时间:2019-02-17 作者:英语课 分类:英语博客 A cup of English


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  Letters on the grave.

Since the stranger's visit at Cranshawe's cafe, rumors 1 were buzzing around the village. Was what he had said actually true? Who was he? How did he know so much about this old, sad story? And what had happened to Peter Whitcome's family?

"You know, it's really about time we put this whole incident behind us," said Reverend Holtworth in his church office. Thomas Black had come by to tell him the latest rumors. He actually felt a bit childish reporting the stranger's tale, but, on the other hand, he felt that the vicar should know what was being talked about. "I've no doubt some idiot was up there in the bell tower and disappeared before we got there. And now, well, you know village stories. They just get bigger and bigger," said Thomas appologetically, seeing a look of irritation 2 growing on the vicar's face. "Well, we've both got work to do, Thomas, but I appreciate you letting me know. I've got a regional meeting in an hour, and a wedding to do out of town this afternoon," said the vicar putting on his overcoat. "I hear you," said Thomas, "I've got orders up to my ears; business is good at the moment. We can hardly turn out enough cabinets; everyone seems to want them." He followed the vicar out of the church and to the parking lot. "We've got a lot to be thankful for," said the vicar out of his window as he drove off.

Thomas stood and watched him leave. He considered him a good friend. The Black family had been church men for generations, vicars even. Thomas was the first to break that tradition. He had a passion for wood, and building, so as he was a straight forward man, he had set up his own business and done well. But he had an attachment 3 to things of the church, and would help out where and when he could. He took a deep breath, taking in the view of the village that he loved so much. Everything was green or in flower, and the air was heavy with the smells of the season. As he turned his head to look at the trees in the graveyard 4, his eye caught a light, dry spot among the graves. He walked over and saw that a large clump 5 of ivy 6 had been pulled back from what looked like a very old grave. He bent 7 down and wiped the earth away from the lettering. W-H-I-T-C-O-M-E. He stood up quickly, eyes wide, and he looked around, to see if anyone else was close by. It must have been a recent uncovering, because the ivy roots were not completely dry.



n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷
  • Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.激怒,恼怒,生气
  • He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited.他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
  • Barbicane said nothing,but his silence covered serious irritation.巴比康什么也不说,但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。
n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附
  • She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。
  • She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。
n.坟场
  • All the town was drifting toward the graveyard.全镇的人都象流水似地向那坟场涌过去。
  • Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.居住在墓地旁边会使我毛骨悚然。
n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走
  • A stream meandered gently through a clump of trees.一条小溪从树丛中蜿蜒穿过。
  • It was as if he had hacked with his thick boots at a clump of bluebells.仿佛他用自己的厚靴子无情地践踏了一丛野风信子。
n.常青藤,常春藤
  • Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
  • The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
学英语单词
aligning of boiler furnace wall
arrhizous
asarkina (asarkina) porcina porcina
assorted appetizers
authorized mortgage bonds
Bacterium glischrogenes
Bang Pa Han
basketball hoop
bellville
belting tightener
benecol
benzchromone
bit jitter
bodensees
Boot Configuration Data
boxed mode
buregh
cell fission
center of fluorescence
central network
corrosion resistant lining
cost value of forest of normal working section
croquettes
cuatro vientos
cysteine desulfhydrase
decision making in purchasing
Degirmencik
deuterium oxide moderated reactor
diphtheria sore-throat
Domain Join
duodeocholangeitis
elementary theory
Enovil
eucryptodire
eurystylus sauteri
feedback method of stabilization
finite group
fluid tank container
four-card montes
Frauenstein
Frobenioids
fuel-burning
fuji-sans
fusarium graminum
gasoline substitutes
generating code
gibeaux
glottal catches
glutamyls
go with the crowd
hoaxster
hydrometers
in very truth
keratinises
keysville
kinemometer
lateral parity check
line access unit
lithium alkyls
made a scrutiny for
malabaricol
Matese, Monti del
mention of
model of symbolic logic
monetised
New Hartford
non-descriptor
nonveridically
not once or twice
offshored
palat
Persian
plunger detector
polyvinylene
postal code
potassium trioxofluorophosphate
pressure link
pressure-tight box
printed tape
pseudoctomeris sulcata
rackoone
record control byte
relative variance
restrictee
rhodotorulosis
roquette
Sadong, Sungai
salve the phenomenon
seamless service
short arc
Shuqayq
single-stage pneumatic conveyor dryer
Southern Ute Indian Reservation
St-Léger
steel impression mark
stroma iridis
the sticks
thick knee
tisseel
unconventioned
unitement
V-shaped section