托福词汇复习短文一份永久的遗产.pdf

智 课 网 托 福 备 考 资 料 托福词汇复习短文一份永久的遗产 凡是在准备托福考试的同学一定都知道这样一句话“得词汇者得托 福”。不难看出大家都很明确托福词汇在托福考试中的地位。下面智课 小编就给大家带来一个短文，让大家理解词汇在阅读时的重要性。 A lasting Legacy? Senator Timothy Rogerson was obsessed with the keen desire of leaving behind a lasting legacy in the United States legislature. He was the sponsor of more legislation than any other senator in the entire history of the United States of America. Exerting almost limitless effort to ensure the Senate would legislate on this or that pet project of his, his zeal was legendary. No wonder, people used to joke about him, like:” Old Tim wants to become a legend in his own lifetime.” Indeed, Senator Rogerson knew little about leisure, his only leisure activity being to grow tiny crops of various types of legumes on the ledge of his office window (a weird pastime, if ever there was one). Thus it went for more than a quarter of a century. Then one day a bombshell dropped. In his zeal to lengthen his tenure as a senator, Old Tim had used any means, fair or foul. He had, for example, at one time written lengthy testimony against his strongest potential opponent, accusing him of having an amorous liaison with a pretty young intern. Regrettably, for Senator Richardson, many of these statements turned out to be nothing but libel. Sure enough, the time came when enough was enough, and a sufficient number of his political enemies in his own party were shaken out of their lethargy and began to speak out. “He’s been fooling the electorate for a long time now, and he’s nothing but a liability for our party. Let’s start impeachment proceedings, because the leopard won’t change his spots!” This was too much for Old Tim. He grew lethargic. His speech became slurred. His handwriting was no longer legible. In the end, all that criticism proved lethal, and he took an overdose. 一份永久的遗产? 蒂莫西罗杰森参议员要给美国的立法机关留下一份永久的遗产,他被 这个热切的愿望所困扰。他是美利坚合众国有史以来的参议员中提出立 法议案最多的人。为了保证参议院给他重视的项目立法,他几乎