胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇148

（单词翻译）

148 dreaming of a better life

"A torn membrane¹ can be a massive thing to mean, quite a menace actually,” Graig Aclan said to himself, shaking his head as he tackled the customers’ loudspeaker system. And besides, a task like this is the most minion² type of work imaginable. There is very little merit in it. The sun had reached its meridian³, and Graig was ready for his lunch break. He stepped outside and had a look at the greenage observatory⁴. The sight of the zero meridian, the sight of the splendid building mesmerized⁵ him and he began to philosophies. “If only I listened to my Dad and become a merchant,” he mused⁶ with regret, “fate would surely be much more merciful to me than it is now, a life as a mercantile agent, that would be good one.” Sending memorandums, shipping⁸ merchandise around the world, arranging companies to merge⁹, those were the kinds of activities Graig is daydreaming¹⁰ about. “What’s on the menu today?” he enquired¹¹ as he stepped into the Goose & Dog, his favorite pub in the area. “Food’s off for the next 2 weeks, the kitchen is being renovated¹².” Said Bridget, the bar maid. “Didn’t you read the memo⁷ we sent you?””I can’t memorize every single memo I get in my email, especially if it’s nothing memorable¹³.” Graig grumbled¹⁴ with discontent, and stepped back out of the pub, with a jolt¹⁵, he realized that today was a memorable day, his father had passed away exactly one year ago and at 3 o’clock there would be a memorial service. He quickly grabbed a sandwich at the shop next to the pub and rushed home, so as not to be late. He forgot all about the loudspeaker system with the torn membrane.