《廊橋遺夢(mèng)》｜單詞注釋｜Chapter 3｜1
Francesca
1
Deep autumn was birthday time for Francesca, and cold rain swept?
against
?her?
frame
?house in the south Iowa?
countryside
.
against /?'ɡ?nst/ prep.?碰
frame /fre?m/ adj.?有木架的
countryside /?k?ntrisa?d/ n.?鄉(xiāng)下
2
She watched the rain, looked through it toward the hills along Middle River,?
thinking of
?Richard.
think of?想起
3
He had died on a day like this, eight years ago, from something with a name she?
would rather
?not remember.
would rather adv.?最好
4
But Francesca thought of him now and his?
sturdy
?
kindness
, his?
steady
?
ways
, and the even life he had given her.
sturdy /?st??rdi/ adj.?堅(jiān)定的
kindness /?ka?ndn?s/ n.?仁慈
steady /?stedi/ adj.?沉著的
way /we/ n. (行事)作風(fēng)
5
The children had called. Neither of them could make it home again this year for her birthday, though it was her sixty-seventh.
6
She understood, as she always did.?
7
Always had. Always would.
8
They were both in?
midcareer
, running hard, managing a hospital, teaching students, Michael getting into his second marriage, Carolyn?
struggling
?with her first.
midcareer n.?職業(yè)生涯中期
struggle /?str?ɡl/ vi.?掙扎
9
Secretly
?she was glad they never seemed to arrange a visit on her birthday; she had her own?
ceremonies
?reserved for that day.
secretly /?sikr?tl?/ adv.?私底下地
ceremony /?ser?mo?ni/ n.?儀式
10
This morning her friends from Winterset had?
stopped
?by with a birthday cake.
stop /stɑp/ vi.?逗留
11
Francesca made coffee, while the talk ran to grandchildren and the town, to Thanksgiving and what to get for Christmas for whom.
12
The quiet laughter and the rise and fall of conversation from the?
living room
?were comforting in their?
familiarity
living room n.?客廳
familiarity /f??m?li??r?ti/ n.?親密
13
and reminded Francesca of one small reason why she had stayed here after Richard’s death.
14
Michael had?
touted
?Florida, Carolyn New England.?
tout /ta?t/ vt.?吹捧
15
But she had?
remained
?in the hills of south Iowa, on the land, keeping her old?
address
?for a special reason, and she was glad she had done that.
remain /r?'men/ vi.?留下
address /??dres , ??dres/ n.?地址
16
Francesca had watched them leave at lunchtime.
17
They drove their?
Buicks
?and?
Fords
?down the?
lane
, turned onto the?
paved
?county road,?
Buick?別克
Ford?福特
lane /le?n/ n.?小巷
pave /pe?v/ vt.?鋪設(shè)
18
and headed toward Winterset,?
wiper blades
?
pushing aside
?the rain.
wiper blade?雨刷
push aside?把......向旁邊推
19
They were good friends, though they would never understand what?
lay
?inside of her, would not understand even if she told them.
lay /le/ v.?安放
20
Her husband had said she would find good friends, when he brought her here after the war, from?
Naples
.
Naples /?nep?lz/ n.?那不勒斯
21
He said, “Iowans have their?
faults
, but one of them is not lack of caring.”?
fault /f??lt/ n.?缺點(diǎn)
22
And that was true, is true.
23
She had been twenty-five when they met— out of the?
university
?for three years, teaching at a?
private school
?for girls,?
wondering
?about her life.
university /?jun?'v?s?ti/ n.?大學(xué)
private school n.?私立中小學(xué)
wonder /'w?nd?/ vt. & vi.?好奇
24
Most of the young Italian men were dead or?
injured
?or in?
POW
?camps or?
broken
?by the?
fighting
.
injured /??nd??rd/ adj.?受傷的
POW /?pio?d?b?lju/ abbr.?戰(zhàn)俘（prisoner of war）
broken /'brok?n/ adj.?頹喪的
fighting /'fa?t??/ n.?戰(zhàn)斗
25
Her?
affair
?with Niccolo, a professor of art at the university, who painted all day and took her on?
wild
,?
reckless
?tours of the?
underside
?of Naples at night,
affair /??fer/ n.（尤指關(guān)系不長(zhǎng)久的）風(fēng)流韻事
wild /wa?ld/ adj.?放蕩的
reckless /?rekl?s/ adj.?魯莽的
underside /'?nd?sa?d/ n.?底部
26
had been over for a year,?
done in
?finally by the?
unceasing
?
disapproval
?of her?
traditional
?parents.
do in?殺死
unceasing /?n'sis??/ adj.?不斷的
disapproval /'d?s?'pr?vl/ n.?不贊同
traditional /tr?'d???nl/ adj.?傳統(tǒng)的
27
She wore?
ribbons
?in her black hair and?
clung
?to her dreams.?
ribbon /?r?b?n/ n.?絲帶
clung /kl??/ v.?堅(jiān)持（cling的過(guò)去分詞）
28
But no handsome sailors?
disembarked
?looking for her, no voices came up to her window from the streets below.
disembark /'d?s?m'bɑrk/ vt. & vi. (使)登陸〔上岸〕
29
The hard press of reality brought her to the?
recognition
?that her choices were?
constrained
.
recognition /?rek?ɡ?n??n/ n.?認(rèn)識(shí)
constrain /k?n?stre?n/ vt.?限制
30
Richard offered a reasonable?
alternative
:?
kindness
?and the sweet promise of America.
alternative /??l?t??rn?t?v/ n.?可供選擇的事物
kindness /?ka?ndn?s/ n.?體貼
31
She had studied him in his soldier’s uniform as they sat in a cafe in the?
Mediterranean
?sunlight, saw him looking?
earnestly
?at her in his midwestern way, and came to Iowa with him.
mediterranean /?m?d?t??reni?n/ n.?地中海
earnestly /??..n?stl?/ adv.?誠(chéng)摯地
32
Came to have his children, to watch Michael play football on cold October nights, to take Carolyn to Des Moines for her?
prom
?dresses.
prom /prɑm/ n.?正式舞會(huì)
33
She exchanged letters with her sister in Naples several times each year and had returned there twice, when each of her parents had died.
