Not a lot of room for artistic?

expression

; it’s a pretty?

conservative

?publication. But the?

pay

?is decent. Not?

great

, but decent, and steady.

expression /?k?spre?n/ n.?表達(dá)

conservative /k?n?s??rv?t?v/ adj.?保守的

pay /pe?/ n.?薪水

great /ɡret/ adj.?很多的

271

The rest of the time I write and photograph?

on my own hook

?and send?

pieces

?to other magazines.?

on one's own hook?獨(dú)立地

piece /pis/ n.（藝術(shù)、音樂、戲劇、文學(xué)的）一部作品

272

If things get?

tough

, I do?

corporate

?work, though I find that?

awfully

?

confining

.

tough /t?f/ adj.?艱難的

corporate /?k??rp?r?t/ adj.?共同的

awfully /'?fli/ adv. <口>非常

confining /k?n'fa?n??/ n.?限制的

273

Sometimes I write?

poetry

, just for myself. Now and then I try to write a little?

fiction

, but I don’t seem to have a feeling for it.

poetry /?po??tri/ n.?詩篇

fiction /?f?k?n/ n.?小說

274

I live north of Seattle and work around that area?

quite a bit

. I like shooting the?

fishing boats

?and Indian?

settlements

and?

landscapes

.

quite a bit adv.?相當(dāng)多

fishing boat?漁船

settlement /?setlm?nt/ n.?移居地

landscape /?l?ndske?p/ n.?風(fēng)景

275

The Geographic work often keeps me at a location for?

a couple of

?months, particularly for a major piece on something like part of the Amazon or the North African?

desert

.

a couple of?三兩個

desert /?dez?rt/ n.?沙漠

276

Ordinarily

?I fly to an?

assignment

?like this and rent a car. But I felt like driving through some places and?

scouting

them out for future?

reference

.

ordinarily /??rdn'?r?li/ adv.?通常

assignment /??sa?nm?nt/ n.?任務(wù)

scout /ska?t/ v.?偵查

reference /?refr?ns/ n.?參考

277

I came down along Lake Superior; I’ll go back through the?

Black Hills

. How about you?”

Black Hills?布拉克山

278

Francesca hadn’t expected him to ask. She?

stammered

?for a moment.

stammer /?st?m?r/ vi.?結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地說

279

“Oh,?

gosh

, nothing like you do. I got my?

degree

?in?

comparative

?

literature

.

gosh /ɡɑ?/ int.?天啊

degree /d??ɡri?/ n.?學(xué)位

comparative /k?m?p?r?t?v/ adj.?比較的

literature /?l?t?r?t??r/ n.?文學(xué)

280

Winterset

?was having trouble finding teachers when I arrived here in 1946, and the fact that I was married to a local man who was a?

veteran

?made me acceptable.

Winterset n.?溫特塞特（美國地名）

veteran /?vet?r?n/ n.?退伍軍人

281

So I picked up a teaching?

certificate

?and taught high school English for a few years.

certificate /s?r?t?f?k?t/ n.?執(zhí)照

282

But Richard didn’t like the idea of me working. He said he could support us, and there was no need for it, particularly when our two children were growing.

283

So I stopped and became a farm wife?

full-time

. That’s it.”

full-time /?f?l ?ta?m/ adj.?專職的

284

She noticed his iced tea was almost gone and poured him some more from the jug.

285

“Thanks. How do you like it here in Iowa?”

286

There was a moment of truth in this. She knew it.?

287

The?

standard

?reply was, “Just fine. It’s quiet. The people are real nice.”

standard /?st?nd?rd/ adj.?標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的

288

She didn’t answer immediately. “Could I have another cigarette?” Again the pack of Camels, again the lighter, again touching his hand, lightly.

289

Sunlight walked across the back porch floor and onto the dog, who got up and moved out of sight.?

290

Francesca, for the first time, looked into the eyes of Robert Kincaid.

291

“I’m supposed to say, ‘Just fine. It’s quiet. The people are real nice.’ All of that’s true, mostly. It is quiet. And the people are nice, in?

certain

?ways. We all?

help each other out

.

certain /?s??rtn/ adj.?某些

help sb out?幫助某人解決困難

292

If someone gets sick or hurt, the neighbors?

pitch in

?and pick corn or?

harvest

?

oats

?or do whatever needs to be done.

pitch in?出一份力

harvest /?hɑ?rv?st/ vt.?收割

oat /ot/ n.?燕麥

293

In town, you can leave your car unlocked and let your children run without worrying about them. There are a lot of good things about the people here, and I respect them for those qualities.”

