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托福词汇：读故事记单词10 小马过河为大家准备了“托福词汇：读故事记单词10”， 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 　　Words: 　　amplify vt. 放大;扩大;增强;详述 　　analogous adj 类似的 　　analogy n. 类比，类推;类似物 　　analysis n. 分析;分析报告 　　analyze vt. 分析，分解 　　anarchist n. 无政府主义者 　　anarchy n. 无政府，混乱 　　anatomy n. 解剖;解剖学 　　ancerstor n. 祖先，祖宗 　　ancerstry n. (总称)祖先，列祖列宗;家族，血统 　　ancillary adj. 辅助的 　　anecdotal adj. 趣闻的，多轶事趣闻的;具有轶事形式(风格)的 　　anecdote n. 短故事，轶事 　　anesthesia n. 麻醉 　　anesthetic n. 麻醉剂，麻药 　　anguish n. 极度的痛苦，苦闷 　　angular adj. 有角的，尖角的 　　animated adj. 活泼的，有生气的 　　annals n. 编年史;历史记载，历史 　　annex vt. 兼并，附加 　　annihilate vt. 消灭，消减 　　I often wondered my ancestry. I knew that my angular face and large eyes came from my fathers Spanish ancerstors. But what did they do for a living? 　　My father, who is very animated, would try to satisfy my curiosity by telling me funny anecdotes about his father and grandfather. His stories were often intriguing, but the information I wanted had to be more than anecdotal. So one day, I went to the library and searched through the annals of Spanish history. 　　I found a good book that thoroughtly analyzed the relevant time period andamplified its analysis with charts and illustrations. In it, I discovered several interesting historical figures who shared my surname, Sierra. 　　One was an anarchist. He worte books in which he expressed his belief and society in the rural areas should be allowed to exist without a government. He believed that the government was purposely creating a fear of anarchy merely to justify its first taxes on rural area farmars. 　　Another Sierra is a Doctor of anatomy. He was credited fot inventing the firstanesthetic. The anesthesia allowed him to operate on his patients without causing pain. 　　The most interesting Sierra was a former high-ranking official who worked in anancillary department of the central Spanish government. He spent most of his life protecting the Spanish militarys efforts to annihilate and annex samller and weaker countries overseas. From the gove