To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 12(3)
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Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody1. His appetite wasappalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering2 him I consulted Atticus:
 
"Reckon he's got a tapeworm?" Atticus said no, Jem was growing. I must be patient withhim and disturb him as little as possible.
 
This change in Jem had come about in a matter of weeks. Mrs. Dubose was not coldin her grave -- Jem had seemed grateful enough for my company when he went to readto her. Overnight, it seemed, Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying toimpose them on me: several times he went so far as to tell me what to do. After onealtercation when Jem hollered, "It's time you started bein' a girl and acting4 right!" I burstinto tears and fled to Calpurnia.
 
"Don't you fret5 too much over Mister Jem -- " she began.
 
"Mister Jem?"
 
"Yeah, he's just about Mister Jem now."
 
"He ain't that old," I said. "All he needs is somebody to beat him up, and I ain't bigenough."
 
"Baby," said Calpurnia, "I just can't help it if Mister Jem's growin' up. He's gonna wantto be off to himself a lot now, doin' whatever boys do, so you just come right on in thekitchen when you feel lonesome. We'll find lots of things to do in here."
 
The beginning of that summer boded6 well: Jem could do as he pleased; Calpurniawould do until Dill came. She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen,and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.
 
But summer came and Dill was not there. I received a letter and a snapshot from him.
 
The letter said he had a new father whose picture was enclosed, and he would have tostay in Meridian7 because they planned to build a fishing boat. His father was a lawyerlike Atticus, only much younger. Dill's new father had a pleasant face, which made meglad Dill had captured him, but I was crushed. Dill concluded by saying he would loveme forever and not to worry, he would come get me and marry me as soon as he gotenough money together, so please write.
 
The fact that I had a permanent fiancé was little compensation for his absence: I hadnever thought about it, but summer was Dill by the fishpool smoking string, Dill's eyesalive with complicated plans to make Boo Radley emerge; summer was the swiftnesswith which Dill would reach up and kiss me when Jem was not looking, the longings8 wesometimes felt each other feel. With him, life was routine; without him, life wasunbearable. I stayed miserable9 for two days.
 
As if that were not enough, the state legislature was called into emergency sessionand Atticus left us for two weeks. The Governor was eager to scrape a few barnacles offthe ship of state; there were sit-down strikes in Birmingham; bread lines in the citiesgrew longer, people in the country grew poorer. But these were events remote from theworld of Jem and me.
 
We were surprised one morning to see a cartoon in the Montgomery Advertiser abovethe caption12, "Maycomb's Finch13." It showed Atticus barefooted and in short pants,chained to a desk: he was diligently14 writing on a slate15 while some frivolous-looking girlsyelled, "Yoo-hoo!" at him.
 
"That's a compliment," explained Jem. "He spends his time doin' things that wouldn'tget done if nobody did 'em."
 
"Huh?"
 
In addition to Jem's newly developed characteristics, he had acquired a maddening airof wisdom.
 
"Oh, Scout16, it's like reorganizing the tax systems of the counties and things. That kindof thing's pretty dry to most men."
 
"How do you know?"
 
"Oh, go on and leave me alone. I'm readin' the paper."
 
Jem got his wish. I departed for the kitchen.
 
While she was shelling peas, Calpurnia suddenly said, "What am I gonna do aboutyou all's church this Sunday?"
 
"Nothing, I reckon. Atticus left us collection."
 
Calpurnia's eyes narrowed and I could tell what was going through her mind. "Cal," Isaid, "you know we'll behave. We haven't done anything in church in years."
 
Calpurnia evidently remembered a rainy Sunday when we were both fatherless andteacherless. Left to its own devices, the class tied Eunice Ann Simpson to a chair andplaced her in the furnace room. We forgot her, trooped upstairs to church, and werelistening quietly to the sermon when a dreadful banging issued from the radiator17 pipes,persisting until someone investigated and brought forth18 Eunice Ann saying she didn'twant to play Shadrach any more -- Jem Finch said she wouldn't get burnt if she hadenough faith, but it was hot down there.#p#分页标题#e#
 
"Besides, Cal, this isn't the first time Atticus has left us," I protested.
 
"Yeah, but he makes certain your teacher's gonna be there. I didn't hear him say thistime -- reckon he forgot it." Calpurnia scratched her head. Suddenly she smiled. "How'dyou and Mister Jem like to come to church with me tomorrow?"
 
"Really?"
 
"How 'bout3 it?" grinned Calpurnia.
 
