16 The Visitor 34
原文内容
10 句英文原文
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中文翻译
"今晚我要让他和我一起睡，然后明天带他回那位印度绅士那里。"
我很抱歉要把你带回去，猴子；但你必须走。
你最应该喜爱的是你自己的家人；而我并不是一个真正的亲戚。"
当她上床睡觉时，她在自己脚边给他做了一个窝，他蜷缩在那里睡着了，仿佛自己是个婴儿，并对自己的住处感到非常满意。
“这就是那个孩子！”
第二天下午，大家庭的三名成员坐在那位印度绅士的图书馆里，尽力让他高兴起来。
他们被允许进来履行这一职责，是因为他特别邀请了这些人。
他已经在一种悬而未决的状态中生活了一段时间，而今天他正非常焦急地等待着某个事件的发生。
这次事件是卡迈克尔先生从莫斯科的归来。
他在那里的停留时间从一周又一周地延长了。
重点词汇
10 个suspense/səˈspens/
n.悬念，焦虑
原句：He had been living in a state of suspense for some time.
prolonged/prəˈlɒŋd/
adj.延长的，拖延的
原句：His stay there had been prolonged from week to week.
quarters/ˈkwɔːtəz/
n.住处，住所
原句：much pleased with his quarters.
fondest/ˈfɒndɪst/
adj.最喜爱的
原句：You ought to be fondest of your own family.
perform/pəˈfɔːm/
v.执行，履行
原句：to perform this office because he had specially invited them.
cheer up/tʃɪər ʌp/
phr.v.使振作起来
原句：doing their best to cheer him up.
curl up/kɜːl ʌp/
phr.v.蜷缩
原句：and he curled up and slept there
nest/nest/
n.窝，巢
原句：she made him a nest at her feet
relation/rɪˈleɪʃn/
n.亲戚
原句：I'm not a REAL relation.
specially/ˈspeʃəli/
adv.特别地
原句：because he had specially invited them.
重点语法
5 个1
ought to do sth.
情态动词ought to表示义务或推测
原文
You ought to be fondest of your own family;
你应当最爱自己的家人；
例句
You ought to see a doctor.
你应该去看医生。
2
as if + 从句
as if引导方式状语从句，常使用虚拟语气
原文
as if he were a baby
仿佛他是个婴儿
例句
He talks as if he knew everything.
他说起话来好像什么都知道。
3
be pleased with
固定搭配，表示对...感到满意
原文
much pleased with his quarters.
对他的住处非常满意。
例句
She is pleased with her new job.
她对她的新工作很满意。
4
do one's best to do sth.
固定搭配，表示尽力做某事
原文
doing their best to cheer him up.
尽力让他振作起来。
例句
I will do my best to help you.
我会尽力帮助你。
5
have been doing
现在完成进行时，表示动作从过去持续到现在并可能继续
原文
He had been living in a state of suspense
他一直生活在一种悬念的状态中
例句
It has been raining for two hours.
雨已经下了两个小时了。