胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇213

　　213. The superficial superintendent¹ 肤浅的校长 sullen²-supplement
The superficial qualities of the superintendent of the school led many to question his suitability for the job. Most couldn’t wait for a new supervisor⁴ to supersede⁵ him. He acted so superior and thought he possessed⁶ superb good looks. He would lay out in the sunlight in order to get a tan. But the joke was on him, because his sunburn would be so bad that he looked like an evil, supernatural being. He was superbly unknowledgeable, reaching unseen summits of ignorance, but because he had powers of supervision⁷ over young students, he thought he could get away with supplanting⁹ truth with lies. He claimed he had a beautiful sunlit in Beverly Hills. He would pack his suitcase and go across the country every weekend to stay there. “I eat the most sumptuous¹⁰ food in Beverly Hills restaurants,” he claimed. While chatting about history, he even tried to claim that an ancestor of his invented the sundial! Sometimes the stories would border on the absolutely fantastic. He once told the students that he could hover¹² in the middle of the air when on one was looking. He also claimed to be able to summon dead spirits. Did he think the students were believers in superstition¹³? It seemed he needed a psychiatrist¹⁴ to closely supervise his activities. On one occasion, the students paid one to listen to the superintendent’s rants¹¹. “What I see,” the doctor said afterward¹⁵, “is a very sullen man. He actually has a very supple³ mind. He suffers from an overly strong desire to make his agile¹⁶ mind public knowledge. This desire is supplemented by a fear of dying as an unknown.”
Whatever the situation, the superintendent remained as he always had been.
sullen adj.闷闷不乐的,阴沉的
summit n.山顶,顶点
summon v.召唤,传唤,召集
sumptuous adj.奢侈的,华丽的
sunburn n.晒斑,晒黑
sundial n.(通过太阳知道时间的)日规,日晷
sunlight n.日光,阳光
sunlit adj.被日光照射了的,阳光照射的
superb adj.极好的,超级的
superbly adv.雄伟地,壮丽性,极好地
superficial adj.肤浅的,表面(上)的
superintendent n.主管,负责人,主日学校校长
superior adj.级别工地位更高的,质量或价值更好的
supernatural adj.超自然的,神奇的
supersede vt.代替,接替
superstition n.迷信
supervise vt.监督,指导
supervision n.监督,管理
supervisor n.主管,管理人
supplant⁸ n.排挤,取代
supple adj.柔软的,灵活的,柔顺的
supplement vt. 增补,补充n.增补,补充

1 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。

2 sullen   

adj.愠怒的，闷闷不乐的，(天气等)阴沉的

参考例句：

• He looked up at the sullen sky.他抬头看了一眼阴沉的天空。
• Susan was sullen in the morning because she hadn't slept well.苏珊今天早上郁闷不乐，因为昨晚没睡好。

3 supple   

adj.柔软的，易弯的，逢迎的，顺从的，灵活的；vt.使柔软，使柔顺，使顺从；vi.变柔软，变柔顺

参考例句：

• She gets along well with people because of her supple nature.她与大家相处很好，因为她的天性柔和。
• He admired the graceful and supple movements of the dancers.他赞扬了舞蹈演员优雅灵巧的舞姿。

4 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

5 supersede   

v.替代；充任

参考例句：

• We must supersede old machines by new ones.我们必须以新机器取代旧机器。
• The use of robots will someday supersede manual labor.机器人的使用有一天会取代人力。

6 possessed   

adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的

参考例句：

• He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
• He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。

7 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

8 supplant   

vt.排挤；取代

参考例句：

• Electric cars may one day supplant petrol-driven ones.也许有一天电动车会取代汽油驱动的车。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

9 supplanting   

把…排挤掉，取代( supplant的现在分词 )

参考例句：

10 sumptuous   

adj.豪华的，奢侈的，华丽的

参考例句：

• The guests turned up dressed in sumptuous evening gowns.客人们身着华丽的夜礼服出现了。
• We were ushered into a sumptuous dining hall.我们被领进一个豪华的餐厅。

11 rants   

n.夸夸其谈( rant的名词复数 )；大叫大嚷地以…说教；气愤地)大叫大嚷；不停地大声抱怨v.夸夸其谈( rant的第三人称单数 )；大叫大嚷地以…说教；气愤地)大叫大嚷；不停地大声抱怨

参考例句：

• This actor rants his lines. 这演员背台词拿腔拿调。 来自辞典例句
• Parents might also profit from eliminating the rants. 改掉大声叫骂的习惯，家长们也会受益。 来自互联网

12 hover   

vi.翱翔，盘旋；徘徊；彷徨，犹豫

参考例句：

• You don't hover round the table.你不要围着桌子走来走去。
• A plane is hover on our house.有一架飞机在我们的房子上盘旋。

13 superstition   

n.迷信，迷信行为

参考例句：

• It's a common superstition that black cats are unlucky.认为黑猫不吉祥是一种很普遍的迷信。
• Superstition results from ignorance.迷信产生于无知。

14 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

15 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

16 agile   

adj.敏捷的，灵活的

参考例句：

• She is such an agile dancer!她跳起舞来是那么灵巧！
• An acrobat has to be agile.杂技演员必须身手敏捷。