首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Mr Duffy raised his eyes from the paper and gazed out of his window on the cheerless evening landscape. The river lay quiet besi
Mr Duffy raised his eyes from the paper and gazed out of his window on the cheerless evening landscape. The river lay quiet besi
admin
2010-03-25
76
问题
Mr Duffy raised his eyes from the paper and gazed out of his window on the cheerless evening landscape. The river lay quiet beside the empty distillery and from time to time a light appeared in some house on Lucan Road. What an end! The whole narrative of her death revolted him and it revolted him to think that he had ever spoken to her of what he held sacred. The cautious words of a reporter won over to conceal the details of a commonplace vulgar death attacked his stomach. Not merely had she degraded herself; she had degraded him. His soul’s companion! He thought of the hobbling wretches whom he had seen carrying cans and bottles to be filled by the barman. Just God, what an end! Evidently she had been unfit to live, without any strength of purpose, an easy prey to habits, one of the wrecks on which civilization has been reared. But that she could have sunk so low! Was it possible he had deceived himself so utterly about her? He remembered her outburst of that night and interpreted it in a harsher sense than he had ever done. He had no. difficulty now in approving of the course he had taken.
As the light failed and his memory began to wander he thought her hand touched his. The shock which had first attacked his stomach was now attacking his nerves. He put on his overcoat and hat quickly and went out. The cold air met him on the threshold; it crept into the sleeves of his coat. When he came to the public house at Chapel Bridge he went in and ordered a hot punch.
The proprietor served him obsequiously but did not venture to talk. There were five or six working-men in the shop discussing the value of a gentleman’s estate in County Kildare. They drank at intervals from their huge pint tumblers, and smoked, spitting often on the floor and sometimes dragging the sawdust over their heavy boots. Mr Duffy sat on his stool and gazed at them, without seeing or hearing them. After a while they went out and he called for another punch. He sat a long time over it. The shop was very quiet. The proprietor sprawled on the counter reading the newspaper and yawning. Now and again a tram was heard swishing along the lonely road outside.
As he sat there, living over his life with her and evoking alternately the two images on which he now conceived her, he realized that she was dead, that she had ceased to exist, that she had become a memory. He began to feel ill at ease. He asked himself what else could he have done. He could not have lived with her openly. He had done what seemed to him best. How was he to blame? Now that she was gone he understood how lonely her life must have been, sitting night after night alone in that room. His life would be lonely too until he, too, died, ceased to exist, became a memory -- if anyone remembered him.
Mr Duffy’s immediate reaction to the report of the woman’s death was that of
选项
A、disgust.
B、guilt.
C、grief.
D、compassion.
答案
A
解析
Duffy先生看了有关那个女人死亡报道后的第一反应是感到恶心。具体细节可以在第一段中找到:The whole narrative of her death revolted him...;...attacked his stomach,等等。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/FnqO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Tounderstandthemarketingconcept,itisonlynecessarytounderstandthedifferencebetweenmarketingandselling.Nottooma
Overthelast25years,Britishsocietyhaschangedagreatdeal--oratleastmanypartsofithave.Insomeways,however,very
Studentsshouldbehelpedbyacoursethatconsidersthecomputer’svariousimpactsoncommerce,economy,science,technology,c
Thisviewmaybecorrect:ithastheadvantagethatthecurrentsaredrivenbytemperaturedifferencesthatthemselvesdependon
TherearemanytheoriesaboutthebeginningofdramainancientGreece.Theonemostwidelyacceptedtodayisbasedontheassum
Itishardlynecessaryformetocitealltheevidenceofthedepressingstateofliteracy.ThesefiguresfromtheDepartmentof
A、Tocarryinformationthatwouldhelpdetermineelevation.B、Toprovideaccurateweatherreports.C、Torelayinformationfroms
A、Stormsandfloods.B、Diseaseandfire.C、Lessspacefortheirgrowth.D、Rapidincreaseoftheanimalpopulation.B
美国是个在轮子上的国家。大多数美国人都拥有汽车,有的甚至为之而着迷。他们会花大量时间讨论究竟要买进口车还是国产车,确定哪一款车是最好的家用车或最好的跑车。汽车修理也是个大众话题。你可以参与(他们的)讨论,谈你(拥有)的汽车或与人共享你从汽车杂志上看到的信息
我觉得我的条件正符合你们的工作描述。从我的简历中你可以看到我有一份证实我在解决问题、进行多重任务工作和处理顾客问题方面能力的证明资料。除了我们刚才讨论过的技能和经历之外,我是一个工作非常努力的人;我工作认真,而且很有方法;能与大家相处得非常好,而且我学得很
随机试题
家族性息肉病为( )Turcot综合征( )
病人的临床表现特征为:与护士交谈时非常认真形象地诉说内容,但是病房护士们都不明白他要说的问题是什么。这种症状最可能是
单位年终要进行先进工作者评选,采取匿名投票方法。如果你是该单位职工,在下列投票行为中,你会选择()。
简述法制与法治的区别。
我们说儒家是道德至上或者道德决定论的时候,是一种宏观上的总体定性和评价。所谓“子罕言利”或者“小人喻于利”,是着眼于人作为一种道德存在、超越存在的“应然”特质而立论,所拒斥和鄙夷的只是“不义而富且贵”。具体到关乎民生的问题,儒家并非不言利、否定利,而是主张
城市因水而生,因水而兴,因水而美。我们可以列举湖泊给城市带来的一系列好处,比如人工湖的修建对于改善人居环境,改善生态环境,治水治内涝等方面都能起到积极作用。但是,人工湖是不是越多越好、越大越好,大规模开挖人工湖是否会加重财政负担,政府这样大手笔的投入,到底
Arepasswordsoutdated?It’sstartingtoseemlikeit.Everybodyhatesthem,andnobodycanrememberalltheonesthey’ve【C1】___
Whydidmanywomenfeelthatknittingwasoutofdate?Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementaboutknittin
Ifyouhearthefire______,leavethebuildingquickly.
A、No,Iamnot.B、Yes,Iam.C、AmI?D、Youarewelcome.D问题表述的是非常感谢你的帮忙。对于此类问题的回答,通常为Youarewelcome/It’smypleasure/Notat
最新回复
(
0
)