Chapter 31

Blair bite of the cherry cocktail¹, watching Serena hit the bottom with two men of dark hair for twenty years that the sailor wore matching outfits² and seemed twins. - I can not wait - she said. - After it is to Yale, I will never return. Nate smiled. He loved how Blair always thought that was going to Yale. - I have to go visit you, then. The vodka was going up to the head of Blair. She could see that Nate was trying to talk to her as if nothing had happened, as if he had not exchanged for a pre-school and spent the last month avoiding it altogether. It was irritating way, but it was also wonderful way, as part of its roadmap in which Colin Audrey realized that she had acted with the same horrible way that she acted with him and therefore she decided³ to love him even more. Blair sighed and closed the fund drink. I had forgotten how were the eyes of Nate. Charlie Dern toward them and was greeted Nate, beating the palms. - Hey, welcome back, man. I saw your ass⁴ on that Web site. Nice move! But that sense of opportunity. - Thanks, man - Nate replied, trying to stay cool. - See you later - he added, giving to understand the Charlie that he wanted to discuss the matter. Charlie Blair went out and put another cigarette in the mouth. - What he means, and sent in what? Nate opened the Zippo and lit a cigarette it. If Blair had not heard of him and Jennifer on that site that everyone commented, he definitely wanted things continue like that. - Nothing not - he replied. A fuse of sand-brown hair fell on his forehead and the Blair departed for Nate, so it is smiling at him while he return the smile. Almost like old times. Almost. to find a distraction⁵ Shortly after ten, the half-brother of Blair gone, Aaron, left the elevator and entered the loft⁶ in a cloud of cigarette smoke of course, using one of your shirts LEGALIZE HEMP⁷ surprisingly pale and looking for those who spent a week in St. Barts. Then his eyes swept away the crowd of drinkers, smokers⁸ and dancers suados and fell on Blair and Nate talking next to the bar, eyes glued in the face of each other. The heart of Aaron hit in the chest wall. Blair seemed like a person completely different from Blair in St. Barts. She was shining. He wanted to go there to apologize and try to explain the behavior in the village idiot, but then thought better not do that. It was a party and everyone should have fun. He would wait until tomorrow if Blair was not quite hangover. On the trail, Serena saw the skytech desarrumadas means of Aaron and danced towards him, the hair bands with a pink rocking and fingers painted silver shining. She threw his arms in the neck and shook him on the cheek colored ear of Aaron. - I'm so glad you came! - She said, appears to be even happier. - I - gruniu Aaron, thinking that perhaps was being sincere. - Where the Miles? He did not come with you? Aaron shook his head. - He is still in St. Barts. It means someone who met there. Serena laughed. - Ah, knew, huh? Aaron put his hands in the pockets of the olive-green pants and looked at Blair and Nate again. Serena followed the look of it. Why Aaron Blair always looked for anything with that so sad? - It is nice to see the two together again, right? - She dropped out of breath, hoping that he agreed. Aaron is forced to approve. Blair was not his, and she seemed happy. - It is - he said. - Yeah. Serena has the arm to it, taking it to the runway. - Come on - she screamed -, let's dance! She smelled like patchouli and sandalwood, barefoot and it was exactly the same height of Aaron. Wow, saw Aaron while Serena prying⁹ golden arms and agile¹⁰ on the head and gave a little spin, their hair flying in all directions. She is really beautiful. As everyone around the world already had not noticed that. He could be a little peaked when he arrived, but someone was about to have a very happy new-year. not even in new york Vanessa did not like the idea of kissing a bunch of drunks that did not like much and shout "Happy New Year-". It was kind of the nightmare of it. So instead of going to the festival of Serena, she got the filming equipment, put lots of clothes and took the subway to Central Park. Everyone was cool that would be the party of Serena, then why not see what would make people who were not antenadas? Only negative was seven degrees outside and the temperature was dropping. I could not get anything more inappropriate than the race's annual midnight in the park frozen. It was the perfect outcome for the film about New York. She began shooting as people were preparing for the race at the entrance of the park, near the dam, the 89 East. Had started to snow, then it was a challenge to keep the lens clean and lighting¹¹ correct, but the park was incredibly pure and beautiful in its thin layer of newly fallen snow, and all the runners were in full frenzy¹². This