294

“But”—she hesitated, smoked, looked across the table at Robert Kincaid— “it’s not what I dreamed about as a girl.”

295

The?

confession

, at last. The words had been there for years, and she had never said them.?

confession /k?n?fe?n/ n.?坦白

296

She had said them now to a man with a green pickup truck from Bellingham, Washington.

297

He said nothing for a moment.

298

Then: “I scribbled something in my notebook the other day for future use, just had the idea while driving along; that happens a lot.

299

It goes like this: ‘The old dreams were good dreams; they didn’t work out, but I’m glad I had them.’ I’m not sure what that means, but I’ll use it somewhere. So I think I kind of know how you feel.”

300

Francesca smiled at him then. For the first time, she smiled warm and deep.?

301

And the gambler’s?

instincts

?took over.

instinct /??nst??kt/ n.?天性

302

“Would you like to stay for supper? My family’s away, so I don’t have too much on hand, but I can?

figure out

something.”

figure out?解決

303

“Well, I get pretty tired of grocery stores and restaurants. That’s?

for sure

. So if it’s not too much?

bother

, I’d like that.”

for sure adv.?確實(shí)

bother /?bɑ?e?r/ vi.?麻煩

304

“You like?

pork chops

? I could?

fix

?that with some vegetables from the garden.”

pork chops?帶骨豬排

fix /f?ks/ v.?準(zhǔn)備(尤指食物)

305

“Just the vegetables would be fine for me. I don’t eat meat. Haven’t for years.?

No big deal

, I just feel better that way.”

no big deal?沒什么大不了的

306

Francesca smiled again.

307

“Around here that?

point of view

?would not be popular. Richard and his friends would say you’re trying to destroy their?

livelihood

. I don’t eat much meat myself; I’m not sure why, I just don’t care for it.

point of view?觀點(diǎn)

livelihood /?la?vlih?d/ n.?生計

308

But every time I try a meatless supper on the family, there are howls of?

rebellion

. So I’ve?

pretty much

?given up trying. It’ll be fun figuring out something different for a change.”

rebellion /r?'b?lj?n/ n.?反抗

pretty much?幾乎

309

“Okay, but don’t go to a lot of trouble?

on my account

. Listen, I’ve got a bunch of film in my cooler. I need to?

dump out

the melted ice water and?

organize

?things a bit. It’ll take me a little while.”

on one's account?為了某人

dump out?傾倒

organize /???rɡ?na?z/ v.?整理

310

He stood up and drank the last of his tea.

311

She watched him go through the kitchen doorway, across the porch, and into the yard. He didn’t let the?

screen doorbang

?like everyone else did but instead shut it gently.

screen door?紗門

bang /b??/ vi.?發(fā)出砰地一聲

312

Just before he went out, he?

squatted

?down to?

pet

?the collie, who?

acknowledged

?the attention with several?

sloppy

licks along his arms.

squat /skwɑ?t/ vi.?蹲

pet /p?t/ vi.?愛撫

acknowledge /?k'n?l?d?d/ vt.?感謝

sloppy /?slɑ?pi/ adj.?濺滿水的

313

Upstairs, Francesca ran a quick bath and, while?

drying off

, peered over the top of the?

cafe curtain

?toward the?

farmyard

.

dry off?弄干

cafe curtain?褶裥窗簾

farmyard /'fɑrmjɑrd/ n.?農(nóng)家庭院

314

His?

suitcase

?was open, and he was washing himself, using the old hand pump. She should have told him he could shower in the house if he wanted.

suitcase /?su?tke?s/ n.?衣箱

315

She had meant to,?

balked

?for a moment at the level of?

familiarity

?that?

implied

?to her, and then, floating around in her own confusion, forgot to say anything.

balk /b??k/ vi.?猶豫

familiarity /f??m?li??r?ti/ n.?親密

imply /?m?pla?/ v.?意味著

316

But Robert Kincaid had washed up under worse?

conditions

.?

condition /k?n?d??n/ n.?條件

317

Out of

?buckets of?

rancid

?water in tiger country, out of his?

canteen

?in the?

desert

.

out of?用......(材料)

rancid /?r?ns?d/ adj.?腐臭的

canteen /k?n?ti?n/ n.?水壺

desert /?dez?rt/ n.?沙漠

318

In her farmyard, he had?

stripped

?to the waist and was using his dirty shirt as a combination?

washcloth

?and?

towel

.

strip /stript/ vi.?脫去衣服

washcloth /?wɑ??kl?θ/ n.?濕毛巾

towel /?ta??l/ n.?干毛巾

319

“A towel,” she scolded herself. “At least a towel; I could have done that for him.”

