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　　The author carefully parked his automobile in an available space along the avenue heading to the lecture hall.He was on auto pilot as he was still preparing his speech.He was going to receive the award of the “Golden axe”and was to speak in front of the audience.As far as he was aware, this prize was usually given in an awful hurry, followed by some awkward event, the main attribute of which was boredom.He was advised to avoid the experience, stay in his car, and await the full authority of the Academy.However, he decided they might not attribute his absence to some type of automatic shyness, and that they might even award the prize to his rival, a member of the non writing group, who only published his work by audio cassette.So he hurried towards the hall, opened the door and was amazed at what he saw: a man had an automatic gun in one hand, the trophy in the other, and was robbing the members of the Ladies Auxiliary!

　　记单词

　　attribute (to)把…归因于，把(过错、责任等)归于

　　n 属性，特性

　　audience 听众，观众，读者

　　audio 听觉的，声音的

　　author 著作家，作者

　　authority 1. 权力，管辖权; 2 [pl]官方，当局; 3. 当权者，行政管理机构; 4. authority，导师

　　auto见automobile

　　automatic 1. 自动的; 2. 不假思索的，无意识的; 3. 必然的，自然的n 自动手枪(或步枪等有自动装置的汽车)

　　automobile n 汽车

　　auxiliary 1. 辅助的，补助的; 2. 备用的，后备的

　　available 1. 现成可使用的，在手边的，可利用的; 2. 可取得联系的，可得到的

　　avenue 林阴道，大街

　　avoid 避免，预防，避开

　　await 1. 等候，期待，期望; 2. 将降临到…身上

　　award 1. 授予，给予; 2. 判给，裁定n 奖，奖品，奖金

　　aware 意识到的，知道的

　　awful 1. 极坏的，令人不快的，可怕的; 2. (感到)难过的，不舒服的; 3. 非常的，极大的

　　awkward 1. 尴尬的，棘手的; 2. 难操纵的，使用不便的; 3. 笨拙的，不灵巧的

　　ax(e) 斧子

　　作家小心翼翼地把汽车停在沿街可用的空位上，这条大街一直通向会堂。他还在准备讲话稿，所以用的是自动档。他正要去领取“金斧奖”并要在观众面前发言。据他所知，这个奖通常都是在非常匆忙中颁出，接下来便是令人尴尬的仪式，其主要特性是枯燥乏味。人们劝他避开这个场面，呆在车里，等待学会的authority们都来齐了。可是，他怕导师们不把他的缺席归因于他的某种自然的腼腆性格，并且甚至把奖授予他的对手，一名非写作团体的成员，此人只出版了他的有声作品。于是他便急忙朝大厅走去，打开门后他却被眼前的景象惊呆了：一个人一手端着自动步枪，一手拿着奖杯，正在抢劫妇女辅助会的成员们!