【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER FOUR（5）
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：有声英语文学名著
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‘Handsome’, stupid word, and think ‘might this be it? The elusive 1 thing?’Blackbirds sing outside and the Sunlight warms the curtains . . .
Once more she shuddered 2, as if peeking 3 beneath a bandage, and snapped the notebook shut. Good God, the elusive thing‘. She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing a poem about it.
Putting the notebook away, she reached for yesterday‘s Sunday Mirror instead and began to eat the nachos, the elusive nachos, surprised all over again at how very comforting very bad food can be.
Ian was in the doorway 4. That guy‘s here again.‘
What guy?‘
Your friend, the handsome one. He‘s got some girl with him.‘ And immediately Emma knew which guy Ian was talking about.
She watched them from the kitchen, nose pressed against the greasy 5 glass of the circular window as they slumped 6 insolently 7 in a central booth, sipping 8 gaudy 9 drinks and laughing at the menu. The girl was long and slim with pale skin, black eye make-up and black, black hair, cut short and expensively asymmetrical 10, her long legs in sheer black leggings and highankled boots. Both a little drunk, they were behaving in that self-consciously wild and reckless way that people slip into when they know they‘re being watched: pop-video behaviour, and Emma thought how satisfying it would be to stride out onto the restaurant floor and cosh them both with tightly packed burritos-of-the-day.
Two big hands draped on her shoulders. Schhhhhwing,‘ said Ian, resting his chin on her head. Who is she?‘
No idea.‘ Emma rubbed at the mark her nose had made on the window. I lose track.‘
She‘s a new one then.‘
Dexter has a very short attention span. Like a baby. Or a monkey. You need to dangle 11 something shiny in front of him.‘ That‘s what this girl is, she thought: something shiny.
So do you think it‘s true what they say? About girls liking 12 bastards 14.‘
He‘s not a bastard 13. He‘s an idiot.‘
Do girls like idiots then?‘
Dexter had stuck his cocktail umbrella behind his ear now, the girl collapsing into enchanted 15 laughter at the genius of it.
Once more she shuddered 2, as if peeking 3 beneath a bandage, and snapped the notebook shut. Good God, the elusive thing‘. She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing a poem about it.
Putting the notebook away, she reached for yesterday‘s Sunday Mirror instead and began to eat the nachos, the elusive nachos, surprised all over again at how very comforting very bad food can be.
Ian was in the doorway 4. That guy‘s here again.‘
What guy?‘
Your friend, the handsome one. He‘s got some girl with him.‘ And immediately Emma knew which guy Ian was talking about.
She watched them from the kitchen, nose pressed against the greasy 5 glass of the circular window as they slumped 6 insolently 7 in a central booth, sipping 8 gaudy 9 drinks and laughing at the menu. The girl was long and slim with pale skin, black eye make-up and black, black hair, cut short and expensively asymmetrical 10, her long legs in sheer black leggings and highankled boots. Both a little drunk, they were behaving in that self-consciously wild and reckless way that people slip into when they know they‘re being watched: pop-video behaviour, and Emma thought how satisfying it would be to stride out onto the restaurant floor and cosh them both with tightly packed burritos-of-the-day.
Two big hands draped on her shoulders. Schhhhhwing,‘ said Ian, resting his chin on her head. Who is she?‘
No idea.‘ Emma rubbed at the mark her nose had made on the window. I lose track.‘
She‘s a new one then.‘
Dexter has a very short attention span. Like a baby. Or a monkey. You need to dangle 11 something shiny in front of him.‘ That‘s what this girl is, she thought: something shiny.
So do you think it‘s true what they say? About girls liking 12 bastards 14.‘
He‘s not a bastard 13. He‘s an idiot.‘
Do girls like idiots then?‘
Dexter had stuck his cocktail umbrella behind his ear now, the girl collapsing into enchanted 15 laughter at the genius of it.
adj.难以表达(捉摸)的；令人困惑的；逃避的
- Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
- Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。
v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 )；发抖；（机器、车辆等）突然震动；颤动
- He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车，车颤抖着停住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I shuddered at the sight of the dead body. 我一看见那尸体就战栗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.很快地看( peek的现在分词 )；偷看；窥视；微露出
- I couldn't resist peeking in the drawer. 我不由得偷看了一下抽屉里面。
- They caught him peeking in through the keyhole. 他们发现他从钥匙孔里向里窥视。 来自辞典例句
n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径
- They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
- Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
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。
大幅度下降，暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 )； 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]
- Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
- The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。
adv.自豪地，自傲地
- No does not respect, speak insolently,satire, etc for TT management team member. 不得发表对TT管理层人员不尊重、出言不逊、讽刺等等的帖子。 来自互联网
- He had replied insolently to his superiors. 他傲慢地回答了他上司的问题。 来自互联网
v.小口喝，呷，抿( sip的现在分词 )
- She sat in the sun, idly sipping a cool drink. 她坐在阳光下懒洋洋地抿着冷饮。
- She sat there, sipping at her tea. 她坐在那儿抿着茶。
adj.华而不实的；俗丽的
- She was tricked out in gaudy dress.她穿得华丽而俗气。
- The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.浮华的蝴蝶却相信花是应该向它道谢的。
adj.不均匀的，不对称的
- Most people's faces are asymmetrical.多数人的脸并不对称。
- Folds may be gentle and symmetrical,or sharp and asymmetrical.褶皱可以是平缓而对称的，也可以是陡峭而非对称的。
v.(使)悬荡，(使)悬垂
- At Christmas,we dangle colored lights around the room.圣诞节时，我们在房间里挂上彩灯。
- He sits on the edge of the table and dangles his legs.他坐在桌子边上，摆动著双腿。
n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢
- The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
- I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。
n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子
- He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
- There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。