320

His?

razor

?

caught

?the sunlight, where it lay on cement beside the pump, and she watched him?

soap

?his face and?

shave

.

razor /?re?z?r/ n.?剃刀

catch /k?t?/ v. (光)照射于

soap /so?p/ vt.?將肥皂涂在……上

shave /?e?v/ vi.?刮臉

321

He was — There’s the word again, she thought — hard.?

322

He wasn’t big-bodied, a little over six feet, a little?

toward

?thin.

toward /t?rd/ prep.?靠近

323

But he had large?

shoulder

?muscles for his size, and his?

belly

?was flat as a knife?

blade

.

shoulder /'?old?/ n.?肩膀

belly /?beli/ n.?腹部

blade /ble?d/ n.?刀片

324

He didn’t look however old he was, and he didn’t look like the local men with too much?

gravy

?over?

biscuits

?in the morning.

gravy /'ɡrevi/ n.?肉汁

biscuit /'b?sk?t/ n.?餅干

325

During the last shopping trip to?

Des Moines

, she had bought new?

perfume

?— Wind Song — and she used it now,?

sparingly

.

Des Moines /d? ?m??n/?得梅因(美國衣阿華Iowa州的首府)

perfume /p?r?fju?m/ n.?香水

sparingly /?sp ?r???l?/ adv.?節(jié)儉地

326

What to?

put on

??

put on vt.?穿上

327

It didn’t seem right for her to?

dress up

?too much, since he was still in his working clothes. Long-sleeved white shirt, sleeves rolled to just below the?

elbows

, a clean pair of jeans,?

sandals

.

dress up?打扮得漂漂亮亮

elbow /?elbo?/ n.?肘部

sandal /'s?ndl/ n.?涼鞋

328

The gold?

hoop earrings

?Richard said made her look like a?

hussy

?and a gold?

bracelet

. Hair pulled back with a clip, hanging down her back.

hoop earrings?環(huán)狀耳環(huán)

hussy /'h?si/ n.?輕佻的女子

bracelet /?bre?sl?t/ n.?手鐲

329

That felt right.

330

When she came into the kitchen, he was sitting there with his?

knapsacks

?and cooler, wearing a clean?

khaki

?shirt, with the orange?

suspenders

?

running over

?it.

knapsack /'n?ps?k/ n.?背包

khaki /'kɑki/ adj.?卡其色的

suspender /s?'sp?nd?/ n.?吊褲帶

run over v.?碾過

331

On the table were three cameras and five lenses, and a fresh package of Camels. The cameras all said “Nikon” on them. So did the black lenses, short ones and middling ones and a longer one.

332

The equipment was scratched,?

dented

?in places. But he handled it carefully, yet casually, wiping and brushing and blowing.

dent /dent/ vi.?產(chǎn)生凹陷

333

He looked up at her, serious face again, shy face. “I have some beer in the cooler. Like one?”

334

“Yes, that would be nice.”

335

He took out two bottles of?

Budweiser

.

Budweiser n.?百威啤酒

336

When he lifted the lid, she could see?

clear

?plastic boxes with film?

stacked

?like?

cordwood

?in them.?

clear /kl?r/ adj.?透明的

stack /st?k/ vi.?堆積

cordwood /'k?rd,w?d/ v.?堆積材

337

There were four more bottles of beer besides the two he removed.

338

Francesca slid open a drawer to look for an?

opener

. But he said, “I’ve got it.”?

opener /'opn?/ n.?開啟工具

339

He took the Swiss Army knife from its case on his?

belt

?and?

flicked

?out the bottle opener on it, using it?

expertly

.

belt /belt/ n.?腰帶

flick /fl?k/ vt.?輕撣

expertly /? ?ksp?tl?/ adv.?熟練地

340

He handed her a bottle and raised his in a half?

salute

: “To covered bridges in the late afternoon or,?

better yet

, on warm, red mornings.” He grinned.

salute /s??lu?t/ n.?致敬

better yet?更好的是

341

Francesca said nothing but smiled softly and raised her bottle a little,?

hesitantly

,?

awkwardly

.

hesitantly /?h ?z?t?ntl?/ adv.?躊躇地

awkwardly /? ?k w?..dl?/ adv.?笨拙地

342

A strange stranger, flowers,?

perfume

, beer, and a?

toast

?on a hot Monday in late summer. It was almost more than she could deal with.

perfume /p?r?fju?m/ n.?香水

toast /to?st/ n.?干杯

343

“There was somebody a long time ago who was?

thirsty

?on an August afternoon. Whoever it was studied their thirst,?

rigged up

?some stuff, and invented beer.

thirsty /'θ?sti/ adj.?口渴的

rig up?草草做成

344

That’s where it came from, and a problem was solved.”

