Flipped

1

The first day I met Bryce Loski, I flipped. Honestly, one look at him and I became a?

lunatic

.

lunatic /?lu?n?t?k/ n.?瘋子

2

It's his eyes. Something in his eyes.

3

They're blue, and framed in the blackness of his?

lashes

, they're?

dazzling

. Absolutely?

breathtaking

.

lash /l??/ n.?睫毛

dazzle /?d?zl/ vt.?使……目眩

breathtaking /'br?θtek??/ adj.?使人透不過(guò)氣來(lái)的

4

It's been over six years now, and I learned long ago to hide my feelings, but oh, those first days.

5

Those first years! I thought I would?

die for

?wanting to be with him.

die for?渴望

6

Two days before the second grade is when it started,

7

although the?

anticipation

?began weeks before —?

ever since

?my mother had told me that there was a family with a boy my age moving into the new house right across the street.

anticipation /?n?t?s??pe??n/ n.?預(yù)料

ever since?從那時(shí)起

8

Soccer camp

?had ended, and I'd been so bored because there was nobody, absolutely nobody, in the neighborhood to play with.

soccer camp?足球夏令營(yíng)

9

Oh, there were kids, but every one of them was older. That was?

dandy

?for my brothers, but what it left me was home alone.

dandy /'d?ndi/ n.?極好的

10

My mother was there, but she had better things to do than kick a soccer ball around. So she said,?

anyway

.

anyway /?eniwe?/ adv.?至少

11

At the time I didn't think there was anything better than kicking a soccer ball around, especially not the likes of?

laundry

?or dishes or?

vacuuming

, but my mother didn't agree.

laundry /?l??ndri/ n.?洗衣物

vacuuming /'v?kju?mi?/ n.?吸塵

12

And the danger of being home alone with her was that she'd?

recruit

?me to help her wash or dust or vacuum,

recruit /r??kru?t/ v.?說(shuō)服

13

and she wouldn't?

tolerate

?the dribbling of a soccer ball around the house as I moved from?

chore

?to chore.

tolerate /?tɑ?l?re?t/ vt.?容許

chore /t???r/ n.?家庭雜務(wù)

14

To?

play it safe

, I waited outside for weeks,?

just in case

?the new neighbors moved in early.

play it safe?謹(jǐn)慎行事

just in case?以防萬(wàn)一

15

Literally

, it was weeks.

literally /?l?t?r?li/ adv.?按照字面意義地

16

I?

entertained

?myself by playing soccer with our dog, Champ.

entertain /?ent?r?te?n/ vt.?使娛樂(lè)

17

Mostly he'd just?

block

?because a dog can't exactly kick and score, but?

once in a while

?he'd dribble with his nose.

block /blɑ?k/ v.?攔截(對(duì)方的球)

once in a while?偶爾

18

The?

scent

?of a ball must?

overwhelm

?a dog, though, because Champ would eventually try to?

chomp

?it, then lose the ball to me.

scent /sent/ n.?氣味

overwhelm /?o?v?r?welm/ n.?使受不了

chomp /t?ɑmp/ v.?大聲地吃(或咬、咀嚼食物)

19

When the Loskis' moving van finally arrived, everyone in my family was happy.

20

“Little Julianna” was finally going to have a?

playmate

.

playmate /'plemet/ n.?玩伴

21

My mother, being the truly?

sensible

?adult that she is, made me wait more than an hour before going over to meet him.

sensible /?sens?bl/ adj.?通曉事理的

22

“Give them a chance to stretch their legs, Julianna,” she said. “They'll want some time to?

adjust

.”

adjust /??d??st/ vi.?調(diào)整

23

She wouldn't even let me watch from the yard.

24

“I know you, sweetheart. Somehow that ball will wind up in their yard and you'll just have to go?

retrieve

?it.”

retrieve /r??tri?v/ vt.?找回

25

So I watched from the window, and every few minutes I'd ask, “Now?” and she'd say, “Give them a little while longer, would you?”

