螃蟹的职业
The Crab's Occupation Once a crab was wondering what occupation was the most suitable for him. After thinking for a long time, he decided to become a barber. It seemed a nice occupation for a crab. Bu
镜子
The Mirror Once there lived a young man and his wife in the country. The young man was going on a business trip to a city far away. His wife said to him, “On your way home from the city, remember to
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE(1)
Part One 19881992 Early Twenties That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it and think how different its course would have been. Pause, you who read thi
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE(2)
So, what, are you excited then? Me? God no, Im crapping myself. Me too. Christ . . . He turned suddenly and reached for the cigarettes on the floor by the side of the bed, as if to steady his nerves.Forty years old. Forty. Fucking hell. Smiling at hi
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE(3)
Where did the muscles come from? Certainly not sporting activity, unless you counted skinny-dipping and playing pool. Probably it was just the kind of good health that was passed down in the family, along with the stocks and shares and the good furni
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE(4)
Course if its any consolation well all be dead in a nuclear war long before then! she said brightly, but still he was frowning at her. Maybe I should go then. If Im so shallow and corrupt No, dont go, she said, a little too quickly. Its four in the m
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE(5)
In his last four years he had seen any number of bedrooms like this, dotted round the city like crime scenes, rooms where you were never more than six feet from a Nina Simone album, and though hed rarely seen the same bedroom twice, it was all too fa
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE(6)
From the bathroom came the warning rattle and bang of an ancient toilet cistern, and he hurriedly replaced the book, finding beneath the bed a small yellow Colmans mustard tin that he flipped open to confirm that, yes, it did contain condoms, along w
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE(7)
Thats that, he thought. Nothing was less conducive to sexual desire than a long black political t-shirt, except perhaps that Tracy Chapman album. Resigned, he picked her degree certificate off the floor, rolled the elastic band along the length of th
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE(8)
What, this you mean? She squeezed his hand. Oh, I expect so. Dont know yet, do I? Ask me in the morning. Why, have you? He pressed his mouth against the top of her head. ourse not, he said, and thought this must never, ever happen again. Pleased with
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE(9)
Not much chance of sleep now. Instead he would pick out patterns in the grey Artex until she was completely asleep, then slip out and away without waking her. Of course leaving now would mean that he would never see her again. He wondered if she woul
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER ONE（10）
Best to leave quietly, and no reunions. Move on, look to the future. Plenty more faces out there. But as he made his decision, her mouth stretched open into a wide smile and without opening her eyes she said: So, what do you reckon, Dex? About what,
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER TWO（1）
Ciao, Bella! How are you? And how is Rome? The Eternal City is all very well, but Ive been here in Wolverhampton for two days now and thats felt pretty eternal (though I can reveal that the Pizza Hut here is excellent, just excellent). Since I last s
【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER TWO（2）
I mean they had loads of radical theatre in Germany in the Thirties and look what a difference that made. Were going to banish colour prejudice from the West Midlands, even if we have to do it one child at a time. There are four of us in the cast. Kw
