【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE(9)
时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:有声英语文学名著
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Not much chance of sleep now. Instead he would pick out patterns in the grey
Artex until she was completely asleep, then slip out and away without waking her.
Of course leaving now would mean that he would never see her again. He wondered if
she would mind, and presumed she would: they usually did. But would he mind? He had
managed perfectly well without her for four years. Until last night he had been under the
impression that she was called Anna, and yet at the party he hadn‘t been able to look away.
Why had he not noticed her until now? He examined her face as she slept.
She was pretty, but seemed annoyed by the fact. Her bottled-red hair was almost wilfully
badly cut, alone in front of the mirror probably, or by Tilly whatsername, that loud, large girl
she shared this flat with. Her skin had a pallid puffiness that spoke of too much time in
libraries or drinking pints 1 in pubs, and her spectacles 2 made her seem owlish and prim 3. Her
chin was soft and a little plump 4, though perhaps that was just puppy-fat (or were “plump”and
"puppy-fat" things you weren't meant to say now? in the same way that you couldn't tell her
she had tremendous breasts, even if it was true, without her getting all offended).
Never mind that, back to her face. There was a slight greasy 5 sheen on the tip of her small,
neat nose and a spattering of tiny red spots on her forehead, but these aside there was no
denying that her face – well, her face was a wonder. With her eyes closed he found that he
couldn't recall their exact colour, only that they were large and bright and humorous, like the
two creases in the corners of her wide mouth, deep parentheses that deepened when she
smiled, which seemed to be often. Smooth, pink mottled cheeks, pillows of flesh that looked
as if they would be warm to the touch. No lipstick 6 but soft, raspberry-coloured lips that she
kept tightly 7 closed when she smiled as if she didn‘t want to show her teeth, which were a
little large for her mouth, the front tooth slightly chipped, all of this giving the impression
that she was holding something back, laughter or a clever remark or a fantastic secret joke.
If he left now he would probably never see this face again, except perhaps at some
terrible reunion in ten years‘ time. She‘d be overweight and disappointed and would
complain about him sneaking off without saying goodbye.
n.品脱( pint的名词复数 );一品脱啤酒
- I drew off three pints of beer from the barrel. 我从酒桶里抽出三品脱啤酒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Two pints today, please. 今天请来两品脱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.眼镜
- a pair of spectacles 一副眼镜
- People wear spectacles so that they can see better. 人们戴眼镜是为了看得更清楚。
adj.拘泥形式的,一本正经的;n.循规蹈矩,整洁;adv.循规蹈矩地,整洁地
- She's too prim to enjoy rude jokes!她太古板,不喜欢听粗野的笑话!
- He is prim and precise in manner.他的态度一本正经而严谨
adj.丰满的,丰富的,直接的;vi.下降,支持,变丰满;vt.突然放下,支持,使丰满;n.突然膨胀,坠落;adv.骤降,直线下降,不加限制的
- The baby is plump and very cute.那个婴儿白白胖胖的,十分可爱。
- The grains are quite plump.谷粒儿很饱。
adj. 多脂的,油脂的
- He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。
- You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时,你会厌恶油腻的气味。
n.口红,唇膏
- Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红,开始往嘴唇上抹。
- Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。