英语专业四级听力50篇 12 A Young Man's Promise

One day a young man was writing a letter to his have a face to say that girl friend who lived just a few miles away in a nearby town. He was telling her how much he loved her and how wonderful he thought she was. The more he wrote the more poetic¹ he became. Finally, he said that in order to be with her he would suffer the greatest difficulties², he would face the greatest dangers that anyone could imagine. In fact, to spend only one minute with her, he would swim across the widest river, he would enter the deepest forest, and he would fight against the fiercest³ animals with his bare hands.

He finished the letter, signed his name, and then suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to mention something quite important. So, in a postscript⁴ below his name, he added⁵:
"By the way, I'll be over to see you on Wednesday night, if it doesn't rain."

1 poetic   

adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的

参考例句：

• His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
• His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。

2 difficulties   

n.困难( difficulty的名词复数 )；难度；难事；麻烦

参考例句：

• I am acutely aware of the difficulties we face. 我十分清楚我们面临的困难。
• the difficulties of English syntax 英语句法的难点

3 fiercest   

adj.（尤指人或动物）凶猛的( fierce的最高级 )；凶狠的；（尤指动作或情感） 强烈的；酷烈的

参考例句：

• The sun was at its fiercest and beads of sweat kept rolling down his face. 那时太阳正毒，晒得他汗珠直往下滚。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The leopard seal is one of the Antarctic fiercest marine predators. 豹海豹是北极最凶猛的海洋捕食者之一。 来自互联网

4 postscript   

n.附言，又及；(正文后的)补充说明

参考例句：

• There was the usual romantic postscript at the end of his letter.他的信末又是一贯的浪漫附言。
• She mentioned in a postscript to her letter that the parcel had arrived.她在信末附笔中说包裹已寄到。

5 added   

adj.更多的，附加的，额外的

参考例句：

• They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
• The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。