34
But Madison County was home now, and she had no?
longing
?to go back again.
longing /'l????/ n.?渴望
35
The rain stopped in?
midafternoon
, then?
resumed
?its?
ways
?just before evening.
midafternoon /'m?d,?ft?'n?n/ n.?下午三時(shí)左右
resume /r??zu?m/ vt. & vi.?恢復(fù)
way /we/ n.?情況
36
In the?
twilight
, Francesca poured a small glass of?
brandy
?and opened the bottom drawer of Richard’s?
rolltop desk
,
twilight /'twa?la?t/ n.?黃昏
brandy /?br?ndi/ n.?白蘭地酒
rolltop desk?有活動(dòng)蓋板的辦公桌
37
the?
walnut
?piece that had passed down through three generations of his family.
walnut /'w?ln?t/ n.?胡桃木
38
She took out a?
manila
?envelope and brushed her hand across it slowly, as she did each year on this day.
manila /m?'n?l?/ adj.?馬尼拉紙制的
39
The?
postmark
?read “Seattle, WA, Sep 12 ’65.” She always looked at the postmark first. That was part of the?
ritual
.
postmark /'postmɑrk/ n.?郵戳
ritual /?r?t?u?l/ n.?儀式
40
Then to the address written in?
longhand
: “Francesca Johnson, RR 2, Winterset, Iowa.”
longhand /'l??h?nd/ n.?普通書(shū)寫（速記或打字）
41
Next the?
return address
,?
carelessly
?
scrabbled
?in the upper left: “
Box
?642, Bellingham, Washington.”
return address?寄件人地址
carelessly /?k ?rl?sl?/ adv.?草率地
scrabble /'skr?bl/ v.?亂涂
box /bɑks/ n.?郵箱
42
She sat in a chair by the window, looked at the addresses, and concentrated,?
43
for?
contained
?in them was the?
movement
?of his hands, and she wanted to bring back the feel of those hands on her twenty-two years ago.
contain /k?n?te?n/ vt.?包含
movement /?mu?vm?nt/ n.?動(dòng)作
44
When she could feel his hands touching her, she opened the envelope, carefully removed three letters,?
45
a short?
manuscript
, two photographs, and a complete?
issue
?of National Geographic?
along with
?clippings from other issues of the magazine.
manuscript /?m?njuskr?pt/ n.?手稿
issue /???u?/ n. (報(bào)紙、雜志等的)期號(hào)
along with?連同...一起
46
There, in?
gray
?light fading, she sipped her brandy, looking over the?
rim
?of her glass to the handwritten note?
clipped
on the?
typed
?manuscript pages.
gray /ɡre?/ n.?暗淡的光線
rim /r?m/ n.?邊緣
clip /kl?p/ v.?固定住
type /ta?p/ vt. & vi.?打字
47
The letter was on his?
stationery
, simple stationery that said only “Robert Kincaid, Writer-Photographer” at the top in?
discreet
?lettering.
stationery /?ste???neri/ n.?信紙
discreet /d??skri?t/ adj.?不引人注意的
48
September 10, 1965
49
Dear Francesca,
50
Enclosed
?are two photographs.?
enclosed /?n'klozd/ adj.?隨函附上的
51
One is the shot I took of you in the?
pasture
?at sunrise. I hope you like it as much as I do.?
pasture /?p?st??r/ n.?牧場(chǎng)
52
The other is of Roseman Bridge before I?
removed
?your note?
tacked
?to it.
remove /r??mu?v/ vt.?拿開(kāi)
tack /t?k/ v.?固定住
53
I sit here?
trolling
?the gray areas of my mind for every detail, every moment, of our time together.
troll /tro?l/ v.?搜尋
54
I ask myself?
over and over
, “What happened to me in Madison County, Iowa?” And I struggle to bring it together.
over and over?反復(fù)
55
That’s why I wrote the little piece, “Falling from?
Dimension
?Z,” I have enclosed, as a way of trying to?
sift
?through my confusion.
dimension /d??men?n/ n. (空間的)緯度
sift /s?ft/ vi.?細(xì)究
56
I look down the?
barrel
?of a lens, and you’re at the end of it.?
barrel /?b?r?l/ n.?桶
57
I begin work on an article, and I’m writing about you.
58
I’m not even sure how I got back here from Iowa. Somehow the old truck brought me home, yet I barely remember the?
miles
?going by.
miles /mailz/ n.?長(zhǎng)距離
59
A few weeks ago, I felt?
self-contained
,?
reasonably
?
content
. Maybe not?
profoundly
?happy, maybe a little lonely, but at least content. All of that has changed.
self-contained /?s?lfk?n?tend/ adj.?自給自足的
reasonably /?riz n..?bl?/ adv.?相當(dāng)?shù)?/p>
content /?kɑ?ntent/ adj.?滿足的
profoundly /pr?'fa?ndli/ adv.?深切地
60
It’s clear to me now that I have been moving toward you and you toward me for a long time.
61
Though neither of us was aware of the other before we met, there was a kind of?
mindless
?
certainty
?humming?
blithely
?along beneath our?
ignorance
?that ensured we would come together.
mindless /'ma?ndl?s/ adj.?不注意的
certainty /?s??rtnti/ n.?必然的事
blithely /?bla? el?/ adv.?快活地
ignorance /??ɡn?r?ns/ n.?無(wú)知
62
Like two?
solitary
?birds flying the great?
prairies
?by?
celestial
?
reckoning
, all of these years and lifetimes we have been moving toward one another.
solitary /?sɑ?l?teri/ adj. (人或動(dòng)物)獨(dú)處的
prairie /'pr?ri/ n.?大草原
celestial /s??lest?l/ adj.?天上的
reckoning /'r?k?n??/ n.?計(jì)算
63
The road is a strange place.?
Shuffling along
, I looked up and you were there walking across the grass toward my truck on an August day.
shuffle along?躑躅而行
64
In?
retrospect
, it seems?
inevitable
—it could not have been any other way—a?
case
?of what I call the high probability of the?
improbable
.
retrospect /?retr?spekt/ n.?回顧
inevitable /?n?ev?t?bl/ adj.?必然發(fā)生的
case /ke?s/ n.?情況
improbable /?m'prɑb?bl/ adj.?不大可能的
65
So here I am walking around with another person inside of me.?