345

He was working on a camera, almost talking to it as he tightened a?

screw

?on its top with a?

jeweler

’s?

screwdriver

.

screw /skru?/ vi.?擰

jeweler /?d ?u?l?/ n.?珠寶商

screwdriver /?skru?dra?v?r/ n.?螺絲起子

346

“I’m going out to the garden for a minute. I’ll be right back.”

347

He looked up. “Need help?”

348

She shook her head and walked past him, feeling his eyes on her?

hips

, wondering if he watched her all the way across the porch, guessing that he did.

hip /h?p/ n.?臀部

349

She was right. He watched her. Shook his head and looked again. Watched her body, thought of the?

intelligence

?he knew she?

possessed

, wondered about the other things he sensed in her.

intelligence /?n?tel?d??ns/ n.?理解力

possess /p??zes/ vt.?具有

350

He?

was drawn to

?her,?

fighting it back

.

be drawn to?被......所吸引

fight back?強(qiáng)忍住

351

The garden was in shade now.?

352

Francesca moved through it with a?

dishpan

?done in?

cracked

?white?

enamel

.?

dishpan /?d???p?n/ n.?（美）洗碟盆

cracked /kr?kt/ adj.?有裂紋的

enamel /??n?m?l/ n.?搪瓷

353

She gathered carrots and?

parsley

, some?

parsnips

?and onions and?

turnips

.

parsley /'pɑrsli/ n. <植>西芹

parsnip /'pɑrsn?p/ n.?歐洲蘿卜

turnip /'t?n?p/ n.?蘿卜

354

When she entered the kitchen, Robert Kincaid was?

repacking

?the knapsacks, neatly and?

precisely

, she noticed. Everything obviously had its place and always was placed in its place.

repack /ri:'p?k/ v.?重新打包

precisely /pr??sa?sli/ adv.?精確地

355

He had finished his beer and opened two more, even though she was not quite?

done with

?hers. She?

tilted

?back her head and finished the first one, handing him the empty bottle.

done with?完畢

tilt /t?lt/ vi.?傾斜

356

“Can I do something?” he asked.

357

“You can bring in the watermelon from the porch and a few potatoes from the bucket out there.”

358

He moved so easily that she was amazed at how quickly he went to the porch and returned,?

melon

?under his arm, four potatoes in his hands. “Enough?”

melon /?mel?n/ n.?瓜

359

She nodded, thinking how ghostlike he seemed.?

360

He set them on the counter beside the?

sink

?where she was cleaning the garden vegetables and returned to his chair, lighting a Camel as he sat down.

sink /s??k/ n.?水池

361

“How long will you be here?” she asked, looking down at the vegetables she was working on.

362

“I’m not sure. This is a slow time for me, and my deadline for the bridge pictures is?

still

?three weeks?

away

.?

As long as

it takes to get it right, I guess. Probably about a week.”

still /st?l/ adv.?還有(很多)

away /?'we/ adv.?距離......有多久

as long as?只要

363

“Where are you staying? In town?”

364

“Yes. A little place with cabins. Something-or-other?

Motor Court

. I just?

checked in

?this morning. Haven’t even unloaded my gear yet.”

Motor Court?汽車旅館

check in?登記入住

365

“That’s the only place to stay, except for Mrs. Carlson’s; she?

takes in

?roomers. The restaurants will be a?

disappointment

, though, particularly for someone with your eating habits.”

take in?接待

disappointment /?d?s??p??ntm?nt/ n.?令人失望的人或事物

366

“I know. It’s an old story. But I’ve learned to?

make do

.

make do?湊合著用

367

This time of year it’s not so bad; I can find fresh?

produce

?in the stores and at stands along the road.?

Bread

?and a few other things, and I make it?

work

,?

approximately

.

produce /pr??du?s/ n.?農(nóng)產(chǎn)品

bread /br?d/ n.?面包

work /w??rk/ v.?奏效

approximately /??prɑ?ks?m?tli/ adv.?近似地

368

It’s nice to be invited out like this, though. I appreciate it.”