would be even better than the head of the doll garbage truck. - You are every year, or is the first time? - Vanessa asked a man using only Bermuda emaciate¹³ of denim¹⁴ and basketball shoes without socks. She has a zoom¹⁵ in your chest magrelo and haggard, looking for assaduras cold, but what is not scared to see none. - First time? - Exclaimed the man, pulling his hair gray sticky in a tail-to-horse and smiling at her with the tobacco-stained teeth. - I look blank for you? Thick. Vanessa was happy to be his face hidden by the camera. - All right - she said, retreating. - Good luck. She returned to a woman who should have some seventy years of using a mink¹⁶ coat, shoes and Chanel ears of mink, leading a white standard poodle who also had a coat of mink. - Hi, and who is this here? - Vanessa hum, lowering itself to the pet dog. - We love running in the snow. - The woman smiled happily, shriveled lips with a thick layer of orange-pink lipstick¹⁷. The white hair was pulled up in a coke and cheeks were coarse Ruge of orange. - All my children are grown and my husband is in the casinos of Nice, then Angel and I came here to have fun. - I - said Vanessa, but obviously she had not children, nor husband, nor dog. She smiled at the woman as conspirasse with her. - It is exciting, is not it? The woman was taking something from the bag Hermès Kelly green, and Vanessa has a zoom in that could see: botinhas red rubber. - Once he gets balls of snow in feet - she explained, crouch¹⁸ to close the botinhas feet with Velcro in the poodle. - And they have much style - Vanessa completed. Now she knew what people meant when saying "Just even in New York." Only in New York that you find a woman and her poodle with mink coats of combining in a race at midnight with that creep of Bermuda. And now Vanessa had a title for your film: Only even in New York. It was brilliant, even though she said it herself. From boots, Angel trot¹⁹ in a circle, showing them. - Good boy! - Vanessa said, following him closely with the camera. She was so delighted with the subject have not understood that his hero, Ken²⁰ Mogul, rode over there and it sat in a seat to observe the park. Dan sought by Vanessa for hours. First was to her apartment, which would have been the most obvious place to find it, but after touching²¹ the doorbell some 14 times in the windows and shout, he finally gave up. Then he went to the Five and Dime²², the bar in Williamsburg where the band Ruby²³, the SugarDaddy, played. Ruby was busy rehearsing with the band, but Dan said that Vanessa had said something about shooting people crazy in a park at midnight. That encouraging. As each city park was not full of crazy people. Dan first tried in Madison Square Park, where Vanessa had filmed a scene of war and peace. But except for some people who walk with the dogs and a man who slept on a bench with a paper bag on his head, the park was quiet. Then he tried to Washington Square Park, which was full of hipsters skater and students of the University of New York lighting Bombinhas illegal. Finally he returned to center and went to Central Park, wandering aimlessly and xingando Vanessa for not believe in cell phones. He circumvented²⁴ the dam, watching the flakes²⁵ of snow that are floating around and clashed, asking where it had gone to the ducks. Then he saw a crowd gathered near the entrance of the park on 89th And, making his way by the crowd, talking to people while looking through his video camera, was a pale girl in black above, a knitted hat and black combat boots to black. Dan followed by steps of stone that led to the dam and it sat on a bench near the park with a man about thirty years, short red hair and skin Freckled²⁶ who wore a face ski jacket with dark-gray hooded²⁷ fur. The man was sitting on the bare hands and seemed to be watching intensely Vanessa. - See how she gets behind the people before they show and talk with them? - Asked the man to Dan, pointing to Vanessa. - It is as if she wanted to know what they do not know about themselves. Dan seats. Who the hell was this guy, anyway? - I love the way she mixes with the background at times, being so quiet, letting people do what they are doing. She is beautiful. Dan turned and faced the subject. I wanted to give him a punch. The man raised his hand.
