胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇230

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　　230. Venturing outside the major大胆尝试专业以外的领域 varied²-venture
A variety of options exist for today’s college graduates. This is at variance³ with the situation of those in past generations. Most bosses seek a varied work force. Therefore, various majors are represented in many organizations. There are a vast number of people working outside their majors. Here, we can only varnish⁴ over a few examples.
Renee Smith, a philosophy major, now works in the field of art history. She took a trip with the Smithsonian Institution to observe the vaulted⁵ ceilings of many European churches. She wrote an essay on the different kinds of vaults⁷ prominent in European architecture. It was published in Smithsonian magazine. Veering⁸ away from the topic of the arts, and into the topic of vegetation, there is the example of Kevin Flint. Though he was a business major, he now works on an Israeli kibbutz. Kevin, a vegetarian¹⁰, was inspired when he read an article about some people’s vehemence¹¹ toward the organic food movement. Kevin is a vehement¹² supporter of labeling all non-organic food. Soon after graduating, he sold his vehicle to finance his trip to Israel. Kevin feels that without proper labeling, a veil will continue to exist over people’s eyes when it comes to the differences between organic and non-organic food. “Harmful materials from genetically¹³ engineered food get into your veins¹⁴ and spoil your blood,” he says.
Neil Cantor studied ventilation, yet through the venerable Rockefeller Trust he has established an interesting venture in Australia, home to many venomous snakes. His organization studies the potential healing effects of chemically altered snake venom¹⁶. “It’s my desire to go to medical school,” he says. “I figured out in my third year of school that while properly ventilating buildings is useful, I just didn’t want to spend my life working with vents¹⁷. More exciting is the rapid velocity¹⁸ of medical breakthroughs today. In the past, our object of veneration¹⁹ was religion. But now that’s really changed. Today, we venerate²⁰ doctors and nurses, though admittedly, not in quite the same way.”
As you can see, a few folks have found happiness outside their majors.
varied adj.杂色的，各式各样的
variety n.变化，多样性
various adj.各种的
varnish vt. n.涂上清漆，修饰清漆
vast adj.巨大的，大量的，范围广的
vault⁶ n.拱顶
vaulted adj.拱状的
veer⁹ v.（风）改变方向，改变（话题）
vegetarian n.素食者
vegetation n.植物，草木，植被
vehemence n.热切，激烈，激情
vehement adj.（感情）猛烈的，激烈的
vehicle n.交通工具，车辆，媒介物，传达手段
veil vt. n.隐藏，遮蔽，面纱，迷雾
vein¹⁵ n.静脉
velocity n.速度，速率
venerable adj.值得尊敬的，庄严的
veneration n.尊敬，崇拜
venom n.（蛇的）毒液
venomous adj.有毒的
vent¹ n.通风孔，出烟孔
ventilate vt.使通风
ventilation n.通风
venture n.冒险（事业），投机活动