胡敏讀故事記單詞——大學英語四級詞匯（A字頭）

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assign ~ attractive

A male athletenamed Bruce was annoyed by an atomic plant near his house, because it polluted the area by its waste. Bruce decided to take the plant to court and hired an attractive female attorney named Brenda to represent him. However, she was busy with some other assignment as an associate partner, and sent her associate to assist him instead. Bruce was unhappy about it as he thought such an association between himself and his lawyer was not going to help him attain his goal. He insisted Brenda assign his case back to herself. His attitude created an atmosphere of tension. When the case came to court, Brenda assumed that he would attach himself to her for assistance. But to her surprise, he did a good job on his own. She started to feel an attraction towards Bruce and assured him that he would have her assist, and that she wanted to associate with him personally. Both were astonished that their love for each other exploded like a split atom. In the end, Bruce won both the case and the woman he loved.

   一位名叫布魯斯的男運動員為他家附近的一家原子能電廠而煩惱，因為工廠的廢物污染了這一地區。布魯斯決定把這家工廠告上法庭并請了一位名叫布蘭達的有吸引力的女律師作為自己的代理人。可是，他作為副合伙人，忙于其他任務，因此便派她的同事去協助他。布魯斯對此頗不高興，他認為他和律師之間的這種交往不會幫他達到目的。他堅持要布蘭達把他的案子重親分配給她自己。他的態度使氣氛緊張起來。開庭的時候，布蘭達臆斷他會依賴她的幫助。但令她吃驚的是，他靠自己的力量表現得很出色。她開始感到布魯斯對她的吸引力，她使 他確信她會協助他，并愿意與他有私下交往。他們互相傾慕，愛情就像裂變的原子一樣迸發出來，這使他倆頗為驚訝。最后，布魯斯不但贏了官司，也贏得了他心愛的女人。