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You?” “Roscoe Village, on Hoyne. But I have a roommate.” “If you come up to my place you have to close your eyes and count to one thousand. Perhaps you have a very uninquisitive deaf roommate?” “No such luck. I never bring anyone over; Charisse would pounce1 on you and stick bamboo slivers2 under your fingernails until you told all.” “I long to be tortured by someone named Charisse, but I can see that you do not share my taste. Come up to my parlor3.” We walk north along Clark. I veer4 into Clark Street Liquors for a bottle of wine. Back on the street Clare is puzzled. “I thought you aren’t supposed to drink?” I m not? “Dr. Kendrick was very strict about it.” “Who’s he?” We are walking slowly because Clare is wearing impractical5 shoes. “He’s your doctor; he’s a big expert on Chrono-Impairment.” “Explain.” “I don’t know very much. Dr. David Kendrick is a molecular6 geneticist who discovered—will discover why people are chrono-impaired. It’s a genetic7 thing; he figures it out in 2006.” She sighs. “I guess it’s just way too early. You told me once that there are a lot more chrono-impaired people about ten years from now.” “I’ve never heard of anyone else who has this—impairment.” “I guess even if you went out right now and found Dr. Kendrick he wouldn’t be able to help you. And we would never have met, if he could.” “Let’s not think about that.” We are in my lobby. Clare precedes me into the tiny elevator. I close the door and push eleven. She smells like old cloth, soap, sweat, and fur. I breathe deeply. The elevator clangs into place on my floor and we extricate8 ourselves from it and walk down the narrow hallway.“It’s gotten much worse during dinner. I’m going to have to blindfold9 you.” Clare giggles10 as I set down the wine and remove my tie. I pass it over her eyes and tie it firmly at the back of her head. I open the door and guide her into the apartment and settle her in the armchair. “Okay, start counting.”
1 pounce | |
n.猛扑;v.猛扑,突然袭击,欣然同意 | |
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2 slivers | |
(切割或断裂下来的)薄长条,碎片( sliver的名词复数 ) | |
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3 parlor | |
n.店铺,营业室;会客室,客厅 | |
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4 veer | |
vt.转向,顺时针转,改变;n.转向 | |
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5 impractical | |
adj.不现实的,不实用的,不切实际的 | |
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6 molecular | |
adj.分子的;克分子的 | |
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7 genetic | |
adj.遗传的,遗传学的 | |
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8 extricate | |
v.拯救,救出;解脱 | |
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9 blindfold | |
vt.蒙住…的眼睛;adj.盲目的;adv.盲目地;n.蒙眼的绷带[布等]; 障眼物,蒙蔽人的事物 | |
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10 giggles | |
n.咯咯的笑( giggle的名词复数 );傻笑;玩笑;the giggles 止不住的格格笑v.咯咯地笑( giggle的第三人称单数 ) | |
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