时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:有声英语文学名著


英语课

 There is a spark from a short, and the twigs 1 at her knee catch fire. He pulls her back into the seat beside him. He thrusts his hands up against the cockpit glass and it will not shift. Begins punching the glass, cracking it, finally breaking it, and the oil and the fire slop and spin everywhere. How low is he in the sky? She collapses—acacia twigs, leaves, the branches that were shaped into arms uncoiling around him. Limbs begin disappearing in the suck of air.( The odour of morphine on his tongue. Caravaggio reflected in the black lake of his eye. He goes up and down now like a well bucket. There is blood somehow all over his face.) He is flying a rotted plane, the canvas sheetings on the wings ripping open in the speed. They are carrion 2. (How far back had the palm tree been? How long ago?) He lifts his legs out of the oil, but they are so heavy. There is no way he can lift them again. He is old. Suddenly. Tired of living without her. He cannot lie back in her arms and trust her to stand guard all day all night while he sleeps. He has no one. He is exhausted 3 not from the desert but from solitude 4. (Madox gone. )The woman translated into leaves and twigs, the broken glass to the sky like a jaw 5 above him. He slips into the harness of the oil-wet parachute and pivots 6 upside down, breaking free of glass, wind flinging his body back. Then his legs are free of everything, and he is in the air, bright, not knowing why he is bright until he realizes he is on fire. 



1 twigs
细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 )
  • Some birds build nests of twigs. 一些鸟用树枝筑巢。
  • Willow twigs are pliable. 柳条很软。
2 carrion
n.腐肉
  • A crow of bloodthirsty ants is attracted by the carrion.一群嗜血的蚂蚁被腐肉所吸引。
  • Vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill.兀鹫通常以腐肉和公路上的死伤动物为食。
3 exhausted
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
  • It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
  • Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
4 solitude
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
  • People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
  • They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
5 jaw
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训
  • He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
  • A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。
6 pivots
n.枢( pivot的名词复数 );最重要的人(或事物);中心;核心v.(似)在枢轴上转动( pivot的第三人称单数 );把…放在枢轴上;以…为核心,围绕(主旨)展开
  • The success of the project pivots on investment from abroad. 这个工程的成功主要依靠外来投资。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The novel pivots around a long conversation between two characters. 这部小说是以两个人物的对话为中心展开的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
abu haraz
acceptance of punishment
acetylbenzene
adiabatic damping
Administrative Terminal System
aisas
all on line
arbitrage international
argemone oil
argentiform
automatic updating of language file
balse (mexico)
barkhausen-kurtz oscillator
bavardage
beaker clamp
bulk cargo handling equi
carbolic acid Ointment
cathleens
celeken (cheleken)
choreographical
close-looks
cocurate
cowanis
CRDM adapter
cross wind axis
daily report
differentiated liposarcoma
dork breath
drawn-up
earnesting
ECEG
expansion link
expressed in Hong Kong dollar
eyes-only
family chip
festuca elatiors
formatted WRITE statement
gamma irradiation
golden sequence
Grecanize
gun battle order transmitter
Gynym
Harghita
hydrogen-producing acetogenic bacteria
hyperhydrated
ichthyophagy
ignuts
in bad odor with
independent means
indium-tin oxide electrode
instantophotography
irable
JMSDF
Kandava
labial palpus
leftwise
LEPTOSOMIDAE
lifetime warranty
loan bears interest
local linguistics
matchwinner
Mayakum
method of correlation analysis
micrococcus cyaneus
multi crystal thermistor
naebody
nocturnal inversion
optimal path in graph
OSIF
overdraft on banks
owner file
Padraig
Palmerstonian
Panchi group
pledge sb one's word
posture-maker
preliminary acceptance trial
present value superiority
preserved context index
pulsars
railhead reserve
retina
ronaldinho
rubber seat
siderophyry
Sovietising
Sphaerochitina
spidermen
steam beer
Stewarts organ
Tafilalt
the maple song (ivory coast)
toll tandem board
trachidermus fasciatus
transit mix
ultra high definition video
Underwater Jacking
veractil
Viseu, Dist.
wasted cycle
Włodowice
xanthemias