【时间旅行者的妻子】03
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：时间旅行者的妻子
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Sometimes you feel euphoric. Everything is sublime 1 and has an aura, and suddenly you are intensely nauseated 2 and then you are gone. You are throwing up on some suburban 3 geraniums, or your father’s tennis shoes, or your very own bathroom floor three days ago, or a wooden sidewalk in Oak Park, Illinois, circa 1903, or a tennis court on a fine autumn day in the 1950s, or your own naked feet in a wide variety of times and places.
How does it feel?
It feels exactly like one of those dreams in which you suddenly realize that you have to take a test you haven’t studied for and you aren’t wearing any clothes. And you’ve left your wallet at home.
When I am out there, in time, I am inverted 4, changed into a desperate version of myself. I become a thief, a vagrant 5, an animal who runs and hides. I startle old women and amaze children. I am a trick, an illusion of the highest order, so incredible that I am actually true.
Is there a logic 6, a rule to all this coming and going, all this dislocation? Is there a way to stay put, to embrace the present with every cell? I don’t know. There are clues; as with any disease there are patterns, possibilities. Exhaustion 7, loud noises, stress, standing 8 up suddenly, flashing light—any of these can trigger an episode. But: I can be reading the Sunday Times, coffee in hand and Clare dozing 9 beside me on our bed and suddenly I’m in 1976 watching my thirteen-year-old self mow 10 my grandparents’ lawn. Some of these episodes last only moments; it’s like listening to a car radio that’s having trouble holding on to a station.
How does it feel?
It feels exactly like one of those dreams in which you suddenly realize that you have to take a test you haven’t studied for and you aren’t wearing any clothes. And you’ve left your wallet at home.
When I am out there, in time, I am inverted 4, changed into a desperate version of myself. I become a thief, a vagrant 5, an animal who runs and hides. I startle old women and amaze children. I am a trick, an illusion of the highest order, so incredible that I am actually true.
Is there a logic 6, a rule to all this coming and going, all this dislocation? Is there a way to stay put, to embrace the present with every cell? I don’t know. There are clues; as with any disease there are patterns, possibilities. Exhaustion 7, loud noises, stress, standing 8 up suddenly, flashing light—any of these can trigger an episode. But: I can be reading the Sunday Times, coffee in hand and Clare dozing 9 beside me on our bed and suddenly I’m in 1976 watching my thirteen-year-old self mow 10 my grandparents’ lawn. Some of these episodes last only moments; it’s like listening to a car radio that’s having trouble holding on to a station.
adj.崇高的，伟大的；极度的，不顾后果的
- We should take some time to enjoy the sublime beauty of nature.我们应该花些时间去欣赏大自然的壮丽景象。
- Olympic games play as an important arena to exhibit the sublime idea.奥运会，就是展示此崇高理念的重要舞台。
adj.作呕的，厌恶的v.使恶心，作呕( nauseate的过去式和过去分词 )
- I was nauseated by the violence in the movie. 影片中的暴力场面让我感到恶心。
- But I have chewed it all well and I am not nauseated. 然而我把它全细细咀嚼后吃下去了，没有恶心作呕。 来自英汉文学 - 老人与海
adj.城郊的，在郊区的
- Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
- There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。
adj.反向的，倒转的v.使倒置，使反转( invert的过去式和过去分词 )
- Only direct speech should go inside inverted commas. 只有直接引语应放在引号内。
- Inverted flight is an acrobatic manoeuvre of the plane. 倒飞是飞机的一种特技动作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.流浪者，游民；adj.流浪的，漂泊不定的
- A vagrant is everywhere at home.流浪者四海为家。
- He lived on the street as a vagrant.他以在大街上乞讨为生。
n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性
- What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
- I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。
n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述
- She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
- His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。