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Because the snow had become completely unnavigable and they were trapped downtown, Blair decided¹ that the most attractive option was to get a suite² in the hotel upstairs. ?We can watch TV and order room service,? she whispered enticingly³ in Owen?s ear. ?It?ll be fun.? The room was luxurious⁴, with a king-sized bed, a sunken Jacuzzi tub, a flat-screen plasma⁵ TV hanging on the wall, and an impressive view of the partially⁶ frozen, white-washed Hudson River. Owen called room service and ordered a bottle of Veuve Clicquot, filet⁷ mignon, pommes frites, and chocolate mousse cake, and when it came they lay on the bed, feeding each other cake and watchingTop Gun on TNT. ?How come you and your wife split up?? Blair asked, forking a piece of cake into Owen?s open mouth. Chocolatey crumbs⁸ fell onto the white 450-thread-count Egyptian cotton pillowcases. Owen dipped a teaspoon⁹ into the cake?s frosting and offered the spoon to Blair to lick off. ?We haven¹⁰?t. . . .? He hesitated, his gorgeous, shapely eyebrows¹¹ furrowing¹² as he considered his answer. ?I?d really rather not talk about it.? Blair smiled sympathetically as she let the frosting melt on her tongue. She liked playing the role of the other woman. It made her feel so . . .powerful . Across the room on the huge flat-screen TV Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis were making out on his motorcycle. ?Did she go to Yale, too?? Owen picked up the remote and pointed¹³ it at the television. Then he put it down again without changing the channel. ?I don?t know,? he replied, sounding exactly like Blair?s little brother, Tyler, when he was watching TV and their mom asked if he?d done his homework yet. Blair grabbed the remote and began flipping¹⁴ through the channels. AFriends rerun. Wrestling. MTVCribs . She wasn?t sure if she liked the boyish side of Owen. She much preferred theman . ?She didn?t go to Yale or she did?? ?Uh-huh,? Owen answered, spooning a huge bit of cake into his mouth. ?Astronomy major.? Blair raised her eyebrows as she watched Sean ?P. Diddy? Combs give a tour of his Upper East Side manse. Owen?s wife sounded like a genius. What kind of person became an astronomy major anyway? Someone who wanted to be an astronaut? She wished Owen had said his wife hadn?t gone to college at all, but that she just sat around watching dog shows on TV and eating Krispy Kreme donuts. That in the end she?d weighed five hundred pounds and he?d been forced to sleep in the guest bedroom until eventually moving out altogether. There just hadn?t been room for him anymore. Blair flipped¹⁵ over to AMC, her favorite classic movie channel.Casablanca , starring Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart, was almost halfway¹⁶ through. The Germans had just invaded Paris and Ingrid was frightened. She settled back on the pillows, missing the way her long hair used to fan out around her face in a way she imagined must have been irresistible¹⁷. ?Sometimes I pretend I?m living in those times,? she told Owen dreamily. ?It just seems so much more sophisticated, you know? No one wears jeans, everyone is so polite, and all the women have the best hair-styles.? ?Yeah, but there was a war. A big one,? Owen reminded her. He wiped his mouth on a white linen¹⁸ napkin and settled back against the pillows beside her. ?So?? Blair insisted. ?It was still better.? Owen reached for her hand and Blair shifted her gaze away from the TV to study his profile. ?You know you look exactly like Cary Grant?? she whispered. ?You think?? Owen turned his head to look at her, his blue eyes smoldering¹⁹ sexily. ?I cut my hair to look like Audrey Hepburn,? Blair admitted. She turned on her side and rested her head against his manly²⁰ chest in its crisp white shirt. ?We could be Audrey and Cary.? Owen kissed her hair and squeezed her hand gently. ?Here?s looking at you, kid,? he murmured. With his free hand he began to rub her back and Blair could feel his gold wedding band knock against the bumps in her spine²¹. Outside the snow was falling harder than ever. Blair watched it fall, unable to relax. It was sort of impossible not to think about Owen?s genius astronaut wife, sitting home alone as she wrote out impossible astronomical²² equations on a blackboard, all the while wondering about her husband. Even if Blair and Owen did look exactly like Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant, Blair was pretty sure the nice girls Audrey played didn?t lose their virginities in hotel rooms with married older men, no matter how deep the snow got. Why not end the film here, while it was still good? Owen was breathing deeply now and had stopped rubbing her back. As soon as Blair was sure he was asleep, she?d slip out the door and ask the concierge²³ downstairs to call her a car home. After all, she had a reputation to maintain. And it wasn?t like she was ditching him. The best way to keep a guy intrigued²⁴ is to disappear.

