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  胡敏老师的《读故事记单词雅思词汇》是用一些风趣幽默的小故事把一些看似毫无关系的词串连起来，先提供一个故事，然后再提供一个雅思词汇表，这样不仅简单方便，而且妙趣横生。上海新航道小编给大家带来读故事单词雅思词汇-No drudgery in the ditches。想要下载的同学，请点击：胡敏《读故事记单词|雅思词汇》PDF下载

  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.

  水沟里干活不觉累

  开始下倾盆大雨时山姆正在镇垃圾场后面疏浚排水沟。起初只有几滴小雨，不久就真的下大了。他笑了，因为他希望旱灾会就此结束——早就该下点儿雨了。他放下铁锹和钻头，很高兴能到山上避雨处逃避他那单调乏味的工作。一到里面他就把门关上，坐下来休息。

  山姆没有注意到从墙缝吹进来的风，他的思绪开始漂浮起来。疏通水沟的工作是让人怀疑，但他还是很轻松地接受了生活方式的突然变化。在公司里他从来没有开心过。由于实行机构精简他失去了工作，一开始他还接受不了，但是后来他接受了这种下降趋势，他想看看生活还会给他些什么。

  找到现在这份工作时，全家人都称他是彻底完蛋了。他们原以为他会在另一家公司找到一份和以前完全一样的工作，但这种想法对于山姆来说太可怕了，因为他知道他不可能有足够的耐力在商界重新找到快乐。现在山姆很幸福。没错，变化是大了点儿，从在高楼大厦办公变为总是在田野和水沟里工作，但山姆很喜欢在外面工作，他因此而感到快乐。

  雨停了，山姆平静地走出避雨处回去工作。空气很清新，他一点儿也不后悔。

  单词详解

  downpour n.1 倾盆大雨2(日光的)大量照射

  downsize v.裁员,实行机构精简;降低(生活标准)

  downturn n.(尤指经济方面的)衰退,下降趋势

  draft n.通风气流,通风

  drainage n.1 排水,排水法,排水装置2 排水区,排水面积

  dramatic a.激烈的,猛烈的,极端的

  dreadful a.1 可怕的;极端的;及其大的2(口)糟透了的,非常讨厌的

  dredge v.挖掘

  drift v.漂流,游荡

  drill n.1 钻头,钻床2c 操练,训练

  droplet n.小滴

  drought n.长期干旱,旱灾

  drudgery n.苦活,单调乏味的工作

  dub v.授予...的称号,给予...的绰号,把...称为;为电影配音,复制录音

  dubious a.引起怀疑的,不确定的;怀疑的,犹豫不决的

  due a.1 欠款的,应支付的2 应得的,应有的3 预定应到的4 到期的,期满的

  dump v.倾卸,倾倒;倾销,抛售n.垃圾场;倾销

  duplicate a.完全一样的;复制的;成对的n.复制品,副本v.复制,复印;重复,比的上;使加倍,使成双

  durable a.耐用的,持久的n.耐用品

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