- Hi, I'm Ken Mogul, filmmaker - he said. - You make movies? Dan shook his head briefly²⁸. - No - the breath of it floated to the sky in lufadas cold and white. - I am a poet. The two saw Vanessa is agachar for the poodle to sniff²⁹ mink coat from the lens of the camera. Dan is bent³⁰ forward. She was so lovely behind the camera and so comfortable with what I did that was difficult to believe that use of the material inappropriate way. Maybe Jenny was right not to blame Vanessa, he concluded. Maybe she has not had anything to do with that link. Somehow her work had fallen into the wrong hands. - I published anything? - Asked Ken Mogul. - Not yet - Dan smiled to himself. - But a poem I will leave the New Yorker in the coming months - he added with pride. what she wants is not what she has They were almost 11 of the night when Jenny came to the festival of Serena. His sympathetic taxi driver had become stuck in traffic in Times Square - that everyone knows that is a place to be avoided in the new Year-crowded with tourists because it is drunk and is a complete nightmare. Jenny and was then left on foot. It felt cool and mature way, alone in the street at night, on the way to a party where they finally see her boyfriend again, the love of his life. When the elevator and out into the loft, Jenny unbutton your coat and handed the girl at the entrance. The breasts estupendos inflated³² in black and gold top with V neck in designing for the room. Hi, hi! Several men at the party immediately recognized the little hair of the link on the Web that was a hot gossip holidays. They stopped what they were doing and began to applaud. - Hey, come here and show me your thong³³! - Screamed a drunk man was wearing a hat that any black out of fashion. - Want to get in my coat? - Shouted another. Jenny froze in the doorway³⁴, holding onto the bag, feeling much as Clara in the nutcracker when surrounded by the gang of evil mice. his eyes searched the room looking desperately³⁵ for Nate. Where, oh, where the prince nutcracker her? Across the room, near the bar, a boy with wavy³⁶ hair and a golden girl of long brown hair that fell in the back talking with his face so close that they could be well be kissing. They looked just like Jenny always wanted to be seen, as if they forget that at a party full of people, too distracted by love. The boys were still cheering for Jenny and uivando of hair when the boy and girl of golden brown hair turned up to look. Hi, hi again! And in that moment, Jenny thought. Nate was never in love with her, because he never stopped loving Blair. And because he had lied and pretended to love her, he was not even a good boyfriend, as Vanessa and Dan said. Nate was not the nutcracker prince. Just another rotten mouse. - Nate - arfou Jenny, the voice stuck in my throat. She cambaleou to the bar where they were and Nate Blair, took off the turquoise³⁷ pendant neck and shot him with the greatest force that could. - Jennifer, sorry ... - Nate began to falter³⁸, but his eyes seemed not regret anything and Jenny was not interested. Blair to face, but it also does not disturbed. - Fuck you - it sussurou as hot tears began to roll for his face. Then she turned to look for the bathroom, where it could play a man in cold water and leave the party with some dignity. Nate was lowered and put the turquoise pendant in my pocket. Looked tired and clumsy. Blair put another cigarette between the lips and risk a match, trying to light it. Continued trying without any luck and finally dropped the match with a sigh mad. Nate opened the Zippo and extended it to her, but the Blair ignored. - What is the problem? - Asked him, although the absolute certainty of the response. Blair narrowed eyes at him, lit a cigarette still hanging in the mouth. He was not the protagonist³⁹. He already was. And there were so many promising⁴⁰ stars - that you needed him? - You are another reason why I was anxious to enter the college. - I just want to light up your cigar - Nate replied without much conviction. - OK - Nate Blair lit a cigarette and inhale⁴¹ deeply. After a torrent⁴² of smoke blew in his face. - Now you can fuck. Nate wrinkle the forehead and closed his Zippo, extinguishing the flame. Blair always exaggerated. Near them, people began to sing, "Ten! Nine! Eight! " - Blair? - Nate took a step forward. All you had to do was kiss it and make up, and everything back to normal again. Like old times. But Blair broke, dropping the cigarette feet of Nate, the tail-of-brown horse while swinging between omoplatas went to the sliding glass door that led to the deck. It was nearly midnight and I had something better to do than kiss another Mané. s win a serenade Serena had danced so much that he felt like he had run a marathon. The mouth was dry, doíam legs and arms pendiam loose side. Someone had cuspido drink in your hair, but she was not called. He had a cute butt³¹ is swinging pretty close to it, and used a butt-olive green trousers and belonged to a cute skytech of short and dark. - Seven! Six! Five! Aaron took the hand of Serena. - Come on out! - He shouted, pulling it to the room for the glass doors. - Serena! - Shouted a voice, holding them in the middle of the road. Serena turned the blue eyes arregalados of disbelief. Flow was, leaving the elevator, using a caramel suede⁴³ jacket and holding of the case of the guitar. There were circles around their eyes and