【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER TWO（6）
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：有声英语文学名著
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“Amsterdam is MAD”, “Barcelona INSANE”, “Dublin ROCKS.
Sick as DOG this morning.“ As a travel writer, he was no Bruce Chatwin, but still she would
slip the postcards in the pocket of a heavy coat on long soulful walks on Ilkley Moor,
searching for some hidden meaning in “VENICE COMPLETELY FLOODED!!!!“.
Who‘s this Dexter then?‘ her mother asked, peering at the back of the postcards.“Your
boyfriend, is he?‘ Then, with a concerned look: “Have you ever thought about working for
the Gas Board?‘ Emma got a job pulling pints 1 in the local pub, and time passed, and she felt
her brain begin to soften 2 like something forgotten at the back of the fridge.
Then Gary Nutkin had phoned, the skinny Trotskyist who had directed her in a stark,
uncompromising production of Brecht‘s Fears and Miseries 3 of the Third Reich back in ‘86,
then kissed her for three stark, uncompromising hours at the last-night party. Shortly
afterwards he had taken her to a Peter Greenaway double-bill, waiting until four hours in
before reaching across and absent-mindedly placing his hand on her left breast as if adjusting
a dimmer switch. They made Brechtian love that evening in a stale single bed beneath a
poster for The Battle of Algiers, Gary taking care throughout to ensure that he was in no way
objectifying her. Then nothing, not a word, until that late-night phone-call in May, and the
hesitant words, softly spoken: “How would you like to join my theatre co-operative?‘”
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》
v.(使)变柔软；(使)变柔和
- Plastics will soften when exposed to heat.塑料适当加热就可以软化。
- This special cream will help to soften up our skin.这种特殊的护肤霜有助于使皮肤变得柔软。