66
Though I think I?
put
?it better the day we?
parted
?when I said there is a third person we have created from the two of us.
put /p?t/ vt.?表達(dá)
part /pɑ?rt/ vt & vi (使)分離[開(kāi)]
67
And I am?
stalked
?now by that other?
entity
.
stalk /st??k/ v.?跟蹤
entity /?ent?ti/ n.?實(shí)體
68
Somehow
, we must see each other again. Any place, anytime.
somehow /?s?mha?/ adv.?不知為什么
69
Call me if you ever need anything or simply want to see me. I’ll be there,?
pronto
.?
pronto /'prɑnto/ adv.?〈美俚〉很快地
70
Let me know if you can come out here sometime— anytime. I can arrange plane?
fare
, if that’s a problem.
fare /fer/ n.?票價(jià)
71
I’m off to southeast India next week, but I’ll be back in?
late
?October.
late /le?t/ adj.?晚期的
72
I Love You,
73
Robert
74
P. S
., The photo project in Madison County?
turned out
?fine. Look for it in NG next year. Or tell me if you want me to send?
a copy of
?the?
issue
?when it’s published.
P. S abbr.（信的）附筆（Post Scriptum）
turn out?結(jié)果是
a copy of?一本
issue /???u?/ n.?發(fā)行物
75
Francesca Johnson set her brandy glass on the wide oak?
windowsill
?and stared at an eight-by-ten black-and-white photograph of herself.
windowsill /'w?ndo,s?l/ n.?窗臺(tái)
76
Sometimes it was hard for her to remember how she had looked then, twenty-two years ago.
77
In tight?
faded
?jeans,?
sandals
, and a white T-shirt, her hair blowing in the morning wind as she leaned against a fence post.
faded /'fe?d?d/ adj.?已褪色的
sandal /'s?ndl/ n.?涼鞋
78
Through the rain, from her place by the window, she could see the?
post
?where the old fence still?
circumscribed
?the?
pasture
.
post /po?st/ n.?柱
circumscribe /?s??rk?mskra?b/ vt.?包圍
pasture /?p?st??r/ n.?牧場(chǎng)
79
When she rented out the land, after Richard died, she?
stipulated
?the pasture must be kept?
intact
, left?
untouched
, even though it was empty now and had turned to meadow grass.
stipulate /?st?pjule?t/ v.?明確要求
intact /?n?t?kt/ adj.?原封不動(dòng)的
untouched /?n?t?t?t/ adj.?未改變的
80
The first serious?
lines
?were just beginning to show on her face in the photograph. His camera had found them. Still, she was pleased with what she saw.
line /la?n/ n.?皺紋
81
Her hair was black, and her body was?
full
?and warm, filling out the jeans just?
about right
.
full /f?l/ adj.?豐滿的
about right?合適地
82
Yet it was her face at which she stared. It was the face of a woman?
desperately
?in love with the man taking the picture.
desperately /?d ?sp?r?tl?/ adv. <口>極度地
83
She could see him clearly also,?
down
?the flow of her memory.
down /da?n/ adv.?沿著
84
Each year she ran all of the images through her mind,?
meticulously
, remembering everything, forgetting nothing,?
imprinting
?all of it, forever,?
meticulously /me'tikjul?sli/ adv.?膽小地
imprint /?m?pr?nt/ vt.?幫...印記在心中(或腦海中)
85
like?
tribesmen
?passing down an?
oral
?history through the generations.
tribesman /'tra?bzm?n/ n.?部落成員
oral /???r?l/ adj.?口述的
86
He was tall and thin and hard, and he moved like the grass itself, without effort, gracefully.
87
His silver-gray hair?
hung
?well below his ears and nearly always looked?
disheveled
,
hang /h??/ vt. & vi.?垂下
disheveled /d????v?ld/ adj.?凌亂的
88
as if he had just come in from a long sea voyage through a stiff wind and had tried to brush it into place with his hands.
89
His narrow face, high cheekbones, and hair falling over his forehead?
set off
?light blue eyes that seemed never to stop looking for the next photograph.
set off?襯托
90
He had smiled at her, saying how fine and warm she looked in?
early light
, asked her to lean against the post,
early light?晨光
91
and then moved around her in a wide arc, shooting from knee?
level
, then standing, then?
lying on his back
?with the camera?
pointed
?up at her.
level /?levl/ n.?水平線
lie on one's back?仰臥
point /p??nt/ v.?瞄準(zhǔn)
92
She had been slightly embarrassed at the amount of film he used but pleased by the amount of attention he paid to her.
93
She hoped none of the neighbors were out early on their?
tractors
. Though on that particular morning she hadn’t cared too much about neighbors and what they thought.
tractors /'tr?kt?/ n.?拖拉機(jī)
94
He shot, loaded film, changed lenses, changed cameras, shot some more, and talked quietly to her as he worked, always telling her how good she looked to him and how much he loved her.
95
“Francesca, you’re incredibly beautiful.”
96
Sometimes he stopped and just stared at her, through her, around her, inside of her.
97
Her?
nipples
?were clearly?
outlined
?where they pressed against the?
cotton
?T-shirt.
nipple /'n?pl/ n.?乳頭
outline /?a?tla?n/ v.?顯示......的輪廓
cotton /?kɑ?tn/ n.?棉制物
98
She had been?
strangely
?
unconcerned
?about that, about being?
naked
?under the shirt. More, she was glad of it and was warmed knowing that he could see her breasts so clearly down his lenses.
strangely /'strend?li/ adv.?奇怪地
unconcerned /??nk?n's?nd/ adj.?漠不關(guān)心的
naked /?ne?k?d/ adj.?明顯的
99
Never would she have dressed this way around Richard. He would not have approved.?
Indeed
, before meeting Robert Kincaid, she would not have dressed this way anytime.
indeed /?n?di?d/ adv.?實(shí)際上
100
Robert had asked her to?
arch
?her?
back
?
ever so
?slightly, and he had whispered then, “Yes, yes, that’s it, stay there.”
arch /ɑ?rt?/ vt. & vi. (使)彎成拱形
back /b?k/ n.?背部
ever so?非常
101
That was when he had taken the photograph at which she now stared.
