Six minutes to six, said the clock over the information booth in Grand Central Station. The tall young Army lieutenant who had just come from the direction of the tracks lifted his sunburned face, and his eyes narrowed to note the exact time. His hea...
His mind went back to that book-the book the Lord Himself must have put into his hands out of the hundreds of Army library books sent to the Florida training camp. 他又想到了在训练营时看过的一本书《人性的枷锁》, Of Human Bond...
Going my way, soldier? she murmured. he made one step closer to her. Then he saw Hollis Meynell. 问路吗,军人?她轻轻地说。他又走近一步,接着,他看到了霍丽丝梅内尔。 She was standing almost directly behind the girl,...
My New Home-Home-Real Estate 我的新家-家里-房地产 Because of father's work. our family had to move to San Diego. Father wanted to lease but mother insisted on buying. Both of them had good points. so the compromise was a short-term lease as...
He did not remember when he had first started to talk aloud when he was by himself. He had sung when he was by himself in the old days and he had sung at night sometimes when he was alone steering on his watch in the smacks or in the turtle boats. He...
He could not see the green of the shore now but only the tops of the blue hills that showed white as though they were snow-capped and the clouds that looked like high snow mountains above them. The sea was very dark and the light made prisms in the w...
One hundred fathoms down a marlin was eating the sardines that covered the point and the shank of the hook where the hand-forged hook projected from the head of the small tuna. 在一百英寻的深处有条大马林鱼正在吃包住钓钩尖端和钩...
Then he felt the gentle touch on the line and he was happy. 跟着他感到钓索轻轻地动了一下,他高兴了。 It was only his turn, he said. He'll take it. 它刚才不过是在转身,他说。它会咬饵的。 He was happy feeling the...
Eat it a little more, he said. Eat it well. 再吃一些吧,他说。美美地吃吧。 Eat it so that the point of the hook goes into your heart and kills you, he thought. Come up easy and let me put the harpoon into you. All right. Are you ready?...
He held the line against his back and watched its slant in the water and the skiff moving steadily to the north-west. 他攥住了勒在背脊上的钓索,紧盯着它直往水中斜去,小船呢,不停地朝西北方驶去。 This will kill hi...
The fish never changed his course nor his direction all that night as far as the man could tell from watching the stars. It was cold after the sun went down and the old man's sweat dried cold on his back and his arms and his old legs. During the day...
Then he said aloud, I wish I had the boy. To help me and to see this. 然后他说出声来:但愿孩子在就好了。可以帮我一手,让他见识见识这种光景。 No one should be alone in their old age, he thought. But it is unavoidable...
1.propose vt.提议,建议; 打算,计划; 推荐,提名; 求婚 And where do you propose building such a huge thing? 那么你打算在哪里建这么一个庞然大物呢? 2.be defined as 被认为是 Within criminal law almost anythi...
Winter Clothing Store-Shopping 冬季衣服店-购物 In Detroit,one of the most visited clothing wholesale stores in Burlington Coat Factory.I shop for winter clothes exclusively at Burlington.For a cost-conscious consumer like me,spring is the time...
A Pirate's Tale-Talks-Accident 海盗者故事-话题-意外 A pirate walked into a bar and ordered a whiskey.The bartender noticed that,like any self-respecting pirate,this guy had a peg leg,a hook in place of one of his hands and a patch over one e...