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英语课

  Unit 77

A Phenomenal Memory

I have a phenomenal memory for faces. There is no doubt about that. The only snag is that I can never remember the names that go with them. Only the other day, I raised my hat to one fellow, quite distinguished-looking he was, and I thought: "My bank manager ... my broker 1?" I had to go and ask him. "I'm Rankin, your next-door neighbor, Mr. Peabody," he said, rather acidly. It was through my awful memory for names that something unpleasant happened to me not long ago.

It was a Friday evening and I was in the train on my way home. It was not my regular train, for I had been kept late at work, and when it got to Ruislip, three stops before mine, there were only two of us in the compartment 2. I could tell straight away he was an Oxbridge man. I'm an Oxbridge man, and I had definitely seen this fellow's face there. But his name completely eluded 3 me. It was most irritating. Who was he? I thought he might be one of the newcomers to the pretty little estate recently completed near to where I live.

I am not shy, so I began to talk in a very chatty manner. He was somewhat uncommunicative and certainly gave nothing away. I can see that he was rather worn out, as if he had had a bad day, and I put his reluctance 4 to talk down to this.

"Is this your regular train?" I asked, hopefully. It usually works in my experience. "Not often," he said. That was all. Well, that certainly told me a lot. I started to complain about railways, then the hooliganism at football matches, inflation and a host of other topic. He only said "yes" or "no" now and then. Even my comment on the weather had no effect. I told him quite a lot about myself, how my ship had come that day, a friend had repaid me $200 in cash and many other details. He showed a flicker 5 of interest, nothing more. I thought what a bore this fellow must be, and in the end I gave up. I opened my paper, and when next I glanced at him, he had fallen asleep.

As we were coming into Oxbridge, he was still snoozing. I gave him a pat. "Oxbridge, old chap." "Thanks," he said with a smile. Outside the station it was raining and the wind was blowing hard. It was freezing cold, too.

"Listen," I said to him, "why don't I give you a lift home if you live on the new estate?" "I'd appreciate that very much," he replied. I fetched my car from the parking lot and he got in with "Many hanks". He said no more till we were well across the heath. Then, all of a sudden, he turned to me and said, "OK. Pull up here."

"Here?" I queried 6. There as not a house in the sight; and the weather was shocking. Anyway, I pulled up. The only thing I could remember after that was something striking down hard on my head. I passed out. When I came to, I was lying on the ground, soaked to the skin, my head pounding, my car gone and my pockets empty.

I staggered into the police station to make a report. There was a light shining on the station wall and there, lit up, was a picture of my attacker. I had walked past it for the last seven days. I knew I had seen the face before. He was wanted by the police for armed robbery. I thanked my lucky stars it was not for murder. I looked at the name underneath 7 the face, the face I will never forget. It was -- er -- it was -- oh, dear! I can never remember names.



n.中间人,经纪人;v.作为中间人来安排
  • He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
  • I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。
n.卧车包房,隔间;分隔的空间
  • We were glad to have the whole compartment to ourselves.真高兴,整个客车隔间由我们独享。
  • The batteries are safely enclosed in a watertight compartment.电池被安全地置于一个防水的隔间里。
v.(尤指机敏地)避开( elude的过去式和过去分词 );逃避;躲避;使达不到
  • The sly fox nimbly eluded the dogs. 那只狡猾的狐狸灵活地躲避开那群狗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The criminal eluded the police. 那个罪犯甩掉了警察的追捕。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.厌恶,讨厌,勉强,不情愿
  • The police released Andrew with reluctance.警方勉强把安德鲁放走了。
  • He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.他表示很不愿意答复。
vi./n.闪烁,摇曳,闪现
  • There was a flicker of lights coming from the abandoned house.这所废弃的房屋中有灯光闪烁。
  • At first,the flame may be a small flicker,barely shining.开始时,光辉可能是微弱地忽隐忽现,几乎并不灿烂。
v.质疑,对…表示疑问( query的过去式和过去分词 );询问
  • She queried what he said. 她对他说的话表示怀疑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • \"What does he have to do?\" queried Chin dubiously. “他有什么心事?”琴向觉民问道,她的脸上现出疑惑不解的神情。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
学英语单词
action sequence
acupuncture point
air heater
alieved
allegeth
allomycin
archaeolinguistics
authors joint copyright ownership
AWC (absolute worst case)
BALB
bear up for(to)
bestowal
bio-organic chemistry
cast iron lining
chuck up the sponge
coextensive
compromise of action
cooling draught
Coronex
corrodingly
cournot capacities
dimensional similarity
disorders of phosphorus metabolism
ditch outlet
dolezalex electrometer
double-pouring displacement technique
dreadfulnesses
electro-welding
equilibrium distillation
estimate of car requirements
exfoliative keratolysis
fibrinemia
fluorodeoxyglucose
Foulness Island
GBF
general principles of justice
genus sceloporuss
Harlan man
hermatypic organism
hexacyclic
idle trunk
inequality-restricted least squares
international labor day
kidney essence
lablab semen album
land of cutting tool
law presumption
mammary clamps
matlike
matted crystal
medium level clouds
metalates
mischeantly
mller
mobbishly
modulus defect
monitor program
multiplicity of scale
net weight of loads
one-side search
organizational coordination
pair production attenuation coefficient
Piltdown
pregnancy symptom
principal conjunctive
push type broach
quadratic variation process
reentrant
reflashed
registration of trade mark
rehabilitation-network
relative hypsography
resolubilizes
rotaty piston engine
saltated
saltatory spasm
savings and loans associations (s&ls)
secondary detachment of retina
semi-flush cutting
setup book for multiple users
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
shalwar
silicate gel emitter
silky spicebush
sipster
social welfare expenditure
southwestern white pines
split the ticket
store location
suchada
taraxis
technological mathematics
the bee gees
true-crime
tunnel frame
vectoring procedure
Vibo Valentia, Pov. di
well-running
whitewash
writing tablet
yayla
Yaylak