102
The light was perfect, that’s what he had said — “
cloudy
?bright” was his name for it — and the?
shutter
?clicked steadily as he moved around her.
cloudy /'kla?di/ adj.?模糊的
shutter /'??t?/ n. (照相機(jī)的)快門
103
He was?
lithe
; that was the word she had thought of while watching him.
lithe /la?e/ adj.?輕盈的
104
At fifty-two his body was all?
lean
?muscle, muscle that moved with the kind of?
intensity
?and power that comes only to men who work hard and take care of themselves.
lean /li?n/ adj.?瘦的
intensity /?n?tens?ti/ n.?強(qiáng)度
105
He told her he had been a?
combat
?photographer in the Pacific, and Francesca could imagine him coming up smoke-
drenched
?beaches with the?
marines,
?cameras banging against him,
combat /?kɑ?mb?t/ n.?戰(zhàn)斗
drenched /dr?nt?t/ adj.?充滿的
marine /m??ri?n/ n.?海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)士兵
106
one to his eye, the shutter almost on fire with the speed of his?
picture taking
.
take picture?拍照
107
She looked at the picture again,?
studied
?it. I did look good, she thought, smiling to herself at the?
mild
?
self-admiration
.
study /'st?di/ v.?仔細(xì)看
mild /ma?ld/ adj. (感覺(jué)或表情)微弱的
self-admiration /'self,?dm?'rei??n/ n.?自賞
108
“I never looked that good before or after. It was him.” And she took another?
sip
?of brandy while the rain climbed up and?
rode
?
hard
?on the back of November wind.
sip /s?p/ n.?小口喝
ride /ra?d/ vi.?漂浮
hard /hɑ?rd/ adv.?猛烈地
109
Robert Kincaid was a?
magician
?of sorts, who lived?
within
?himself in strange, almost?
threatening
?places.
magician /m??d???n/ n.?魔術(shù)師
within /w??e?n/ prep.?在自己內(nèi)心
threatening /'θr?tn??/ adj.?恐嚇的
110
Francesca had?
sensed
?as much immediately on a hot, dry Monday in August 1965, when he?
stepped
?out of his truck onto her driveway.
sense /s?ns/ vt.?感覺(jué)到
step /st?p/ vt. & vi.?行走
111
Richard and the children were at the Illinois?
State
?Fair,?
exhibiting
?the?
prize
?
steer
?that received more attention than she did, and she had the week to herself.
state /ste?t/ adj.?州的
exhibit /?ɡ?z?b?t/ vt.?展覽
prize /pra?z/ adj.?獲獎(jiǎng)的
steer /st?r/ n.?肉用公牛
112
She had been sitting on the front porch?
swing
, drinking iced tea,?
casually
?watching the dust spiral up from under a pickup coming down the?
county
?road.
swing /sw??/ n.?秋千
casually /?k??u?li/ adv.?漫不經(jīng)心地
county /?ka?nti/ n.?縣
113
The truck was moving slowly, as if the driver were looking for something, stopped just?
short
?of her?
lane
, then turned up it toward the house. Oh, God, she had thought. Who’s this?
short /??rt/ n.?短
lane /le?n/ n.?小巷
114
She was?
barefoot
, wearing jeans and a faded blue workshirt with the?
sleeves
?rolled up,?
shirttail
?
out
.
barefoot /'b?r'f?t/ adj.?赤腳的
sleeve /sli?v/ n.?袖子
shirttail /???t?tel/ n.?襯衣下(后)擺
out /a?t/ adv.?在外
115
Her long black hair was fastened up by a?
tortoiseshell
?
comb
?her father had given her when she left the old country.
tortoiseshell /?t?rt?s???l/ n.?玳瑁殼
comb /ko?m/ n.?梳子
116
The truck?
rolled
?up the lane and stopped near the?
gate
?to the wire fence surrounding the house.
roll /ro?l/ v.?搖晃著行進(jìn)
gate /ɡe?t/ n.?大門
117
Francesca stepped off the porch and walked?
unhurriedly
?through the grass toward the gate.
unhurriedly /'?n'h?ridli/ adv.?不慌不忙地
118
And out of the pickup came Robert Kincaid, looking like some?
vision
?from a never-written book called An?
Illustrated
History of?
Shamans
.
vision /?v??n/ n.?幻象
illustrated /'?l?stret/ adj.?有插圖的
shaman /'??m?n/ n.?薩滿(據(jù)信能和善惡神靈溝通,能治病的人)
119
His tan?
military
-style shirt was?
tacked
?down to his back with?
perspiration
; there were wide,?
dark
?circles of it under his arms.
military /?m?l?teri/ adj.?軍人的
tack /t?k/ v.?固定住
perspiration /?p?sp?'re??n/ n.?汗
dark /dɑrk/ adj.?深色的
120
The?
top
?three buttons were?
undone
, and she could see tight?
chest muscles
?just below the?
plain
?silver chain around his neck.
top /tɑp/ adj.?最上面的
undone /?n'd?n/ adj.?已解開(kāi)的
chest muscle?胸肌
plain /ple?n/ adj.?無(wú)裝飾的
121
Over his shoulders were wide orange?
suspenders
, the kind?
worn
?by people who spent a lot of time in?
wilderness
areas.
suspender /s?'sp?nd?/ n.?背帶
worn /w?rn/ v.?穿（wear的過(guò)去分詞）
wilderness /?w?ld?rn?s/ n.?荒野
122
He smiled. “I’m sorry to bother you, but I’m looking for a?
covered bridge
?
out
?this way, and I can’t find it. I think I’m?
temporarily
?lost.”?
covered bridge?廊橋
out /a?t/ prep. <口>沿著…的路線
temporarily /?t?mp?'r??li/ adv.?暫時(shí)地
123
He wiped his forehead with a blue?
bandanna
?and smiled again.
bandanna /b?n'd?n?/ n.?扎染印花大手帕（等于bandana）
124
His eyes looked directly at her, and she felt something jump inside.?
125
The eyes, the voice, the face, the silver hair, the?
easy
?way he moved his body, old ways,?
disturbing
?ways, ways that?
draw you in
.
easy /'izi/ adj.?自如的
disturbing /d?'st?b??/ adj.?令人不安的
draw in?引誘
126
Ways that whisper to you in the final moment before sleep comes, when the?
barriers
?have?
fallen
.
barrier /?b?ri?r/ n.?障礙物
fall /f??l/ v.?倒塌
127
Ways that rearrange the?
molecular
?space between male and female,?
regardless
?of?
species
.
molecular /m??lekj?l?r/ adj.?分子的
regardless /r??ɡɑ?rdl?s/ adv.?不論怎樣
species /?spi??i?z/ n.?物種
128
The generations must roll, and the ways whisper only of that single requirement,?
nothing more
.?
nothing more part.?而已
129
The power is infinite, the design?
supremely
?
elegant
.
supremely /su:'pri:mli/ adv.?極其
elegant /?el?ɡ?nt/ adj.?優(yōu)美的
130
The ways are?
unswerving
, their goal is clear. The ways are simple; we have made them seem?
complicated
.
unswerving /?n'sw?v??/ adj.?堅(jiān)定不移的
complicated /?kɑ?mpl?ke?t?d/ adj.?復(fù)雜的
131
Francesca sensed this without knowing she was sensing it, sensed it at the level of her cells. And there began the thing that would change her forever.
