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-Expendable diplomats。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

  Expendable diplomats

  "You know that I have diplomatic immunity!" said the Ambassador, "I strongly disapprove of your holding me against my will in this room!"

  His captor, a man dressed in discreet dark clothing, responded with such calm that it displayed his confidence in his own discipline. "There is nothing special about you, dear Sir. That is one of my main goals here, to dismhuse you of your feelings of grandeur."

  "I am nothing! If you think that you can diminish the role of my country in this city by harming me then you are wrong! I am just one discrete unit discharged here for a certain purpose, When my government notices the discrepancy of my absence, they will discern the potential disaster, and hire a replacement. That is something we are all trained to understand. Every diplomat is expendable. We can each be discarded at a moment's notice and our policy will not change."

  "A sick system if you ask me!" Said the captor, tiring of the discourse and turning to dip his spoon in to stir a cup of tea. "And one that needs to be discredited. Well, do not discount the power of negative press and death during kidnapping. When I have disclosed the ransom that I want, your government will pay it and even issue me an honorary diploma from Harvard if I so ask for it." The captor stirred his tea and slowly lifted his head. "And they will honor my request for discretion as well. I have your wife and daughter in another location!"

  At those words the ambassador lost all hope and lowered his head.

  讀故事單詞雅思詞匯-可悲犧牲的外交官

  “你知道我有外交豁免權!”大使說。“我強烈反對違背我的意愿把我關在這個房子里!”俘獲他的人穿著不顯眼的黑衣服，他回答時很鎮靜，顯示出訓練有素的自信。“親愛的先生，你沒有什么特殊的。我在這兒的主要目的之一就是消除你的高貴感。”

  “我什么也不是!如果你認為可以通過傷害我貶低我國在本市所起的作用的話，那么你錯了!我只是由于某種目的被釋放到這兒的一個各別個體。當我國政府發現我失蹤這樣的差異后，他們就會看出潛在的不幸，從而雇人頂替我。這是我們經過訓練都能理解的。每個外交官都是可以被犧牲的，一接到通知我們每個人都可以被拋棄，我們的政策是不會變的。”

  “如果你問我的話，我會說這種制度有問題!”俘獲他的人說道，他厭煩了談話，轉身把勺子浸到茶里攪動起來。“而且這種制度需要懷疑。好了，不要懷疑負面報道的力量和綁架期間的死亡。我一旦公開想要的贖金，你們政府就會支付，如果我要求，他們甚至還會給我頒發哈佛大學的榮譽學位證書。”俘獲者攪了攪茶，然后慢慢抬起頭，“而且他們還會尊重我對于斟酌處理權的要求。我把你的妻子和女兒關在了另外一個地方!”

  聽到這些話，大使失去了所有的希望并低下了頭。

  單詞祥解

  diminish v.減少,縮減,降低,削弱,貶低

  dip v.浸,蘸;(為了取物)把(手、匙、勺等)...伸入,

  diploma n.畢業文憑,學位證書

  diplomatic a.外交的,擅長外交的;有手腕的

  disabuse v.去除...的謬誤,使醒悟

  disapprove v.不贊成,不同意;不準許,否決

  disaster n.災難,大不幸,大禍

  discard v.丟棄,拋棄

  discern v.看出,察覺出;認識,了解

  discharge v.1 釋放,開除,使退伍2 卸貨,下客,卸下船3 排出(液體、氣體等)

  discipline n.訓練;遵守紀律;紀律,行為準則;學科,科目

  diclose v.1 揭露,使公開,透露,泄露

  discount v.1 不全信,懷疑地看待2 低估,貶低,3 打折扣,削價出售n.1 折扣2 不全信

  discourse n.1 論文;演講;談話2【語】語段

  discredit v.1 使喪失信譽;使丟臉2 使不可置信,證實...是假的3 不信,懷疑

  discreet a.1 言行謹慎的,慎重的2 樸素的,不顯眼的

  discrepancy n.1 差異,不一致,不符合2 不一致之處,不相符之處

  discrete a.分離的,不相關聯的,各別的

  discretion n.1 謹慎2 斟酌決定(或處理)的自由;斟酌(或處理)決定權

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