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研究生英语阅读教程基础级2版

READINGSELECTIONA

Whupping（whipping/Beating）FatAlbert

ByRudolphGiuliani

[1]Myfatherwasanexcellent（perfect,wonderful）boxer.Hispooreyesightpreventedhimfrombecomingtheprizefighter（professionalboxer;warrior/knight）hewantedtobe,butat6feetandalean（thin）150pounds,hewasfastandtough（strong,powerful）.Heunderstoodthesport（boxing）andwoulddescribefightstomeingreatdetail,explainingthestrategiesandtechniquesofthegreatfighters,menlike（suchas）SugarRayRobinson,JoeLouis,WilliePep,RockyMarciano,andJerseyJoeWalcott.

[2]Inboxing,hesaid,themostimportantskillwastostay（be）calm.Thiswasthebestlessonmyfatherevertaughtme—staycalm,especiallywhenthose（people）aroundyouareuneasy（nervous）ortroubled（upset）.Theonewhostaysunruffledhasagreatadvantageinbeingabletohelpothers,tocontrolthesituation,tofixit.Thefighterwholoseshiscool（calmness,reason）thefirsttimehe'shitwillendup（finish）flatonhisbackonthecanvas.Ifheremainscalm,evenwhile（when）he'sbeinghit,hecanlookforopportunitiestohit（fight）back.（knockdown->outknockout）

[3]Thelessoncameinhandy（turnedout/provedtobeuseful）.MyUncleWilliewasaNewYorkCitypoliceofficer（official）.Longafterheretired,healwaysworeajacketand,usually,atie.Hewasashy（timid）manwhokepttohimself（silent）,andhe'd（would）spendhisoffhoursreadingthepaperunderthetreeinfrontofourhouse.Nextdoorlivedanotherfamily,andthefatherwasalsoacop.Forsomereason,myuncledislikedhim—perhapshe'dbeennastyorunfairtoUncleWillie.Anyway,thisguy（man/fellow）hadasonnamedAlbert,abig（tall）fat（large）kid,twoyearsolderthanme—Iwasabout5andhewas7.Alberttookadvantageofhissizetointimidate（frighten）theotherkids.He'dknockthemdownandroll（sit）onthem.

[4]MyuncleusedtoreadSpring3100,thein-housepolicemagazine.Ilovedlookingatit—stilldo,infact.Iwouldporeover（studysth.carefully）UncleWillie'scopy,butonlyforsolong—myunclewouldalwaystakethemagazineback.Onedayhewassittingalone（#=lonely）underthetreeandmymotherwasnowhereinsight.Hecalledmeover.AcopyofSpring3100wasbyhisside.

[5]"Youwantthismagazine,right?

"

[6]"Yes,"Ireplied.

[7]"Youwantittokeep（collect）?

"

[8]"Sure!

'

[9]"BeatupAlbert,andI'llgiveyouthemagazine."

[10]"Whatdoyoumean?

"

[11]UncleWilliesaid,"Look（well）,yourfather'sbeenteachingyoutobox.ThrowacoupleofjabslikeyouroldmanshowedyouandAlbertwillstart（tocry）crying—he'safatslob（swine）andbulliesareneverastough（strong/powerful）astheyseem."

[12]Iwasreluctant（unwilling）,becauseAlbertwasmuchheavierthanIwas.ButUncleWillieshowedmethemagazineandletmeholdit,beforetakingitbackandrepeatingthatitwouldbemineassoonasIgot（made）Alberttocryuncle.

[13]Alittlewhile（n.moment）later,UncleWilliewassittinginhisusualchair,when（suddenly）IsawAlbertuptohisusualtricks,pushingsomekidsaround,allofthemsmallerthanhe（was）.Idon'trememberexactlyhowit（fighting）started.AllIknowisthatIfoundmyselfinafightwithhim,justthetwoofus.

[14]Istartedjabbingathisface—boom,boom,boom,exactlyasI'dbeentaught—andthey（jabs）werelanding,nearlyallofthem.Albertnever（lay->）laidahandonme—orifhedid,Ididn'tnotice.Hisnosestarted（blood->）bleeding,ashinerwasrising（swelling）nicely（noticeably）,andfinallyhestartedtocry.Thenheturnedandranhome（adverb）.

[15]Iwenthome,too,andtoldmymother.Sheslappedmehard（heavily）acrosstheface."Apologizerightnow（atonce）,andI'mgoingtotellyourfathertonight.He'sgoingtogiveyouarealbeating."

[16]"Idon'twanttoapologize,"Imumbled."Hestartedit."ForthatIgotasecondslap.

[17]Albertwasstillcrying,andIbegrudgingly（reluctantly）said,"I'msorry,Albert."Mymothermade（let/have）（forced）us（to）shakehandsandorderedmetostayinfortherestoftheday.Iglancedatmyuncle,andthought,atleasthecouldgivemethedarnmagazine.ButIdidn'tgivehimup.Ijust（only）wentslowly（reluctantly）uptomyroom.About20minuteslater,hisdaughter,mycousin（/=nephew/niece）Evangeline,cameup.ShewascarryinghiscopyofSpring3100."Mydadwantedyoutohavethis,"shesaid."Sinceyouhavetostayinallday."Ilookedoutthewindow.UncleWilliewasstillthere,underhistree,andhegavemeanod—asmuchforkeepingmymouthshut,Iknew,asforwhippingAlbert.

