最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit3-Part2

[00:00.00]William loved the ranch¹
[00:02.62]where he spent his summer vacations
[00:04.59]as a youngster and a youth,
[00:06.77]playing in the rugged² canyons³,
[00:08.85]descending the cliffs and camping
[00:11.15]in colorful Arabstyle tents
[00:13.67]in the mountains with his family.
[00:16.84]Phoebe was delighted in exposing
[00:20.12]her darling child to
[00:22.09]the beauties and wonders of
[00:23.95]the world and spared no expense doing so.
[00:27.56]During one of their adventures,
[00:30.19]an 18month tour of
[00:32.38]the historic palaces
[00:34.67]and castles of Europe,
[00:36.42]William began a lifelong
[00:38.28]love of collecting. 
[00:39.70]With his first acquisitions,
[00:42.00]German picture books, he 
[00:44.62]embarked on a 78year session
[00:47.14]of excessive spending. 
[00:50.21]He confessed to a love
[00:53.05]of the finer things in life and,
[00:55.13]as he had a bottomless purse,
[00:57.87]would never deny himself
[00:59.51]anything he wanted.
[01:01.48]In 1887, while William
[01:05.85]was at Harvard University,
[01:07.38] he decided⁴ to take over
[01:09.14]the small newspaper, the San Francisco Examiner,
[01:13.18] which his father had accepted
[01:15.15]as payment for a gambling⁵ debt
[01:16.46]several years earlier.
[01:18.98]George would have preferred that
[01:21.16]his son be involved in the mining
[01:23.35]and ranching⁶ interests, but
[01:25.11]William declined this offer
[01:26.86]and was given ownership
[01:28.39]of the Examiner in March 1887.
[01:30.68]He was determined⁷ to
[01:34.52]increase the popularity of the paper
[01:36.92] and acquire the best equipment
[01:38.67] and writers available.
[01:40.64]William’s resolve to succeed
[01:43.27]inspired him to publish juicy tales
[01:46.88]of vice⁸ and stories full of drama
[01:49.61]and motivation. In 1895,
[01:53.01]he purchased the New York Morning Journal,
[01:57.49] putting him in direct competition
[01:59.46]with the distinguished⁹ Joseph Pulitzer
[02:02.41]and a circulation war began

1 ranch   

n.大牧场，大农场

参考例句：

• He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
• The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。

2 rugged   

adj.高低不平的，粗糙的，粗壮的，强健的

参考例句：

• Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
• The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。

3 canyons   

n.峡谷( canyon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This mountain range has many high peaks and deep canyons. 这条山脉有许多高峰和深谷。 来自辞典例句
• Do you use canyons or do we preserve them all? 是使用峡谷呢还是全封闭保存？ 来自互联网

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

6 ranching   

adj.放牧的

参考例句：

• They cleared large tracts of forest for farming, logging and ranching. 他们清除了大片的森林以经营农耕、采伐与畜牧。
• This is a trade center in a ranching and oil-producing region. 这是一个牧场与产油区的贸易中心。

7 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

9 distinguished   

adj.卓越的，杰出的，著名的

参考例句：

• Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
• A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。