胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇170

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　　170. The barstool pest酒巴高脚凳上的害虫 pertinent¹-pinpoint²
A man sitting in a bar noticed a beautiful woman a few stools down. The physiological³ possibilities of this sort of phenomena⁴ pervaded⁶ the man’s mind and pierced his thoughts. He turned to her and said, “Madame, if I may petition to express my opinion, I find your physiology⁷ quite picturesque⁸ and your pigment⁹ perfect.” Appearing quite perturbed¹¹, her mouth dropped open like a petal¹² from a flower. “Please do not be a pest,” she replied. The man decided¹³ to take the approach of philology¹⁴ at this phase of the conversation and commented on her phonetics, “If I may say so, your stops, affricates, and especially your bi-labials are phenomenally attractive.” “Your pestilential comments are not pertinent,” replied the woman even more perturbed. Trying to pinpoint why the woman was such a pillar of frigidity¹⁵, the man resorted to a sort of pilferage¹⁶ of her person and simply reached over and pinched her bottom. “Pervert¹⁷!” she yelled, “Pestilence¹⁸ deserves pesticide¹⁹.” She picked up a can of Raid from behind the counter and aimed it at the man, who suddenly appeared to petrify²⁰. Just then the bartender stepped in and said, “I too consider your physiology and phonetics phenomenal. Do not blame this poor man for being overcome with passion.” The woman’s heart softened²¹, and she put down the bug²² spray, “Well, I guess you’re not such a pest after all. In fact, you’re kind of cute when you’re petrified²³. What’s your name?”
pertinent adj.相关的,切题的,中肯的
perturb¹⁰ v.使不安,扰乱
pervade⁵ v.弥漫,渗透
pervert v.使堕落,引入歧途,曲解,滥用n.性变态者
pest n.害虫,有害的东西
pesticide n.杀虫剂
pestilence n.瘟疫
pestilential adj.引起瘟疫的
petal n.花瓣
petition n.请愿v.请求,恳求,请愿
petrify v.石化,吓呆
phase n.阶段,态
phenomena n.现象
phenomenally adv.明白地,显著地
philology n.语言学,文献学
phonetics n.语音学
physiological adj.生理学的,生理上的
physiology n.生理学
picturesque adj.似画的,美丽的
pierce vt.穿透,戳穿
pigment n.色素,颜料
pilferage n.行窃,偷盗
pillar n.柱,柱子
pinch vt.掐,夹痛
pinpoint vt.准确地确定,用针标出…的精确位置,找出(原因),查明