【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 45
时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:有声英语文学名著
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Her mouth was against his shirt. He lay with her on the ground as still as he had to, his eyes clear, looking up into a branch. He could hear her deep breath. When he had put his arm around her shoulder she was already asleep but had gripped 1 it against herself. Glancing down he noticed she still had the wire, she must have picked it up again.
He was still annoyed the girl had stayed with him when he defused the bomb, as if by that she had made him owe her something. Making him feel in retrospect 2 responsible for her, though there was no thought of that at the time.
1 gripped
v.抓紧( grip的过去式和过去分词 );吸引;引起;使感兴趣
- He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊,怕他让暴民踩着。
- He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘,握得指关节都变白了。
2 retrospect
n.回顾,追溯;v.回顾,回想,追溯
- One's school life seems happier in retrospect than in reality.学校生活回忆起来显得比实际上要快乐。
- In retrospect,it's easy to see why we were wrong.回顾过去就很容易明白我们的错处了。