369

She reached?

along

?the counter and flipped on a small radio, one with only two?

dials

?and?

tan

?cloth covering the?

speakers

.

along /?'l??/ adv.?向前

dial /?da??l/ n. (收音機(jī)、爐、灶等的)調(diào)節(jié)盤

tan /t?n/ adj.?棕黃色的

speaker /'spik?/ n.?揚(yáng)聲器

370

“With time in my pocket, and the weather on my side…” a voice sang, guitars?

chunking

?

along

?

underneath

. She kept the?

volume

?low.

chunk /t???k/ n.?發(fā)出“砰啷”聲

along /?'l??/ adv.?一起

underneath /??nd?r?ni?θ/ adv.?在下面[底下]

volume /?vɑ?lju?m/ n.?音量

371

“I’m pretty good at?

chopping

?vegetables,” he?

offered

.

chop /t?ɑ?p/ vt.?剁碎

offer /???f?r/ v.?主動提出

372

“Okay, there’s the?

cutting board

, a knife’s in the drawer right below it. I’m going to?

fix

?a stew, so?

kind of

?

cube

?the vegetables.”

cutting board?切肉板

fix /f?ks/ v.?準(zhǔn)備(尤指食物)

kind of?稍微

cube /kju?b/ v.?把（食物）切成小方塊

373

He stood two feet from her, looking down, cutting and?

chopping

?the carrots and?

turnips

,?

parsnips

?and onions.

chop /t?ɑ?p/ vt.?剁碎

turnip /'t?n?p/ n.?蘿卜

parsnip /'pɑrsn?p/ n.?歐洲蘿卜

374

Francesca?

peeled

?potatoes into the?

sink

, aware of being so close to a strange man. She had never thought of peeling potatoes as having little?

slanting

?feelings connected with it.

peel /pi?l/ vt.?削[剝]去(水果或蔬菜的皮)

sink /s??k/ n.?水池

slanting /?slɑnt??/ adj.?歪斜的

375

“You play the guitar? I saw the case in your truck.”

376

“A little bit. It?

keeps me company

, not too much more than that. My wife was an early?

folkie

, way before the music became popular, and she got me?

going on

?it.”

keep sb company?陪伴某人

folkie /?foki/ n.?民謠歌唱家

go on?繼續(xù)（做）

377

Francesca had?

stiffened

?slightly at the word wife.?

stiffen /?st?fn/ v.?繃緊

378

Why, she didn’t know. He had a?

right

?to be married, but somehow it didn’t fit him. She didn’t want him to be married.

right /ra?t/ n.?權(quán)利

379

“She couldn’t stand the?

long

?shoots when I’d be gone for months. I don’t blame her. She?

pulled out

?nine years ago. Divorced me a year later.

long /l??/ adj.?長期的

pull out?離開

380

We never had children, so it wasn’t complicated. Took one guitar, left the?

el cheapo

?with me.”

el cheapo n. <非正式，俚>價廉質(zhì)劣的東西

381

“You?

hear from

?her?”

hear from?收到......的信

382

“No, never.”

383

That was all he said. Francesca didn’t?

push

?it. But she felt better, selfishly, and?

wondered

?again why she should care?

one way or the other

.

push /p??/ v.?推進(jìn)

wonder /'w?nd?/ vt. & vi.?問自己

one way or the other?以這樣或那樣的方式

384

“I’ve been to Italy, twice,” he said. “Where you from,?

originally

?”

originally /?'r?d??n?li/ adv.?起初

385

“

Naples

.”

Naples /?nep?lz/ n.?那不勒斯(意大利西南部港市)

386

“Never made it there. I was in the north once, doing some shooting along the?

River Po

. Then again for a piece on?

Sicily

.”

River Po?波河

Sicily /'sisili/ n.?西西里島（意大利一島名）

387

Francesca peeled potatoes, thinking of Italy for a moment, conscious of Robert Kincaid?

beside

?her.

beside /b??sa?d/ prep.?在旁邊

388

Clouds had moved up in the west,?

splitting

?the sun into?

rays

?that?

splayed

?in several directions.

split /spl?t/ vt.?使分離

ray /re?/ n.?光線

splay /sple/ v.?張開

389

He looked out the window above the sink and said, “God light.?

Calendar

?companies love it. So do?

religious

magazines.”

calendar /?k?l?nd?r/ n.?日歷

religious /r??l?d??s/ adj.?宗教的

390

“Your work sounds interesting,” Francesca said. She felt a need to keep?

neutral

?conversation going.

neutral /?nu?tr?l/ adj.?不帶感情色彩的

391

“It is. I like it a lot. I like the road, and I like making pictures.”

392

She noticed he’d said “making” pictures. “You make pictures, not take them?”

