胡敏讀故事記單詞——大學英語四級詞匯（A字頭）

accustomed ~ admission

   A young acquaintance of mine is not accustomed to achievement In fact, in the administration of his duties as trainee lion tamer, he is not usually considered adequate and often has to acknowledge the acid remarks of his father, the head lion tamer, for his lack of action. His father often uses the adjective "sleepy" to describe the lack of activity of both him and the lions. In addition, he has been told adjust his attitudes and acquire a greater sense of showmanship if he wishes to gain admission to the main ring in the circus tent. His need is acute, because acquisition of performing skills would be an addition to his natural ability to communicate with lions, and enable him to step into the main ring when his father is out of action. In addition to this, even though he is only 3 years old and gets very tired following the lions around their one acre park, he is already famous as a lion tamer because he appears in an ad for the circus, and is even being sought by a manufactruer to promote acid adapted specially for use in animal food.

   我有一個年紀不大的熟人，他還不太習慣于成就一類東西。事實上，在執行他作為見習馴獅員的職責時，他常常被認為不是太勝任，而且常常不得不承認他父親，也就是首席馴獅員的尖刻評價，因為他沒有行動。他父親常用"懶洋洋"這個形容詞來形容他和獅子，因為他們都沒有活力。此外，他被告之要調整態度以學到更多的演員風范，如果他還打算被準許進入馬戲篷中心場地表演的話。對此他的愿望挺強烈，因為學會表演技巧是他天生能與獅子溝通的本領之外增加的又一個優勢，這能使他在父親不能工作的時候踏進中心場地表演。除此之外，雖然他還只有3歲，跟著獅子繞了一圈方圓一英畝的場地之后總是累得夠嗆，他已經是一個很有名的馴獅員了，因為他為馬戲團做了一個廣告，現在甚至還有一個廠家找他幫助推銷酸性物質，一種特別適合作動物飼料的產品。