【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 39

with no identification, unrecognizable.

“You should be trying to trick me,” the burned pilot told his interrogators, “make me speak German, which I can, by the way,  Ask me about Marmite, the great Gertrude Jekyll.

The sea hospital was created out of bathing cabins along the beach that tourists had rented at the turn of the century. The burned man noticed the young nurse, separate from the others. He was familiar with such dead glances, knew she was more patient than nurse.He was interrogated¹ again. Everything about him was very English except for the fact that his skin was tarred black, a bogman from history among the interrogating² officers.

They asked him where the Allies stood in Italy, and he said he assumed they had taken Florence but were held up by the hill towns north of them.He had rambled³ on, driving them mad, traitor⁴ or ally, leaving them never quite sure who he was. 

Now, months later in the Villa⁵ San Girolamo,in the arbour room that is his bedroom, he reposes⁶ like the sculpture of the dead knight⁷ in Ravenna. in the arbour room that is his bedroom, he reposes like the sculpture of the dead knight in Ravenna. And in his commonplace book, his 1890 edition of Herodotus’ Histories, are other fragments.

1 interrogated   

v.询问( interrogate的过去式和过去分词 )；审问；（在计算机或其他机器上）查询

参考例句：

• He was interrogated by the police for over 12 hours. 他被警察审问了12个多小时。
• Two suspects are now being interrogated in connection with the killing. 与杀人案有关的两名嫌疑犯正在接受审讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 interrogating   

n.询问技术v.询问( interrogate的现在分词 )；审问；（在计算机或其他机器上）查询

参考例句：

• She was no longer interrogating but lecturing. 她已经不是在审问而是在教训人了。 来自辞典例句
• His face remained blank, interrogating, slightly helpless. 他的面部仍然没有表情，只带有询问的意思，还有点无可奈何。 来自辞典例句

3 rambled   

（无目的地）漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 )； （喻）漫谈； 扯淡； 长篇大论

参考例句：

• We rambled through the woods. 我们漫步走过树林。
• She rambled on at great length but she didn't get to the heart of the matter. 她夹七夹八地说了许多话也没说到点子上。

4 traitor   

n.叛徒，卖国贼

参考例句：

• The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
• He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。

5 villa   

n.别墅，城郊小屋

参考例句：

• We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
• We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。

6 reposes   

v.将（手臂等）靠在某人（某物）上( repose的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Below this stone reposes the mortal remains of his father. 在此石块下长眠的是他的父亲的遗体。 来自辞典例句
• His body reposes in the local church. 他的遗体安放在当地教堂里。 来自辞典例句

7 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。