If Calpurnia had ever bathed me roughly before, it was nothing compared to hersupervision of that Saturday night's routine. She made me soap all over twice, drewfresh water in the tub for each rinse19; she stuck my head in the basin and washed it withOctagon soap and castile. She had trusted Jem for years, but that night she invaded hisprivacy and provoked an outburst: "Can't anybody take a bath in this house without thewhole family lookin'?"
 
Next morning she began earlier than usual, to "go over our clothes." When Calpurniastayed overnight with us she slept on a folding cot in the kitchen; that morning it wascovered with our Sunday habiliments. She had put so much starch20 in my dress it cameup like a tent when I sat down. She made me wear a petticoat and she wrapped a pinksash tightly around my waist. She went over my patent-leather shoes with a cold biscuituntil she saw her face in them.
 
"It's like we were goin' to Mardi Gras," said Jem. "What's all this for, Cal?"
 
"I don't want anybody sayin' I don't look after my children," she muttered. "Mister Jem,you absolutely can't wear that tie with that suit. It's green."
 
"'Smatter with that?"
 
"Suit's blue. Can't you tell?"
 
"Hee hee," I howled, "Jem's color blind."
 
His face flushed angrily, but Calpurnia said, "Now you all quit that. You're gonna go toFirst Purchase with smiles on your faces."
 
First Purchase African M.E. Church was in the Quarters outside the southern townlimits, across the old sawmill tracks. It was an ancient paint-peeled frame building, theonly church in Maycomb with a steeple and bell, called First Purchase because it waspaid for from the first earnings21 of freed slaves. Negroes worshiped in it on Sundays andwhite men gambled in it on weekdays.
 
The churchyard was brick-hard clay, as was the cemetery22 beside it. If someone diedduring a dry spell, the body was covered with chunks23 of ice until rain softened24 the earth.
 
A few graves in the cemetery were marked with crumbling25 tombstones; newer oneswere outlined with brightly colored glass and broken Coca-Cola bottles. Lightning rodsguarding some graves denoted dead who rested uneasily; stumps26 of burned-outcandles stood at the heads of infant graves. It was a happy cemetery.
 
The warm bittersweet smell of clean Negro welcomed us as we entered thechurchyard -- Hearts of Love hairdressing mingled27 with asafoetida, snuff, Hoyt'sCologne, Brown's Mule28, peppermint29, and lilac talcum.
 
When they saw Jem and me with Calpurnia, the men stepped back and took off theirhats; the women crossed their arms at their waists, weekday gestures of respectfulattention. They parted and made a small pathway to the church door for us. Calpurniawalked between Jem and me, responding to the greetings of her brightly clad neighbors.
 
"What you up to, Miss Cal?" said a voice behind us.
 
Calpurnia's hands went to our shoulders and we stopped and looked around: standingin the path behind us was a tall Negro woman. Her weight was on one leg; she restedher left elbow in the curve of her hip11, pointing at us with upturned palm. She was bullet-headed with strange almond-shaped eyes, straight nose, and an Indian-bow mouth. Sheseemed seven feet high.
 
I felt Calpurnia's hand dig into my shoulder. "What you want, Lula?" she asked, intones I had never heard her use. She spoke31 quietly, contemptuously.
 
"I wants to know why you bringin' white chillun to nigger church."
 
"They's my comp'ny," said Calpurnia. Again I thought her voice strange: she wastalking like the rest of them.
 
"Yeah, an' I reckon you's comp'ny at the Finch house durin' the week."
 
A murmur32 ran through the crowd. "Don't you fret," Calpurnia whispered to me, but theroses on her hat trembled indignantly.
 
When Lula came up the pathway toward us Calpurnia said, "Stop right there, nigger."#p#分页标题#e#
 
Lula stopped, but she said, "You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here -- theygot their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?"
 
Calpurnia said, "It's the same God, ain't it?"
 
Jem said, "Let's go home, Cal, they don't want us here -- "
 
I agreed: they did not want us here. I sensed, rather than saw, that we were beingadvanced upon. They seemed to be drawing closer to us, but when I looked up atCalpurnia there was amusement in her eyes. When I looked down the pathway again,Lula was gone. In her place was a solid mass of colored people.
 
One of them stepped from the crowd. It was Zeebo, the garbage collector. "MisterJem," he said, "we're mighty33 glad to have you all here. Don't pay no 'tention to Lula,she's contentious34 because Reverend Sykes threatened to church her. She's atroublemaker from way back, got fancy ideas an' haughty35 ways -- we're mighty glad tohave you all."
 
With that, Calpurnia led us to the church door where we were greeted by ReverendSykes, who led us to the front pew.
 