curly black hair was a little flat on the side because of the long journey by plane from Los Angeles, but he was still beautiful. The girls at the party stopped and approached, and so did most of the boys. - Hi - Serena gave him a quick smile. Flow Serena breathed like a breath of fresh air. With the top, the short shorts and bare feet, she seemed a goddess of your dreams more crazy. He kneels and opened the case of the guitar. - I wrote a song for you when you were coming this way. Serena dropped the hand of Aaron and his arms crossed. I did not want to be rough, but how far would Flow before giving up and go home? Beside her, Aaron put your hands in your pockets. He did not care to hear what was playing Flow. Nor anyone else in the room. - I called for My Kandy Girl - Flow muttered short. He spent the guitar by shoulder, played some chords and then closed his eyes and began to sing while. You stole my heart, now I paid the fine You robbed me, left me crazy and dry My love is like chocolate, melts in your hand If you prove it, you understand Eww. But remember, he had one man. Was probably the worst song he had composed, but the guests of the party still enxameavam around Flow, hypnotized by the music and the beauty of it. All the girls that he expected the notice is improvised⁴⁴ a song for them there, and all the guys thought that, if they left with Flow, it would certainly be okay tonight. Serena was tempted⁴⁵ to throw a dollar in the guitar case of Flow, but it probably already had hurt - did not have to insult him still on top. - Come on - she whispered to Aaron, returning to the crowd and getting his hand. - Come on out. Blair was not surprised when Chuck Bass⁴⁶ found a stop on deck, eating olives furiously, smoking, swallowed Veuve Clicquot and freezing your butt. Lacked little to midnight and, knowing Chuck, he looked for someone to make him a blowjob while fireworks shot. - Happy New Year-, Blair - he went straight to her and gave her a kiss on the lips. He was like olives, but he seemed not to mind. Blair moved away and spat⁴⁷ on the floor. - It better be. Chuck put his arm around her and slide your hand slowly in the back of Blair until the ass. - You know what is the best way to enter the year-again? She moved away and pointed⁴⁸ to the glass doors Kati and Isabel, near a table, hold hands and doing the countdown. - Those two have always been totally in love with you - Blair said, trying to keep a serious face. - If you want to "enter the year-new" with someone, why not ask them? Chuck laughed at her. - Really? She seats. - Go ahead, I ... - But before he could finish the sentence, Chuck had dipped into and picked up the two girls a hug. - Four! Three! Two! v and d have their own show At 11:45, the runners had started the slow track at the park. Vanessa ran beside them with a video camera, trying to capture the mixture of determination, pain and elation⁴⁹ on the face of them. They were outdoors, and was running a cold to freeze! It was the end of a year and the beginning of another - perhaps the beginning of a new era! Although they ran so slowly that she could follow them easily, Vanessa had left the bag in the snow on the camera back and fight for his boots were giving him blisters⁵⁰, so she decided to return to the line of departure, imagining that the pegaria on arrival . Dan and Ken Mogul were still waiting for her in the bank. - I indicated for some things - said Ken. - But never won anything. Perhaps working with Vanessa change that. - He was monologando since Dan sit beside him. Dan does not matter. His bloc⁵¹ was open on the lap and he looked fixedly⁵² to the halo of light in the snow produced by a pole, looking for the exact words to describe how the flakes of snow passed by the light, so slowly it did not appear to be falling, but floating. Vanessa suddenly appeared in the halo of light, the red cheeks to run and the huge brown eyes shining. She smiled with the vision of Dan ridiculous and an older man with a sparse⁵³ ski seated together at a bank, with a centimeter of fresh snow on the shoulders. The brown eyes and moving of Dan looked at her from under the white hat. He did not seem angry. My God, she was happy to see him. - How long is sitting there? The guy in partnership⁵⁴ with ski arose. - Enough to see that you definitely is the next great sense of humor. Vanessa laughed again. This guy was serious? He approached and handed him a card. Ken Mogul, filmmaker, was saying. - I am going to Brazil to shoot each child prostitutes in Rio - Ken explained. - But I hope you call me so that we can do something. I really could use you. Vanessa went to the bag and kept the camera. Always admired the work of Ken Mogul, but was not sure if I wanted to be "used" by any director, regardless of their fame. She wanted to make movies alone. - Will you call me? - Ken insisted.

