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鼓励信任的力量
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  • Some of the greatest success stories of history have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a trusting friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed among the great names of literature the name of Nathaniel Hawthorne. When Nathaniel, a heartbroken man, went home to tell his wife that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in a customhouse, she surprised him with an exclamation1 of joy.

    "Now," she said triumphantly2, "you can write your book!"

    "Yes," replied the man, with sagging3 confidence, "and what shall we live on while I am writing it?"

    To his amazement4, she opened a drawer and pulled out a substantial amount of money.

    "Where on earth did you get that?" he exclaimed.

    "I have always know you were a man of genius," she told him. "I knew that someday you would write a masterpiece. So every week, out of the money you gave me for housekeeping, I saved a little bit. So here is enough to last us for one whole year."

    From her trust and confidence came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet5 Letter.

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     单词标签: exclamation  triumphantly  sagging  amazement  scarlet 


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    1 exclamation [ˌekskləˈmeɪʃn] onBxZ   第8级
    n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词
    参考例句:
    • He could not restrain an exclamation of approval. 他禁不住喝一声采。
    • The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers. 作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号,以引起读者的注意。
    2 triumphantly [trai'ʌmfəntli] 9fhzuv   第9级
    ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地
    参考例句:
    • The lion was roaring triumphantly. 狮子正在发出胜利的吼叫。
    • Robert was looking at me triumphantly. 罗伯特正得意扬扬地看着我。
    3 sagging ['sægɪŋ] 2cd7acc35feffadbb3241d569f4364b2   第9级
    下垂[沉,陷],松垂,垂度
    参考例句:
    • The morale of the enemy troops is continuously sagging. 敌军的士气不断低落。
    • We are sagging south. 我们的船正离开航线向南漂流。
    4 amazement [əˈmeɪzmənt] 7zlzBK   第8级
    n.惊奇,惊讶
    参考例句:
    • All those around him looked at him with amazement. 周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
    • He looked at me in blank amazement. 他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
    5 scarlet [ˈskɑ:lət] zD8zv   第9级
    n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的
    参考例句:
    • The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines. 深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
    • The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale, scarlet, bright red, and then light red. 天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了,深红的颜色变成了绯红,绯红又变为浅红。

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