First Purchase was unceiled and unpainted within. Along its walls unlighted kerosenelamps hung on brass36 brackets; pine benches served as pews. Behind the rough oakpulpit a faded pink silk banner proclaimed God Is Love, the church's only decorationexcept a rotogravure print of Hunt's The Light of the World. There was no sign of piano,organ, hymn37-books, church programs -- the familiar ecclesiastical impedimenta we sawevery Sunday. It was dim inside, with a damp coolness slowly dispelled39 by the gatheringcongregation. At each seat was a cheap cardboard fan bearing a garish40 Garden ofGethsemane, courtesy Tyndal's Hardware Co. (You-Name-It-We-Sell-It).
 
Calpurnia motioned Jem and me to the end of the row and placed herself between us.
 
She fished in her purse, drew out her handkerchief, and untied41 the hard wad of changein its corner. She gave a dime38 to me and a dime to Jem. "We've got ours," hewhispered. "You keep it," Calpurnia said, "you're my company." Jem's face showed briefindecision on the ethics42 of withholding43 his own dime, but his innate44 courtesy won and heshifted his dime to his pocket. I did likewise with no qualms45.
 
"Cal," I whispered, "where are the hymn-books?"
 
"We don't have any," she said.
 
"Well how -- ?"
 
"Sh-h," she said. Reverend Sykes was standing30 behind the pulpit staring thecongregation to silence. He was a short, stocky man in a black suit, black tie, white shirt,and a gold watch-chain that glinted in the light from the frosted windows.
 
He said, "Brethren and sisters, we are particularly glad to have company with us thismorning. Mister and Miss Finch. You all know their father. Before I begin I will readsome announcements."
 
Reverend Sykes shuffled46 some papers, chose one and held it at arm's length. "TheMissionary Society meets in the home of Sister Annette Reeves next Tuesday. Bringyour sewing."
 
He read from another paper. "You all know of Brother Tom Robinson's trouble. He hasbeen a faithful member of First Purchase since he was a boy. The collection taken uptoday and for the next three Sundays will go to Helen -- his wife, to help her out athome."
 
I punched Jem. "That's the Tom Atticus's de -- "
 
"Sh-h!"
 
I turned to Calpurnia but was hushed before I opened my mouth. Subdued48, I fixed49 myattention upon Reverend Sykes, who seemed to be waiting for me to settle down. "Willthe music superintendent50 lead us in the first hymn," he said.
 
Zeebo rose from his pew and walked down the center aisle51, stopping in front of us andfacing the congregation. He was carrying a battered52 hymn-book. He opened it and said,"We'll sing number two seventy-three."
 
This was too much for me. "How're we gonna sing it if there ain't any hymn-books?"
 
Calpurnia smiled. "Hush47 baby," she whispered, "you'll see in a minute."
 
Zeebo cleared his throat and read in a voice like the rumble53 of distant artillery54:
 
"There's a land beyond the river."
 
Miraculously55 on pitch, a hundred voices sang out Zeebo's words. The last syllable,held to a husky hum, was followed by Zeebo saying, "That we call the sweet forever."
 
Music again swelled56 around us; the last note lingered and Zeebo met it with the nextline: "And we only reach that shore by faith's decree."#p#分页标题#e#
 
The congregation hesitated, Zeebo repeated the line carefully, and it was sung. At thechorus Zeebo closed the book, a signal for the congregation to proceed without his help.
 
On the dying notes of "Jubilee," Zeebo said, "In that far-off sweet forever, just beyondthe shining river."
 
Line for line, voices followed in simple harmony until the hymn ended in a melancholymurmur.
 
I looked at Jem, who was looking at Zeebo from the corners of his eyes. I didn'tbelieve it either, but we had both heard it.
 
Reverend Sykes then called on the Lord to bless the sick and the suffering, aprocedure no different from our church practice, except Reverend Sykes directed theDeity's attention to several specific cases.
 
His sermon was a forthright57 denunciation of sin, an austere58 declaration of the motto onthe wall behind him: he warned his flock against the evils of heady brews59, gambling60, andstrange women. Bootleggers caused enough trouble in the Quarters, but women wereworse. Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurityof Women doctrine61 that seemed to preoccupy62 all clergymen.
 
Jem and I had heard the same sermon Sunday after Sunday, with only one exception.
 
Reverend Sykes used his pulpit more freely to express his views on individual lapsesfrom grace: Jim Hardy63 had been absent from church for five Sundays and he wasn'tsick; Constance Jackson had better watch her ways -- she was in grave danger forquarreling with her neighbors; she had erected64 the only spite fence in the history of theQuarters.
 
