A Wedding in December 十二月的婚礼 |
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Author: Anita Shreve
List Price: $25.95
Pages: 336
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
ISBN: 0316738999
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| Bill and Bridget were sweethearts at Maine's Kidd Academy who rediscovered one another at their 25th reunion. Bridget was already divorced; Bill left his family; the two have now gathered their Kidd coterie1 to witness their hasty wedding—Bridget has breast cancer—at widow Nora's western Massachusetts inn. The death of charismatic schoolmate Stephen at a drunken high school party hovers2 over the event. Stephen's then-roommate, Harrison, now a married literary publisher, remains3 particularly tormented4 by it, especially since he had (and still has) romantic feelings for Nora, who was Stephen's then-girlfriend. Abrasive5 Wall Street businessman Jerry, now-out-of-the-closet pianist Rob, single Agnes (who teaches at Kidd and has a secret of her own) and various children round things out. Tensions build as the group gets snowed in, and someone gets drunk enough to say what everyone's been thinking. |
七位高中同学在分离二十七年后，因为一场婚礼而相聚。新郎Bill与新娘Bridge曾是一对情侣，却在毕业后分手，不过Bill在两年前重新向与癌症奋斗的单亲妈妈Bridge求婚。他们决定在婚礼中把高中死党找来重聚。七人中最具领导特质的Stephen已在一次意外中丧生，出席婚礼的成员包括在原高中教历史的Agnes；在纽约经商的Jerry与他太太；钢琴师Rob与他的伙伴；出版商Harrison与新娘的儿子Matt。这次的相聚，Stephen的去世仍深深影响了他们，他们彼此之间也充满了秘密，在这次聚会中渐渐发酵。
About Author
Anita Shreve is the author of The Pilot's Wife (1998), Fortune's Rocks (1999), The Last Time They Met (2001), Sea Glass (2002) . Anita Shreve began writing fiction while working as a high school teacher. Now she lives in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
美国小说家Anita Shreve，曾出版过多部优秀作品，如Sea Glass，Fortune's Rocks等。现居住在马萨诸塞州。 |
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coterie
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| n.(有共同兴趣的)小团体，小圈子 |
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- The name is known to only a small coterie of collectors.这个名字只有收藏家的小圈子才知道。
- Mary and her coterie gave a party to which we were not invited.玛利和她的圈内朋友举行派对，我们没被邀请。
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hovers
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| 鸟( hover的第三人称单数 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫 |
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- A hawk hovers in the sky. 一只老鹰在天空盘旋。
- A hen hovers her chicks. 一只母鸡在孵小鸡。
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remains
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| n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹 |
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- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
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tormented
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| 饱受折磨的 |
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- The knowledge of his guilt tormented him. 知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。
- He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy. 他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。
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| adj.使表面磨损的；粗糙的；恼人的 |
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- His abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety.他生硬粗暴的态度让他声名狼藉。
- She had abrasions to her wrists where the abrasive rope had scraped her.她的手腕有多出磨伤，那是被粗糙的绳子擦伤的。
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