胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯第189期:阿爾·約翰遜--人民的代表

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胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯第189期:阿爾·約翰遜--人民的代表

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189.Al Johnson--representative of the people

189.阿爾·約翰遜--人民的代表

Al Johnson is a representative of the people. He represents the residents of the 8th Residential District in his city. Al is reputed to be above reproach in his representation. Al feels that it is his job to rescue the people from anyone who tries to repress them and repudiate any measures that the people reserve even the slightest residue of distaste for. In fact, he has a vested interest in the representation of the people who reside there because his own residence is there. One issue that is being discussed is whether to build a reservoir in his district. Al argues that it would not be a good idea because the reservoir would attract many reptiles, which the average city folk find repulsive, and which would reproduce at an alarming rate throughout the district. The people would be resentful towards Al if this measure passed. Another issue that is pending at the moment is whether to build a biological research center that would specialize in researching human reproductive behavior. Al is also against this idea because the people in his district are quite conservative, and they would be repulsed by any research concerning human reproduction in their district and resent Al greatly if he let such a measure pass. The secret to Al's success as a representative is that he does not just resemble one of the residents of his district(In fact, it's more than just a resemblance.)-he is one.

阿爾·約翰遜是人民的代表。他代表著他所在城市內(nèi)第八住宅區(qū)里的所有居民。阿爾名譽(yù)良好，他的表現(xiàn)讓人無(wú)可指責(zé)。阿爾認(rèn)為他的工作就是救助人民，讓人民免受他人的抑制，那幫人試圖批判否定人民群眾所保留采用的任何措施，連微不足道的一丁點(diǎn)兒不滿情緒都在批倒之列。事實(shí)上，他的既得利益使他熱衷于做居住在這兒的人們的代表是因?yàn)樗约旱淖∷苍谶@兒。有一個(gè)討論的問(wèn)題是是否應(yīng)該在這個(gè)區(qū)里建一個(gè)水庫(kù)。阿爾認(rèn)為這個(gè)方案不可行，因?yàn)樗畮?kù)肯定會(huì)吸引很多爬行動(dòng)物，而居民們普遍都討厭這類動(dòng)物；另外，這類動(dòng)物繁殖力驚人，很快整個(gè)區(qū)里將到處都是。如果這個(gè)方案被通過(guò)，居民們肯定會(huì)怨恨阿爾。另一個(gè)至今為止還懸而未決的問(wèn)題是，是否應(yīng)該在這個(gè)區(qū)里建立一個(gè)生物研究中心，來(lái)專門研究人類的生殖行為。阿爾同樣極力反對(duì)這個(gè)提議，因?yàn)閰^(qū)里的很多人都非常保守，他們討厭在他們的區(qū)里進(jìn)行任何有關(guān)人類生殖學(xué)的研究。如果阿爾讓這個(gè)方案通過(guò)，他同樣會(huì)為居民們所憤恨。阿爾擔(dān)當(dāng)居民代表成功的秘密是，他不僅僅類似于區(qū)里的任何居民（實(shí)際上還不僅是相似而已）——他本身就是這個(gè)區(qū)里的居民。