【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 02
时间：2018-12-18 作者：英语课 分类：有声英语文学名著
英语课
Every four days she washes his black body, beginning at the destroyed feet. She wets a washcloth and holding it above his ankles squeezes the water onto him, looking up as he murmurs 1, seeing his smile. Above the shins the burns are worst. Beyond purple. Bone. She has nursed him for months and she knows the body well,( the penis sleeping like a sea horse) the thin tight hips 2. Hipbones of Christ, she thinks. He is her despairing saint. He lies flat on his back, no pillow, looking up at the foliage 3 painted
onto the ceiling, its canopy 4 of branches, and above that, blue sky.
She pours calamine in stripes across his chest where he is less burned, where she can touch him. (She loves the hollow below the lowest rib 5, its cliff of skin.) Reaching his shoulders she blows cool air onto his neck, and he mutters.
What? she asks, coming out of her concentration.
He turns his dark face with its grey eyes towards her. She puts her hand into her pocket. She unskins the plum with her teeth, withdraws the stone and passes the flesh of the fruit into his mouth. He whispers again, dragging the listening heart of the young nurse beside him to wherever his mind is, into that well of memory he kept plunging 6 into during those months before he died.
onto the ceiling, its canopy 4 of branches, and above that, blue sky.
She pours calamine in stripes across his chest where he is less burned, where she can touch him. (She loves the hollow below the lowest rib 5, its cliff of skin.) Reaching his shoulders she blows cool air onto his neck, and he mutters.
What? she asks, coming out of her concentration.
He turns his dark face with its grey eyes towards her. She puts her hand into her pocket. She unskins the plum with her teeth, withdraws the stone and passes the flesh of the fruit into his mouth. He whispers again, dragging the listening heart of the young nurse beside him to wherever his mind is, into that well of memory he kept plunging 6 into during those months before he died.
1 murmurs
n.低沉、连续而不清的声音( murmur的名词复数 )；低语声；怨言；嘀咕
- They spoke in low murmurs. 他们低声说着话。 来自辞典例句
- They are more superficial, more distinctly heard than murmurs. 它们听起来比心脏杂音更为浅表而清楚。 来自辞典例句
2 hips
abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的
- She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
- They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 foliage
n.叶子，树叶，簇叶
- The path was completely covered by the dense foliage.小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
- Dark foliage clothes the hills.浓密的树叶覆盖着群山。
4 canopy
n.天篷，遮篷
- The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads.树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
- They lay down under a canopy of stars.他们躺在繁星点点的天幕下。