听小说学雅思词汇23-第十一章~中

23-Chapter 11：Bloodthirsty Sword; 第十一章：嗜血利剑 中； 文章：(中文意思请听节目) In the corner room, Joe wavered. He was not sure whether he should believe all of this or not. There was so much uncertainty. He didn’t know how Coco could know all those secret and why the cat exposed them to him. Was Coco trying to help out and assist him in finding ways to cope with family stress he was facing? Or, was the cat playing some hideous role? But whatever her motivation was, Joe wanted to give it a try. He thought, even if the cat was making up a fictional story, at least it sounded like an adventure. The button, the sword, and of course, the turtle island… Joe was never proud of his work. To a certain degree he felt it was a senseless boring job. He always wanted to have adventures in life and to achieve something to satisfy his need for admiration. He had ever tried to send a note to the secretary at his workplace to resign from his job, but he had not been courageous enough to take risks so far. Facing the reality in his current life situation, Joe wanted to make his defiance a new chapter in his life. Also as a demonstration of his care for Lady Green, Joe wanted to shoulder additional responsibilities to improve the quality of their life. With resolution, Joe determined that the turtle island was worthy of exploration even though he got a feeling there was something going on with the cat. Somehow what stuck out the most in his mind was Coco’s words when the cat revealed the secrets to him in the corner room. “Kill the cave monster…” 23-雅思词汇：1078--1118（中文意思请见节目） 40 preparation； 41 journey; 42 professional; 43 profession; 44 speciality; 45 specialist; 46 specialise; 47 specialisation; 48 hobby; 49 creek; 50 tumble; 51 cliff; 52 vine; 53 deafening; 54 forbid; 55 central; 56 saturated; 57 vapour; 58 steam; 59 charge; 60 mountainous; 61 enclosure; 62 enclose; 63 regular; 64 irregularity; 65 track; 66 track and field; 67 pattern; 68 succeed; 69 stare; 70 stainless; 71 stain; 72 destructive; 73 destroy; 74 accompany; 75 review; 76 merciless; 77 approach; 78 pray; 79 bless; 80 vanquish;