132
A car went past on the road,?
trailing
?dust behind it, and?
honked
.
trail /tre?l/ vt. & vi. (使某物)被拖在后面
honk /hɑ?k/ vt.?按汽車?yán)?/p>
133
Francesca waved back at Floyd Clark’s?
brown
?arm sticking out of his?
Chevy
?and turned back to the stranger. “You’re pretty close. The bridge is only about two miles from here.”
brown /bra?n/ adj.?棕色的
chevy /'t??vi/?雪佛蘭（Chevrolet）
134
Then, after twenty years of living the close life, a life of?
circumscribed
?behavior and?
hidden
?feelings?
demanded
?by a?
rural
?culture,
circumscribe /?s??rk?mskra?b/ vt.?約束
hidden /'h?dn/ adj.?隱藏的
demand /d??m?nd/ vt.?要求
rural /?r?r?l/ adj.?農(nóng)村的
135
Francesca Johnson surprised herself by saying, “I’ll be glad to show it to you, if you want.”
136
Why she did that, she never had been sure. A young girl’s feelings rising like a?
bubble
?through water and bursting out, maybe, after all these years.
bubble /?b?bl/ n.?氣泡
137
She was not shy, but not?
forward
, either. The only thing she could ever?
conclude
?was that Robert Kincaid had drawn her in somehow, after only a few seconds of looking at him.
forward /?f??rw?rd/ adj.?熱心的
conclude /k?n?klu?d/ vt.?作結(jié)論
138
He was obviously?
taken aback
, slightly, by her?
offer
. But he?
recovered
?quickly and with a serious look on his face said he’d appreciate that.
take aback vt.?使吃驚
offer /???f?r/ n.?主動(dòng)提議
recover /r??k?v?r/ vt.?恢復(fù)(意識(shí)、神志或身體狀態(tài))
139
From the back steps she picked up the cowboy boots she wore for farm chores and walked out to his truck, following him around to the?
passenger side
.
passenger side?副駕駛位
140
“Just take me a minute to?
make room
?for you; lots of gear ‘n’ stuff in here.” He mumbled mostly to himself as he worked, and she could tell he was a little?
flustered
, and a little shy about the whole affair.
make room?騰出地方
flustered adj.?慌張的
141
He was rearranging?
canvas
?bags and tripods, a Thermos bottle and paper?
sacks
.
canvas /?k?nv?s/ n.?帆布
sack /s?k/ n.?大袋
142
In the back of the pickup were an old tan?
Samsonite
?
suitcase
?and a guitar case, both dusty and?
battered
, both tied to a spare tire with a piece of?
clothesline
?rope.
Samsonite /'s?ms?nait/?新秀麗
suitcase /?su?tke?s/ n.?手提箱
battered /'b?t?d/ adj.?磨損的
clothesline /'kloz,la?n/ n.?曬衣繩
143
The door of the truck?
swung
?shut,?
swing /sw??/ v.?做弧線運(yùn)動(dòng)
144
banging him in the rear as he mumbled and?
sorted
?and stuffed paper coffee cups and banana?
peels
?into a brown grocery bag that he tossed into the truck box when he was finished.
sort /s??rt/ vt.?挑選出某物
peel /pi?l/ n.?果皮
145
Finally he removed a blue-and-white?
ice chest
?and put that in the back as well. In faded red paint on the green truck door was printed “Kincaid Photography, Bellingham, Washington.”
ice chest?冰箱
146
“Okay, I think you can squeeze in there now.” He held the door, closed it behind her, then went around to the driver’s side and with a peculiar, animal-like grace stepped in behind the wheel.
147
He looked at her, just a quick glance, smiled slightly, and said, “Which way?”
148
“Right.” She?
motioned
?with her hand. He turned the key, and the?
out-of-tune
?engine?
ground
?to a start.
motion /?mo??n/ vi.?打手勢(shì)
out-of-tune?走調(diào)
grind /ɡra?nd/ v. (機(jī)器或車輛伴有噪音地)緩慢運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)
149
Along the lane toward the road,?
bouncing
, his long legs working the pedals?
automatically
, old Levi’s running down over leather-laced, brown field boots that had seen lots of foot miles go by.
bounce /ba?ns/ v. (使)上下晃動(dòng)
automatically /???t??m?t?kli/?無(wú)意識(shí)地,不自覺(jué)地,機(jī)械地
150
He leaned over and reached into the?
glove compartment
, his?
forearm
?
accidentally
?brushing across her lower?
thigh
.
glove compartment n. (汽車前排座位前放小物件的)雜物箱
forearm /f?r?ɑrm/ n.?前臂
accidentally /??ks??dent?li/ adv.?非故意地
thigh /θa?/ n.?大腿
151
Looking half out the windshield and half into the compartment, he took out a business card and handed it to her. “Robert Kincaid, Writer-Photographer.”?
152
His address was printed there, along with a phone number.
153
“I’m out here on assignment for National Geographic,” he said. “You familiar with the magazine?”
154
“Yes.” Francesca nodded, thinking, Isn’t everybody?
155
“They’re doing a?
piece
?on covered bridges, and Madison County, Iowa, apparently has some interesting ones.
piece /pis/ n. (報(bào)道、新聞、廣播的)一篇
156
I’ve located six of them, but I guess there’s at least one more, and it’s supposed to be out in this direction.”
157
“It’s called Roseman Bridge,” said Francesca over the noise of the wind and tires and engine.
158
Her voice sounded strange, as if it belonged to someone else, to a teenage girl leaning out of a window in Naples,
159
looking far down city streets toward the trains or out at the harbor and thinking of distant lovers?
yet to come
.
yet to come?尚未到來(lái)
160
As she spoke, she watched the muscles in his?
forearm
?
flex
?when he shifted gears.
forearm /f?r?ɑrm/ n.?前臂
flex /fl?ks/ vi.?彎曲
161
Two knapsacks were beside her. The flap of one was closed, but the other was folded back, and she could see the silver-colored top and black back of a camera sticking out.
