08年6.27第37期托福英语学习：托福词汇37

Lesson 37 My Life as a Clergyman 我的牧师生计

　　 W***ds:

　　 clam n. 蛤，蛤肉

　　 clam*** n. 叫嚷，喧闹

　　 clamp vt. 夹住，夹紧

　　 clan n. 家属，宗族

　　 clandest***e adj. 奥密的

　　 clap n. 轰隆声；vt. 拍手；轻拍

　　 clarif***ation n. 廓清，阐述

　　 clarify vt. 廓清，阐述

　　 classif***ation n. 分类，分级

　　 classify vt. 把。。。分类，分品级

　　 clay n. 粘土；土壤

　　 cleanse vt. 使清洁度，使纯洁

　　 cleft n. 缝隙

　　 clergy n. (总称)神职职员；教士，牧师

　　 clergyman n. 牧师，教士

　　 c***ff n. 绝壁，绝壁

　　 c***max n. 岑岭，极点

　　 c***nch vt. 钉牢，揪住；断定，终极决断

　　 c***ng ***. 粘附，附着；据守，墨守，忠厚于

　　 c***ng***g adj. 贴身的；执着的；忠厚的；依靠的

　　 I’m a clergyman. I h**e been a ***mber of the clergy f*** about twenty-o*** years. I’m the o***y priest *** my clan. I w***k *** an old church at the ***ge of a c***ff. The ag*** walls are made out of clay and wood. In certa*** areas of the church, we’ve had *** clamp the wood ***gether *** prevent if from fal***ng apart. The church look*** a lot better twenty years a*** when we c***nch*** the deal *** buy this property.

　　 I take ***nfessions everyday. People ***ke ***nfess***g *** a priest bec***se it cleanses their soul. So*** people ***nfess simple s***s, such as stea***ng a clam *** start***g at the cleft of a woman’s bosom. Usually, I don’t ****** *** ask them *** clarify these types of ***nfessions. Others ***nfess very bad s***s, ***ke kil***ng so***o*** dur***g a clandest***e ***vern***nt operation. I ***ver ask f*** clarif***ation when so***o*** makes this type of ***nfession.

　　 I ***ke gi***ng the Sunday sermon. I make it a po***t *** s**e the c***max of my talk until the very end. I can tell that people ***ke it this way bec***se they clap loudly.

　　 Lately, I’ve been th***k***g of chang***g the way I ***nduct church. I want *** do a better job of cater***g *** the variety of ******s *** my ***ngregation. It’s bec***se people who ****** *** my church can be classifi*** ****** two groups. O*** group c***ngs *** tradition church values and ******s *** hon*** God. The other group has a c***ng***g ***festyle of s***n***g all week and seek***g r***emption on Sundays. If I ***uld prepare a separate sermon f*** each group a******d***g *** their classif***ation, I th***k I ***uld better address their specif*** ******s. However, it might c***se a clam***. What do you th***k