1 cocktail   

n.鸡尾酒；餐前开胃小吃；混合物

参考例句：

• We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
• At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上，人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。

2 outfits   

n.全套装备( outfit的名词复数 )；一套服装；集体；组织v.装备，配置设备，供给服装( outfit的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. 他把承包工程分包给许多小单位。 来自辞典例句
• Some cyclists carry repair outfits because they may have a puncture. 有些骑自行车的人带修理工具，因为他们车胎可能小孔。 来自辞典例句

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

5 distraction   

n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
• Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

6 loft   

n.阁楼，顶楼

参考例句：

• We could see up into the loft from bottom of the stairs.我们能从楼梯脚边望到阁楼的内部。
• By converting the loft,they were able to have two extra bedrooms.把阁楼改造一下，他们就可以多出两间卧室。

7 hemp   

n.大麻；纤维

参考例句：

• The early Chinese built suspension bridges of hemp rope.古代的中国人建造过麻绳悬索桥。
• The blanket was woven from hemp and embroidered with wool.毯子是由亚麻编织，羊毛镶边的。

8 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。

9 prying   

adj.爱打听的v.打听，刺探（他人的私事）( pry的现在分词 )；撬开

参考例句：

• I'm sick of you prying into my personal life! 我讨厌你刺探我的私生活！
• She is always prying into other people's affairs. 她总是打听别人的私事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 agile   

adj.敏捷的，灵活的

参考例句：

• She is such an agile dancer!她跳起舞来是那么灵巧！
• An acrobat has to be agile.杂技演员必须身手敏捷。

11 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

12 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

13 emaciate   

v.使消瘦，使憔悴

参考例句：

• A long illness had emaciated the invalid.久病使这病人消瘦了。
• The lack of food emaciates her.她因为饿而变得消瘦。

14 denim   

n.斜纹棉布；斜纹棉布裤，牛仔裤

参考例句：

• She wore pale blue denim shorts and a white denim work shirt.她穿着一条淡蓝色的斜纹粗棉布短裤，一件白粗布工作服上衣。
• Dennis was dressed in denim jeans.丹尼斯穿了一条牛仔裤。

15 zoom   

n.急速上升；v.突然扩大，急速上升

参考例句：

• The airplane's zoom carried it above the clouds.飞机的陡直上升使它飞到云层之上。
• I live near an airport and the zoom of passing planes can be heard night and day.我住在一个飞机场附近，昼夜都能听到飞机飞过的嗡嗡声。

16 mink   

n.貂，貂皮

参考例句：

• She was wearing a blue dress and a mink coat.她穿着一身蓝色的套装和一件貂皮大衣。
• He started a mink ranch and made a fortune in five years. 他开了个水貂养殖场，五年之内就赚了不少钱。

17 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

18 crouch   

v.蹲伏，蜷缩，低头弯腰；n.蹲伏

参考例句：

• I crouched on the ground.我蹲在地上。
• He crouched down beside him.他在他的旁边蹲下来。

19 trot   

n.疾走，慢跑；n.老太婆；现成译本；(复数）trots:腹泻（与the 连用）；v.小跑，快步走，赶紧

参考例句：

• They passed me at a trot.他们从我身边快步走过。
• The horse broke into a brisk trot.马突然快步小跑起来。

20 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

21 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

22 dime   

n.（指美国、加拿大的钱币）一角

参考例句：

• A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
• The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。

23 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。

24 circumvented   

v.设法克服或避免（某事物），回避( circumvent的过去式和过去分词 )；绕过，绕行，绕道旅行

参考例句：

• By such means the ban against dancing was circumvented. 这样，舞蹈就不至于被禁止。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
• It can therefore be circumvented by address manipulation and explicit type conversion. 因而可以通过地址操纵和显式型别转换来绕过此保护功能。 来自互联网

25 flakes   

小薄片( flake的名词复数 )； （尤指）碎片； 雪花； 古怪的人

参考例句：

• It's snowing in great flakes. 天下着鹅毛大雪。
• It is snowing in great flakes. 正值大雪纷飞。

26 freckled   

adj.雀斑；斑点；晒斑；（使）生雀斑v.雀斑，斑点( freckle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her face was freckled all over. 她的脸长满雀斑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Her freckled skin glowed with health again. 她长有雀斑的皮肤又泛出了健康的红光。 来自辞典例句

27 hooded   

adj.戴头巾的；有罩盖的；颈部因肋骨运动而膨胀的

参考例句：

• A hooded figure waited in the doorway. 一个戴兜帽的人在门口等候。
• Black-eyed gipsy girls, hooded in showy handkerchiefs, sallied forth to tell fortunes. 黑眼睛的吉卜赛姑娘，用华丽的手巾包着头，突然地闯了进来替人算命。 来自辞典例句