393

“Yes. At least that’s how I?

think of

?it. That’s the difference between Sunday?

snapshooters

?and someone who does it?

for a living

.

think of?思考

snapshooter?快拍攝影師

for a living?為了生存

394

When I’m finished with that bridge we saw today, it won’t look?

quite

?like you expect.

quite /kwa?t/ adv.?完全地

395

I’ll have made it into something of my own, by lens choice, or camera angle, or?

general

?

composition

, and most?

likely

by some combination of all of those.

general /?d?en?r?l/ adj.?一般的

composition /?kɑ?mp??z??n/ n.?構(gòu)圖

likely /?la?kli/ adj.?可能的

396

“I don’t just take things as given; I try to make them into something that?

reflects

?my personal?

consciousness

, my spirit. I try to find the?

poetry

?in the image.

reflect /r??flekt/ vt.?反映

consciousness /?kɑ?n??sn?s/ n.?思想

poetry /?po??tri/ n.?詩的意境

397

The magazine has its own style and demands, and I don’t always agree with the editor’s?

taste

; in fact, most of the time I don’t.

taste /te?st/ n.?品味

398

And that bothers them, even though they decide what goes in and what gets left out.

399

I guess they know their?

readership

, but I wish they’d take a few more?

chances

?now and then. I tell them that, and it bothers them.

readership /'rid???p/ n.?讀者們

chance /t??ns/ n.?風(fēng)險

400

“That’s the problem in?

earning a living

?through an art form.

earn a living?謀生

401

You’re always?

dealing with

?markets, and markets —?

mass markets

?— are designed to suit average tastes. That’s where the numbers are. That’s the?

reality

, I guess.

deal with?與...做生意

mass market?大眾市場

reality /ri??l?ti/ n.?現(xiàn)實(shí)

402

But, as I said, it can become pretty?

confining

. They let me?

keep

?the shots they don’t use, so at least I have my own private files of stuff I like.

confining /k?n'fa?n??/ n.?限制的

keep /kip/ vt.?保留

403

“And, once in a while, another magazine will take one or two, or I can write an article on a place I’ve been and?

illustrate

?it with something a little more?

daring

?than National Geographic?

prefers

.

illustrate /??l?stre?t/ vt.?給…加插圖

daring /?der??/ adj.?大膽的

prefer /pr??f??r/ vi.?愿意

404

“Sometime I’m going to do an?

essay

?called ‘The?

Virtues

?of?

Amateurism

’ for all of those people who wish they earned their living in the arts.

essay /?ese?/ n.?隨筆

virtues /?v?rt?uz/ n.?優(yōu)點(diǎn)

amateurism /??m?t??z?m/ n.?業(yè)余性

405

The market kills more artistic passion than anything else. It’s a world of safety out there, for most people.

406

They want safety, the magazines and?

manufacturers

?give them safety, give them?

homogeneity

, give them the familiar and comfortable, don’t challenge them.

manufacturer /?m?nju?f?kt??r?r/ n.?制造商

homogeneity /?hɑ?m?d???ni??ti/ n.?同次性

407

“

Profit

?and?

subscriptions

?and the rest of that stuff dominate art. We’re all getting?

lashed

?to the great wheel of?

uniformity

.

profit /?prɑ?f?t/ n.?利潤

subscription /s?b'skr?p??n/ n.?訂閱

lash /l??/ vi.?鞭打

uniformity /?ju?n??f??rm?ti/ n.?無差異

408

“The?

marketing

?people are always talking about something called ‘

consumers

.’

marketing /?mɑ?rk?t??/ n.?營銷

consumer /k?n?su?m?r/ n.?消費(fèi)者

409

I have this image of a fat little man in?

baggy

?

Bermuda shorts

, a?

Hawaiian

?shirt, and a straw hat with beer-can openers dangling from it, clutching?

fistfuls

?of dollars.”

baggy /'b?ɡi/ adj.?寬松而下垂的

Bermuda shorts?百慕達(dá)式短褲

Hawaiian /h??wɑj?n/ adj.?夏威夷的

fistful /'f?stf?l/ n.?一把

410

Francesca laughed quietly, thinking about safety and comfort.

411

“But I’m not complaining too much. Like I said, the traveling is good, and I like?

fooling with

?cameras and being out of doors. The reality is not exactly what the song started out to be, but it’s not a bad song.”

fool with?瞎折騰

412

Francesca supposed that, for Robert Kincaid, this was everyday talk. For her, it was the stuff of?

literature

.

literature /?l?t?r?t??r/ n.?文學(xué)

413

People in Madison County didn’t talk this way, about these things.