26

Then the phone rang. And the minute I was sure she was good and?

preoccupied

, I?

tugged

?on her?

sleeve

?and asked, “Now?”

preoccupied /pri'ɑkj?'pa?d/ adj.?全神貫注的

tug /t?ɡ/ vt. & vi.?用力拉

sleeve /sli?v/ n.?袖子

27

She nodded and whispered, “Okay, but?

take it easy

! I'll be over there in a minute.”

take it easy?放松

28

I was too excited not to?

charge

?across the street, but I did try very hard to be civilized once I got to the moving van.

charge /t?ɑ?rd?/ vi.?向前沖

29

I stood outside looking in for a?

record-breaking

?length of time, which was hard because there he was! About halfway back!

record-breaking /'r?k?d,brek??/ adj.?破紀(jì)錄的

30

My new sure-to-be best friend, Bryce Loski.

31

Bryce wasn't really doing much of anything. He was more?

hanging back

, watching his father move boxes onto the lift-gate.

hang back?躊躇

32

I remember feeling sorry for Mr. Loski because he looked?

worn out

, moving boxes all by himself.

wear out?精疲力竭

33

I also remember that he and Bryce were wearing?

matching

?

turquoise

?polo shirts, which I thought was really cute. Really nice.

matching /'m?t???/ adj.?一致的

turquoise /?t?..?kw??z/ adj.?藍(lán)綠色的

34

When I couldn't stand it any longer, I called, “Hi!” into the van, which made Bryce jump, and then quick as a?

cricket

, he started pushing a box like he'd been working?

all along

.

cricket /?kr?k?t/ n.?蟋蟀

all along?一直

35

I could tell from the way Bryce was acting so?

guilty

?that he was?

supposed

?to be moving boxes, but he was?

sick of

?it.

guilty /?ɡ?lti/ adj.?內(nèi)疚的

supposed /s?'pozd/ adj.?應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)?/p>

sick of?對(duì)......厭惡

36

He'd probably been moving things for days! It was easy to see that he needed a rest. He needed some juice! Something.

37

It was also easy to see that Mr. Loski wasn't about to let him quit.

38

He was going to keep on moving boxes around until he?

collapsed

, and by then Bryce might be dead. Dead before he'd had the chance to move in!

collapse /k??l?ps/ vi.?倒塌

39

The?

tragedy

?of it?

catapulted

?me into the moving van. I had to help! I had to save him!

tragedy /?tr?d??di/ n.?慘案

catapult /'k?t?p?lt/ vt.?突然快速移動(dòng)

40

When I got to his side to help him?

shove

?a box forward, the poor boy was so?

exhausted

?that he just moved?

aside

?and let me take over.

shove /??v/ vt. & vi.?推

exhausted /?ɡ?z??st?d/ adj.?精疲力竭的

aside /??sa?d/ adv.?在旁邊

41

Mr. Loski didn't want me to help, but at least I saved Bryce.

42

I'd been in the moving van all of three minutes when his dad sent him off to help his mother unpack things inside the house.

43

I chased Bryce up the?

walkway

, and that's when everything changed.

walkway /'w?kwe/ n. [主美]走道

44

You see, I caught up to him and grabbed his arm, trying to stop him so maybe we could play a little before he got?

trapped

?inside,

trap /tr?p/ n.?困住

45

and the next thing I know he's holding my hand, looking right into my eyes.

46

My heart stopped. It just stopped beating.

47

And for the first time in my life, I had that feeling.

48

You know, like the world is moving all around you, all beneath you, all inside you, and you're floating. Floating in midair.

49

And the only thing keeping you from drifting away is the other person's eyes.

50

They're connected to yours by some invisible physical force, and they hold you fast while the rest of the world?

swirls

and?

twirls

?and falls completely away.

swirl /sw??rl/ vi.?盤繞

twirl /tw?l/ vt. & vi. (使)快速轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)

51

I almost got my first kiss that day. I'm sure of it.

52

But then his mother came out the front door and he was so embarrassed that his cheeks turned completely red, and the next thing you know he's hiding in the bathroom.

53

I was waiting for him to come out when his sister, Lynetta, saw me in the hallway.

