胡敏老師的《讀故事記單詞雅思詞匯》是用一些風趣幽默的小故事把一些看似毫無關系的詞串連起來，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帶來讀故事單詞雅思詞匯-No drudgery in the ditches。想要下載的同學，請點擊：胡敏《讀故事記單詞|雅思詞匯》PDF下載

  No drudgery in the ditches

  Sam was dredging the drainage ditch behind the town dump when the downpour began. There were only a couple of small droplets at first, but then the rain really began to fall. He smiled as he hoped that the drought would now be over--they were long due for some rain. He put down his shovel and drill and happily escaped the drudgery of his work to the shed on the hill. Inside he shut the door and sat down to relax.

  Not paying attention to the draft coming in through the walls, Sam's thoughts began to drift. It was a dubious job, cleaning ditches, but he had accepted the dramatic change in lifestyle quite easily. He had never been happy in the corporate world. And he had taken the loss of his job because of downsizing quite hard at first. But then he had accepted the downturn to see what life still had to offer.

  When he found his current job, his family dubbed him lost forever. They had thought he would be able to find a duplicate job in another company, but that thought was dreadful for Sam and he knew that he wouldn' t have been durable enough to be happy again in business. Now Sam was quite happy. It was a drastic change, sure, moving from a nice office in a tall building to always working in fields and ditches, but Sam quite liked being outside and he was happy.

  When the rain stopped Sam peacefully stepped out of the shed and went back to work. The air was fresh and he regretted nothing.

  水溝里干活不覺累

  開始下傾盆大雨時山姆正在鎮垃圾場后面疏浚排水溝。起初只有幾滴小雨，不久就真的下大了。他笑了，因為他希望旱災會就此結束——早就該下點兒雨了。他放下鐵鍬和鉆頭，很高興能到山上避雨處逃避他那單調乏味的工作。一到里面他就把門關上，坐下來休息。

  山姆沒有注意到從墻縫吹進來的風，他的思緒開始漂浮起來。疏通水溝的工作是讓人懷疑，但他還是很輕松地接受了生活方式的突然變化。在公司里他從來沒有開心過。由于實行機構精簡他失去了工作，一開始他還接受不了，但是后來他接受了這種下降趨勢，他想看看生活還會給他些什么。

  找到現在這份工作時，全家人都稱他是徹底完蛋了。他們原以為他會在另一家公司找到一份和以前完全一樣的工作，但這種想法對于山姆來說太可怕了，因為他知道他不可能有足夠的耐力在商界重新找到快樂。現在山姆很幸福。沒錯，變化是大了點兒，從在高樓大廈辦公變為總是在田野和水溝里工作，但山姆很喜歡在外面工作，他因此而感到快樂。

  雨停了，山姆平靜地走出避雨處回去工作。空氣很清新，他一點兒也不后悔。

  單詞詳解

  downpour n.1 傾盆大雨2(日光的)大量照射

  downsize v.裁員,實行機構精簡;降低(生活標準)

  downturn n.(尤指經濟方面的)衰退,下降趨勢

  draft n.通風氣流,通風

  drainage n.1 排水,排水法,排水裝置2 排水區,排水面積

  dramatic a.激烈的,猛烈的,極端的

  dreadful a.1 可怕的;極端的;及其大的2(口)糟透了的,非常討厭的

  dredge v.挖掘

  drift v.漂流,游蕩

  drill n.1 鉆頭,鉆床2c 操練,訓練

  droplet n.小滴

  drought n.長期干旱,旱災

  drudgery n.苦活,單調乏味的工作

  dub v.授予...的稱號,給予...的綽號,把...稱為;為電影配音,復制錄音

  dubious a.引起懷疑的,不確定的;懷疑的,猶豫不決的

  due a.1 欠款的,應支付的2 應得的,應有的3 預定應到的4 到期的,期滿的

  dump v.傾卸,傾倒;傾銷,拋售n.垃圾場;傾銷

  duplicate a.完全一樣的;復制的;成對的n.復制品,副本v.復制,復印;重復,比的上;使加倍,使成雙

  durable a.耐用的,持久的n.耐用品

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