Sentimental Education

时间：2007-05-09 05:41:20

（单词翻译:单击）

by Mary Ruefle

    Ann Galbraith

    loves Barry Soyers.

    Please pray for Lucius Fenn

    who suffers greatly whilst shaking hands.

    Bonny Polton

    loves a pug named Cowl.

    Please pray for Olina Korsk

    who holds the record for missing fingers.

    Leon Bendrix loves Odelia Jonson

    who loves Kurt who loves Carlos who loves Paul.

    Please pray for Cortland Filby

    who handles a dead wasp1， a conceit2 for his mother.

    Harold loves looking at Londa's hair under the microscope.

    Londa loves plaiting the mane of her pony3.

    Please pray for Fancy Dancer

    who is troubled by the vibrissa in his nostrils4.

    Nadine St. Clair loves Ogden Smythe

    who loves blowing his nose on postage stamps.

    Please pray for William Shakespeare

    who does not know how much we love him， miss him and think of him.

    Yukiko Pearl loves the little bits of toffee

    that fall to the floor when Jeffrey is done with his snack.

    Please pray for the florist5 Marieko

    who wraps roses in a paper cone6 then punches the wrong code.

    Muriel Frame loves retelling the incident

    that happened on the afternoon of November third.

    Please pray for our teacher Ursula Twombly

    who does not know the half of it.

    By the radiator7 in a wooden chair

    wearing woolen8 stockings sits a little girl

    in a dunce's cap， a paper cone rolled to a point

    and inverted9 on her hair； she's got her hands

    in her lap and her head bowed down， her chin

    is trembling with having been singled out like this

    and she is sincere in her fervent10 wish to die.

    Take it away and give it to the Tartars

    who roll gloriously into battle.


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1 wasp sMczj     
n.黄蜂，蚂蜂
参考例句：
  • A wasp stung me on the arm.黄蜂蜇了我的手臂。
  • Through the glass we can see the wasp.透过玻璃我们可以看到黄蜂。
2 conceit raVyy     
n.自负，自高自大
参考例句：
  • As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。
  • She seems to be eaten up with her own conceit.她仿佛已经被骄傲冲昏了头脑。
3 pony Au5yJ     
adj.小型的；n.小马
参考例句：
  • His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
  • They made him pony up the money he owed.他们逼他还债。
4 nostrils 23a65b62ec4d8a35d85125cdb1b4410e     
鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Her nostrils flared with anger. 她气得两个鼻孔都鼓了起来。
  • The horse dilated its nostrils. 马张大鼻孔。
5 florist vj3xB     
n.花商；种花者
参考例句：
  • The florist bunched the flowers up.花匠把花捆成花束。
  • Could you stop at that florist shop over there?劳驾在那边花店停一下好不好？
6 cone lYJyi     
n.圆锥体，圆锥形东西，球果
参考例句：
  • Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
  • The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。
7 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。
8 woolen 0fKw9     
adj.羊毛(制)的；毛纺的
参考例句：
  • She likes to wear woolen socks in winter.冬天她喜欢穿羊毛袜。
  • There is one bar of woolen blanket on that bed.那张床上有一条毛毯。
9 inverted 184401f335d6b8661e04dfea47b9dcd5     
adj.反向的，倒转的v.使倒置，使反转( invert的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Only direct speech should go inside inverted commas. 只有直接引语应放在引号内。
  • Inverted flight is an acrobatic manoeuvre of the plane. 倒飞是飞机的一种特技动作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 fervent SlByg     
adj.热的，热烈的，热情的
参考例句：
  • It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
  • Austria was among the most fervent supporters of adolf hitler.奥地利是阿道夫希特勒最狂热的支持者之一。

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