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CHAPTER SIX
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He was unconscious when she returned, fifty-one hours later. She made him sit up and she gave him some drops of water to heal1 his cracked lips and dry mouth. He woke up and tried to swallow a lot of water from the glass she was holding, but she only let him have a little at a time. 'Annie, the medicine, please . . . now,' he gasped2. 'Soon, dear, soon,' she said gently. 'I'll give you your medicine, but first you have a job to do. I'll be back in a moment.' 'Annie, no!' he screamed as she got up and left the room. When she came back he thought he was still dreaming. It seemed too strange to be real. She was pushing a barbecue stove into the room. 'Annie, please. I'm in terrible pain.' Tears were streaming down his face. 'I know, dear. Soon.' She left and came back again with the typescript of Fast Cars and a box of matches. 'No,' he said, crying and shaking. 'No.' And the thought burned into his mind like acid3: everyone had always said that he was crazy not to make copies of his typescripts. 'Yes,' she said, her face clear and calm. She held out the matches to him. 'It's foul4, and it's no good. But you're good, Paul. I'm just helping5 you to be good.' 'No. I won't do it.' He shut his eyes. When he opened them again she was holding a packet of Novril in front of them. 'I think I'll give you four,' she said, as if she was not talking to him but to herself. 'Yes, four. Then you'll feel peaceful and the pain will go. I bet6 you're hungry, too. I bet you'd like some toast.' 'You're bad,' said Paul. 'Yes, that's what children always say to their mothers. But mother knows best. I'm waiting, Paul. You're being a very stubborn7 little boy.' 13 'No, I won't do it.' 'I'm not sure that you'll ever wake up if you lose consciousness8 again,' she remarked. 'I think you're close to unconsciousness now.' One hundred and ninety thousand words. Two years' work. But more importantly, it was what he saw as the truth. 'No.' The bed moved as she got up. 'I can't stay here all day. I hurried back to see you, and now you behave like a spoiled little boy. Oh well,' she sighed. 'I'll come back later.' 'You burn it.' he shouted. 'No, it must be you.' When she came back an hour later he took the matches. He remembered the joy of writing something good, something real. 'Annie, please don't make me do this,' he said. 'It's your choice,' she answered. So he burned his book - a few pages, enough to please her, to show her that he was good. Then she pushed the barbecue out again, to finish the job herself. When she came back she gave him four tablets9 of Novril and he thought: I'm going to kill her.

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1 heal Fd9xt     
v.使愈合,治愈,使康复;平息(争吵等);消除,解决(分支等)
参考例句:
  • Time helped heal the old wounds.时间有助于治愈旧创伤。
  • This wound will soon heal if yon keep it clean.如果你保持伤口清洁,它很快就会痊愈。
2 gasped e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80     
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
参考例句:
  • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
  • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 acid ky9zH     
n.酸;酸性物质;adj.酸的,酸性的
参考例句:
  • Handle with care,or the acid may get out.小心轻放,否则酸会溢出来。
  • The acid has been eating away the sides of the container.酸腐蚀着容器的四壁。
4 foul Sfnzy     
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规
参考例句:
  • Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
  • What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气!
5 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
6 bet ddZy8     
v.打赌,以(与)...打赌;n.赌注,赌金;打赌
参考例句:
  • I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说,你解决不了这个难题。
  • I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。
7 stubborn VGHzT     
adj.难以移动,去除的,固执的,顽固的
参考例句:
  • I can not cope with that boy;he is stubborn.我对付不了那个孩子,他很固执。
  • When he's in his stubborn mood,he isn't easily talked round.他那股牛劲上来了,一时不容易说服。
8 consciousness vYlyL     
n.意识,觉悟,知觉
参考例句:
  • The experience helped to change her social consciousness.这种经验有助于改变她的社会意识。
  • He lost consciousness at the first whiff of ether.他一嗅到乙醚便失去了知觉。
9 tablets c6411ee33ebd1dbd0d0f8c8487de472b     
n.药片( tablet的名词复数 );(木、竹)简;碑;一块肥皂
参考例句:
  • The tablets may make you feel drowsy. 这药片可能会使你昏昏欲睡。
  • Take two tablets with water before meals. 每次两片,饭前用水冲服。


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