少年派的奇幻漂流 Chapter 12

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Chapter 12
At times he gets agitated1. It's nothing I say (I say very little). It's his own story that does it. Memory is an ocean and he bobs on its surface. I worry that he'll want to stop. But he wants to tell me his story. He goes on. After all these years, Richard Parker still preys2 on his mind.
He's a sweet man. Every time I visit he prepares a South Indian vegetarian3 feast. I told him I like spicy4 food. I don't know why I said such a stupid thing. It's a complete lie. I add dollop of yogurt after dollop of yogurt. Nothing doing. Each time it's the same: my taste buds shrivel up and die, my skin goes beet5 red, my eyes well up with tears, my head feels like a house on fire, and my digestive tract6 starts to twist and groan7 in agony like a boa constrictor that has swallowed a lawn mower8.

  第十二章
    有时候他变得焦虑不安。不是因为我说了什么（我很少说话）。是他自己的故事使他这样。记忆是座海洋，他在海面上起伏。我担心他会想停下来。但是他想把自己的故事告诉我。他又接着说下去。在这么多年以后，理查德·帕克仍然让他痛苦。
    他是个可爱的人。每次我去拜访，他都准备一桌丰盛的印度南部的素食盛宴。我告诉他我喜欢辛辣的食物。我不知道为什么我会说这么蠢的话。这是个彻头彻尾的谎 言。我加了一点儿酸奶又加了一点儿酸奶。没有用。每次都一样：我的味蕾枯萎死去，我的皮肤变得火红，我的眼睛里满是泪水，我的头感觉就像一座失火的房子， 我的消化道开始扭曲和痛苦呻吟，像一条吞下了一台割草机的王蛇。


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1 agitated dzgzc2     
adj.被鼓动的，不安的
参考例句：
  • His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
  • She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。
2 preys 008ad2ad9007c4d7b3ecfb54442db8fd     
v.掠食( prey的第三人称单数 )；掠食；折磨；（人）靠欺诈为生
参考例句：
  • His misfortune preys upon his mind. 他的不幸使她心中苦恼。 来自辞典例句
  • The owl preys on mice. 猫头鹰捕食老鼠。 来自辞典例句
3 vegetarian 7KGzY     
n.素食者；adj.素食的
参考例句：
  • She got used gradually to the vegetarian diet.她逐渐习惯吃素食。
  • I didn't realize you were a vegetarian.我不知道你是个素食者。
4 spicy zhvzrC     
adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的
参考例句：
  • The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
  • Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。
5 beet 9uXzV     
n.甜菜；甜菜根
参考例句：
  • He farmed his pickers to work in the beet fields. 他出租他的摘棉工去甜菜地里干活。
  • The sugar beet is an entirely different kind of plant.糖用甜菜是一种完全不同的作物。
6 tract iJxz4     
n.传单，小册子，大片(土地或森林)
参考例句：
  • He owns a large tract of forest.他拥有一大片森林。
  • He wrote a tract on this subject.他曾对此写了一篇短文。
7 groan LfXxU     
vi./n.呻吟，抱怨；(发出)呻吟般的声音
参考例句：
  • The wounded man uttered a groan.那个受伤的人发出呻吟。
  • The people groan under the burden of taxes.人民在重税下痛苦呻吟。
8 mower Bn9zgq     
n.割草机
参考例句：
  • We need a lawn mower to cut the grass.我们需要一台草坪修剪机来割草。
  • Your big lawn mower is just the job for the high grass.割高草时正需要你的大割草机。

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