28 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

29 sniff   

vi.嗅…味道；抽鼻涕；对嗤之以鼻，蔑视

参考例句：

• The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding - place.警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
• When Munchie meets a dog on the beach, they sniff each other for a while.当麦奇在海滩上碰到另一条狗的时候，他们会彼此嗅一会儿。

30 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

31 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

32 inflated   

adj.（价格）飞涨的；（通货）膨胀的；言过其实的；充了气的v.使充气（于轮胎、气球等）( inflate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）膨胀；（使）通货膨胀；物价上涨

参考例句：

• He has an inflated sense of his own importance. 他自视过高。
• They all seem to take an inflated view of their collective identity. 他们对自己的集体身份似乎都持有一种夸大的看法。 来自《简明英汉词典》

33 thong   

n.皮带；皮鞭；v.装皮带

参考例句：

• He fastened the dog to the post with a thong.他用一根皮带把狗拴到柱子上。
• If I switch with Harry,do I have to wear a thong?如果我和哈里调换，我应该穿皮带吗？

34 doorway   

n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径

参考例句：

• They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
• Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。

35 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

36 wavy   

adj.有波浪的，多浪的，波浪状的，波动的，不稳定的

参考例句：

• She drew a wavy line under the word.她在这个词的下面画了一条波纹线。
• His wavy hair was too long and flopped just beneath his brow.他的波浪式头发太长了，正好垂在他的眉毛下。

37 turquoise   

n.绿宝石；adj.蓝绿色的

参考例句：

• She wore a string of turquoise round her neck.她脖子上戴着一串绿宝石。
• The women have elaborate necklaces of turquoise.那些女人戴着由绿松石制成的精美项链。

38 falter   

vi.(嗓音)颤抖，结巴地说；犹豫；蹒跚

参考例句：

• His voice began to falter.他的声音开始发颤。
• As he neared the house his steps faltered.当他走近房子时，脚步迟疑了起来。

39 protagonist   

n.(思想观念的)倡导者；主角，主人公

参考例句：

• The protagonist reforms in the end and avoids his proper punishment.戏剧主角最后改过自新并避免了他应受的惩罚。
• He is the model for the protagonist in the play.剧本中的主人公就是以他为模特儿创作的！

40 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

41 inhale   

v.吸入(气体等)，吸(烟)

参考例句：

• Don't inhale dust into your lung.别把灰尘吸进肺里。
• They are pleased to not inhale second hand smoke.他们很高兴他们再也不会吸到二手烟了。

42 torrent   

n.激流，洪流；爆发，(话语等的)连发

参考例句：

• The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside. 急流沿着山坡冲出了一条沟。
• Her pent-up anger was released in a torrent of words.她压抑的愤怒以滔滔不绝的话爆发了出来。

43 suede   

n.表面粗糙的软皮革

参考例句：

• I'm looking for a suede jacket.我想买一件皮制茄克。
• Her newly bought suede shoes look very fashionable.她新买的翻毛皮鞋看上去非常时尚。

44 improvised   

a.即席而作的,即兴的

参考例句：

• He improvised a song about the football team's victory. 他即席创作了一首足球队胜利之歌。
• We improvised a tent out of two blankets and some long poles. 我们用两条毛毯和几根长竿搭成一个临时帐蓬。

45 tempted   

v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）

参考例句：

• I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
• I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。

46 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

47 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

48 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

49 elation   

n.兴高采烈，洋洋得意

参考例句：

• She showed her elation at having finally achieved her ambition.最终实现了抱负，她显得十分高兴。
• His supporters have reacted to the news with elation.他的支持者听到那条消息后兴高采烈。

50 blisters   

n.水疱( blister的名词复数 )；水肿；气泡

参考例句：

• My new shoes have made blisters on my heels. 我的新鞋把我的脚跟磨起泡了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• His new shoes raised blisters on his feet. 他的新鞋把他的脚磨起了水疱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

51 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

52 fixedly   

adv.固定地；不屈地，坚定不移地

参考例句：

• He stared fixedly at the woman in white. 他一直凝视着那穿白衣裳的女人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The great majority were silent and still, looking fixedly at the ground. 绝大部分的人都不闹不动，呆呆地望着地面。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

53 sparse   

adj.稀疏的，稀稀落落的，薄的

参考例句：

• The teacher's house is in the suburb where the houses are sparse.老师的家在郊区，那里稀稀拉拉有几处房子。
• The sparse vegetation will only feed a small population of animals.稀疏的植物只够喂养少量的动物。

54 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。