【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 40
时间：2018-12-18 作者：英语课 分类：有声英语文学名著
英语课
（maps, diary entries, writings in many languages, paragraphs cut out of other books.）All that is missing is his own name.
There is still no clue to who he actually is, nameless, without rank or battalion 1 or squadron. Hana was carrying a long mirror in front of her down the hall. She would pause because of the weight of it and then move forward, the mirror reflecting the old dark pink of the passageway.
The Englishman had wanted to see himself. Before she stepped into the room she carefully turned the reflection upon herself, not wanting the light to bounce indirectly 2 from the window into his face.She stood on a chair at the foot of the bed and slowly tilted 3 the mirror down at him. She was in this position, her hands braced 4 out in front of her, when she heard the faint shouts.
“Keep the mirror still, my dear,” The English patient said.“I think there is someone shouting. Do you hear it?”“It’s the boy. You’d better go and find out.” She leaned the mirror against the wall and rushed down the corridor. She paused outside waiting for the next yell. When it came she took off through the garden and into the fields above the house.
There is still no clue to who he actually is, nameless, without rank or battalion 1 or squadron. Hana was carrying a long mirror in front of her down the hall. She would pause because of the weight of it and then move forward, the mirror reflecting the old dark pink of the passageway.
The Englishman had wanted to see himself. Before she stepped into the room she carefully turned the reflection upon herself, not wanting the light to bounce indirectly 2 from the window into his face.She stood on a chair at the foot of the bed and slowly tilted 3 the mirror down at him. She was in this position, her hands braced 4 out in front of her, when she heard the faint shouts.
“Keep the mirror still, my dear,” The English patient said.“I think there is someone shouting. Do you hear it?”“It’s the boy. You’d better go and find out.” She leaned the mirror against the wall and rushed down the corridor. She paused outside waiting for the next yell. When it came she took off through the garden and into the fields above the house.
1 battalion
n.营；部队；大队(的人)
- The town was garrisoned by a battalion.该镇由一营士兵驻守。
- At the end of the drill parade,the battalion fell out.操练之后，队伍解散了。
2 indirectly
adv.间接地，不直接了当地
- I heard the news indirectly.这消息我是间接听来的。
- They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。