I Wish I Were A Book

    "JOHN, for heaven's sake, why can't you just talk to me once in a while?" whined¹ Mary.

    "Hun?" John responded.

    "Look around you!" she yelled as she pointed² around the room. "All these books! Your head is always buried in books! You don't even know I'm alive!""Oh. I'm sorry.""You know sometimes I wish I were a book. Then you'd at least look at me.""Hmmm," John mumbled³ in deep thought, "that's not a bad idea. Then I could take you to the libraryevery few days and change you for something more interesting."

1 whined   

v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 )；哀诉，诉怨

参考例句：

• The dog whined at the door, asking to be let out. 狗在门前嚎叫着要出去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted. 他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。 来自辞典例句

2 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

3 mumbled   

含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话，可我没太听清楚。
• George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。