听故事记GRE单词：科学双刃剑
<p> 故事的<span word="backdrop">backdrop</span>是在一战前的德国。哈伯教授是个头脑<span word="astute">astute</span>，<span word="audacious">audacious</span>创新的科学家。他是如此的<span word="attentive">attentive</span>于科学以至于忘掉了其它生活的<span word="avocation">avocation</span>，他生活<span word="austere">austere</span>/<span word="frugality">frugality</span>，从没去过<span word="ballroom">ballroom</span>，连<span word="ballet">ballet</span>也没看过几场，在他居住的<span word="aviary">aviary</span>一样的小<span word="attic">attic</span>里，连一件像样的<span word="attire">attire</span>都没有。但他毫不在乎，因为他心中有个<span word="axiomatic">axiomatic</span>的信念，他所取得的任何科学上的<span word="attainment">attainment</span>都将造福人类。</p><p> 哈伯教授最伟大的一项发明是找到了一种<span word="catalyst">catalyst</span>,能把空气中的<span word="N">N</span>2转化成<span word="NH">NH</span>3，这项发明相当于把<span word="bark">bark</span>变成了<span word="barn">barn</span>。但由于不懂得科技成果转化，哈伯教授的实验室入不敷出，不得不<span word="auction">auction</span>科研成果以求得<span word="auspices">auspices</span>，也不知是<span word="auspicious">auspicious</span>还是<span word="unlucky">unlucky</span>,在<span word="auction">auction</span>时，一个<span word="baron">baron</span>)看中了这项成果，在此人的<span word="abet">abet</span>之下，德国<span word="autocrat">autocrat</span>给哈伯发了枚荣誉<span word="badge">badge</span>，又<span word="augment">augment</span>了对他实验室的投资，把他的实验室<span word="bedeck">bedeck</span>得像<span word="baroque">baroque</span>的宫殿一样华丽，以此来作为<span word="barter">barter</span>/<span word="bargain">bargain</span>的条件<span word="badger">badger</span>, 诱使)他说出配方。与其<span word="avant">avant</span>-<span word="garde">garde</span>前哨部队)科学头脑极<span word="asymmetrical">asymmetrical</span>的是，哈伯此人社会头脑极其<span word="banal">banal</span>/ <span word="bathetic">bathetic</span>，他禁不住荣誉的<span word="bait">bait</span>，又不敢违抗君主的<span word="baton">baton</span>，就在毫无<span word="audit">audit</span>的情况下把自己的发明<span word="authorize">authorize</span>给了德国<span word="autocracy">autocracy</span>。</p><p> 然而<span word="autocrat">autocrat</span>的目的可不是造氮肥，而是造炸药，这项发明就这样助长了德军的<span word="atrocious">atrocious</span> <span word="atrocity">atrocity</span>,战争中德军能有充足武器，全要<span word="attribute">attribute</span>4 <span word="to">to</span>哈伯的发明。哈伯原想造一种<span word="balmy">balmy</span>的<span word="balm">balm</span>,一不小心却发明了一种毒气，这种毒气也被用到战俘<span word="asylum">asylum</span>/ <span word="bedlam">bedlam</span>里面，让无数<span word="healthy">healthy</span>的<span word="athlete">athlete</span>变得<span word="atrophy">atrophy</span>。但哈伯本人却被<span word="bamboozle">bamboozle</span>了，对这些<span word="barbarous">barbarous</span> <span word="barbarity">barbarity</span>一无所知，他所知道的只是昔日的朋友们越来越<span word="alienate">alienate</span>他，好像他做了什么<span word="baleful">baleful</span>的事,变得<span word="aweinspiring">aweinspiring</span>似的，他被<span word="baffled">baffled</span>了。</p>
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