胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇127

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An influenza¹ patient (from infest² to inherit)

After little more than an informal examination, the doctor concluded that Mr.Malcolm Smith’s organism was infested³ with a particularly virulent⁴ strain of the influenza virus. “The virus has infiltrated⁵ every part of your system, I’m afraid, and its pernicious influx⁶ has inflicted⁷ a great deal of damage,” he said. “Your present state of inertia⁸ is inherent in this type of condition, and you’re in a very serious state.”

“Please don’t let me die now, doctor,”Malcolm Smith whispered, barely audibly. “I am an influential⁹ person and still have a great deal of important work to do. I shall see to it that you will inherit a substantial sum under my will, if you save me.”

“I shall do everything in my power, I promise!”replied the good doctor. “I don’t wish to unduly¹⁰ inflate¹¹ your hopes, but I have developed a quite ingenious concoction¹² with a goodly number of secret ingredients, which may well infuse some vitality¹³ into your system. Alas¹⁴, in these times of runaway¹⁵ inflation, being a beneficiary under your will is one thing, but what my bank account would really need is an infusion¹⁶ of cash now. If I am correctly informed, you used to inhabit that grand estate by the lake before you became ill, and recently sold your shareholding¹⁷ in International Consolidated¹⁸ Inc. and are not exactly short of ready cash. So how about your writing me a cheque for 20,000 dollars to begin with?”

“You are infringing¹⁹ on my rights as a patient,” Malcolm Smith objected feebly.

“Ah, we must not be so inflexible²⁰, must we now?” responded the doctor. “You see, as long as you are an inhabitant of this hospital, I am in charge of your destiny, do you understand?”

一个流感病人

做完非正式的检查后，医生得出结论，马尔科姆.史密斯的机体大量滋生了一种非常致命的流感病毒。“恐怕病毒已经渗入你的身体的每部分，它有害的汇集已经造成很大的破坏，”他说。“你现在的懒惰状态是这种情况所固有的，你的情况很严重。”

“医生，请不要让我现在就死，” 马尔科姆.史密斯低声说，几乎听不到他的声音。“我是个有影响的人，还有很多重要的工作要做。如果你救了我，我保证根据我的遗嘱你将继承很大一笔钱。”

“我保证，我将尽力而为！”这位良医回答道。“我不想让你的希望不适当地膨胀，但我已研制了一种精巧的合剂，它由很多秘密的成分组成，将给你的身体注入一些活力。唉，像现在这种通货膨胀失去控制的时候，成为你的遗嘱的受益人是一回事，但我的银行账目最需要的是现在注入现金。如果我了解的情况没有错，你生病前住在湖边豪华的庄园里，最近你出售了国际统一有限公司的股权，现在也并不怎么缺现钱。给我一张20，000美元的支票作为开始，怎么样？”

“你侵犯了我作为病人的权利，”马尔科姆.史密斯无力地抗议道。

“啊，我们现在不能那么顽固，对吗？”医生回答。“你看，只要你这个医院的住院户我就支配着你的命运，懂吗？”