Chapter 16

Blair put the bottle of perfume in the back counter. - Okay - she replied coldly. - Come to St. Barts tomorrow. - Serena planted a kiss in front of Nate. Then lowered and kissed Jenny. - But the people you see in the Year-new, all right? Nate Blair noted¹ rummage² in the ruby³ ring on his finger. He took a step forward, put your hand on the jacket sleeve and kissed her on the face. - Merry Christmas, Blair. The best actresses always remain composed in the face of insults. - Merry Christmas - she replied, keeping the chin lifted the maximum that was physically⁴ possible without falling back. Then, with the highest form that could pose, she turned to lift the back of the shop, pulling Serena behind you. Nate from the saw, admiring how the long dark hair fell to Blair in the back of the jacket Cashmere blue sky. He built the left hand and he breathed fresh and pure perfume that reminded Blair of bare skin. After turned to Jenny. The pompoms in her hair. The partnership⁵ avantajada black. Hands little girl. The shy smile. Blair was a relief to have gone, he stopped to compare the two. Because the real truth was that there was no comparison. A bottle of perfume as a dancer was on the desk of glass behind them. - Hey - Nate said changing the subject. - I saw the nutcracker? - Jenny studying art, then probably knew all of ballet. Jenny shook her head, trying to smile. He had gone to the Lincoln Center with the class of architecture and design, but it was the closest that came to see a ballet of truth. - No, not yet. That was not good. Definitely not good. Nate Blair had brought to see the nutcracker in the last three Christmas and, although he knew that was very stupid, I would like. It was kind of a trip: the first scene, during a Christmas party, the tree on stage was just a tree normal-sized. And then, after the little girl begins to sleep and dream, the tree leaves the ground, turning into a tree pumped steroids - was even greater than the Rockefeller Center tree. And after all the toys come to life and begin to fight. It was sensational⁷. Nate pulled the phone from the pocket. - Have a dinner with his father tomorrow night, right? Jenny seats. - So let's see if they have tickets for the matinee. Jenny is supported at the counter of perfumes, dominated by those of flu symptoms again. Nate would take her to the ballet! How could she not love Nate? d try to write about sex in a new way Once the evidence came on Thursday, Dan went to the Sino-Cuban favorite coffee shop on Broadway and asked for a coffee with milk and rolinho spring. Then got a new block black and a black ballpoint pen. The all week he was trying to write something decent way to keep the proposal for the university, but everything I wrote was a complete waste. He never had trouble writing before - in general, the words simply fluíam him. Obviously he was distracted by the evidence, but that was not a justification⁸. He was blocking writer. Dan bebeu um gole, pingando gotas de café com leite em toda a primeira página em branco do bloco. In a way, have linked the blocking of the major writer. Tolstoy had. Hemingway had. He was not sure whether your favorite French existentialist had, but concluded that everyone should probably go through it one time or another. That does not make things less painful, however. Indeed, it was excruciating. Poor thing, that tormented⁹ soul. Dan knew, only to look at the old black block, the last time that he had written anything of value was before Thanksgiving, before he and Vanessa kiss is the first time and realize they were in love. He turned rolinho the spring in a thick sauce of plum and has a bite. Besides the death, love was his favorite subject, but now I was loving the words he used to write about it seemed superficial and rough. If he could at least find a new angle to approach the topic of love. Plunged¹⁰ in the spring rolinho sauce and took another bite. The hot fat rolinho of trickled¹¹ down through the wrist. Esbarrou a waitress at the hip⁶ with his elbow and he dropped what was left of the cup rolinho, coffee with milk spreading everywhere.
Most people are annoying, but for Dan was a moment of illumination. Sex!, He thought. The sex was the final physical expression of love, and it was so, although it was never done, he wanted to happen at the right time, when the only way to tell what was really meant to make love. Dan took the pen cap. He read much critical theory to know that some of the biggest clichés to write about sex was to use images of flowers desabrochando, the sunrise and fireworks. He also knew it was possible to do something that did not appear sexual. But he wanted to write about the sex of new and unexpected ways. He looked at the half eaten rolinho spring, brown coffee, thinking.

1 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

2 rummage   

v./n.翻寻，仔细检查

参考例句：

• He had a good rummage inside the sofa.他把沙发内部彻底搜寻了一翻。
• The old lady began to rummage in her pocket for her spectacles.老太太开始在口袋里摸索，找她的眼镜。

3 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

4 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

5 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

6 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

7 sensational   

adj.使人感动的，非常好的，轰动的，耸人听闻的

参考例句：

• Papers of this kind are full of sensational news reports.这类报纸满是耸人听闻的新闻报道。
• Their performance was sensational.他们的演出妙极了。

8 justification   

n.正当的理由；辩解的理由

参考例句：

• There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
• In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。

9 tormented   

饱受折磨的

参考例句：

• The knowledge of his guilt tormented him. 知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。
• He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy. 他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。

10 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

11 trickled   

v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 )；淌；使)慢慢走；缓慢移动

参考例句：

• Blood trickled down his face. 血从他脸上一滴滴流下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The tears trickled down her cheeks. 热泪一滴滴从她脸颊上滚下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》