54

She seemed big and?

mature

?to me, and since she wanted to know what was going on, I told her a little bit about it.

mature /m??t??r/ adj.?成熟的

55

I shouldn't have, though, because she?

wiggled

?the bathroom?

doorknob

?and started?

teasing

?Bryce something?

fierce

.

wiggle /?w?ɡl/ vt.?擺動(dòng)

doorknob /'d?rnɑb/ n.?球形門拉手

tease /ti?z/ vt. & vi.?取笑

fierce /f?rs/ adj. [美，非正式]很

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“Hey, baby brother!” she called through the door. “There's a?

hot chick

?out here waiting for you! Whatsa matter? Afraid she's got?

cooties

?”

hot chick?辣妹

cootie /?kuti/ n.?虱子

57

It was so embarrassing! I?

yanked

?on her arm and told her to stop it, but she wouldn't, so finally I just left.

yank /j??k/ vt.?猛拉

58

I found my mother outside talking to Mrs. Loski. Mom had given her the beautiful lemon Bundt cake that was supposed to be our dessert that night.

59

The?

powdered

?sugar looked soft and white, and the cake was still warm, sending sweet lemon smells into the air.

powder /?pa?d?r/ vt.?撒粉

60

My mouth was?

watering

?just looking at it! But it was in Mrs. Loski's hands, and I knew there was no getting it back.

water /'w?t?/ v.?流口水

61

All I could do was try to?

eat up

?the smells while I listened to the two of them discuss?

grocery

?stores and the weather?

forecast

.

eat up?吃光

grocery /?ɡro?s?ri/?雜貨店

forecast /?f??rk?st/ vt.?預(yù)報(bào)

62

After that Mom and I went home.

63

It was very strange. I hadn't gotten to play with Bryce at all.

64

All I knew was that his eyes were a?

dizzying

?blue, that he had a sister who was not to be trusted, and that he'd almost kissed me.

dizzying /?d?zi??/ adj.?使人眩暈的

65

I fell asleep that night thinking about the kiss that might have been.

66

What did a kiss feel like,?

anyway

?

anyway /?eniwe?/ adv.?究竟

67

Somehow I knew it wouldn't be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime.

68

The same?

species

, maybe, but a?

radically

?different?

beast

,?

to be sure

.

species /?spi??i?z/ n.?種類

radically /?r?d?kli/ adv.?根本地

beast /bi?st/ n. (具有某種特性的)東西

to be sure?無(wú)疑

69

Like a wolf and a?

whippet

?— only science would put them on the same tree.

whippet /?hw?p?t/ n. (賽跑用的)小靈狗

70

Looking back on the second grade, I like to think it was at least partly scientific?

curiosity

?that made me chase after that kiss, but to be honest, it was probably more those blue eyes.

curiosity /?kj?ri?ɑ?s?ti/ n.?好奇心

71

All through the second and third grades I couldn't seem to stop myself from following him, from sitting by him, from just wanting to be near him.

72

By the fourth grade I'd learned to control myself.

73

The sight of him - the thought of him - still sent my heart?

humming

, but my legs didn't actually chase after him anymore.

hum /h?m/ vi.?活躍

74

I just watched and thought and dreamed.

75

Then in the fifth grade Shelly Stalls came into the picture.

76

Shelly Stalls is a?

ninny

. A?

whiny

,?

gossipy

,?

backstabbing

?ninny who says one thing to one person and the opposite to another.

ninny /'n?ni/ n.?傻子

whiny /'hwa?ni/ adj.?常發(fā)牢騷的

gossipy /'gɑs?pi/ adj.?八卦的

backstab /?b?k?st?b/ v.?背刺

77

Now that we're in junior high, she's the?

undisputed

?

diva

?of drama, but even back in?

elementary

?school she knew how to put on a?

performance

.

undisputed /??nd?'spjut?d/ adj.?無(wú)可爭(zhēng)辯的

diva /?div?/ n.?歌劇中的女主角

elementary /?el??mentri/ adj.?小學(xué)的

performance /p?r?f??rm?ns/ n.?表演

78

Especially when it came to?

P.E.

?I never once saw her run laps or do?

calisthenics

.