Reverend Sykes closed his sermon. He stood beside a table in front of the pulpit andrequested the morning offering, a proceeding65 that was strange to Jem and me. One byone, the congregation came forward and dropped nickels and dimes66 into a blackenameled coffee can. Jem and I followed suit, and received a soft, "Thank you, thankyou," as our dimes clinked.
 
To our amazement67, Reverend Sykes emptied the can onto the table and raked thecoins into his hand. He straightened up and said, "This is not enough, we must have tendollars."
 
The congregation stirred. "You all know what it's for -- Helen can't leave those childrento work while Tom's in jail. If everybody gives one more dime, we'll have it -- " ReverendSykes waved his hand and called to someone in the back of the church. "Alec, shut thedoors. Nobody leaves here till we have ten dollars."
 
Calpurnia scratched in her handbag and brought forth a battered leather coin purse.
 
"Naw Cal," Jem whispered, when she handed him a shiny quarter, "we can put ours in.
 
Gimme your dime, Scout."
 
The church was becoming stuffy68, and it occurred to me that Reverend Sykes intendedto sweat the amount due out of his flock. Fans crackled, feet shuffled, tobacco-chewerswere in agony.
 
Reverend Sykes startled me by saying sternly, "Carlow Richardson, I haven't seenyou up this aisle yet."
 
A thin man in khaki pants came up the aisle and deposited a coin. The congregationmurmured approval.
 
Reverend Sykes then said, "I want all of you with no children to make a sacrifice andgive one more dime apiece. Then we'll have it."
 
Slowly, painfully, the ten dollars was collected. The door was opened, and the gust69 ofwarm air revived us. Zeebo lined On Jordan's Stormy Banks, and church was over.
 
I wanted to stay and explore, but Calpurnia propelled me up the aisle ahead of her. Atthe church door, while she paused to talk with Zeebo and his family, Jem and I chattedwith Reverend Sykes. I was bursting with questions, but decided70 I would wait and letCalpurnia answer them.
 
"We were 'specially71 glad to have you all here," said Reverend Sykes. "This church hasno better friend than your daddy."
 
My curiosity burst: "Why were you all takin' up collection for Tom Robinson's wife?"
 
"Didn't you hear why?" asked Reverend Sykes. "Helen's got three little'uns and shecan't go out to work -- "
 
"Why can't she take 'em with her, Reverend?" I asked. It was customary for fieldNegroes with tiny children to deposit them in whatever shade there was while theirparents worked -- usually the babies sat in the shade between two rows of cotton. Thoseunable to sit were strapped72 papoose-style on their mothers' backs, or resided in extracotton bags.
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Reverend Sykes hesitated. "To tell you the truth, Miss Jean Louise, Helen's finding ithard to get work these days… when it's picking time, I think Mr. Link Deas'll take her."
 
"Why not, Reverend?"
 
Before he could answer, I felt Calpurnia's hand on my shoulder. At its pressure I said,"We thank you for lettin' us come." Jem echoed me, and we made our way homeward.
 
"Cal, I know Tom Robinson's in jail an' he's done somethin' awful, but why won't folkshire Helen?" I asked.
 
Calpurnia, in her navy voile dress and tub of a hat, walked between Jem and me. "It'sbecause of what folks say Tom's done," she said. "Folks aren't anxious to -- to haveanything to do with any of his family."
 
"Just what did he do, Cal?"
 
Calpurnia sighed. "Old Mr. Bob Ewell accused him of rapin' his girl an' had himarrested an' put in jail -- "
 
"Mr. Ewell?" My memory stirred. "Does he have anything to do with those Ewells thatcome every first day of school an' then go home? Why, Atticus said they were absolutetrash -- I never heard Atticus talk about folks the way he talked about the Ewells. Hesaid-"
 
"Yeah, those are the ones."
 
"Well, if everybody in Maycomb knows what kind of folks the Ewells are they'd be gladto hire Helen… what's rape10, Cal?"
 
"It's somethin' you'll have to ask Mr. Finch about," she said. "He can explain it betterthan I can. You all hungry? The Reverend took a long time unwindin' this morning, he'snot usually so tedious."
 
"He's just like our preacher," said Jem, "but why do you all sing hymns73 that way?"
 
"Linin'?" she asked.
 
"Is that what it is?"
 
"Yeah, it's called linin'. They've done it that way as long as I can remember."
 
Jem said it looked like they could save the collection money for a year and get somehymn-books.
 