1 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。

2 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

3 enticingly   

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4 luxurious   

adj.精美而昂贵的；豪华的

参考例句：

• This is a luxurious car complete with air conditioning and telephone.这是一辆附有空调设备和电话的豪华轿车。
• The rich man lives in luxurious surroundings.这位富人生活在奢侈的环境中。

5 plasma   

n.血浆，细胞质，乳清

参考例句：

• Keep some blood plasma back for the serious cases.留一些血浆给重病号。
• The plasma is the liquid portion of blood that is free of cells .血浆是血液的液体部分，不包含各种细胞。

6 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

7 filet   

n.肉片；鱼片

参考例句：

• They feasted us on filet mignon and strawberry shortcake.他们拿出鱼片和草莓松脆饼盛情款待我们。
• You cannot make filet mignon out of chopped liver.你不能从品质差的肉制造品质高的肉。

8 crumbs   

int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式

参考例句：

• She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater. 她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。
• Oh crumbs! Is that the time? 啊，天哪！都这会儿啦？

9 teaspoon   

n.茶匙

参考例句：

• Add one teaspoon of sugar.加一小茶匙糖。
• I need a teaspoon to stir my tea.我需要一把茶匙搅一搅茶。

10 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。

11 eyebrows   

眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
• His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。

12 furrowing   

v.犁田，开沟( furrow的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• In spring, farmers are busy furrowing the fields. 春天，农民忙于犁地。 来自辞典例句
• The gasoline's machine is used for mowing, flooding, furrowing, every kind of machine power supply. 我公司为农机产品开发的动力源，该产品主要是用于收、、、等机械。 来自互联网

13 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。

14 flipping   

讨厌之极的

参考例句：

• I hate this flipping hotel! 我讨厌这个该死的旅馆！
• Don't go flipping your lid. 别发火。

15 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

16 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

17 irresistible   

adj.非常诱人的，无法拒绝的，无法抗拒的

参考例句：

• The wheel of history rolls forward with an irresistible force.历史车轮滚滚向前，势不可挡。
• She saw an irresistible skirt in the store window.她看见商店的橱窗里有一条叫人着迷的裙子。

18 linen   

n.亚麻布，亚麻线，亚麻制品；adj.亚麻布制的，亚麻的

参考例句：

• The worker is starching the linen.这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。
• Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool.精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。

19 smoldering   

v.用文火焖烧，熏烧，慢燃( smolder的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The mat was smoldering where the burning log had fallen. 燃烧的木棒落下的地方垫子慢慢燃烧起来。 来自辞典例句
• The wood was smoldering in the fireplace. 木柴在壁炉中闷烧。 来自辞典例句

20 manly   

adj.有男子气概的；adv.男子般地，果断地

参考例句：

• The boy walked with a confident manly stride.这男孩以自信的男人步伐行走。
• He set himself manly tasks and expected others to follow his example.他给自己定下了男子汉的任务，并希望别人效之。

21 spine   

n.脊柱，脊椎；(动植物的)刺；书脊

参考例句：

• He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
• His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。

22 astronomical   

adj.天文学的，（数字）极大的

参考例句：

• He was an expert on ancient Chinese astronomical literature.他是研究中国古代天文学文献的专家。
• Houses in the village are selling for astronomical prices.乡村的房价正在飙升。

23 concierge   

n.管理员；门房

参考例句：

• This time the concierge was surprised to the point of bewilderment.这时候看门人惊奇到了困惑不解的地步。
• As I went into the dining-room the concierge brought me a police bulletin to fill out.我走进餐厅的时候，看门人拿来一张警察局发的表格要我填。

24 intrigued   

adj.好奇的，被迷住了的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的过去式)；激起…的兴趣或好奇心；“intrigue”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You've really intrigued me—tell me more! 你说的真有意思—再给我讲一些吧！
• He was intrigued by her story. 他被她的故事迷住了。