[18]Myfathercamehomethatevening,andmymothertoldhimwhathadhappened.Icouldhearthem（talk）talkingintheroomnextdoor.Itwashisfault,mymothersaid,forteachingmetobox.Heshouldgivemealicking（beating）I'd（would）neverforget.Myfathercameuptome,butbeforehecouldadopt（~edchild;adaptoneselftosth./adapter）asuitableface（expression）ofdisapproval,heblurted,"YouwhippedAlbert?

Godalmighty（mighty=powerful;）!

He'stwoyearsolderthanyou,and25poundsheavier!

"（mighty=powerful）

[19]Standinguptobulliesmightsoundlikeaglibcalltobemacho（brave）,butthetruthisittakesatollonyou.Oneofthebestreasonstoletbulliesknowyouwon'tbackdown（withdraw/retreat）fromafightisso（difficult）thatitdoesn'tgetto（express）thatpoint（meaning）.That'snotjustatheory—thereweremanytimes（cases/often）inmyadministrationwhenanearlyconfrontationledtofarlessfighting（struggle）downtheroad（inthedirection）.Here'sanexample.Atabout8:

40p.m.onWednesday,July17,1996,TWAFlight800crashedintotheAtlanticOceanjustoff（awayfrom）LongIsland.All230onboardtheParis-bound747,whichhadtakenofffromKennedyInternationalAirport,werekilled.MycommunityresponseteamandIgottothescene（site）（scenery）withinanhourandsetupanassistance（help）centerattheRamadaPlazaHotelneartheairporttoprovideaid（help）andcounseling（comfort）tofamilymembers.[boardor;boardingschool->boardingcard]

[20]Whenwegot（arrived）there,thefirstthingwetriedtodowas（to）obtain（get）themanifestso（that）wecouldbesurewhohadbeenontheplane.Airlinesarerequiredbylawtocompileacompletelistofpassengersoninternationalflights,includingfullnames,passportinformation,andemergencyphonecontactnumbers.Thisinformationissupposed（thoughtto（=should）bemadeavailablewithinthreeofclash,thiscase,by11:

30p.m.,TWAsaid229peoplewereaboard.Bynoonthenextday,theyweresayingthenumberwas228.Laterintheafternoon,theyputthenumberat230.IrepeatedlydemandedanaccuratepassengerlistfromTWAbutwasgiveneveryexcusewhytheairlinecouldn'tproduce（bringupwith）one.Isensed（felt）somethingwasup（washappening）whenIreceivedacallabout4a.m.fromtheCEOoftheairline,JeffreyErickson,fromaplaneheadingforKennedy.ItoldhimthatIneededthemanifest.HesaidwewouldtalkwhenhegottoNewYork,thathewantedto"liaise"（contact）withme.Idon'tagreetoliaisewithpeopleIhaven'tmet.ButthenIthought,well,maybeIshouldn'tbesojudgmental（subjunctive）basedontheuseofoneword.

[21]Bythenextday,Iwasexasperated.Ifeltweweregettingtherunaround.WhenEricksonfinallyshowedup（appeared）,headdressedthefamiliesandthepressatKennedyAirport,andspokeforunder（lessthan）aminute.Herefusedtotakeasinglequestion.Headdednothingtowhatwealreadyknew;therewascertainlynothingtoliaiseabout.

[22]Onbehalfofthefamiliesofthepassengers—andwithaneyetowardfuturedisasters—Idecidedtomakemyangerknown（public）.Onseveralnationalshowsandonallthelocalchannels,IcriticizedTWAforcaringmoreaboutcovering（hiding）itselfthanpromptly（timely）notifying（informing）sufferingfamilymembers.OnFriday,IrecordedmyweeklyWABCradioshowfromtheRamadaandsaid,"TheuppermanagementofTWAincompetentlyhandled（dealtwith）thenotificationprocessforthefamilies.Thatcontinuestobeexacerbated（worse）bytheirnottellingthetruthaboutwhathappened."

[23]Threemonthslater,Ericksonresigned（sign+nature->signature）.Butthatwasn'tthepoint（key/meaning）.InacitythesizeofNewYork,disastersareinevitable（=unavoidable）.Iwantedleadersofcompaniesinvolvedinanyfuturedisastertounderstandjustwhatwasexpectedofthem—clear,honest,timelycommunication.ByrefusingtokeepquietaboutTWA'sbehavior,Imadesure（guarantee）theconsequencesofputtingcorporate（a.）needsaheadof（above）humansufferingwereunderstood.（1,388words）.

OUTTHEAUTHOR

RudolphWilliamLouis"Rudy"GiulianiIII（bornMay28,1944）servedastheMayorofNewYorkfromJanuary1,1994throughDecember31,2001.

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EXERCISES

I.ReadingComprehension

Answerthefollowingquestionsorcompletethefollowingstatements.

1.RudolphGiuliani'sfatherwas_____.

A.asuccessfulboxingprizefighterB.abletowinfightswithtechniques

C.verytallandstrongD.wellinformed（<->illinformed）ofboxing

2.Thestrategies（->strategicmissile）andtechniquesofagreatfighterthatRudolphGiulianilearnedfromhisfather_____.

A.weresoonpracticedB.werelaterusedwhenhegrewup

C.didn'tworkforGiulianiD.weremadeintotheorybyGiuliani

3.UncleWilliedidn'tliketheirneighboringpolicemanprobablybecause_____.

A.heoftenabusedchildrenB.hewasunfairwhileexecutingthelaw

C.hehadtreatedUncleWillieun