胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇184

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　　184. Recipe for a recluse¹隐士的处方 recession-rectify²
It is difficult to recount how I ended up this way. It is my recollection that it was the recommendation of my financial advisor³ that I sell off all my stocks and holdings. Only in this way could I reconcile matters with my creditors⁴. I recoiled⁶ in horror on the day that the recession turned into a depression. It caused the stock market to drop to its lowest point in fifty years. My investing was not reckless. As others, I invested strictly⁷ according to what my stockbroker⁸ recommended. Who would think that this little recession would go so far?
After I lost everything, I had to move out of my two-story house in the suburbs. My wife and kids went to live with her parents. I am now living in a dirty little rectangular room downtown. I have a little rectangle for a coffee table and a little rectangle for a bed. I don’t dare go out for fear that I will be recognized by one of my creditors. Upon recognition, they may come and take what little I have left. My recreational activities are limited. I have little recreation aside from my books. I went to my niece’s piano recital⁹ last month in the dark, incognito¹⁰. I must live as a recluse.
I want to reclaim¹¹ my life, I want to rectify the situation with my creditors, and I want reconciliation¹² with my wife and family. I reckon it will take some time yet. As the country is trying to reconstruct, the unemployed¹³ are gradually being recruited by the government for jobs all around the country, but I have not yet been qualified¹⁴ as a recipient¹⁵ of such welfare. I have been a good citizen; I would simply like reciprocal treatment from the government. Perhaps I can get a job on a construction site somewhere or do farm labor¹⁶. As for now, I must follow the recipe that has been prescribed to me. I must remain a recluse.
recession n.萧条时期,(经济)衰退
recipe n.食谱,处方
recipient n.接受者,接收者
reciprocal adj.相互的,互惠的
recital n.独奏会
reckless adj.轻率的,鲁莽的
reckon vt.计算;估计
reclaim vt.开垦;要求归还,收回
recluse n.隐士
recognition n.赞誉,承认
recognize vt.识别,辨认
recoil⁵ vi.弹回,反冲;(因恐惧\厌恶等)畏缩,退缩
recollection n.回忆,记忆
recommend vt.推荐,劝告
recommendation n.推荐,介绍(信)
reconcile v. 和解,调和,调解
reconciliation n. 和解
reconstruct vt. 重建,改造
recount vt. 叙述,描写
recreation n.消遣,娱乐
recreational adj.娱乐的
recruit vt.征兵,征募,补充
rectangle n.长方形
rectangular adj.矩形的,长方形的
rectify vt.矫正,调整