胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇047

（单词翻译）

Lesson 47 The Meeting 会议

 

Words:

 

congregate¹ v. 聚集

 

congress n. 国会，议会

 

congressional adj. 会议的，大会的；国会的

 

congressman² n. 国会议员

 

conjectural³ adj. 推测的

 

conjure⁴ v. 变魔术，变戏法

 

connect v. 连接；联系；联合；沟通

 

connection n. 连接；（s）亲属；熟人，关系户；由共同利益结合在一起的人

 

connivance⁵ n. 默许，共谋

 

connive⁶ v. 纵容，默许，共谋

 

connoisseur⁷ n. 鉴赏家，行家

 

conscience n. 良心，良知

 

conscientious⁸ adj. 尽责的，一丝不苟的；凭良心的

 

conscious adj. 有意识的，神志清醒的；意识到的

 

consciousness n. 意识，知觉

 

consecrate⁹ v. 使神圣，给。。。祝圣；奉献

 

consecutive¹⁰ adj. 连续的

 

consequence n. 结果，后果

 

consequently adv. 从而，因此

 

“Come in,” said Congressman Jones. Jones has been a member of the congress for 20 years. In that time, he had made numerous influential¹¹ connections and had become wealth enough to be a connoisseur of fine wines. He offered some to his guest. “What can I do for you?” Jones asked the man in the suit.

 

“I am the lawyer for a conglomerate¹² in your district who is very interested in submitting some special legislation,” the suited man said.

 

“I hope you’re not expecting me to conjure a yes vote on legislation that only serves the nest interested of bug¹³ business,” said the Congressman.

 

“Not at all,” said the lawyer. “All we need is your influence and backdoor connections to get it passed.”

“It sounds to me like a connivance,” the Congressman replied. “I’m a very conscientious legislator and I have a serious conscience.”

 

“We already know that about you, Congressman Jones,” said the lawyer. “It may seem that I’m thinking like a man who had lost consciousness in an accident. In fact, it was conscious decision on your part to choose someone like you to help us.”

 

“Listen, I didn’t get elected to five consecutive terms by conniving¹⁴ with people like you. I only connect with influential people to help my community. People respect my congressional achievements. They know that I do not make conjectural judgments¹⁵ and consequently, they reelect me every time. People congregate

to hear me speak. I’ve even helped them consecrate a church.”

 

“Trust me Congressman Jones,” the lawyer said with a smile. “Your assistance in our Save the Whale’s legislation won’t result in any negative consequences.”

 

“Why didn’t you say it was to save the whales?” Jones said with a laugh. “I’d love to help.”

 

“请进。”琼斯议员说道。琼斯已经做了20年的议会成员。20年间，他结识了无数有影响力的关系户，并日益富足，成为品尝佳酿的专家。他请客热喝了点好酒。“我能为你做点什么？”琼斯向那个西装革履的男人问道。

 

“我是您所在地区的一家联合大企业的律师，我们公司很想提交一些特殊的法律议案。”那个穿西装的人说道。

 

“您可别指望我会为那些专为大企业谋利的法律变出一张赞成票。”议员说道。

 

“完全没有，”律师道，“您只需运用您的影响力和各种后门关系使这一法律得以通过就行。”

 

“你看这似乎是共谋吧，”议员回答道，“我是一名尽职尽责的立法者，我有一颗严正良心。”

 

“这些我们早就知道，琼斯议员。”律师说道。“也许我的思维方式看起来像个在事故中失去知觉的人。事实上，我方是有意识地选择五任当选议员的。

 

“听着，我可不是靠同你们这样的人搞些阴谋才连续五任当选议员的。我跟权势交往不过是为了帮助我所在的社区。人们尊敬我是因为议会取得了不少成就。他们知道我不会做些主观臆测的决断，因此我每次都能重新当选。人们聚集在一起听我演说。我甚至帮助他们为教堂祝圣。”

 

“相信我，琼斯议员，”律师微笑着说，“就我们提出的‘拯救鲸鱼’法案来说，您的协助不会带来任何负面后果。”

 

“你怎末不早说要是拯救鲸鱼呢？”琼斯微笑到，“我很愿意帮忙。”