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"You left it in the lift," he said. "May I sit down?"
 
His voice was soft. Cultivated. What could I say? The tables were all pretty full so I nodded. He began to eat. I'd always thought he picked at his food. But as I watched, I noticed that he selected small pieces, speared them and moved them carefully to his mouth.
 
"Have you been there?"
 
"Been where?" I was totally dazed. From dropping my book and banging my head and everything.
 
"Australia, New Zealand."
 
I stared at him and thought again of what Mark had said about me reminding him of someone. An Australian? Maybe an ex-girlfriend or wife?
 
"Not such a strange question," he said. "You're old enough to have travelled there. And Katherine Mansfield, Janet Frame, are most likely in the book."
 
His smile crinkled up his eyes.
 
"No, I haven't and yes, they are," I said.
 
That's how it started. He asked me a question, nodded when I spoke1 and then asked another. I was off, talking about reading, books and all that stuff I love.
 
Days later Malcolm passed our table with his tray and spontaneously I said a seat was free. Mark stared at me and I felt a rush of heat to my cheeks.
 
After that, Malcolm often sat with us and he and I discussed a lot of things. We spoke a little about ourselves too. I told him how Mom had brought me up on her own at the start of the Hippie Era. He said he had married during that time but divorced a few
 
years later. Mark asked me how come Malcolm and I always had so much to talk about.
 
"He's easy to talk to. And he reads a lot."
 
"You two got so much to say, I don't get a chance to open my mouth all lunch-time."
 
"You do. You shove food in."
 
One lunchtime Malcom asked me if I'd like to go to a reading with him.
 
"Um. Don't know."
 
"Amelia Turner. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize last year."
 
I wanted very much to go. But although I no longer thought Malcolm quite so weird2, I wasn't sure if I wanted to go out in his company.
 
"Afterwards, I'll cook us curry3. Do you like it? "


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1 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。
2 weird bghw8     
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
参考例句:
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
3 curry xnozh     
n.咖哩粉,咖哩饭菜;v.用咖哩粉调味,用马栉梳,制革
参考例句:
  • Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
  • Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。
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