提高阅读，就从今天做起（二）

四六级阅读占考试的比重很大，很多考友也为阅读烦恼不已，该怎么办呢？两个字：多看！

所以，从今天开始，每天会节选一些文章和大家一起阅读。

Next time that you think you’re having a bad day

The average cost of rehabilitate¹ one seal after the Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively-saved animals were released into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers². A minute later, a killer³ whale ate them both.

In 1992, Frank Perkings in Los Angeles made an attempt on the world flagpole-sitting record. Suffering from the flu, he came 8 hours shorter than the 400-day record; his sponsor has gone bust⁴, his girlfriend had left him and his phone and electricity had been cut off.

A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen, shaking frantically⁵ with what looked like a wire running from his waist towards the electrical kettle. Intending to jolt⁶ him from the deadly current, she whacked⁷ him with a handy plank⁸ of wood by the back door, breaking his arm in two places. Until that moment, he had been happily listening to his walkman.

参考译文：
当你觉得自己倒霉时，看看这个…
阿拉斯加瓦尔迪兹发生石油泄漏以后，救援每只海豹的平均费用达到8万美元。在一个特别的仪式上面，有两只花巨款拯救回来的海豹，在人们的欢呼和掌声中被放回大自然。一分钟后，它们双双被一头杀人鲸吞入肚中。
1992年，洛杉矶的弗兰克·帕金斯决心打破坐旗杆的世界记录。由于染上感冒，他在还差8小时破400天记录的时候下来；随后发现他的赞助人已经破产,女朋友早拂袖而去，而他的电话和电都被停了。
一名妇女回到家中，发现丈夫在厨房里疯狂的扭动身体，腰间似乎有根电线连到电暖壶。为了救他与危难之中，她就近从后门抄了一块厚木版朝他劈去，把他的胳膊劈成两段。其实此前他一直快乐的听着随身听。

本期总结：

开头的第一句话相信大家都被慎了一下：The average cost of rehabilitate one seal after the Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. 这里面有两个比较关键和词：rehabilitate 和 seal 意为：使康复和海豹；句中的关键词如果不认识的话，试试跳过这句，看看后面的句子，能不能大概猜测一下这句话的意思呢？

然后有个怪怪的词：flagpole-sitting 试着拆这个词。。flag-pole-sitting能猜个八九成了吧

这篇文章总体上生词比较多，但结构不复杂，但里面一些词用得不错哦，比如说：Suffering from the flu，his sponsor has gone bust等等

1 rehabilitate   

vt.改造(罪犯)，修复；vi.复兴，(罪犯)经受改造

参考例句：

• There was no money to rehabilitate the tower.没有资金修复那座塔。
• He used exercise programmes to rehabilitate the patients.他采用体育锻炼疗法使患者恢复健康。

2 onlookers   

n.旁观者，观看者( onlooker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash. 在撞车地点聚集了一大群围观者。
• The onlookers stood at a respectful distance. 旁观者站在一定的距离之外，以示尊敬。

3 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

4 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

5 frantically   

ad.发狂地, 发疯地

参考例句：

• He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
• She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

6 jolt   

v.（使）摇动，（使）震动，（使）颠簸

参考例句：

• We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
• They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。

7 whacked   

a.精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• She whacked him with her handbag. 她用手提包狠狠地打他。
• He whacked me on the back and I held both his arms. 他用力拍拍我的背，我抱住他的双臂。

8 plank   

n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目

参考例句：

• The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
• They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。