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　　I once knew a woman who had a grandmother.Apart from that, she was always as busy as an ant, trying to angle for buyers to take her grandmother's unwanted goods for a large amount of money.Once, when I was reading a college annual, she came to my apartment to pay a visit because she wanted me to buy an anchor as a wedding anniversary gift for my wife! She said it was an antique that her grandmother got from her ancestors.I took a quick look at it; it was old, even ancient, perhaps.Anyhow, it was certainly no more antique than her grandmother, so I said no.She was that sort of person, anyway; what you said amounted to nothing.She then tried to show me the ugly thing from different angles while we stood apart.At that point, her behavior reminded me of someone who might be anchoring a shopping program on television trying to angle the exhibit towards the camera.However, it fell over, hurting my ankle badly.What annoyed me most was that she was so amused, and burst into laughter.So I refused to invite her to my annual Valentine's Day party, and anticipated that I wouldn't see her again.She must have wondered with anxiety and started to analyze the whole thing.I wasn't surprised when she announced that according to her analysis I owed her an apology

　　记单词

　　amount1. 量，数量，数额; 2.总额，总数vi 1. (to) 合计，共计; 2. (在意义、价值方面)等同，接近

　　amuse 1. 逗乐，逗笑; 2. 给…提供娱乐(或消遣)

　　analyse见analyze

　　analysis分析，分析报告

　　analyze 分析，细察，细查

　　ancestor 1. 祖宗，祖先; 2. 原型，先驱

　　anchor 1. 锚; 2. 给人安全感之物(或人)vt 1. 抛(锚)，泊(船); 2. 把…系住，使固定; 3. 担任(电视节目等的)主持人

　　vi 1. 抛锚，停泊; 2. 固定，扎根

　　ancient1. 古代的，古老的; 2. 年老的，看上去很老的

　　angle 1. 角，角度; 2. 观点，立场

　　vt 1. 把…放置成一个角度; 2. 使(新闻、报道等)带上倾向性

　　angle for谋取，猎取

　　ankle踝，踝关节

　　anniversary周年纪念(日)

　　annoy 1. 使恼怒，使烦恼; 2. 打扰，干扰

　　annual 每年的，年度的，一年一次的n.1. 年报，年刊，年鉴; 2. 一年生的植物

　　ant 蚂蚁

　　anticipate 1. 预期，期望，预料; 2. 先于……行动，提前使用

　　antique 古时的，古老的n 古物，古玩，古董

　　anxiety 1. 焦虑，挂虑; 2. 渴望，热望

　　anyhow 1. 不管怎么说，无论如何，至少; 2. 不论用何种方法，无论从什么角度; 3. 随随便便地，杂乱无章地

　　anyway 1. 不管怎么说，无论如何，至少; 2. 不论以何种方式，无论从什么角度

　　apart 1. (空间、时间方面)成距离，相间隔; 2. 分离，分开a分离的，分隔的

　　apart from 1. 除…之外(别无); 2. 除…之外(尚有)

　　apartment 一套公寓房间，房间

　　apology 道歉，认错，愧悔

　　我以前认识一个女人，她有一位祖母。除此之外，她还总像蚂蚁一样忙碌，四处猎取买主好以大价钱卖掉她祖母不要的东西。一次我正在看大学年报，她到我的公寓来拜访我，想让我买一个锚送给我太太当作结婚周年纪念日的礼物!她说这东西是古董，是她祖母的祖先传下来的。我瞅了一眼，那东西挺旧的，也许甚至还有些古老，但无论如何不会比她祖母更古老，所以我说不要。不管怎么说，她就是那种人，你说的话对她而言等于白说。于是她便试图从各个角度向我展示那丑陋的家伙，而我们就一直那么分开站着。这时候，她的行为让我联想起主持电视购物栏目的主持人，好像在对着镜头把展卖品放置成一个角度。然而，那东西一不留神掉了下来，狠狠地砸在了我的脚踝上。最让我恼怒的是她倒给逗乐了，不禁大笑起来。所以我没有邀请她参加我举办的一年一度的情人节晚会并期望不要再见到她。她一定在焦虑中琢磨了很久并开始分析起整件事情来。当她宣布根据她的分析我得向她道歉时，我一点也没有感到奇怪。

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