时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:暮光之城•暮色


英语课

 Finding the school wasn't difficult, though I'd never been there before. The school was, like most other things, just off the highway. It was not obvious that it was a school; only the sign, which declared it to be the Forks High School, made me stop. It looked like acollection of matching houses, built with maroon-colored bricks. There were so many trees and shrubs 1 I couldn't see its size at first. Where was the feel of the institution? I wondered nostalgically. Where were the chain-link fences, the metal detectors 2?


找到学校没费什么事,虽然我以前从未去过。学校和许多其他建筑一样,就在公路边上。它不太看得出来是所学校;幸好看见了那块上面写着福克斯中学的牌子,我才停下来。它看上去就像一溜用栗色砖修建的配套用房。这里有许多树和灌木,一开始我没能看清学校的规模。这哪里有什么教育机构的感觉?我感觉倒是很怀旧。铁丝网栅栏在哪儿?还有金属探测器呢? 
 
I parked in front of the first building, which had a small sign over the door reading front office. No one else was parked there, so I was sure it was off limits, but I decided 3 I would get directions inside instead of circling around in the rain like an idiot. I stepped unwillingly 4 out of the toasty truck cab and walked down a little stone path lined with dark hedges. I took a deep breath before opening the door.
 
我把车停在了第一栋楼前,楼上挂着一块小牌子,上面写有"行政办公室"字样。不见有别人把车停在这里,所以我断定这里肯定是不让停车的,不过我还是决定去问问路,而不要像个白痴似地在雨中绕圈子。我不情愿地从舒适温暖的驾驶室出来,上了一条有深色栅栏的小石路。开门之前,我深吸了一口气。
 
Inside, it was brightly lit, and warmer than I'd hoped. The office was small; a little waiting area with padded folding chairs, orange-flecked commercial carpet, notices and awards cluttering 5 the walls, a big clock ticking loudly. Plants grew everywhere in large plastic pots, as if there wasn't enough greenery outside. The room was cut in half by a long counter, cluttered 6 with wire baskets full of papers and brightly colored flyers taped to its front. There were three desks behind the counter, one of which was manned by a large, red-haired woman wearing glasses. She was wearing a purple t-shirt, which immediately made me feel overdressed.
 
里面灯火通明,而且比我想象得要暖和。办公室很小;有一个小小的接待区,放置着一些带衬垫的可折叠椅子,地上铺着橘色斑点的商务地毯,布告和奖彰混乱地贴在墙上,一个大立钟发出清晰而响亮的滴答声,在大塑料罐子里的盆景生长得异常茂盛,好像这里户外缺乏植被似的所以它们才在这里长得到处都是。这个房间被一个长柜台分割成两部分,柜台前凌乱地放着装满了纸张的金属网篓,台子的前面板上用胶带胡乱地贴着色彩明亮的广告传单。台子后面有三张办公桌,其中一张被一个大个子的,红发戴眼镜的女性所占据。她穿着一件紫色的体恤衫),这件体恤衫让我立刻觉得自己穿得太多了。
 
The red-haired woman looked up. "Can I help you?"
 
她抬头看着我:"你有事吗?"
 
"I'm Isabella Swan," I informed her, and saw the immediate 7 awareness 8 light her eyes. I was expected, a topic of gossip no doubt. Daughter of the Chief's flighty ex-wife, come home at last.
 
"我是伊萨贝拉·斯旺,"我通报了姓名,看见她的眼中立即闪过明白了的眼神,我料想,无疑我已经成为了这个小镇上闲聊时的话题,警长轻浮的前妻的闺女,终于回家来了。

1 shrubs
灌木( shrub的名词复数 )
  • The gardener spent a complete morning in trimming those two shrubs. 园丁花了整个上午的时间修剪那两处灌木林。
  • These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots. 这些灌木需要更多的光照才能抽出开花的新枝。
2 detectors
探测器( detector的名词复数 )
  • The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors. 报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
  • This is heady wine for experimenters using these neutrino detectors. 对于使用中微子探测器的实验工作者,这是令人兴奋的美酒。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技
3 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
4 unwillingly
adv.不情愿地
  • He submitted unwillingly to his mother. 他不情愿地屈服于他母亲。
  • Even when I call, he receives unwillingly. 即使我登门拜访,他也是很不情愿地接待我。
5 cluttering
v.杂物,零乱的东西零乱vt.( clutter的现在分词 );乱糟糟地堆满,把…弄得很乱;(以…) 塞满…
  • I'm sick of all these books cluttering up my office. 我讨厌办公室里乱糟糟地堆放着这些书。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Some goals will need to be daily-say, drinking water, or exercise, or perhaps de cluttering. 对这些目标,需要把他们变成我们日常事务的一部分。 来自互联网
6 cluttered
v.杂物,零乱的东西零乱vt.( clutter的过去式和过去分词 );乱糟糟地堆满,把…弄得很乱;(以…) 塞满…
  • The room is cluttered up with all kinds of things. 零七八碎的东西放满了一屋子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The desk is cluttered with books and papers. 桌上乱糟糟地堆满了书报。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
7 immediate
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
8 awareness
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
学英语单词
access privilege
after deck house
albach
alkali resistant cement concrete flooring
allowable steering error
analyticality
Andromeda galaxy
auxin
Babcock-Levy test
be fast stuck in the mire of
biofunctionability
books of deuteronomy
bore to tear
bottones
branch always command
Bronllys
building property title certificate
caravelle
Certificate of Measurement andor Weight
checkovers
cloakings
cloth print
collecting pipe
commander psychology
cylindrical lathe cutting
deris
diffraction fringe
druick
dry astringent eye
dwarf chinkapin oaks
dynamical symmetry
extensive structure models
fa las
flange hub
flysch formation
foot mat
free-standing insert
from the very nature of the case
full depth welding
full-blown
general-purpose instruction
Godavari River
greenblatts
group center exchange
heave a sign of relief
high sticks
hold brief for sb.
immunocomplex
instant picture
jibber
juvenscence
Knobby Hd.
Kriti, Nisos
labilest
lands on
lechwallen (sweden)
london-area
long-vowels
magnetic force driving pump
Mascarene Is.
metiazic acid
millfield
Mogor Hal
N-acetylgalactosamine dipho-sphouridine
nervus radialis
noise shielding
non-convertible bond
nonflow system
order Pezizales
path attenuation
pay the Cain
Peninga
phonosemantically
piercel
pineal body
powters
product mix problem
purple fringeless orchids
rate of flow of kinetic energy
resident status
ribin
self-purification of waters
service path
shared batch area
silk market
Sisoazcini
solar cell support
spiral tungsten cable
squaimous
stabber
standard output function
Sugru
sulfur coal
super juice extractor
Tamarix juniperina
texturable
track radar
Ubisch body
unself-consciously
vertical off-normal spring
vortigern
white-knuckles