414

The talk was about weather and farm prices and new babies and?

funerals

?and government programs and?

athletic

teams.

funeral /?fju?n?r?l/ n.?葬禮

athletic /?θ?let?k/ adj.?運(yùn)動的

415

Not about art and dreams. Not about realities that kept the music silent, the dreams in a box.

416

He finished?

chopping

?vegetables. “Anything else I can do?”

chop /t?ɑ?p/ vt.?剁碎

417

She shook her head. “No, it’s about?

under control

.”

under control?情況正常

418

He sat at the table again, smoking, taking a drink of beer now and then.

419

She?

cooked,

?sipping on her beer between tasks. She could feel the?

alcohol

, even this small amount of it. On?

New Year’s Eve

, at the?

Legion

?Hall, she and Richard would have some drinks.

cook /k?k/ v.?烹調(diào)

alcohol /??lk?h??l/ n.?酒精

New Year’s Eve 12月31日晚上

legion /?lid??n/ n.?軍隊

420

Other than that

, not much, and there?

seldom

?was liquor in the house, except for a bottle of brandy she had bought once in some?

vague

?

spasm

?of hope for romance in their country lives.

other than that?除此之外

seldom /'s?ld?m/ adv.?很少

vague /ve?ɡ/ adj.?不清晰的

spasm /'sp?z?m/ n.?一陣發(fā)作

421

The bottle was still unopened.

422

Vegetable oil

, one and one-half cups of vegetables. Cook until?

light brown

. Add?

flour

?and mix well.

vegetable oil?植物油

light brown?淺棕色

flour /?fla??r/ n.?面粉；粉狀物質(zhì)

423

Add water, a?

pint

?of it. Add?

remaining

?vegetables and?

seasonings

. Cook slowly, about forty minutes.

pint /pa?nt/ n.?品脫（568毫升)

remaining /r?'men??/ adj.?剩下的

seasoning /'siz?n??/ n.?佐料

424

With the cooking?

under way

, Francesca sat across from him once again.?

Modest

?

intimacy

?

descended

?upon the kitchen. It came, somehow, from the cooking.

under way?進(jìn)行中

modest /?mɑ?d?st/ adj.?適度的

intimacy /'?nt?m?si/ n.?親密

descend /d??send/ v.?（情緒、氣氛等）籠罩

425

Fixing supper for a stranger, with him chopping?

turnips

?and, therefore, distance,?

beside

?you, removed some of the?

strangeness

.

turnip /'t?n?p/ n.?蘿卜

beside /b??sa?d/ prep.?在旁邊

strangeness /'strend?n?s/ n.?生疏

426

And with the loss of strangeness, there was space for?

intimacy

.

intimacy /'?nt?m?si/ n.?親密

427

He pushed the cigarettes toward her, the?

lighter

?on top of the?

package

.?

lighter /'la?t?/ n.?打火機(jī)

package /?p?k?d?/ n.?盒

428

She shook one out,?

fumbled

?with the lighter, felt?

clumsy

. It wouldn’t?

catch

.

fumble /?f?mbl/ vi.?笨拙地行動

clumsy /?kl?mzi/ adj.?笨拙的

catch /k?t?/ v.?點(diǎn)火

429

He smiled a little, carefully took the lighter from her hand, and flipped the?

flint wheel

?twice before it caught. He held it, she lit her cigarette.

flint wheel?打火輪

430

Around

?men she usually felt graceful in?

comparison

?to them. Not around Robert Kincaid, though.

around /?'ra?nd/ prep.?在......周圍

comparison /k?m?p?r?sn/ n.?相比

431

A white sun had turned big red and lay just over the corn fields. Through the kitchen window she could see a?

hawkriding

?the?

early evening

?

updrafts

.?

hawk /h??k/ n.?鷹

ride /ra?d/ vi.?漂浮

early evening?傍晚

updraft /'?pdr?ft/ n.?上升氣流

432

The seven o’clock news and market?

summary

?were on the radio.

summary /?s?m?ri/ n.?概要

433

And Francesca looked across the yellow?

