【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER TWO（4）

Stay positive, Sid, will you please?‘ implored¹ Candy on a long, controlled out-breath. 

Gary  continued.  "Remember,  keep  it  fresh,  stay  connected,  keep  it  lively,  say  the  lines 

like it‘s the first time and most importantly of all,  don’t  let the audience intimidate² or goad 

you in any way. Interaction is great.  Retaliation  is not. Don‘t let them rile you. Don‘t give 

them that satisfaction. Fifteen minutes, please!‘ and with that Gary closed the dressing³ room 

door on them, like a jailor.

Sid  began  his  nightly  warm-up  now,  a  murmured  incantation  of  I-hate-this-job-I-hate-this-job. Beyond him sat Kwame, topless and forlorn in tattered⁴ trousers, hands jammed in 

his  armpits,  head  lolling  back,  meditating  or  trying  not  to  cry  perhaps.  On  Emma‘s  left, 

Candy sang songs from  Les Miserables  in a light, flat soprano, picking at the hammer toes 

she‘d got from eighteen years of ballet. Emma turned back to her reflection in the cracked 

mirror, plumped up the puffed⁵ sleeves of her Empire line dress, removed her spectacles and 

gave a Jane Austen sigh.

1 implored   

恳求或乞求（某人）( implore的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She implored him to stay. 她恳求他留下。
• She implored him with tears in her eyes to forgive her. 她含泪哀求他原谅她。

2 intimidate   

vt.恐吓，威胁

参考例句：

• You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事？
• The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。

3 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

4 tattered   

adj.破旧的，衣衫破的

参考例句：

• Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。
• Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。

5 puffed   

adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 )；喷着汽（或烟）移动；吹嘘；吹捧

参考例句：

• He lit a cigarette and puffed at it furiously. 他点燃了一支香烟，狂吸了几口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance. 他觉得长大了，便自以为了不起。 来自《简明英汉词典》