【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER TWO（12）
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：有声英语文学名著
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Where‘s Dad?‘
He‘s had to go for one of his little lie-downs at the hotel. The heat, and his sandals were
chafing 1. You know what your father‘s like, he‘s so Welsh.‘
So what have you been doing?‘
Just wandering around the Forum 2. I thought it was beautiful, but Stephen was bored out
of his skull 3. All that mess, columns just left lying around all over the place. I think he thinks
they should bulldoze it all, put up a nice conservatory 4 or something.‘
You should visit the Palatine. It‘s at the top of that hill . . .‘
I know where the Palatine is, Dexter, I was visiting Rome before you were born.‘
Yes, who was emperor back then?‘
Ha. Here, help me with this wine, don‘t let me drink the whole bottle.‘ She already had,
pretty much, but he poured the last inch into a water glass and reached for her cigarettes.
Alison tutted. “”You know sometimes I think we took the whole liberal-parent thing a bit too
far.‘
I quite agree. You ruined me. Pass the matches.‘
It‘s not clever, you know. I know you think it makes you look like a film star, but it
doesn‘t, it looks awful.‘
So why do you do it then?‘
n.皮肤发炎v.擦热（尤指皮肤）( chafe的现在分词 )；擦痛；发怒；惹怒
- My shorts were chafing my thighs. 我的短裤把大腿磨得生疼。 来自辞典例句
- We made coffee in a chafing dish. 我们用暖锅烧咖啡。 来自辞典例句
n.论坛，讨论会
- They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
- The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
n.头骨；颅骨
- The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
- He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。
n.温室，音乐学院；adj.保存性的，有保存力的
- At the conservatory,he learned how to score a musical composition.在音乐学校里，他学会了怎样谱曲。
- The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants.这个现代化温室的环境不适合培育植物。