时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   Dylan suddenly wakened 1. He muttered 2, "What happened?" His 90-year-old wife said nothing. Her side of the bed was empty. He asked, "Where are you?" No answer. He walked around to her side of the bed. She was lying on the carpet. He grabbed 3 her by her thin arms and put her back into bed. A while later, he was wakened again. He said, "I'm going to leave you there this time." She said nothing. After a few minutes, he got up. He lifted her back into bed. He put a pillow 4 on the floor. That should help, he thought. An hour later, he was reawakened. Her side of the bed was empty again. He called 911. Paramedics arrived. One pronounced her dead. After interviewing Dylan, he asked, "Why didn't you call us immediately?" Dylan said, "What for? She's fallen out of bed lots of times. It never killed her before."



1 wakened
v.醒来,睡醒( waken的过去式和过去分词 );唤醒,弄醒;(使)觉醒, (使)振奋,激发
  • The child had just wakened. 这孩子刚醒。
  • Nature seems to be wakened from a dead sleep. 大自然似乎从沉睡中被唤醒了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 muttered
轻声低语,咕哝地抱怨( mutter的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He muttered a curse at the other driver. 他低声咒骂另一位开车的人。
  • She turned away and muttered something unintelligible. 她转向一旁,嘴里不知咕哝些什么。
3 grabbed
v.抢先,抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指匆忙地)取;攫取;(尤指自私、贪婪地)捞取
  • He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
  • She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。
4 pillow
n.枕头;枕垫;vt.作…的枕头;垫;枕于;vi.靠在枕上
  • He fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.他脑袋一碰枕头就睡着了。
  • She was found asleep on a pillow of leaves.有人看见她枕着树叶睡着了。
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a secret passion
african-looking
Alercon
all-data
apparent contrast
aql test
asperomagnetism
balance of nature
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beggiatoa thrush
biocircuits
bisisoquinoline
boundary layer stability
Boundary Routing
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cash spending approach
clinical sign
contraception
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dead steam
dine together
dinitrophenyl protein
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eighieth
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express kidnappings
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flush-fittings
four sector economy
from here
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Grecianize
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Histopatological
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hunny
hydroabietyl alcohol
ilo (international labor organization)
Impatiens blinii
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