Calpurnia laughed. "Wouldn't do any good," she said. "They can't read."
 
"Can't read?" I asked. "All those folks?"
 
"That's right," Calpurnia nodded. "Can't but about four folks in First Purchase read…I'm one of 'em."
 
"Where'd you go to school, Cal?" asked Jem.
 
"Nowhere. Let's see now, who taught me my letters? It was Miss Maudie Atkinson'saunt, old Miss Buford -- "
 
"Are you that old?"
 
"I'm older than Mr. Finch, even." Calpurnia grinned. "Not sure how much, though. Westarted rememberin' one time, trying to figure out how old I was -- I can remember backjust a few years more'n he can, so I'm not much older, when you take off the fact thatmen can't remember as well as women."
 
"What's your birthday, Cal?"
 
"I just have it on Christmas, it's easier to remember that way -- I don't have a realbirthday."
 
"But Cal," Jem protested, "you don't look even near as old as Atticus."
 
"Colored folks don't show their ages so fast," she said.
 
"Maybe because they can't read. Cal, did you teach Zeebo?"
 
"Yeah, Mister Jem. There wasn't a school even when he was a boy. I made him learn,though."
 
Zeebo was Calpurnia's eldest74 son. If I had ever thought about it, I would have knownthat Calpurnia was of mature years -- Zeebo had half-grown children -- but then I hadnever thought about it.
 
"Did you teach him out of a primer, like us?" I asked.
 
"No, I made him get a page of the Bible every day, and there was a book Miss Bufordtaught me out of -- bet you don't know where I got it," she said.
 
We didn't know.
 
Calpurnia said, "Your Granddaddy Finch gave it to me."
 
"Were you from the Landing?" Jem asked. "You never told us that."
 
"I certainly am, Mister Jem. Grew up down there between the Buford Place and theLandin'. I've spent all my days workin' for the Finches or the Bufords, an' I moved toMaycomb when your daddy and your mamma married."
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"What was the book, Cal?" I asked.
 
"Blackstone's Commentaries."
 
Jem was thunderstruck. "You mean you taught Zeebo outa that?"
 
"Why yes sir, Mister Jem." Calpurnia timidly put her fingers to her mouth. "They werethe only books I had. Your grandaddy said Mr. Blackstone wrote fine English -- "
 
"That's why you don't talk like the rest of 'em," said Jem.
 
"The rest of who?"
 
"Rest of the colored folks. Cal, but you talked like they did in church…"
 
That Calpurnia led a modest double life never dawned on me. The idea that she had aseparate existence outside our household was a novel one, to say nothing of her havingcommand of two languages. "Cal," I asked, "why do you talk nigger-talk to the -- to yourfolks when you know it's not right?"
 
"Well, in the first place I'm black -- "
 
"That doesn't mean you hafta talk that way when you know better," said Jem.
 
Calpurnia tilted75 her hat and scratched her head, then pressed her hat down carefullyover her ears. "It's right hard to say," she said. "Suppose you and Scout talked colored-folks' talk at home it'd be out of place, wouldn't it? Now what if I talked white-folks' talk atchurch, and with my neighbors? They'd think I was puttin' on airs to beat Moses."
 
"But Cal, you know better," I said.
 
"It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike -- in the second place, folksdon't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates76 'em.
 
You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learnthemselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep yourmouth shut or talk their language."
 
"Cal, can I come to see you sometimes?"
 
She looked down at me. "See me, honey? You see me every day."
 
"Out to your house," I said. "Sometimes after work? Atticus can get me."
 
"Any time you want to," she said. "We'd be glad to have you."
 
We were on the sidewalk by the Radley Place.
 
"Look on the porch yonder," Jem said.
 
I looked over to the Radley Place, expecting to see its phantom77 occupant sunninghimself in the swing. The swing was empty.
 
"I mean our porch," said Jem.
 
I looked down the street. Enarmored, upright, uncompromising, Aunt Alexandra wassitting in a rocking chair exactly as if she had sat there every day of her life.


