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托福词汇：读故事记单词2 小马过河为大家准备了“托福词汇：读故事记单词2”， 供各位备考托福的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 　　Lesson 2 Love of Numbers 　　Words: 　　absenteeism n. 旷课，旷工 　　absentee n. 缺席者 　　absolve v. 宽恕;赦免(罪行、过失等)，解除(责任等) 　　absorb vt. 吸引(液体、知识等);理解，掌握 　　absorbing adj. 吸引人的，引人入胜的 　　abstain v. 自制，自动放弃;戒绝，有意回避 　　abstinence n. 自制，节制(禁欲、戒酒等) 　　abstract adj. 抽象的;难解的 ，深奥的 　　abstraction n. 抽象概念 　　abstruse adj. 难懂的，深奥的 　　absurd adj. 荒谬的，可笑的 　　abundant adj. 丰富的，充裕的;大量的 　　abuse n. (权利等的)滥用;(物品等的)不精心使用 　　abut vi. 邻接，毗邻 　　abyss n. 深渊，深坑 　　academic adj. 学术的;学院的;理论的 　　academician n. 学会会员;院士;学者 　　accelerate v. 加快，加速;促进，促进。。。早日发生 　　accentuate v. 突出，强调 　　access n. 接触，接近(的机会);入口，通道 　　As an academician, I think Mathematics is an intriguing and absorbing science. How ever, many of my students consider it an abstract science and they hate it because the equations are too difficult to absorb and to remember. I think my students would laugh if they knew how I became so interest in Math. 　　When I was a freshman in college, I also believe Math was a mere abstraction. Study it was like falling into a spinning abyss of numbers and symbols. Just thinking about it seems like an abuse of my brain. However, my entire tuition was financed by an academic scholarship, so I have to maintain high marks in all of my classes, including Math. 　　My most abstruse class was Advanced Calculus Mathematics. It was taught in a large lecture hall which abutted the North access gate of the University. Unlike many absentees in my class who often abstained from attending the boring lectures, I dare not absolve myself from this responsibility. Any degree of absenteeism would cause me to fail Math and to lose my scholarship. I was so afraid of failing that I even pledgedabstinence from my abundant supply of alcohol. 　　It wasnt until the fourth week of Math class when I met the wonderful person who would accelerate my interest and understanding of this absurd subject. She was a foreign exchange student from Beijing. She was also a brilliant