rehab is the new spa

After watchingThe Great Gatsby twice in a row, Blair clicked off the TV and picked up her phone. She was eager to talk to someone; to let the world know she was still alive despite everything. The thing was, she absolutelydreaded speaking to every single person she knew, including her gay, France-living dad, whom she had always counted on to cheer her up. If only there were someone else, someone new and different who? Actually, there wasone person she could bear to speak to. And why the fuck shouldn?t she call him when he had called her completely out of the blue last week while she was getting her hair cut? She speed-dialed Nate?s cell phone number, and, to her surprise, he answered it. ?Natie?? Blair crooned into the phone. ?I heard all about what happened. Howare you? Are you okay?? ?Yeah, actually I?m really good,? Nate responded, sounding suspiciously unstoned. ?My dad?s still pretty pissed off about what happened, and I don?t know how it?s going to affect my chances at Brown, but I?m still good.? Blair pointed¹ her bare toes into the air and frowned at the day-old cotton-candy-pink polish that she?d painted on herself out of complete boredom². ?You poor baby,? she sighed sympathetically. ?Rehab must totally suck.? ?Um, actually?and I know this sounds weird³?I?m starting to kind oflike it,? Nate admitted. ?I wish it wasn?t such a haul to get up there, but it?s a really cool, modern place, and it?s kind of, I don?t know . . .relaxing to do something totally unrelated to school.? ?Really?? Blair fluffed up the pillows behind her and sat up in bed. Rehab wasrelaxing ? Maybe it was exactly what she needed?a respite⁴ from the travails⁵ of her quotidian⁶ existence. She could picture herself wrapped in a downy white spa robe, her face lathered⁷ in green clay masque, her feet and hands stuck with acupuncture⁸ needles, sipping⁹ detoxifying herbal tea as she lounged on a daybed chatting to an attentive¹⁰ counselor¹¹ in a white linen¹² tunic¹³. ?If you could be any sort of animal, what would you be?? the counselor would ask her. Nothing too challenging. Rehab. Why hadn?t she thought of it before? Sure, there might be a little therapy involved, but she?d never had a problem talking about herself. And best of all,Nate would be there ?the two of them alone together, away from the city and all its messy baggage. She?d always dreamed of spending a weekend with Nate at a romantic bed-and-breakfast on the Cape¹⁴ or in the Hamptons. A rehab clinic in Greenwich, Connecticut, would be almost as good. Sure, she?d thought she?d wanted to erase¹⁵ Nate?s arrogant¹⁶, cheating presence from her life entirely¹⁷, but Nate sounded like he was turning over a new leaf, which was exactly what she was trying to do! ?So how do you get into rehab anyway? Can you just sign up, or do you have to be sent there by somebody?? Blair asked. She glanced at herself in the mirror on the back of her closet door. With her hacked-off hair and pasty face, she looked enough like a heroin¹⁸ addict¹⁹ that they were sure to admit her. ?I think you can sign yourself in, but who?d be crazy enough to do that?? Nate asked. Blair smiled.She would. ?So do you want to get together tomorrow night or something?? she asked. ?I know I act like a bitch sometimes, Nate, but I always wind up missing you.? ?Sorry. I have to be at Breakaway for group,? Nate responded. He hadn?t seen Georgie since the night of the snowstorm and Jackie had promised Georgie would be returning to group tomorrow. ?I take the train, so I don?t get home until pretty late.? ?All right. But let?s get together sometime soon, okay?? Blair said. ?You know you love me,? she added in a seductive whisper and hung up. Hopping²⁰ off her bed with newfound energy, she removed the Pucci scarf from her head and messed up what little hair she had left with a dime-sized squirt of Bed Head texturizing hair gel. Then she opened her bedroom door for the first time all week. ?Mom!? she shouted down the hall. ?Come quick. I need your help with something!? What better way for the leading lady to make a comeback than to emerge from rehab, refreshed and rejuvenated²¹, with her handsome leading man at her side?

1 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。

2 boredom   

n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊

参考例句：

• Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
• A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

4 respite   

n.休息，中止，暂缓

参考例句：

• She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
• Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。

5 travails   

n.艰苦劳动( travail的名词复数 )；辛勤努力；痛苦；分娩的阵痛

参考例句：

• In the and travails of businesses you'll always need hometown help. 就算你的业务扩大到其他城市，也不要忘了你的发源地。 来自互联网
• Tata Motor's travails with Land Rover and Jaguar spring to mind as recent less-than-favorable examples. 印度塔塔汽车公司对陆虎和捷豹品牌的辛苦收购就是最近一个不如人意的例子。 来自互联网

6 quotidian   

adj.每日的，平凡的

参考例句：

• Television has become part of our quotidian existence.电视已成为我们日常生活的一部分。
• Most solutions to the problem of global warming are tediousl,almost oppressively,quotidian.大多数应对全球变暖的措施都是冗长乏味，几近压制，以及司空见惯的。

7 lathered   

v.（指肥皂）形成泡沫( lather的过去式和过去分词 )；用皂沫覆盖；狠狠地打

参考例句：

• I lathered my face and started to shave. 我往脸上涂了皂沫，然后开始刮胡子。
• He's all lathered up about something. 他为某事而兴奋得不得了。 来自辞典例句

8 acupuncture   

n.针灸，针刺法，针疗法

参考例句：

• Written records show that acupuncture dates back to the Song Dynasty.文字记载表明，宋朝就已经有了针灸。
• It's known that acupuncture originated in China.众所周知，针灸起源于中国。

9 sipping   

v.小口喝，呷，抿( sip的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She sat in the sun, idly sipping a cool drink. 她坐在阳光下懒洋洋地抿着冷饮。
• She sat there, sipping at her tea. 她坐在那儿抿着茶。

10 attentive   

adj.注意的，专心的；关心(别人)的，殷勤的

参考例句：

• She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
• The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。

11 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

12 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。

13 tunic   

n.束腰外衣

参考例句：

• The light loose mantle was thrown over his tunic.一件轻质宽大的斗蓬披在上衣外面。
• Your tunic and hose match ill with that jewel,young man.你的外套和裤子跟你那首饰可不相称呢，年轻人。

14 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

15 erase   

v.擦掉；消除某事物的痕迹

参考例句：

• He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
• Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。

16 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。

17 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

18 heroin   

n.海洛因

参考例句：

• Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
• Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

19 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

20 hopping   

n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
• I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。

21 rejuvenated   

更生的

参考例句：

• He was rejuvenated by new hope. 新的希望又使他充满了活力。
• She looked rejuvenated after plastic surgery. 她做完整形手术后显得年轻了。