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1 moody XEXxG     
adj.心情不稳的,易怒的,喜怒无常的
参考例句:
  • He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
  • I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。
2 pestering cbb7a3da2b778ce39088930a91d2c85b     
使烦恼,纠缠( pester的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He's always pestering me to help him with his homework. 他总是泡蘑菇要我帮他做作业。
  • I'm telling you once and for all, if you don't stop pestering me you'll be sorry. 我这是最后一次警告你。如果你不停止纠缠我,你将来会后悔的。
3 bout Asbzz     
n.侵袭,发作;一次(阵,回);拳击等比赛
参考例句:
  • I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
  • That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。
4 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
5 fret wftzl     
v.(使)烦恼;(使)焦急;(使)腐蚀,(使)磨损
参考例句:
  • Don't fret.We'll get there on time.别着急,我们能准时到那里。
  • She'll fret herself to death one of these days.她总有一天会愁死的.
6 boded 3ee9f155e2df361f160805e631a2c2ca     
v.预示,预告,预言( bode的过去式和过去分词 );等待,停留( bide的过去分词 );居住;(过去式用bided)等待
参考例句:
  • The beginning of that summer boded ill. 夏季一开始就来势不善。 来自辞典例句
7 meridian f2xyT     
adj.子午线的;全盛期的
参考例句:
  • All places on the same meridian have the same longitude.在同一子午线上的地方都有相同的经度。
  • He is now at the meridian of his intellectual power.他现在正值智力全盛期。
8 longings 093806503fd3e66647eab74915c055e7     
渴望,盼望( longing的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Ah, those foolish days of noble longings and of noble strivings! 啊,那些充满高贵憧憬和高尚奋斗的傻乎乎的时光!
  • I paint you and fashion you ever with my love longings. 我永远用爱恋的渴想来描画你。
9 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
参考例句:
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
10 rape PAQzh     
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
参考例句:
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
11 hip 1dOxX     
n.臀部,髋;屋脊
参考例句:
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
12 caption FT2y3     
n.说明,字幕,标题;v.加上标题,加上说明
参考例句:
  • I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.直到我看到这幅画的说明才弄懂其意思。
  • There is a caption under the picture.图片下边附有说明。
13 finch TkRxS     
n.雀科鸣禽(如燕雀,金丝雀等)
参考例句:
  • This behaviour is commonly observed among several species of finch.这种行为常常可以在几种雀科鸣禽中看到。
  • In Australia,it is predominantly called the Gouldian Finch.在澳大利亚,它主要还是被称之为胡锦雀。
14 diligently gueze5     
ad.industriously;carefully
参考例句:
  • He applied himself diligently to learning French. 他孜孜不倦地学法语。
  • He had studied diligently at college. 他在大学里勤奋学习。
15 slate uEfzI     
n.板岩,石板,石片,石板色,候选人名单;adj.暗蓝灰色的,含板岩的;vt.用石板覆盖,痛打,提名,预订
参考例句:
  • The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
  • What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢?
16 scout oDGzi     
n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索
参考例句:
  • He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵,受了重伤。
  • The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。
17 radiator nTHxu     
n.暖气片,散热器
参考例句:
  • The two ends of the pipeline are connected with the radiator.管道的两端与暖气片相连接。
  • Top up the radiator before making a long journey.在长途旅行前加满散热器。
18 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
19 rinse BCozs     
v.用清水漂洗,用清水冲洗
参考例句:
  • Give the cup a rinse.冲洗一下杯子。
  • Don't just rinse the bottles. Wash them out carefully.别只涮涮瓶子,要仔细地洗洗里面。
20 starch YrAyK     
n.淀粉;vt.给...上浆
参考例句:
  • Corn starch is used as a thickener in stews.玉米淀粉在炖煮菜肴中被用作增稠剂。
  • I think there's too much starch in their diet.我看是他们的饮食里淀粉太多了。
21 earnings rrWxJ     
n.工资收人;利润,利益,所得
参考例句:
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
22 cemetery ur9z7     
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
参考例句:
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
23 chunks a0e6aa3f5109dc15b489f628b2f01028     
厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 ); (某物)相当大的数量或部分
参考例句:
  • a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
  • Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大,还能再切小一点吗?
24 softened 19151c4e3297eb1618bed6a05d92b4fe     
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰
参考例句:
  • His smile softened slightly. 他的微笑稍柔和了些。
  • The ice cream softened and began to melt. 冰淇淋开始变软并开始融化。
25 crumbling Pyaxy     
adj.摇摇欲坠的
参考例句:
  • an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子
  • The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty. 这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边。
26 stumps 221f9ff23e30fdcc0f64ec738849554c     
(被砍下的树的)树桩( stump的名词复数 ); 残肢; (板球三柱门的)柱; 残余部分
参考例句:
  • Rocks and stumps supplied the place of chairs at the picnic. 野餐时石头和树桩都充当了椅子。
  • If you don't stir your stumps, Tom, you'll be late for school again. 汤姆,如果你不快走,上学又要迟到了。
27 mingled fdf34efd22095ed7e00f43ccc823abdf     
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
参考例句:
  • The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
  • The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候,这一男一女就开始交往了。