162
The end of a film box, “
Kodachrome
?II, 25. 36?
Exposures
,” was taped to the camera back.
kodachrome /'k?ud?kr?um/ n.?柯達(dá)彩色(單張)膠片
exposure /?k?spo???r/ n.?單張膠片
163
Stuffed behind the packs was a tan vest with many pockets. Out of one pocket dangled a thin cord with a?
plunger
?on the end.
plunger /'pl?nd??/ n.?活塞
164
Behind her feet were two tripods. They were badly scratched, but she could read part of the?
worn
?label on one: “Gitzo.”
worn /w?rn/ adj.?磨薄的
165
When he had opened the glove box, she noticed it was crammed with notebooks, maps, pens, empty film?
canisters
,
loose
?change, and a carton of Camel cigarettes.
canister /'k?n?st?/ n.?（放咖啡，茶葉，煙等的）小罐
loose /lu?s/ adj.?零散的
166
“Turn right at the next corner,” she said. That gave her an excuse to glance at the?
profile
?of Robert Kincaid.
profile /?pro?fa?l/ n.?側(cè)面
167
His skin was tanned and smooth and shiny with sweat.
168
He had nice lips; for some reason she had noticed that right away.
169
And his nose was like that she had seen on Indian men during a vacation the family had taken out west when the children were young.
170
He wasn’t handsome, not in any?
conventional
?sense. Nor was he homely.
conventional /k?n?ven??nl/ adj.?傳統(tǒng)的
171
Those words didn’t seem to?
apply
?to him. But there was something, something about him. Something very old, something slightly?
battered
?by the years, not in his?
appearance
, but in his eyes.
apply /??pla?/ vi.?適用
batter /?b?t?r/ v.?肆虐
appearance /??p?r?ns/ n.?外表
172
On his left wrist was a complicated-looking watch with a brown, sweat-
stained
?leather band.?
stained /ste?nd/ adj.?沾了污漬的
173
A silver?
bracelet
?with some?
intricate
?
scrollwork
?
clung
?to his right wrist.
bracelet /?bre?sl?t/ n.?手鐲
intricate /??ntr?k?t/ adj.?錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的
scrollwork /'skrol,w?k/ n.?漩渦形裝飾
clung /kl??/ v.?貼近（cling的過(guò)去分詞）
174
It needed a good?
rubbing
?with silver?
polish
, she thought,?
rub /r?b/ v.?摩擦
polish /?pɑ?l??/ n.?擦亮劑
175
then?
chastised
?herself for being caught up in the?
trivia
?of small-town life she had silently?
rebelled
?against through the years.
chastise /t???sta?z/ vt.?責(zé)罵
trivia /?tr?vi?/ n.?瑣事
rebel /?rebl/ v.?反抗(規(guī)定、行為規(guī)范等)
176
Robert Kincaid pulled a pack of cigarettes from his shirt pocket, shook one halfway out, and offered it to her.
177
For the second time in five minutes, she surprised herself and took the cigarette. What am I doing? she thought.
178
She had smoked years ago but gave it up under the?
steady
?
thump
?of criticism from Richard.
steady /?stedi/ adv.?持續(xù)地
thump /θ?mp/ v.?重重（或狠狠）地做
179
He shook out another one, put it between his lips, and flicked a gold Zippo?
lighter
?into?
flame
, holding it toward her while he kept his eyes on the road.
lighter /'la?t?/ n.?打火機(jī)
flame /fle?m/ n.?火焰
180
She?
cupped
?her hands around the lighter to hold the wind in?
abeyance
?and touched his hand to steady it?
against
?the bouncing of the truck.
cup /k?p/ vt.?使成杯狀
abeyance /??be??ns/ n.?中止
against /?'ɡ?nst/ prep.?以......為背景
181
It took only an instant for her to light the cigarette, but that was long enough to feel the warmth of his hand and the tiny hairs along the back of it.
182
She leaned back and he?
swung
?the lighter toward his own cigarette,?
expertly
?forming his wind cup, taking his hands off the?
steering wheel
?for no more than a second.
swing /sw??/ v. (使)突然轉(zhuǎn)向
expertly /? ?ksp?tl?/ adv.?熟練地
steering wheel n.?方向盤
183
Francesca Johnson, farmer’s wife, rested against the dusty truck seat, smoked the cigarette, and pointed. “There it is, just around the?
curve
.”
curve /k??rv/ n.?轉(zhuǎn)彎
184
The old bridge, peeling red?
in color
,?
tilting
?slightly from all the years, sat across a small stream.
in color?著色
tilt /t?lt/ vi.?傾斜
185
Robert Kincaid had smiled then. He quickly looked at her and said, “It’s great. A sunrise shot.”
186
He stopped a hundred feet from the bridge and got out, taking the open knapsack with him. “I’m going to do a little?
reconnaissance
?for a few minutes, do you mind?”
reconnaissance /r??kɑ?n?sns/ n.?偵查
187
She shook her head and smiled back.
188
Francesca watched him walk up the country road, taking a camera from the knapsack and then?
slinging
?the bag over his left shoulder.
sling /sl??/ vt. (隨便地)扔
189
He had done that thousands of times, that?
exact
?movement. She could tell by the?
fluidity
?of it.
exact /?ɡ?z?kt/ adj.?精確的
fluidity /flu:'id?ti/ n.?流暢優(yōu)美
190
As he walked, his head never stopped moving, looking from side to side, then at the bridge, then at the trees behind the bridge. Once he turned and looked back at her, his face serious.
191
In?
contrast
?with the local?
folks
, who?
fed
?on?
gravy
?and potatoes and red meat, three times a day for some of them, Robert Kincaid looked as if he ate nothing but fruit and nuts and vegetables.
contrast /?kɑ?ntr?st/ n.?對(duì)比
folk /fo?k/ n.?人們
fed /f?d/ vi.?以...為食(feed的過(guò)去式)
gravy /'ɡrevi/ n.?肉質(zhì)
192
Hard, she thought. He looks hard,?
physically
.
physically /?f?z?kl..?/ adv.?身體上
193
She noticed how small his rear was in his tight jeans — she could see the?
outlines
?of his?
billfold
?in the left pocket and the?
bandanna
?in the right one —
outline /?a?tla?n/ n.?輪廓
billfold /'b?lfold/ n.?皮夾子
bandanna /b?n'd?n?/ n.?扎染印花大手帕（等于bandana）
194
and how he seemed to move over the ground with unwasted motion.
