Step One――笑口常开
Valentines Day Cards
A guy walks into a post office one day to see a middle-aged, balding man standing at the counter methodically placing “Love” stamps on bright pink envelopes with hearts all over them. The balding man then takes out a perfume bottle and starts spraying them all. His curiosity getting the better of him, he goes up to the balding man and asks him what he is doing. The man says, “I’m sending out 1,000 Valentine cards signed, ‘Guess who?’”
“But why?” asks the man.
“I’m a divorce lawyer.”
curiosity [～kju4ri'7s4ti] n. 好奇心；稀奇或罕见的事物或人；古玩
Step Three―― 主题词汇
virtue ['v=:tju:] n. 美德；优点，长处
by virtue of 借助，由于
语境强化 Loyalty, courage, and truthfulness are all virtues that we should have. 忠
诚、勇气和坦率都是我们应有的美德。
ethic ['eqik] n. 道德准则，行为准则；[-s] 伦理学moral ['m7r4l] adj. 道德（上）的，有道德的n.[pl.] 道德；寓意短语搭配moral concepts 道德观念；business morals 商业道德principle ['prins4pl] n. 原则；原理；基本信念短语搭配fundamental principle 基本原理；on principle 依照原则；a matter of principle 原则性问题
语境强化Their diplomatic principles completely laid bare their ambition for world conquest. 他们的外交原则将他们要征服世界的野心暴露无遗。（六级真题）
morality [m4'r1l4ti] n. 道德，（行为等的）道德性；德行；道德观，道德规范短语搭配commercial morality 商业道德；the fundamental moralities of life 基本的生活道德规范vice [vais] n. 缺点；邪恶（行为），道德败坏（行为）短语搭配vice versa 反之亦然语境强化There’s been a surge in new ways of keeping heat in and cold out (or vice versa). 出现一大批新的方法来保持内热外冷（反之亦然）。（六级真题）corrupt [k4'r9pt] adj. 堕落的，腐败的vt. 腐蚀，使堕落短语搭配a corrupt government 腐败的政府decay [di'kei] vi. 腐烂；衰败n. 腐烂；衰败（或衰退）状态短语搭配dental decay 蛀牙crumple ['kr9mpl] v. （使）皱，扭曲；（使）崩溃语境强化Mary crumpled her papers into a ball. 玛丽把她的卷子揉成了一团。hostile ['h7stail] adj. 敌对的；敌方的
Step One――笑口常开
速度限制
我作为美国空军人员分遣部队的 personnel （一员）驻扎在英国皇家空军基地。那里有一条狭窄的道路蜿蜒穿过拥挤的residential （居民）区。在发生了rash （一连串）的 minor（小）vehicle（车辆）和 pedestrian（行人）事故之后，美国空军 commander（司令员）决定将车速限制在每小时三英里。
新的车速限制公布后 shortly （不久），一名骑警中士因一名吉普车司机开车时速达到五英里而给他 issue（开）了一张超速传票。我很 curious（好奇），骑警是如何精确地知道吉普车的时速的。“我 jogging（慢跑）着想在陆军消费合作社关门之前到达那里，”他解释说，“当我超过吉普车时，我看到车里的计速器显示的是每小时五英里。”
Step Two―― 单词详解
personnel [～p=:s4'nel] n. 全体人员，员工；人事部门residential [～rezi'denS4l] adj. 居住的，住宅的；（学生）寄宿的
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rash [r1S] adj. 轻率的n. 疹，皮疹；（短时期内）爆发的一连串skin rash 皮疹；a rash decision 草率的决定
minor ['main4(r)] adj. 较小的；次要的n. 未成年人；辅修科目v. （大学中的）辅修vehicle ['vi:ikl] n. 交通工具；传播媒介，手段短语搭配all kinds of vehicles 各种车辆；an aerospace vehicle 太空运载工具pedestrian [pi'destri4n] n. 步行者，行人
短语搭配pedestrian crossing 人行横道commander [k4'm3:nd4(r)] n. 司令官，指挥官shortly ['S7:tli] adv. 立刻；不耐烦地；简略地issue ['iSju:; 'isju:] n. 问题；发行；流出vt. 颁布；分发vi. 流出
be at issue 争论（讨论）中的；the number one issue 首要问题；raise an
issue 提出问题
If we continue to ignore the issue of global warming, we will almost certainly
suffer the drastic effects of climatic changes worldwide. 如果继续忽视全球变
暖的问题，毫无疑问我们将承受世界范围内气候变化带来的严重后果。
（ 六级真题）
