读故事
Suffice it to say the submarine captain was stumped! His successor,the First Officer,was not being subordinate. The Captain couldn't  report the incident,so no one would ever know other than he and the First Officer.And while the Captain didn't subscribe to disobedience,he decided not to subdue his First Officer and work to find a sublime means to stunt the conflict. Or he could wait until the disagreement subsided. Either way would reduce the risk of his being sued. Maybe a brief meeting would suffice.
The next day the two sturdy men sat down in a small cabin in the sub to discuss their disagreement which was,after all,purely subjective. Neither was stunned that the other wouldn't change their opinion.But in the end both agreed that they would not take the conflict out of the room because it might bring negative press to the Navy and reduce subsidized  funding.These subsidies  were needed and any conflict would encourage more cuts in military funding which was already a stylish thing to do in these days.In light of the potential damage to the Navy,they both decided that their conflict was subsidiary to the greater good.
And so they continued to work together.No one ever knew why there had been a conflict or what it had been about.Somehow,however,everyone saw a  subtle change from that day on that the two men worked together better than ever.Whatever conflict had occurred had resulted in a deeper and more trusting relationship.
记单词
stump 树桩; 残根，残余部分; 把…难住，使为难; 在…作巡回演说; 脚步沉重地走
stun 使震惊，使目瞪口呆; 把…打昏，使昏迷
stunt 惊险动作，特技，特技表演; 噱头，引人注意的举动; 阻碍…的正常发育，使停止发展
sturdy 强壮的，结实的，坚固的; 坚定的，坚强的
stylish 时髦的，入时的，漂亮的
sub 潜艇; 替补队员; 地铁; vi.(for)作替补，替代
subdue 制服，使顺从，征服; 抑制，克服
subjective 主观(上的)，个人的
sublime 壮丽的，宏伟的出众的; 高尚的，崇高的，令人崇敬的; 高尚，崇高
submarine 潜水艇a.水底的，海底的
subordinate 下级的，级别低的; 隶属的，顺从的; (to)次要的，第二位的 n.部属，下级 vt.使处于次要地位，使从属于
subscribe (to) 订阅，订购(书籍等); 同意，赞成，vt.捐助，赞助
subside 平静，平息; 下沉，塌陷，沉降
subsidiary 辅助的，次要的，附设的 n.子公司，附属机构
subsidize 津贴，资助
subsidy 津贴，补助金
subtle 微妙的，难于捉摸的; 诡秘的，狡诈的3隐约的
successor 接替的人或事物，继任者
sue 控告，起诉; (for)要求，请求; 控告，起诉
suffice 足够
suffice it to say (that) 只要说…就够了
只要说潜水艇艇长很为难就够了!他的接替者，也就是那个大副，最近不是那么顺从。艇长不能报告这件事，所以除了他和大副谁也不知道。尽管艇长不赞成违抗命令，但他还是决定寻找一种高尚的办法停止他们之间的冲突而不是制服大副。或者他可以一直等到分歧平息下来。两种方法都会减少他被起诉的危险。也许一次小小的会晤就足够了。
第二天，这两个坚定的男人在潜艇的一间小舱里坐了下来谈他们的分歧，毕竟这种分歧是完全个人的。对于双方都不愿改变意见，俩人都不感到吃惊。但是最终都同意不把矛盾带出这间小舱，因为它可能会给海军带来负面压力并减少补助金。他们需要这些补助金，只要发生冲突，军费就会减少，当时这种做法已经是一种时髦。由于可能对海军造成不良影响，俩人都认为他们的冲突比起更大的利益来是次要的。
因此他们继续一起工作。谁都不知道他们为何闹过矛盾或者究竟是怎么回事。但是，不知为什么从那天起大家都发现了一种微妙的变化，两个人在工作中比以往任何时候都配合默契。不管发生过什么冲突，却变成了一种更深层次、更加信任的关系。

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