【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 74
时间：2018-12-18 作者：英语课 分类：有声英语文学名著
英语课
We were a small clutch of a nation between the wars, mapping and re-exploring. We gathered at Dakhla and Kufra as if they were bars or cafes. An oasis 1 society,
We knew each other’s intimacies 2, each other’s skills and weaknesses. We forgave Bagnold everything for the way he wrote about dunes 3. “The grooves 4 and the corrugated 5 sand resemble the hollow of the roof of a dog’s mouth.” That was the real Bagnold, a man who would put his inquiring hand into the jaws 6 of a dog.
Sometime in 1931 I joined a Bedouin caravan 7 and was told there was another one of us there. Fenelon-Barnes, it turned out. I went to his tent. He was out for the day on some small expedition, cataloguing fossil trees. I looked around his tent, the sheaf of maps, the photos he always carried of his family, et cetera. As I was leaving I saw a mirror tacked 8 up high against the skin wall, and looking at it I saw the reflection of the bed.
1 oasis
n.（沙漠中的）绿洲，宜人的地方
- They stopped for the night at an oasis.他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
- The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。
2 intimacies
亲密( intimacy的名词复数 )； 密切； 亲昵的言行； 性行为
- He is exchanging intimacies with his friends. 他正在和密友们亲切地交谈。
- The stiffness of the meeting soon gave way before their popular manners and more diffused intimacies. 他们的洒脱不羁和亲密气氛的增加很快驱散了会场上的拘谨。
3 dunes
沙丘( dune的名词复数 )
- The boy galloped over the dunes barefoot. 那男孩光着脚在沙丘间飞跑。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat. 将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
4 grooves
n.沟( groove的名词复数 )；槽；老一套；（某种）音乐节奏v.沟( groove的第三人称单数 )；槽；老一套；（某种）音乐节奏
- Wheels leave grooves in a dirt road. 车轮在泥路上留下了凹痕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Sliding doors move in grooves. 滑动门在槽沟中移动。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 corrugated
adj.波纹的；缩成皱纹的；波纹面的；波纹状的v.（使某物）起皱褶(corrugate的过去式和过去分词)
- a corrugated iron roof 波纹铁屋顶
- His brow corrugated with the effort of thinking. 他皱着眉头用心地思考。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 jaws
n.口部；嘴
- The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
- The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。