【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER FOUR（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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Never mind, it suited him, as did the preponderance of young women like Naomi: hard, ambitious, metropolitan. In rare moments of self-doubt, Dexter had once worried that a lack of intellect might hold him back in life, but here was a job where confidence, energy, perhaps even a certain arrogance 1 were what mattered, all qualities that lay within his grasp. Yes, you had to be smart, but not Emma-smart. Just politic, shrewd, ambitious.
He loved his new flat in nearby Belsize Park, all dark wood and gunmetal, and he loved London, spread out vast and hazy before him on this St Swithin‘s Day, and he wanted to share all this excitement with Emma, introduce her to new possibilities, new experiences, new social circles; to make her life more like his own. Who knows, perhaps Naomi and Emma might even become friends.
Soothed 2 by these thoughts, and on the verge 3 of sleep, he was woken by a shadow across his face. He opened one eye, squinting 4 up.
Hello, beautiful.‘
Emma kicked him sharply in the hip 5.
Ow!‘
Don‘t you ever, ever do that again!‘
Do what?‘
You know what! Like I‘m in a zoo, you poking 6 me with a stick, laughing—‘
I wasn‘t laughing at you!‘
I watched you, sat straddling your girlfriend, chuckling 7 away—‘
She isn‘t my girlfriend, and we were laughing at the menu—‘
You were laughing at where I work.‘
So? You do!‘
Yes, because I work there. I‘m laughing in the face of adversity, you‘re just laughing in my face!‘
Em, I would never, ever—‘
That‘s what it feels like.‘
Well I apologise.‘
Good.‘ She folded her legs beneath her and sat next to him. Now do your shirt up and pass me the bottle.‘
And she really isn‘t my girlfriend.‘ He fastened three low shirt buttons, waiting for her to take the bait. When she didn‘t, he prodded 8 again. ‗We‘re just sleeping together every now and then, that‘s all.‘
As the possibility of a relationship had faded, Emma had endeavoured to harden herself to Dexter‘s indifference and these days a remark like this caused no more pain than, say, a tennis ball thrown sharply at the back of her head. These days she barely even flinched.
n.傲慢，自大
- His arrogance comes out in every speech he makes.他每次讲话都表现得骄傲自大。
- Arrogance arrested his progress.骄傲阻碍了他的进步。
v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 )；抚慰；使舒服；减轻痛苦
- The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。
- The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
斜视( squint的现在分词 )； 眯着眼睛； 瞟； 从小孔或缝隙里看
- "More company," he said, squinting in the sun. "那边来人了，"他在阳光中眨巴着眼睛说。
- Squinting against the morning sun, Faulcon examined the boy carefully. 对着早晨的太阳斜起眼睛，富尔康仔细地打量着那个年轻人。
n.臀部，髋；屋脊
- The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
- The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
轻声地笑( chuckle的现在分词 )
- I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read his book. 他看书时，我能听见他的轻声发笑。
- He couldn't help chuckling aloud. 他忍不住的笑了出来。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子