时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   Dylan suddenly wakened 1. He muttered 2, "What happened?" His 90-year-old wife said nothing. Her side of the bed was empty. He asked, "Where are you?" No answer. He walked around to her side of the bed. She was lying on the carpet. He grabbed 3 her by her thin arms and put her back into bed. A while later, he was wakened again. He said, "I'm going to leave you there this time." She said nothing. After a few minutes, he got up. He lifted her back into bed. He put a pillow 4 on the floor. That should help, he thought. An hour later, he was reawakened. Her side of the bed was empty again. He called 911. Paramedics arrived. One pronounced her dead. After interviewing Dylan, he asked, "Why didn't you call us immediately?" Dylan said, "What for? She's fallen out of bed lots of times. It never killed her before."



1 wakened
v.醒来,睡醒( waken的过去式和过去分词 );唤醒,弄醒;(使)觉醒, (使)振奋,激发
  • The child had just wakened. 这孩子刚醒。
  • Nature seems to be wakened from a dead sleep. 大自然似乎从沉睡中被唤醒了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 muttered
轻声低语,咕哝地抱怨( mutter的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He muttered a curse at the other driver. 他低声咒骂另一位开车的人。
  • She turned away and muttered something unintelligible. 她转向一旁,嘴里不知咕哝些什么。
3 grabbed
v.抢先,抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指匆忙地)取;攫取;(尤指自私、贪婪地)捞取
  • He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
  • She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。
4 pillow
n.枕头;枕垫;vt.作…的枕头;垫;枕于;vi.靠在枕上
  • He fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.他脑袋一碰枕头就睡着了。
  • She was found asleep on a pillow of leaves.有人看见她枕着树叶睡着了。
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acute posterior ganglionitis
altitude-chamber
anhydrides
aroar
balanced-tube circuit
Bergamos
bird impact speed
bourgeoisifying
brand choice behavior
Bångbro
calcium N-carbamoylaspartate
cam nut
caully-flower
class chondrichthyess
coiled resistance
computer aided design (cad)
conditionings
constant pressure honing
Copromastix prowazeki
data channel converter
decloaked
destituteness
Dicentra spectabilis
differential leak detector
direct-image offset system
distrue
drainless
ergonomic factors
evaporation ion pump
face feed
flicker-free
flying passage
Fort McMurray
frisk
fully automatic compiling technique
Gavrilovo
glyceric aldehyde
gothika
graphic progress chart
hian
high temperature hydrogen furnace
hob resharpening machine
Hunt's striatal syndrome
hydrocladial
hydrothermal vent community
imprisonments
inella maxillaris
intracavity gas laser
iraklions
Knud Rasmussens Land
land resource
landrats
Lugouqiao
masseteric nerve
methyl-arsinic acid
mixing layer
molluscivore
muscle pump
Myskhako
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non-scheduling flight
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olivenite
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pale butterflybush flower
partial-product word
pixel aspect ratio
platform independence
polarization electric field
power index
preparathecium
pull ... on
quattuordecillion
restick
robopsychology
rusticolus
sacrament of penance
schull
scientific inquiry
scraunch
seen the point
sesquiterpene
shield cooling water system
sleeve liner
slip sth. over
sotie
spread-eagler
TBN
temperatenesses
thickness transducer
to attack
topographic drafting
touch-tones
tread edge
troglodytes
us wynn
utilization results of energy
videoclasses
working balances
wretchdom
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