28 mule G6RzI     
n.骡子,杂种,执拗的人
参考例句:
  • A mule is a cross between a mare and a donkey.骡子是母马和公驴的杂交后代。
  • He is an old mule.他是个老顽固。
29 peppermint slNzxg     
n.薄荷,薄荷油,薄荷糖
参考例句:
  • Peppermint oil is very good for regulating digestive disorders.薄荷油能很有效地调节消化系统失调。
  • He sat down,popped in a peppermint and promptly choked to death.他坐下来,突然往嘴里放了一颗薄荷糖,当即被噎死。
30 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
31 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
32 murmur EjtyD     
n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言
参考例句:
  • They paid the extra taxes without a murmur.他们毫无怨言地交了附加税。
  • There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall.大厅里有窃窃私语声。
33 mighty YDWxl     
adj.强有力的;巨大的
参考例句:
  • A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
  • The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
34 contentious fa9yk     
adj.好辩的,善争吵的
参考例句:
  • She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
  • Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起,他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。
35 haughty 4dKzq     
adj.傲慢的,高傲的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a haughty look and walked away.他向我摆出傲慢的表情后走开。
  • They were displeased with her haughty airs.他们讨厌她高傲的派头。
36 brass DWbzI     
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器
参考例句:
  • Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
  • Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
37 hymn m4Wyw     
n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌
参考例句:
  • They sang a hymn of praise to God.他们唱着圣歌,赞美上帝。
  • The choir has sung only two verses of the last hymn.合唱团只唱了最后一首赞美诗的两个段落。
38 dime SuQxv     
n.(指美国、加拿大的钱币)一角
参考例句:
  • A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
  • The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。
39 dispelled 7e96c70e1d822dbda8e7a89ae71a8e9a     
v.驱散,赶跑( dispel的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • His speech dispelled any fears about his health. 他的发言消除了人们对他身体健康的担心。
  • The sun soon dispelled the thick fog. 太阳很快驱散了浓雾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
40 garish mfyzK     
adj.华丽而俗气的,华而不实的
参考例句:
  • This colour is bright but not garish.这颜色艳而不俗。
  • They climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs.他们登上铺着俗艳的紫色地毯的楼梯。
41 untied d4a1dd1a28503840144e8098dbf9e40f     
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决
参考例句:
  • Once untied, we common people are able to conquer nature, too. 只要团结起来,我们老百姓也能移山倒海。
  • He untied the ropes. 他解开了绳子。
42 ethics Dt3zbI     
n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准
参考例句:
  • The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
  • Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
43 withholding 7eXzD6     
扣缴税款
参考例句:
  • She was accused of withholding information from the police. 她被指控对警方知情不报。
  • The judge suspected the witness was withholding information. 法官怀疑见证人在隐瞒情况。
44 innate xbxzC     
adj.天生的,固有的,天赋的
参考例句:
  • You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
  • Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。
45 qualms qualms     
n.不安;内疚
参考例句:
  • He felt no qualms about borrowing money from friends.他没有对于从朋友那里借钱感到不安。
  • He has no qualms about lying.他撒谎毫不内疚。
46 shuffled cee46c30b0d1f2d0c136c830230fe75a     
v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼
参考例句:
  • He shuffled across the room to the window. 他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。
  • Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. 西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
47 hush ecMzv     
int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静
参考例句:
  • A hush fell over the onlookers.旁观者们突然静了下来。
  • Do hush up the scandal!不要把这丑事声张出去!
48 subdued 76419335ce506a486af8913f13b8981d     
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
  • I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候,我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。
49 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
50 superintendent vsTwV     
n.监督人,主管,总监;(英国)警务长
参考例句:
  • He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
  • He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。
51 aisle qxPz3     
n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道
参考例句:
  • The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
  • The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。
52 battered NyezEM     
adj.磨损的;v.连续猛击;磨损
参考例句:
  • He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
  • The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。
53 rumble PCXzd     
n.隆隆声;吵嚷;v.隆隆响;低沉地说
参考例句:
  • I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
  • We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定,天要下雨了。
54 artillery 5vmzA     
n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队)
参考例句:
  • This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
