高中英语词汇——看故事记单词（十）A millionaire lived in a county of England. He had a costly cottage in the country. One day, he read a piece of news about space. He counted up how much a cosmic flight would cost. Then he was determined to have a cosmic flight at all costs. Few people could go into space. So he thought of his cousin who worked in the Aviation Council. He corrupted his cousin with money. His cousin was a coward corroded by money. His behavior was counter to his duty. He didn't know he accepted the money at the cost of his future. After his cousin left, the millionaire smiled at a cat crouching on the counters "Anytimes, I can count on my money! " A week laters two policemen came to "visit" the millionaire. They passed the corridor and stood in front of him. At that time, the millionaire was having dinner. He sat on his couch and tried to crack a crab. Seeing the policemen, he covered up his nervousness. Soon, he was brought to court for trial. His counsel counseled him to say nothing about the affair before they met. In the course of the trail, the millionaire showed his courtesy properly. As a defendant, his counterpart was the Aviation Council. Fortunately, by courtesy of it, he had not been put into jail. Instead, he was imposed a fine of 1O thousand dollars.一个百万富翁住在英国的一个郡。

他在乡下有所昂贵的别墅。

一天，他读到一则关于太空的新闻。

他把一次宇宙飞行的花费相加，然后决定要不惜任何代价参加宇宙飞行；很少人能进入太空。

于是他想到他那在航空理事会工作的堂弟。

他用钱贿赂他的堂弟。

他的堂弟是个被钱腐蚀的懦夫。

他的行为与他的职责相反。

他不知道他是以他的前途为代价而收下这笔钱的。

在堂弟走后，百万富翁对着一只蜷在柜台上的猫眯笑着说：“任何时候我都可以依*我的金钱!”一个星期后，两名警员来“拜访”百万富翁。

他们经过走廊站到他面前。

那时，百万富翁正在进餐。

他坐在睡椅上，试图弄破裂一只螃蟹。

看到警察，他掩盖了他的紧张。

很快，他被带到法庭审判。

他的辩护人劝告他在他们会面之前保持沉默。

在审判期间，百万富翁恰当地展示了他的谦恭有礼。

作为被告，他对应的人是航空理事会。

幸运的是，蒙它的好意，他没被关入监狱，而是被罚了1万美元的罚款。

A craft flew to the planet L6046. It used to be a cradle of civilization. But now it was a special prison for all kinds of cruel criminals. As usual, the craft came to check the situation here. Unexpectedly, the craft crashed when it was landing. The crew came out of it. Then they were shocked to see many strange creatures creeping or crawling on the ground like huge crickets. They had black crusts and they crowed like roosters! They were crude aliens! The huge aliens came up to the crew. Within a few minutes, quite a few people were crippled. Things became to a crisis. A creative woman played a crucial role. She climbed into a crane. Then she drove it towards the aliens. She acquired the craft from her father. The crane crushed the aliens successfully. The remaining people survived. Half an hour later, another craft came to rescue them. The critical period was over. One of the survivors was a critic. He wrote an impressive criticism. But the government had its own criteria. It criticized the critic and crossed out his criticism. The new king would be crowned in a month. To avoid a riot, it was reasonable to do that.一艘飞船飞向L6046行星。

它过去曾是文明的发源地。

现在它是关押各种残酷的罪犯的特殊监狱。

像往常一样，飞船来检查这儿的情形。

出乎意料地，飞船在着陆的时候撞坏了。

全体乘务员走出来。

然后他们震惊地发现地上有许多爬行或蠕动着的生物，它们仿若巨大的蟋蟀。

它们有着黑色的外壳，它们会像公鸡一样啼叫!它们是天然的异形!巨大的异形向乘务员方向而来。

在几分钟内，好几个人就被弄残废了。

情况到了紧急关头，一名有创造力的妇女发挥了决定性的作用。

她爬进了一台起重机，然后她开着冲向异形。

她是从父亲那里学到这门技巧的。

起重机成功地压碎了异形。

剩余的人幸免于难。

半小时后，另一艘飞船来营救他们。

危急的时期终于结束了。

一名幸存者是个评论家。

他写了一则让人印象深刻的评论。

但政府有它自己的准则。

它批评了评论家并删去了他的评论。

新国王一个月后就要加冕。

为避免骚乱，这样做是可以理解的。

A thief had a son who had lovely curls. Even he himself was a thief, he wanted to cultivate his son into a person of culture. But children always took their cue from their parents. The boy disliked the current curriculum, something about currency. In fact he disliked all of the curricula. Recently, he always cut in when the teacher talked. That's his customary shortcoming. So the school cut off his name from the students' roster. The boy went home by cycle. At first, he sat on a cushion, cursing the school. Suddenly, he had great curiosity to find out what's in the cupboard. To cut down the dangers such as electrical current, he cut off the electric source first. The boy curved the lock and then opened the cupboard. It's a cubic crystal inside of it! On cue, the father felt something. He cut short his work, put down the cylinder in his hand. Then he cut across a field to go home. The moment the boy touched the crystal, he heard his father's steps. The cunning boy took out a cucumber and began to eat it. Facing his father, he said, " I'm hungry." The father was puzzled, but still wanted to punish him, " No matter what tricks you play, I will cut back your allowance !"一个小偷有个长着可爱卷发的儿子。