P.E.?體育

calisthenics /?k?l?s'θ?n?ks/ n.?柔軟體操

79

Instead, she would go into her “

delicate

”?

act

, claiming her body would absolutely collapse from the?

strain

?if she ran or jumped or stretched.

delicate /?del?k?t/ adj.?纖弱的

act /?kt/ n.?表演

strain /stre?n/ n.?扭傷

80

It worked. Every year.

81

She'd bring in some?

note

?and be sure to?

swoon

?a little for the teacher the first few days of the year, after which she'd be?

excused

?from anything that required muscles.

note /no?t/ n.?證明書

swoon /swun/ n.?昏倒

excuse v.?同意免除

82

She never even put up her own chair at the end of the day.

83

The only muscles she exercised?

regularly

?were the ones around her mouth, and those she?

worked out

?nonstop.

regularly /?r ?ɡj?l?l?/ adv.?經(jīng)常地

work out?鍛煉

84

If there was an Olympic contest for talking, Shelly Stalls would?

sweep

?the event.

sweep /swi?p/ n. [美，非正式]?大獲全勝

85

Well, she'd at least win the gold and silver — one medal for each side of her mouth.

86

What bugged me about it was not the fact that she got out of P.E. — who'd want her on their team, anyway?

87

What bugged me about it was that anyone who?

bothered to

?look would know that it wasn't?

asthma

?or?

weak

?ankles or her being “delicate” that was stopping her. It was her hair.

bother to?費(fèi)心做某事

asthma /'?zm?/ n.?〈醫(yī)〉氣喘

weak /wik/ adj.?功能不佳的

88

She had mountains of it, twisted this way or that,?

clipped

?or?

beaded

,?

braided

?or swirled.

clip /kl?p/ vi.?修剪

bead /bi?d/ vi.?形成珠狀

braid /bre?d/ v.?把(頭發(fā))編成辮子

89

Her ponytails?

rivaled

?the ones on?

carousel

?horses.

rival /?ra?vl/ vt.?與…匹敵

carousel /'k?r?'s?l/ n.?旋轉(zhuǎn)木馬

90

And on the days she let it all?

hang down

, she'd sort of?

shimmy

?and?

cuddle

?inside it like it was a?

blanket

, so that?

practically

?all you saw of her face was her nose.

hang down?下垂

shimmy /'??mi/ n.?搖動(dòng)

cuddle /?k?dl/ n.?摟抱

blanket /?bl??k?t/ n.?毯子

practically /?pr?kt?kli/ adv.?幾乎

91

Good luck playing?

four-square

?with a blanket over your head.

foursquare /?f?r?skw?r/ adj.?正方形的

92

My solution to Shelly Stalls was to ignore her, which worked just dandy until about halfway through the fifth grade when I saw her holding hands with Bryce.

93

My Bryce. The one who was still embarrassed over holding my hand two days before the second grade.

94

The one who was still too shy to say much more than hello to me.

95

The one who was still walking around with my first kiss.

96

How could Shelly have?

wormed her hand into

?his?

worm into?慢慢地爬入

97

That?

pushy

?little princess had no business?

hanging on

?to him like that!

pushy /?p??i/ adj.?愛(ài)出風(fēng)頭的

hang on?握住不放

98

Bryce?

looked over his shoulder

?from time to time as they walked along, and he was looking at me.

look over one's shoulder?回頭看

99

My first thought was that he was telling me he was sorry.

100

Then it?

dawned

?on me — he needed my help.

dawn /d??n/ vi.?水落石出

101

Absolutely, that's what it had to be!

102

Shelly Stalls was too delicate to?

shake off

, too?

swirly

?to be pushed away.

shake off?擺脫

swirly /'sw??l?/ adj.?打旋的

103

She'd?

unravel

?and start sniffling and oh, how embarrassing that would be for him!

unravel /?n?r?vl/ vi.?崩潰

104

No, this wasn't a job a boy could do gracefully. This was a job for a girl.

105

I didn't even bother checking around for other?

candidates

?— I had her off of him in two seconds?

flat

.

candidate /?k?nd?d?t/ n.?候選人

flat /fl?t/ adv.?斷然地

106

Bryce ran away the minute he was free, but not Shelly.

107

Oh, no-no-no!