  • The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。
55 miraculously unQzzE     
ad.奇迹般地
参考例句:
  • He had been miraculously saved from almost certain death. 他奇迹般地从死亡线上获救。
  • A schoolboy miraculously survived a 25 000-volt electric shock. 一名男学生在遭受2.5 万伏的电击后奇迹般地活了下来。
56 swelled bd4016b2ddc016008c1fc5827f252c73     
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情)
参考例句:
  • The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染,他的手肿了起来。
  • After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后,河水猛涨。
57 forthright xiIx3     
adj.直率的,直截了当的 [同]frank
参考例句:
  • It's sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offence.又直率又不得罪人,这有时很难办到。
  • He told me forthright just why he refused to take my side.他直率地告诉我他不肯站在我这一边的原因。
58 austere GeIyW     
adj.艰苦的;朴素的,朴实无华的;严峻的
参考例句:
  • His way of life is rather austere.他的生活方式相当简朴。
  • The room was furnished in austere style.这间屋子的陈设都很简单朴素。
59 brews 3c9121e29c31af738dda66d88a876b61     
n.(尤指某地酿造的)啤酒( brew的名词复数 );酿造物的种类;(茶)一次的冲泡量;(不同思想、环境、事件的)交融v.调制( brew的第三人称单数 );酝酿;沏(茶);煮(咖啡)
参考例句:
  • He brews beer at home. 他在家里酿造啤酒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They produce the country's best brews of beer. 他们生产该国的佳酿啤酒。 来自辞典例句
60 gambling ch4xH     
n.赌博;投机
参考例句:
  • They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
  • The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。
61 doctrine Pkszt     
n.教义;主义;学说
参考例句:
  • He was impelled to proclaim his doctrine.他不得不宣扬他的教义。
  • The council met to consider changes to doctrine.宗教议会开会考虑更改教义。
62 preoccupy 5QOxz     
vt.使全神贯注,使入神
参考例句:
  • But at the moment he had other things to preoccupy him.不过当时有另外的事情分了他的心。
  • An intelligent man considers the prospect of failure,but he doesn't preoccupy himself with pointless worry.一个聪明的男人可以预见到失败,但他绝不会去无谓地担心。
63 hardy EenxM     
adj.勇敢的,果断的,吃苦的;耐寒的
参考例句:
  • The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
  • He is a hardy person.他是一个能吃苦耐劳的人。
64 ERECTED ERECTED     
adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立
参考例句:
  • A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。
  • A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist. 树立了一块纪念碑纪念那位伟大的科学家。
65 proceeding Vktzvu     
n.行动,进行,(pl.)会议录,学报
参考例句:
  • This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
  • The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。
66 dimes 37551f2af09566bec564431ef9bd3d6d     
n.(美国、加拿大的)10分铸币( dime的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters are United States coins. 1分铜币、5分镍币、1角银币和2角5分银币是美国硬币。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • In 1965 the mint stopped putting silver in dimes. 1965年,铸币厂停止向10分硬币中加入银的成分。 来自辞典例句
67 amazement 7zlzBK     
n.惊奇,惊讶
参考例句:
  • All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
  • He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
68 stuffy BtZw0     
adj.不透气的,闷热的
参考例句:
  • It's really hot and stuffy in here.这里实在太热太闷了。
  • It was so stuffy in the tent that we could sense the air was heavy with moisture.帐篷里很闷热,我们感到空气都是潮的。
69 gust q5Zyu     
n.阵风,突然一阵(雨、烟等),(感情的)迸发
参考例句:
  • A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来,把前门关上了。
  • A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。
70 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
71 specially Hviwq     
adv.特定地;特殊地;明确地
参考例句:
  • They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
  • The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
72 strapped ec484d13545e19c0939d46e2d1eb24bc     
adj.用皮带捆住的,用皮带装饰的;身无分文的;缺钱;手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词);用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带
参考例句:
  • Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
73 hymns b7dc017139f285ccbcf6a69b748a6f93     
n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌( hymn的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • At first, they played the hymns and marches familiar to them. 起初他们只吹奏自己熟悉的赞美诗和进行曲。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
  • I like singing hymns. 我喜欢唱圣歌。 来自辞典例句
74 eldest bqkx6     
adj.最年长的,最年老的
参考例句:
  • The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
  • The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。
75 tilted 3gtzE5     
v. 倾斜的
参考例句:
  • Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. 小船突然倾向一侧。
  • She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。
76 aggravates b7b09c2f91842c4161671a7f19cda589     
使恶化( aggravate的第三人称单数 ); 使更严重; 激怒; 使恼火
参考例句:
  • If he aggravates me any more I shall punish him. 如果他再惹我生气,我就要惩罚他。
  • Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each pther. 没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。
77 phantom T36zQ     
n.幻影,虚位,幽灵;adj.错觉的,幻影的,幽灵的
参考例句:
  • I found myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她,好像她是一个幽灵。
  • He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名无实的国王。
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