胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇180

　　180. Halloween fight万圣节的战斗 prototype-pupil
It is necessary to understand the psychology¹ of children when they are in a provocative² mood. Where adults may be prudent³ and protract⁴ their patience in order to avoid the negative publicity⁵ that may come from a fight, children may tend to practice provincialism and provoke someone who is different from them just to be able to publicize it. To be provident⁶ is a provision that adults aspire⁷ to whereas children may first resort to provocation⁸.
On one Halloween night, a group of kids dressed in their costumes were roaming the streets going from house to house getting candy when one of the kids, despite their costumes, recognized an out-of-tower. The boy approached the out-of-town boy and said, “You out-of-town smut, I’m going to punch you in the pupil!” And with that, the boys were at it, arms and legs flailing⁹ about. One of the kids tried to pry¹⁰ them apart, but it was of no use. They were locked together. They fell into a puddle¹¹ as they fought. The first boy said, “I’m going to beat you to a pulp¹²!” and proceeded to pump him with his fist. Another kid picked up a jack-o-lantern and smashed it over the first boy’s head. The pungent¹³ smell of pumpkin¹⁴ filled the air. He immediately got up and ran into a nearby pueblo¹⁵, which was serving as a prototype of a provisional storehouse. After the ambulance arrived, one paramedic checked the out-of-towner’s pulse and for puncture¹⁶ wounds while another cleaned the pumpkin off.
Some time later, the first boy was caught and had to stand trial in juvenile¹⁷ court. The out-of-towner had to attend by proxy¹⁸ as he was still recovering in the hospital.
prototype n.原型
protract v.延长,拖长
provident adj.深谋远虑的,有远见的,节俭的
provincialism n.地方主义,心胸狭窄
provision n.供应,规定,条款,(预先采取的)对策
provisional adj.暂时的,临时的
provocation n.激怒,挑拨,刺激
provocative adj.挑拨的,煽动的
provoke vt.激怒,煽动.惹起
proxy n.代理人
prudent adj审慎的,深谋远虑的
pry vt.撬动,(强行)打开或分开
psychology n.心理学,心理
publicity n.公开,宣传
publicize vt.(公开)宣传,宣扬
puddle n.小水洼
pueblo n.印第安人村庄
pulp n.果肉,柔软的果肉或浆状之物质
pulse n.脉搏,脉冲
pump n.泵vt.(用泵)抽(水),抽吸,上下抽动,使劲的握(手)
pumpkin n.南瓜
punch vt.重击,打孔
puncture vt.刺穿,戳破
pungent adj.(指气味,味道)刺激性的,辛辣的
pupil n.瞳孔

1 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

2 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

3 prudent   

adj.谨慎的，有远见的，精打细算的

参考例句：

• A prudent traveller never disparages his own country.聪明的旅行者从不贬低自己的国家。
• You must school yourself to be modest and prudent.你要学会谦虚谨慎。

4 protract   

v.延长，拖长

参考例句：

• The inspector informed us that he was to protract his stay for some days.督察通知我们他将在此多呆几天。
• Let's not protract the debate any further.我们不要再继续争论下去了。

5 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

6 provident   

adj.为将来做准备的，有先见之明的

参考例句：

• A provident father plans for his children's education.有远见的父亲为自己孩子的教育做长远打算。
• They are provident statesmen.他们是有远见的政治家。

7 aspire   

vi.(to，after)渴望，追求，有志于

参考例句：

• Living together with you is what I aspire toward in my life.和你一起生活是我一生最大的愿望。
• I aspire to be an innovator not a follower.我迫切希望能变成个开创者而不是跟随者。

8 provocation   

n.激怒，刺激，挑拨，挑衅的事物，激怒的原因

参考例句：

• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
• They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。

9 flailing   

v.鞭打( flail的现在分词 )；用连枷脱粒；（臂或腿）无法控制地乱动；扫雷坦克

参考例句：

• He became moody and unreasonable, flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse. 他变得喜怒无常、不可理喻，为点鸡毛蒜皮的小事就殴打凯瑟琳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His arms were flailing in all directions. 他的手臂胡乱挥舞着。 来自辞典例句

10 pry   

vi.窥(刺)探，打听；vt.撬动(开，起)

参考例句：

• He's always ready to pry into other people's business.他总爱探听别人的事。
• We use an iron bar to pry open the box.我们用铁棍撬开箱子。

11 puddle   

n.(雨)水坑，泥潭

参考例句：

• The boy hopped the mud puddle and ran down the walk.这个男孩跳过泥坑，沿着人行道跑了。
• She tripped over and landed in a puddle.她绊了一下，跌在水坑里。

12 pulp   

n.果肉，纸浆；v.化成纸浆，除去...果肉，制成纸浆

参考例句：

• The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.这西瓜瓤儿太肉了。
• The company manufactures pulp and paper products.这个公司制造纸浆和纸产品。

13 pungent   

adj.（气味、味道）刺激性的，辛辣的；尖锐的

参考例句：

• The article is written in a pungent style.文章写得泼辣。
• Its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hideouts.它的刺激性气味会令恐怖分子窒息，迫使他们从藏身地点逃脱出来。

14 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

15 pueblo   

n.（美国西南部或墨西哥等）印第安人的村庄

参考例句：

• For over 2,000 years,Pueblo peoples occupied a vast region of the south-western United States.在长达2，000多年的时间里，印第安人统治着现在美国西南部的大片土地。
• The cross memorializes the Spanish victims of the 1680 revolt,when the region's Pueblo Indians rose up in violent protest against their mistreatment and burned the cit

16 puncture   

n.刺孔，穿孔；v.刺穿，刺破

参考例句：

• Failure did not puncture my confidence.失败并没有挫伤我的信心。
• My bicycle had a puncture and needed patching up.我的自行车胎扎了个洞，需要修补。

17 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

18 proxy   

n.代理权，代表权；（对代理人的）委托书；代理人

参考例句：

• You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.你可以委托他人代你投票。
• We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。