195
It was quiet.?
196
A redwing?
blackbird
?sat on fence wire and looked in at her.?
blackbird /'bl?kb?d/ n. (歐洲的)烏鶇
197
A?
meadowlark
?called from the roadside grass. Nothing else moved in the white sun of August.
meadowlark /'m?dolɑrk/ n. (北美產(chǎn)的)草地鷚
198
Just short of the bridge, Robert Kincaid stopped.?
199
He stood there for a moment, then?
squatted
?down, looking through the camera. He walked to the other side of the road and did the same thing.
squat /skwɑ?t/ vi.?蹲
200
Then he moved into the?
cover
?of the bridge and studied the?
beams
?and?
floor planks
, looked at the stream below through a hole in the side.
cover /?k?v?r/ n.?掩蔽物
beam /bi?m/ n.?梁
floor plank?橋面板
201
Francesca snuffed out her cigarette in the ashtray, swung open the door, and put her boots on the?
gravel
.
gravel /?ɡr?vl/ n.?碎石
202
She glanced around to make sure none of her neighbors’ cars were coming and walked toward the bridge.
203
The sun was a?
hammer
?in late afternoon, and it looked cooler inside the bridge.?
hammer /?h?m?r/ vi.?鐵錘
204
She could see his?
silhouette
?at the other end until he disappeared down the?
incline
?toward the stream.
silhouette /?s?lu'?t/ n.?輪廓
incline /?n?kla?n/ n.?斜坡
205
Inside, she could hear?
pigeons
?
burbling
?softly in their?
nests
?under the?
eves
pigeon /?p?d??n/ n.?鴿子
burble /'b?bl/ vi.（嬰孩般）嘟囔
nest /nest/ n. (鳥(niǎo))窩,?巢
eves n.?傍晚
206
and put the?
palm
?of her hand on the side?
planking
, feeling the warmth.
palm /pɑ?m/ n.?手掌
planking /'pl??k??/ n.?鋪板
207
Graffiti
?was scrawled on some of the?
planks
: “Jimbo—Denison, Iowa.” “Sherry + Dubby.” “Go?
Hawks
!” The pigeons kept on?
burbling
?softly.
graffiti /ɡr?'fiti/ n.?墻上亂寫亂畫(huà)的東西（graffito的復(fù)數(shù)形式）
plank /pl??k/ n.?厚木板
hawk /h??k/ n.?鷹
burble /'b?bl/ vi.（嬰孩般）嘟囔
208
Francesca peeked through a crack between two of the?
side
?planks, down toward the stream where Robert Kincaid had gone.
side /sa?d/ adj.?側(cè)面的
209
He was standing on a rock in the middle of the little river, looking toward the bridge, and she was?
startled
?to see him wave.
startled /?st ɑrt l..d/ adj.?受驚嚇的
210
He jumped back to the?
bank
?and moved easily up the?
steep grade
. She kept watching the water until she?
sensed
?his boots on the bridge?
flooring
.
bank /b??k/ n.?岸
steep grade?斜坡
sense /s?ns/ vt.?感覺(jué)到
flooring /'fl?r??/ n.?鋪地板的材料(如木板和瓷磚)
211
“It’s real nice, real pretty here,” he said, his voice?
reverberating
?inside the?
covered
?bridge.
reverberate /r??v??rb?re?t/ vi.?回響
covered /'k?v?d/ adj.?有頂?shù)?/p>
212
Francesca nodded. “Yes, it is. We?
take these old bridges for granted
?around here and don’t think much about them.”
take for granted?認(rèn)為......理所當(dāng)然
213
He walked to her and held out a small?
bouquet
?of wildflowers,?
black-eyed Susans
.
bouquet /bu?ke?/ n.?花束
black-eyed Susans?黃家菊
214
“Thanks for the guided tour.” He smiled softly. “I’ll come back at?
dawn
?one of these days and get my?
shots
.”
dawn /d??n/ n.?黎明
shot /?ɑ?t/ n.?一張照片
215
She felt something inside of her again.
216
Flowers. Nobody gave her flowers, even on special?
occasions
.
occasion /??ke??n/ n.?特殊(或重大)場(chǎng)合
217
“I don’t know your name,” he said.
218
She realized then that she had not told him and felt?
dumb
?about that.?
dumb /d?m/ adj.?一時(shí)說(shuō)不出話的
219
When she did, he nodded and said, “I caught the smallest?
trace
?of an?
accent
. Italian?”
trace /tre?s/ n.?痕跡
accent /??ksent/ n.?口音
220
“Yes. A long time ago.”
221
The green truck again. Along the?
gravel roads
?with the sun?
lowering
?itself.?
gravel road?碎石路
lower /?lo??r/ vt. & vi. (使)降低
222
Twice they met cars, but it was nobody Francesca knew.
223
In the four minutes it took to reach the farm, she drifted, feeling?
unraveled
?and strange.
unravel /?n?r?vl/ vi.?散開(kāi)
224
More of Robert Kincaid, writer-photographer, that’s what she wanted.?
225
She wanted to know more and clutched the flowers on her lap, held them?
straight
?up, like a?
schoolgirl
?coming back from an?
outing
.
straight /stret/ adv.?豎直地
schoolgirl /'skulɡ?l/ n. (中小學(xué)的)女生
outing /?a?t??/ n.?短足旅游
226
The blood was in her face. She could feel it. She hadn’t done anything or said anything, but she felt as if she had.
227
The truck radio,?
indistinguishable
?almost in the?
roar
?of road and wind,?
carried
?a?
steel guitar
?song, followed by the five o’clock news.
indistinguishable /??nd??st??ɡw???bl/ adj.?難分辨的
roar /r??r/ n.?轟鳴
carry /'k?ri/ v.?廣播
steel guitar?剛弦吉他
228
He turned the truck up the?
lane
. “Richard is your husband?” He had seen the mailbox.
lane /le?n/ n.?小巷
229
“Yes,” said Francesca, slightly?
short of breath
. Once her words started, they kept on coming. “It’s pretty hot. Would you like an ice tea?”
short of breath?呼吸短促
230
He?
looked over
?at her. “If it’s?
all right
, I sure would.”
look over?仔細(xì)檢查〔審視〕(某人或某物)
all right adj.?可允許(的)
231
“It’s all right,” she said.