Formica

?toward Robert Kincaid, who had come a long way to her kitchen. A long way, across more than miles.

formica /f?:'maik?/ n.?膠木

434

“It already smells good,” he said, pointing toward the?

stove

. “It smells…?

quiet

.” He looked at her.

stove /sto?v/ n.?火爐

quiet /'kwa??t/ adj.?清靜的

435

“Quiet? Could something smell quiet?” She was thinking about the?

phrase

, asking herself.

phrase /fre?z/ n.?短語

436

He was right. After the?

pork chops

?and?

steaks

?and?

roasts

?she cooked for the family, this was quiet cooking.

pork chops?帶骨豬排

steak /ste?k/ n.?牛排

roast /ro?st/ n.?烤肉

437

No violence?

involved

?anywhere down?

the food chain

, except maybe for?

pulling up

?the vegetables. The?

stew

cooked quietly and smelled quiet. It was quiet here in the kitchen.

involve /?n?vɑ?lv/ vt.?包含

the food chain?食品鏈

pull up?拔起

stew /stu/ n.?燉湯

438

“If you don’t mind, tell me a little about your life in Italy.” He was?

stretched out

?on the chair, his right leg?

crossed

?over his left at the?

ankles

.

stretch out v.?伸展四肢

cross /kr?s/ vi.?交叉

ankle n.?踝

439

Silence?

bothered

?her around him, so she talked. Told him about her growing years, the?

private school

, the?

nuns

, her parents — housewife, bank manager.

bother /?bɑ?e?r/ v.?使......不安

private school n.?私立中小學(xué)

nun /n?n/ n.?修女

440

About standing along the?

sea wall

?as a?

teenager

?and watching ships from?

all over

?the world. About the American soldiers that came later.

sea wall n.?海堤

teenager /?ti?ne?d??r/ n.?青少年

all over?遍及

441

About meeting Richard in a cafe where she and some?

girlfriends

?were drinking coffee.

girlfriend /'ɡ?lfr?nd/ n.?女伴

442

The war had?

disrupted

?lives, and they wondered if they would ever get married. She was silent about Niccolo.

disrupt /d?s?r?pt/ vt.?擾亂

443

He listened, saying nothing, nodding in understanding?

occasionally

.?

occasionally /??ke??n?li/ adv.?間或

444

When she finally paused, he said, “And you have children, did you say?”

445

“Yes. Michael is seventeen. Carolyn is sixteen. They both go to school in?

Winterset

. They’re in?

4-H

; that’s why they’re at the?

Illinois

?State Fair. Showing Carolyn’s?

steer

.

Winterset. n.?溫特塞特(美國地名)

4-H n.?四健會(非營利性青少年組織)

Illinois /??l??n??/ n.?伊利諾斯州（美國州名）

steer /st?r/ n.?食用公牛

446

“Something I’ve never been able to?

adapt

?to, to understand, is how they can?

lavish

?such love and care on the animals and then see them sold for?

slaughter

.

adapt /??d?pt/ vi.?適應(yīng)

lavish /?l?v??/ vt.?慷慨給予

slaughter /?sl??t?r/ n.?屠宰

447

I don’t dare say anything about it, though. Richard and his friends would be down on me in a flash. But there’s some kind of cold,?

unfeeling

?

contradiction

?in that?

business

.”

unfeeling /?n'fil??/ adj.?無情的

contradiction /?kɑ?ntr??d?k?n/ n.?矛盾

business /?b?zn?s/ n.?事情

448

She felt?

guilty

?mentioning Richard’s name. She hadn’t done anything, anything at all.?

guilty /?ɡ?lti/ adj.?內(nèi)疚的

449

Yet she could feel guilt, a guilt born of distant possibilities. And she wondered how to manage the end of the evening and if she had gotten herself into something she couldn’t handle.?

450

Maybe Robert Kincaid would just leave. He seemed pretty quiet, nice enough, even a little?

bashful

.

bashful /'b??fl/ adj.?靦腆的

451

As they?

talked on

, the evening turned blue, light?

fog

?

brushing

?the meadow grass. He opened two more beers for them while Francesca’s?

stew

?cooked, quietly.

talk on?繼續(xù)談

fog /fɑ?ɡ/ n.?霧

brush /br??/ vi.?掠過

stew /stu/ n.?燉湯

452

She?

rose

?and dropped?

dumplings

?into boiling water, turned, and leaned against the sink, feeling warm toward Robert Kincaid from Bellingham, Washington. Hoping he wouldn’t leave too early.

rise /ra?z/ vi.?站起來

dumpling /'d?mpl??/ n.?餃子

453

He ate two?

helpings

?of the stew with quiet good?

manners

?and told her twice how fine it was.

helping /?help??/ n.?（進(jìn)餐時的）一份食物

manners /'m?n?z/ n.?禮貌

454

The watermelon was perfect. The beer was cold. The evening was blue.

455

Francesca Johnson was forty-five years old, and Hank Snow sang a train song on KMA,?

Shenandoah

, Iowa.

Shenandoah n.?謝南多厄河（美國弗吉尼亞州河流）

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