108

She came at me, scratching and pulling and twisting anything she could get her hands on, telling me that Bryce was hers and there was no way she was letting him go.

109

How delicate.

110

I was hoping for?

herds

?of teachers to appear so they could see the real Shelly Stalls in action, but it was too late?

by the time

?anyone arrived?

on the scene

.

herd /h??rd/ n.?人群

by the time?到...的適合

on the scene?在場(chǎng)

111

I had Fluffy in a?

headlock

?and her arm twisted back in a?

hammerlock

, and?

no amount of

?her?

squawking

?or scratching was going to get me to unlock her until a teacher arrived.

headlock /'h?dlɑk/ n.?摔跤中的夾頭

hammerlock /'h?m?lɑk/ n. (摔跤)將對(duì)方手臂扭到背后

no amount of?即使再大(或再多)的......(也不)

squawk /skw?k/ vi.?發(fā)出粗厲的叫聲

112

In the end, Shelly went home early with a bad case of?

mussed

-up hair, while I told my side of things to the principal.

muss /m?s/ n.?混亂

113

Mrs. Shultz is a?

sturdy

?lady who probably?

secretly

?

appreciates

?the value of a?

swift

?kick?

well placed

, and although she told me that it would be better if I let other people work out their own?

dilemmas

,

sturdy /?st??rdi/ adj.?強(qiáng)健的

secretly /?sikr?tl?/ adv.?背地里

swift /sw?ft/ adj.?迅速的

well placed?到位的

appreciate /??pri??ie?t/ adj.?欣賞

dilemma /di'lem?/ n. (進(jìn)退兩難的)窘境，困境

114

she definitely understood about Shelly Stalls and her hair and told me she was glad I'd had the self-control to do nothing more than?

restrain

?her.

restrain /r??stre?n/ vt. (尤指用武力)制止

115

Shelly was back the next day with a head full of braids.

116

And of course she got everybody whispering about me, but I just ignored them.

117

The facts spoke for themselves. Bryce didn't go anywhere near her for the rest of the year.

118

That's not to say that Bryce held my hand after that, but he did start being a little friendlier to me.

119

Especially in the sixth grade, after Mr. Mertins sat us right next to each other in the third row back.

120

Sitting next to Bryce was nice. He was nice. He'd say Hi, Juli to me every morning, and once in a while I'd catch him looking my way.

121

He'd always blush and go back to his own work, and I?

couldn't help but

?smile.

couldn't help but?忍不住

122

He was so shy. And so cute!

123

We talked to each other more, too. Especially after Mr. Mertins moved me behind him.

124

Mr. Mertins had a?

detention

?

policy

?about spelling, where if you missed more than seven out of twenty-five words,?

detention /d??ten?n/ n. (作為懲罰的)課后留校

policy /?pɑ?l?si/ n.?方針

125

you had to spend lunch inside with him, writing your words over and over and over again.

126

The pressure of detention made Bryce?

panic

.

panic /?p?n?k/ adj.?惶恐不安

127

And even though it bothered my?

conscience

, I'd lean in and whisper answers to him, hoping that maybe I could spend lunch with him instead.

conscience /?kɑ?n??ns/ n.?良心

128

His hair smelled like?

watermelon

, and his?

ear-lobes

?had?

fuzz

. Soft, blond fuzz.

watermelon /'w?t?m?l?n/ n.?西瓜

ear-lobes?耳垂

fuzz /f?z/ n.?絨毛

129

And I wondered about that.

130

How does a boy with such black hair?

wind up

?with blond ear fuzz? What's it doing there,?

anyway

?

wind up?最終落得

anyway /?eniwe?/ adv.?究竟

131

I checked my own ear-lobes in the mirror but couldn't find much of anything on them, and I didn't spot any on other people's either.

132

I thought about asking Mr. Mertins about earlobe fuzz when we were discussing?

evolution

?in science, but I didn't.

evolution /ev??lu??n/ n.?發(fā)展

133

Instead, I spent the year whispering spelling words, sniffing watermelon, and wondering if I was?

ever

?going to get my kiss.

ever /'?v?/ adv. (用于疑問(wèn)句中強(qiáng)調(diào)疑問(wèn)詞)到底

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