【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 43
时间：2018-12-18 作者：英语课 分类：有声英语文学名著
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Stepping up to her, he cut the wire below her left fist before the theorem faded 1, the sound like something bitten through with a tooth. He saw the dark print of her dress along her shoulder, against her neck. The bomb was dead. He dropped the cutters
and put his hand on her shoulder, needing to touch something human. She was saying something he couldn’t hear, and she reached forward and pulled the earphones off so silence invaded 2.
Not letting go of her, he moved his hand down her arm and pulled the seven inches of wire out of her still tight 3 grip 4.
“Did you hear what I said?” She asked him.
“I thought I was going to die. I wanted to die. And I thought if I was going to die I would die with you. Someone like you, young as I am, I saw so many dying 5 near me in the last year. I didn’t feel scared. I certainly wasn’t brave just now.I thought to myself, We have this villa 6 this grass, we should have lain down together, you in my arms, before we died. I wanted to touch that bone at your neck, collarbone, it’s like a small hard wing under your skin.
2 invaded
v.侵入，侵略( invade的过去式和过去分词 )；涌入；侵袭；侵犯
- Troops invaded on August 9th that year. 军队是在那年的8月9日入侵的。
- The diseased tissue can be easily invaded by these microorganisms. 有病的组织容易被微生物侵袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 tight
adj.紧的；难解的；紧密的
- Time is going to be tight,so you'd better hurry.时间很紧，你最好抓紧一点。
- The box is so tight that I can't open it.这个盒子太紧，我打不开。
4 grip
v.握紧，紧握；吸引；引起；n.紧握，控制
- He keeps a firm grip on his children.他对孩子们管得很严。
- The brake doesn't grip properly.煞车不灵。