胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇202

　　202. Al and Myrtle艾尔和默特尔 slander¹-slump²
Al and Myrtle are husband and wife. Their relationship is sometimes in a slump. Al comes home from work and Myrtle catches him at the dooor.
“Hi, honey. I’m home,” says Al.
“Take off your shoes, you slovenly³ sloth⁴,” barks Myrtle.
“Sweetie pie, you know I was thinking of you all day at my job putting up advertising⁵ slogans in the slum.”
“Slogans in the slum! What kind of slothful job is that? You probably just spend all day slandering⁶ people. You’re a good for nothing slimy slug. Here I am at home all day doing housework for you: slicing vegetables for dinner, taking care of Al Junior, mopping the floor. And you’re out goofing⁷ around in the slums. By the way, be careful. The floor’s slippery. Don’t slip.”
“Oh Myrtle. You know when I come home and see your beautiful face and your slender figure, I just”
“Can it, you sloppy⁹ slob. Put on your slippers¹⁰.”
Al still hasn’t put on his slippers, “By the way, where is little Al?”
“He’s out in the backyard on the slope playing on the slide. Watch him. Make sure he doesn’t fall off.”
Al goes into the backyard where Al Junior, 4, is on the slide. Al is stuck at the top because the slide is not sloping enough. It’s too sluggish¹¹. So Al gives it a slight slant¹² and Al Junior starts to slide, but he falls off and begins to cry, so he takes Al Junior inside.
Al Junior is not hurt, but he is crying and there is a little slime coming from his nose. When Myrtle sees this, she explodes. “You idiot! I’m going to kill you!” She tries to slap him, but he ducks, so she gets the kitchen knife and begins to slash¹³. Al runs out the front door. It’s OK. He’ll be back before it’s slumber¹⁴ time.
slander n.诽谤v.说…的坏话
slant n.斜面,倾向v.(使)倾斜,歪向
slap v.掌击,拍击
slash vt.大量削减,砍
slender adj.苗条的,纤细的
slice n.薄片,部分,份vt.切成薄片,切下
slide v.(使)滑动,(使)滑行n.幻灯片,滑,滑动
slight adj.轻微的,微小的,微不足道的
slime n.黏土,黏液
slimy adj.黏糊糊的,(分泌)黏液的
slip n.片,纸片,移动,错位v.滑动,滑倒
slipper⁸ n.拖鞋
slippery adj.(指物体表面)滑的
slogan n.口号,标语
slope n.斜坡,斜面
sloping adj.倾斜的,有坡度的
sloppy adj.潮湿的,多阴雨的,不清洁的
sloth n.树懒(一种动物),懒虫
slothful adj.迟钝的,懒惰的
slovenly adj.不洁的,马虎的
slug n.慢吞吞的人(或物)
sluggish adj.行动迟钝的,懒惰的
slum n.贫民窟
slumber n.睡眠
slump v.猛然落下n.跌落

1 slander   

n./v.诽谤，污蔑

参考例句：

• The article is a slander on ordinary working people.那篇文章是对普通劳动大众的诋毁。
• He threatened to go public with the slander.他威胁要把丑闻宣扬出去。

2 slump   

n.暴跌，意气消沉，（土地）下沉；vi.猛然掉落，坍塌，大幅度下跌

参考例句：

• She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
• Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。

3 slovenly   

adj.懒散的，不整齐的，邋遢的

参考例句：

• People were scandalized at the slovenly management of the company.人们对该公司草率的经营感到愤慨。
• Such slovenly work habits will never produce good products.这样马马虎虎的工作习惯决不能生产出优质产品来。

4 sloth   

n.[动]树懒；懒惰，懒散

参考例句：

• Absence of competition makes for sloth.没有竞争会导致懒惰。
• The sloth spends most of its time hanging upside down from the branches.大部分时间里树懒都是倒挂在树枝上。

5 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

6 slandering   

[法]口头诽谤行为

参考例句：

• He's a snake in the grass. While pretending to be your friend he was slandering you behind your back. 他是个暗敌， 表面上装作是你的朋友，背地里却在诽谤你。
• He has been questioned on suspicion of slandering the Prime Minister. 他由于涉嫌诽谤首相而受到了盘问。

7 goofing   

v.弄糟( goof的现在分词 )；混；打发时间；出大错

参考例句：

• He should have been studying instead of goofing around last night. 他昨晚应该念书，不应该混。 来自走遍美国快乐40招
• Why don't you just admit you're goofing off? 偷了懒就偷了赖，还不爽爽快快承认？ 来自辞典例句

8 slipper   

n.拖鞋

参考例句：

• I rescued the remains of my slipper from the dog.我从那狗的口中夺回了我拖鞋的残留部分。
• The puppy chewed a hole in the slipper.小狗在拖鞋上啃了一个洞。

9 sloppy   

adj.邋遢的，不整洁的

参考例句：

• If you do such sloppy work again,I promise I'll fail you.要是下次作业你再马马虎虎，我话说在头里，可要给你打不及格了。
• Mother constantly picked at him for being sloppy.母亲不断地批评他懒散。

10 slippers   

n. 拖鞋

参考例句：

• a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
• He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋，倒在床上。

11 sluggish   

adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的

参考例句：

• This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
• Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。

12 slant   

v.倾斜，倾向性地编写或报道；n.斜面，倾向

参考例句：

• The lines are drawn on a slant.这些线条被画成斜线。
• The editorial had an antiunion slant.这篇社论有一种反工会的倾向。

13 slash   

vi.大幅度削减；vt.猛砍，尖锐抨击，大幅减少；n.猛砍，斜线，长切口，衣衩

参考例句：

• The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
• Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。

14 slumber   

n.睡眠，沉睡状态

参考例句：

• All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。
• Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他从睡眠中唤醒，因为他需要休息。