胡敏老師的《讀故事記單詞雅思詞匯》是用一些風(fēng)趣幽默的小故事把一些看似毫無關(guān)系的詞串連起來，先提供一個故事，然后再提供一個雅思詞匯表，這樣不僅簡單方便，而且妙趣橫生。上海新航道小編給大家?guī)碜x故事單詞雅思詞匯-Failed confrontation。想要下載的同學(xué)，請點擊：胡敏《讀故事記單詞|雅思詞匯》PDF下載

  Barry had never been the person they chose for confrontation of the enemies of conservation, but when he had two consecutive successful meetings with confident businessmen it was the consensus of his organization that he confront the large oil company president scheduled to come to town the next week.

  The configuration for his plan was to first ask to have a confidential meeting with the man in a confined location. If this did not work he would ask the man to consent to meeting in a public forum where he would feel safe from aggressive questioning. If the man would not conform, Barry would accept the consequences and address the man there when he met him. There was certain to be conflict with this option, but Barry would talk to the man in as conscientious of a fashion as possible. He simply needed to be confronted.

  When the time came for Barry to approach the president of the oil company, however, several of the businessman’s bodyguards connected the signals and saw that Barry might be a problem. They confirmed with each other in their headphones and moved the businessman to a congruent location. Barry never had a chance.

  Afterwards Barry knew that no congratulations would be given to him in conjunction with this failed event. As he fell out of consciousness and into sleep that evening in his bed, however, Barry was relieved that nothing bad had happened. He had been brave and consequent to the conservation movement. And there would always be a next time.

  讀故事單詞雅思詞匯-對抗失敗

  大家從來都沒想過要選巴里出來與那些資源保護的敵人對抗。可是，在他連續(xù)兩次成功會晤自信的商人之后，大家就達成了一個共識，讓他去面對計劃下周要來的大型石油公司總裁。

  巴里的計劃是這樣一個布局：首先要求在一個限定地點與總裁進行秘密會談。如果這樣不行，他會要求對方同意到一個公共場所見面，在那兒他就不會受到攻擊性盤問。如果總裁還是不遵照這個意思，巴里也會接受這樣的結(jié)果，就在見面的地方跟他說話。這種選擇肯定會引起沖突，但是巴里會盡可能用一種真誠的方式和他交談。他就是需要有人跟他對抗。

  可是等到巴里要去接近石油公司總裁的時候，這位商人的幾位保鏢聯(lián)系了種種信號，看出巴里可能會制造麻煩。他們通過耳機互相確認之后，把總裁帶到了一個合適的地點。巴里一直沒有與他見面的機會。后來，巴里了解到，受這次失敗的牽連，給他的祝賀也泡湯了。不過，那晚躺在床上失去知覺、昏昏欲睡的時候，巴里如釋重負，因為畢竟沒有不好的事情發(fā)生。他一直很勇敢而且與資源保護運動邏輯上是一致的，總是會有下一次機會的。

  單詞詳解

  confident a.確信的,肯定的;有信心的,自信的

  confidential a.秘密的,機密的;表示信任的

  configuration n.1 配置,布局;構(gòu)造,結(jié)構(gòu) 2 形狀,外形

  cnfine v.限制,使局限

  n.邊界,界限,范圍

  confirm v.證實,肯定;進一步確認;鞏固,加強

  conflict n.(尤指長期的)戰(zhàn)斗,戰(zhàn)爭;沖突,爭論

  confirm v.證實,肯定

  conflront v.面臨,遭遇;勇敢的面對,對抗

  confrontation n.對抗,沖突

  congratulation n.1 祝賀,道賀

  2 賀詞;祝賀的表示

  congruent a.適合的,一致的;【數(shù)】疊和的,全等的

  conjuction n.連詞,聯(lián)合,連接

  in conjunction with 與...共同,連同

  connect v.1.聯(lián)結(jié),連結(jié) 2.給...接通電話,用通訊工具于...聯(lián)系

  conscientious a.認真的,按良心辦事的;小心謹慎的

  consciousness n.感覺,知覺;覺悟,意識,觀念

  conseutive a.連續(xù)的,連慣的

  consensus n./n.同意,準(zhǔn)許

  consequence n.結(jié)果,后果

  consequent a.作為結(jié)果的,誰之發(fā)生的,合理的,何物邏輯的,邏輯上一至的

  conservation n.(對自然資源的)保護;森林(獲其他自然資源)