.
 People are saying such terrible things about you, you see. If I were you, I’d be very careful.
Love and kisses
Your very own

Lilian

1 marvelous   

adj.奇迹般的，惊人的，了不起的

参考例句：

• It'seems to me a most marvelous book.这本书我觉得奥妙之至。
• I congratulate you on this marvelous opportunity.恭喜你获得这样一个极好的机会。

2 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

3 embarrassing   

adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的v.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)

参考例句：

• His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 criminal   

n.罪犯，犯人，刑事；adj.犯了罪的，罪的，有罪的

参考例句：

• He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
• We captured the criminal.我们捕获了那个犯人。

5 terrorist   

n.恐怖主义者，恐怖分子

参考例句：

• Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪，我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
• The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。