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The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections. He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad. My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr. Lane's Radical Progressive Party. After the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister's house. When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad. On the following day, Patrick went to the house again. The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question. Though a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer. The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question. This time, the policeman lost his temper. 'I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday,' he shouted, 'Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad!"
? ?'I know,' answered Patrick, 'but I love to hear you say it!'
Words & Expressions
*former ['f?rm?] 前任的/昔日的/前者
--former president 前任總統(tǒng)
--former residence 故居
--former name 曾用名
--in former times 從前
--The former proved simple compared with the latter.
*retiring [r?'ta??r??] Someone who is?retiring?is shy and avoids meeting other people. 害羞的; 孤僻的
--retire from 從……退休
--retire into oneself 退隱，沉默豹缀；(沉湎于自己的思想而)離群索居
*fanatical [f?'n?t?k?l] 狂熱的 If you describe someone as fanatical, you disapprove of them because you consider their behavior or opinions to be very extreme.
--fanatical?Nazis
--a fanatical fan of Mozart
*radical ['r?d?kl] 激進(jìn)地源织，徹底地
--Radical?people believe that there should be great changes in society and try to bring about these changes.
--They belong to groups of people with radically different beliefs and cultures.
*rigged [r?gd] (欺騙性地) 幕后操縱 If someone?rigs?an election, a job appointment, or a game, they dishonestly arrange it to get the result they want or to give someone an unfair advantage.
--We can't tolerate a market?rigged?for the benefit of insiders and their cronies.
*wear the pants 當(dāng)家掌權(quán)（婦女）
--People always have?the?idea that men should?wear?the?pants.
*second nature 老習(xí)慣托启，第二天性
--Like any habit it will take practice but over time it will become?second?nature.
--Our?second?nature—those better angels of our nature—requires a little coaxing and persuading to come out.
Sentences
hear somebody doing something 聽(tīng)見(jiàn)某個(gè)動(dòng)作的一部分”育特，或者意為“聽(tīng)見(jiàn)這個(gè)動(dòng)作正在進(jìn)行”戏售；
hear?somebody do something ?聽(tīng)到整個(gè)動(dòng)作霸旗，或者聽(tīng)到這個(gè)動(dòng)作完成。例如：
When?I?passed?her?room,?I?heard?her?singing?a?song.?我路過(guò)她房間的時(shí)候，聽(tīng)見(jiàn)她在唱歌柒瓣。
I?heard?him?go?downstairs.我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)他下了樓儒搭。
Pronunciation
*policeman [p?'lism?n]
*political [p?'l?t?kl]
*live [la?v；l?v]
*answer ['?ns?]
