胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇172

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　　The Playwright¹'s Plumber³
There was a playwrite, who at the plea of his publisher, pledged to write a pleasing, yet plaushible story about plight⁴ of a plump plumber who wore plumage. The story went something like this:
The plumber was replacing a pipe on a farm when the farmer asked about his plumage. Then he merely said,"Never mind my sense of fashion,you can just go back to your plow⁵."Offended, the plumber's eyes began to well with tears. The farmer said:"Have I insulted you with my question about your plumage?" The plumber wanted to be pliant⁶ with his customer,"No,'' he replied,"Pollen is a pollutant⁷ to the eyes, you know, and I am afraid that my eyes have been polluted.""yeah, I guess your eyes don't need pollinating,do they? Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" the farmer chortled. The plumber continued to work. He first plunged⁸ a pipe into a liquid cleaner,bent the pliable⁹ pipe to the proper shape, and used a plumb² line to make sure it was plumb, then he polished the pipe to give it a sheen. Finally, he connected the wire from the poles of the electrical unit as the pipe was also to serve as electrical ground.Satisfied with the good job he had done,the plumber left the farm,waddling along with his plumage and his poise¹⁰ and dignity despite the famer's insults.
There was a poll at the publishing house about this story. The staff was polarized: half of them really liked it, and the other half didn't. Regardless, they decided¹¹ to go achead and publish it. Now the playwright can line his pocketbook with money from the story.