【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 27
时间：2018-12-18 作者：英语课 分类：有声英语文学名著
英语课
He had, he thought, said nothing of worth to them. But they let him go, so perhaps he was wrong. Then he had walked along the Via di Santo Spirito to the one geographical 1 location he had hidden away in his brain. Walked past Brunelleschi’s church towards the library of the German Institute, where he knew a certain person would look after him.
Suddenly he realized this was why they had let him go. Letting him walk freely would fool him into revealing this contact. He arced into a side street, not looking back, never looking back. He wanted a street fire so he could stanch 2 his wounds, hang them
over the smoke from a tar 3 cauldron so black smoke would envelop 4 his hands. He was on the Santa Trinita Bridge. There was nothing around, no traffic, which surprised him. He sat on the smooth balustrade of the bridge, then lay back. No sounds.
Earlier, when he had walked, his hands in his wet pockets, there had been the manic movement of tanks and jeeps. As he lay there the mined bridge exploded and he was flung upwards 5 and then down as part of the end of the world. He opened his eyes and there was a giant head beside him. He breathed in and his chest filled with water. He was underwater.
1 geographical
adj.地理的；地区(性)的
- The current survey will have a wider geographical spread.当前的调查将在更广泛的地域范围內进行。
- These birds have a wide geographical distribution.这些鸟的地理分布很广。
2 stanch
v.止住（血等）；adj.坚固的；坚定的
- Cuttlebone can be used as a medicine to stanch bleeding.海螵蛸可以入药，用来止血。
- I thought it my duty to help stanch these leaks.我认为帮助堵塞漏洞是我的职责。
3 tar
n.柏油，焦油；vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于
- The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
- We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。