【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE（10）
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：有声英语文学名著
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Best to leave quietly, and no
reunions. Move on, look to the future. Plenty more faces out there.
But as he made his decision, her mouth stretched open into a wide smile and without
opening her eyes she said:
So, what do you reckon, Dex?‘
About what, Em?‘
Me and you. Is it love, d‘you think?‘ and she gave a low laugh, her lips tightly closed.
Just go to sleep, will you?‘
Stop staring up my nose then.‘ She opened her eyes, blue and green, bright and shrewd.
What‘s tomorrow?‘ she mumbled 1.
Today you mean?‘
Today. This bright new day that awaits us.‘
It‘s a Saturday. Saturday all day. St Swithin‘s Day as a matter of fact.‘
What‘s that then?‘
Tradition. If it rains today it‘ll rain for the next forty days, or all summer, or something
like that."
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She frowned. "That doesn‘t make any sense."
Not meant to. It‘s a superstition 2.‘
Raining where? It‘s always raining somewhere.‘
On St Swithin‘s grave. He‘s buried outside Winchester Cathedral.‘
How come you know all this?‘
I went to school there.‘
Well la-di-da,‘ she mumbled into the pillow.
―If on St Swithin it doth rain/Something dum-di-dum again.‖‘
That‘s a beautiful poem.‘
Well, I‘m paraphrasing 3.‘
She laughed once again, then raised her head sleepily. "But Dex?"
Em?‘
If it doesn‘t rain today?‘
Uh-huh.‘
What are you doing later?‘
Tell her that you’re busy.
Nothing much,‘ he said.
So shall we do something then? Me and you, I mean?‘
Wait ’til she’s asleep then sneak 4 away.
Yeah. Alright,‘ he said. "Let‘s do something."
She allowed her head to drop onto the pillow once more. "Brand new day,‘ she
murmured.
Brand new day.‘
CHAPTER TWO
Back to Life
SATURDAY 15 JULY 1989
Wolverhampton and Rome
Girls’ Changing Rooms
Stoke Park Comprehensive School
Wolverhampton
15 July 1989
含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )
- He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话，可我没太听清楚。
- George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。
n.迷信，迷信行为
- It's a common superstition that black cats are unlucky.认为黑猫不吉祥是一种很普遍的迷信。
- Superstition results from ignorance.迷信产生于无知。
v.释义，意译( paraphrase的现在分词 )
- I'm paraphrasing but this is honestly what he said. 我是在转述，但这的确是他说的意思。 来自柯林斯例句