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
I am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for
I am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for
admin
2017-05-11
76
问题
I am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me ; it is the reality I took with me into sleep . I try to think of something else. Immediately the woman in the marketplace comes into my mind.
I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her . She was selling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling . In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue , green, and white. They reminded me of my childhood and how my girlfriends and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair.
I don’t know the word for "ribbons" , so I put my hand to my own hair and, with three fingers against my head , I looked at her ribbons and said "Beautiful. " She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasn’t sure if she understood me(I don’t speak Laotian very well).
I looked back down at the skirts. They had designs in them: squares and triangles and circles of pink and green silk. They were very pretty. I decided to buy one of those skirts, and I began to bargain with her over the price. It is the custom to bargain in Asia. In Laos bargaining is done in soft voices and easy moves with the sort of quiet peacefulness.
She smiled, more with her eyes than with her lips. She was pleased by the few words I was able to say in her language, although they were mostly numbers, and she saw that I understood something about the soft playfulness of bargaining. We shook our heads in disagreement over the price; then, immediately, we made another offer and then another shake of the head. She was so pleased that unexpectedly, she accepted the last offer I made. But it was too soon. The price was too low. She was being too generous and wouldn’t make enough money. I moved quickly and picked up two more skirts and paid for all three at the price set; that way I was able to pay her three times as much before she had a chance to lower the price for the larger purchase. She smiled openly then, and, for the first time in months, my spirit lifted. I almost felt happy.
The feeling stayed with me while she wrapped the skirts in a newspaper and handed them to me. When I left, though, the feeling left, too. It was as though it stayed behind in marketplace. I left tears in my throat. I wanted to cry. I didn’t , of course.
I have learned to defend myself against what is hard; without knowing it, I have also learned to defend myself against what is soft and what should be easy.
I get up, light a candle and want to look at the skirts. They are still in the newspaper that the woman wrapped them in. I remove the paper, and raise the skirts up to look at them again before I pack them. Something falls to floor. I reach down and feel something cool in my hand. I move close to the candlelight to see what I have. There are five long silk ribbons in my hand, all different colours. The woman in the maketplace! She has given these ribbons to me!
There is no defense against a generous spirit, and this time I cry, and very hard, as if I could make up for all the months that I didn’t cry.
According to the writer, the woman in the marketplace______.
选项
A、refused to speak to her
B、was pleasant and attractive
C、was selling skirts and ribbons
D、recognized her immediately
答案
B
解析
根据第2段对她的细节描写:“She moved with the same ease and loveliness…Herlong black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling.In her hair,she worethree silk ribbons,blue, green,and white. They reminded me of my childhood and how mygirlfriends and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair.”由此可见,作者对她的印象是愉快的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/nxFO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Whatissospecialaboutintuitivetalent?Extensiveresearchonbrainskillsindicatesthatthosewhoscoreashighlyintuitive
Hurricanesareviolentstormsthatcausemillionsofdollarsinpropertydamageandtakemanylives.Theycanbeextremelydange
Hurricanesareviolentstormsthatcausemillionsofdollarsinpropertydamageandtakemanylives.Theycanbeextremelydange
PriscillaOuchida’s"energy-efficient"houseturnedouttobeahorribledream.Whensheandherengineerhusbandmarriedafew
Justoverayearago,Ifoolishlylockedupmybicycleoutsidemyoffice,butforgottoremovethepannier.WhenIreturned,the
Thereisnoquestionthattheoldstyleofairpollutioncouldkillpeople.Inoneweekfollowingtheinfamous"peasouper"fogi
Developingapeaceful,understanding,andsupportiverelationshipbetweenparentsandchildrenisnotaneasytask.Failurescana
Hefinallyagreedtosigntheagreementwithus,butwithsome_____.
Overthepastfewyears,outcriesfromfoodactivistshavechangedmanyAmericans’eatinghabits-.Criticismofwidespreadpestic
MarythoughtshewouldnevermeetTomagain,butbyacurious______theyfinallymet.
随机试题
下列关于温抗体型自身免疫性溶血性贫血的叙述不正确的是
下列不是第一恒磨牙正常萌出的影响因素的是
不具有雌激素活性的环境污染物是()
下列各项中,不属于医师在执业活动中应当履行的法定义务是
A.沿乳晕边缘做弧形切口B.以乳头为中心循乳管方向做放射状切口C.沿乳房下缘做弧形切口D.对口引流E.洞式切口与中药线引流乳晕下脓肿,切开引流应
A、水提醇沉法B、离心分离法C、大孔树脂法D、膜分离法E、吸附澄清法包括微滤、超滤、反渗透等操作技术
径赛运动员犯规,对其取消比赛资格的判罚,检查主裁判应()。
后现代主义课程论指出,课程不应该帮助学生去适应社会,而是要建立一种新的社会秩序和社会文化。()
HowOneSimpleMovementCanLetSliptheSecretsoftheMindBodylanguageisthequiet,secretandmostpowerfullanguageofal
UniversitiesBranchOutA)Asneverbeforeintheirlonghistory,universitieshavebecomeinstrumentsofnationalcompetitionas
最新回复
(
0
)