232
She?
directed
?him —?
casually
, she hoped— to park the pickup around behind the house.
direct /d?'rekt/ vt. & vi.?指導(dǎo)
casually /?k??u?li/ adv.?若無(wú)其事地
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What she didn’t need was for Richard to come home and have one of the neighbor men say,
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“Hey, Dick, havin’ some work done at the place? Saw a green pickup there last week. Knew Frannie was home so I did’n?
bother to
?
check on
?it.”
bother to?費(fèi)心做某事
check on?核實(shí)
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Up?
broken
?
cement
?steps to the back?
porch
?door.?
broken /'brok?n/ adj.?凹凸不平的
cement /s??ment/ n.?水泥
porch /p??rt?/ n. <美>游廊
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He held the door for her, carrying his camera?
knapsacks
.
knapsack /'n?ps?k/ n.?背包
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“Awful hot to leave the equipment in the truck,” he had said when he pulled them out.
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A little cooler in the kitchen, but still hot.
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The?
collie
?
snuffled
?around Kincaid’s boots, then went out on the back porch and?
flopped
?down?
collie /?kɑli/ n.?柯利牧羊狗（原產(chǎn)蘇格蘭）
snuffle /'sn?fl/ vi. (吸氣時(shí))發(fā)出響聲
flop /flɑp/ v.?（尤指疲勞時(shí)）撲通坐下
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while Francesca removed ice from metal?
trays
?and poured?
sun tea
?from a half-
gallon
?
glass jug
.
tray /tre?/ n.?托盤
sun tea?太陽(yáng)茶
gallon /?ɡ?l?n/ n.?加侖（液量單位，美制合?3.79?升）
glass jug?有柄玻璃罐
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She knew he was watching her as he sat at the kitchen table, long legs stretched in front of him, brushing his hair with both hands.
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“Lemon?”
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“Yes, please.”
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“Sugar?”
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“No, thanks.”
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The lemon juice?
dribbled
?slowly down the side of a glass, and he saw that, too. Robert Kincaid?
missed
?
little
.
dribble /'dr?bl/ vt. & vi. (使液體)滴下或作細(xì)流
miss /m?s/ vt. & vi.?未看見(jiàn)
little /?l?tl/ adv.?極少
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Francesca set the glass before him. Put her own on the other side of the?
Formica
-
topped
?table and her?
bouquet
?in water,?
formica /f?:'maik?/ n.?膠木
top /tɑp/ n.?上層表明
bouquet /bu?ke?/ n.?花束
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in an old?
jelly
?glass with?
renderings
?of?
Donald Duck
?on it.
jelly /?d?eli/ n.?果凍
rendering /?rend?r??/ n.?粉刷
Donald Duck?唐老鴨
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Leaning against the?
counter
, she balanced on one leg,?
bent over
, and took off a boot.?
counter /?ka?nt?r/ n.?柜臺(tái)
bent over?俯身
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Stood on her bare foot and?
reversed
?the process for the other boot.
reverse /r??v??rs/ vt. & vi. (使)顛倒
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He took a small drink of tea and watched her. She was about?
five feet six
,?
fortyish
?or a little older, pretty face, and a fine,?
warm
?body.
five feet six?五英寸六英寸(167.6cm）
fortyish /'f?rt??/ adj.?四十幾歲的
warm /w?rm/ adj.?熱情的
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But there were pretty women everywhere he?
traveled
.
travel /'tr?vl/ v. (尤指長(zhǎng)途)旅行
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Such physical matters were nice, yet, to him,?
intelligence
?and passion born of living, the ability to?
move
?and be moved by?
subtleties
?of the mind and spirit, were what really?
counted
.
intelligence /?n?tel?d??ns/ n.?理解力
move /muv/ v.?感動(dòng)
subtlety /'s?tlti/ n.?細(xì)微
count /ka?nt/ v.?重要
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That’s why he found most young women unattractive,?
regardless of
?their?
exterior
?beauty. They had not lived long enough or hard enough to?
possess
?those?
qualities
?that interested him.
regardless of?不管
exterior /?k?st?ri?r/ adj.?外表的
possess /p??zes/ vt.?具有
quality /?kwɑ?l?ti/ n.?特質(zhì)
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But there was something in Francesca Johnson that did interest him.?
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There was intelligence; he could sense that. And there was passion, though he couldn’t?
quite
?grasp what that passion was?
directed
?toward or if it was directed?
at all
.
quite /kwa?t/ adv.?完全地
direct /d?'rekt/ v.?引導(dǎo)
at all?究竟
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Later, he would tell her that in ways?
undefinable
, watching her take off her boots that day was one of the most?
sensual
?moments he could remember.
undefinable /?ndi'fain?bl/ adj.?無(wú)法定義的
sensual /'s?n?u?l/ adj.?肉欲的
258
Why was not important. That was not the way he?
approached
?his life.
approach /??pro?t?/ v.?處理
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“Analysis?
destroys
?wholes. Some things, magic things, are meant to stay whole. If you look at their pieces, they go away.”?
destroy /d??str??/ vt.?破壞
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That’s what he had said.
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She sat at the table, one leg curled under her, and pulled back strands of hair that had fallen over her face,?
refastening
?them with the?
tortoiseshell
?
comb
.
refasten /ri'f?s?n/ vt.?再次固定
tortoiseshell /?t?rt?s???l/ n.?玳瑁殼
comb /ko?m/ n.?梳子
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Then, remembering, she rose and went to the end cupboard, took down an ashtray, and set it on the table where he could reach it.
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With that?
tacit
?
permission
, he pulled out a pack of Camels and held it toward her. She took one and noticed it was slightly wet from his heavy?
perspiring
.
tacit /?t?s?t/ adj.?默許的
permission /p?r?m??n/ n.?允許
perspire /p?r?spa??r/ vi.?留言
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Same routine. He held the gold Zippo, she touched his hand to steady it, felt his skin with her?
fingertips
, and sat back. The cigarette tasted wonderful, and she smiled.
fingertip /?f??ɡ??t?p/ n.?指尖
265
“What is it you do, exactly — I mean with the photography?”
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He looked at his cigarette and spoke quietly.
267
“I’m a?
contract
?shooter — uh, photographer — for National Geographic, part of the time.
contract /?kɑ?ntr?kt/ n.?合同
268
I get ideas, sell them to the magazine, and do the shoot.?
269
Or they have something they want done and contact me.?
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