9.1第103期托福英語學習：托福詞滙103

Lesson 103 The Fumigated Fresco 菸燻壁畫　　

　　Words:

　　freight n. 船貸，貨運；vt. 裝貨，運送

　　freighter n. 貸船；運輸飛機

　　frenetic adj. 狂亂的，發狂的

　　frenzy n. 狂暴，狂怒極爲激動的狀態

　　fret v. （使）磨損；煩惱，焦慮

　　fresco n. 壁畫; vt 做壁畫於

　　friction n. 摩擦；沖突，不和

　　fright n. 驚駭，喫驚

　　frigid adj. 嚴寒的，冷淡的

　　fringe n. 邊緣，邊界；adj. 邊緣的

　　frisky adj. 活潑的，精力充沛的

　　frivolity n. 輕浮

　　frost n. 霜，霜凍；vi. 結晶

　　frown vi. 皺眉；不贊成，反對

　　frowzy adj. 不整潔的，汙*的

　　frugal adj. 節約的，節儉的

　　frugality n. 節儉，儉省

　　frustrate vt. 挫敗，破壞；使沮喪

　　frustration n. 挫敗，挫折

　　fulminate v. 猛烈抨擊，嚴厲譴責；爆炸

　　fume n. （濃烈或難聞的）菸，氣躰

　　fumigate vt. 菸燻，用香薰

　　Michael frowned as he looked at the unusual piece of artwork. A freighter had brought it in yesterday along with other works of art. There had been a mad frenzy over the other art pieces but nobody seemed to like this unusual piece. Michael wondered how they were able to cut the painting from the wall and keep the picture in one piece. He turned to Teddy and asked, “What do you think of this old fresco?”

　　“The people portrayed in the painting look interesting,” Teddy replied. “The woman looks frigid and the man looks like he has been frustrated one too many times. I think my frisky cat would die of fright if I had that thing hanging in my room. However, I think you can identify with the man’s frustration. I also think it will match your frowzy room. What’s all this frost on the sides?”

　　“Don’t fret over it,” said Michael. “It just looks like frost. It’s white powder. The fringe of the painting was accidentally damaged by friction. They powdered it to prevent further harm. Because of the damage, they won’t charge me anything for the freight. If I buy it today, will you accuse me of frivolity.”

　　“Not at all,” said Teddy. “You’ve always been frugal. I think frugality runs in your family. You should buy it before another frenetic art lover snatcher it up.”

　　Suddenly, there was a loud explosion. A compressed bottle of gas fulminated in front of the painting. The fumes covered it and filled the air. Michael asked. “Should I still buy it?”

　　“Absolutely,” said Teddy. “It was already cheap, and now it’s fumigated.”