Chapter 23

Upper west siders look down their noses at the poorly versed¹ ?Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats!? Rufus Humphrey bellowed² as he delivered a platter of sizzling sausages with rum-roasted apples and bananas to the table. Jenny had made her dad feel so guilty for being out the day before when she'd brought Leo home that Rufus had insisted she invite Leo and Elise over for dinner the next night. Not that Rufus was out to impress his houseguests: As usual, he was wearing a food-stained white undershirt and his favorite pair of cigarette-burned, saggy-assed gray sweatpants. His curly gray hair and monstrous³ gray eyebrows⁴ stuck out at odd angles from his stubbly face, and his mouth and teeth were stained red from wine. ?We'd better sit down,? Jenny said, clicking off the TV in the library and grinning at Leo. ?Now you get to taste Dad's weird⁵ food. Be careful,? she warned. ?He puts alcohol in everything.? Leo looked at his watch. Then he stuck his hands in his jeans pockets and pulled them out again. He seemed nervous. ?Okay.? ?Her dad isn't as scary as he looks,? Elise said. She tucked her feet into her pink J. Crew clogs⁶ and clomped out into the dining room, as if she'd lived at Jenny's house all her life. Dan met them at the creaky dining room table. He was reading from a copy ofRed Letter and didn't even look up when his dad slapped a whole banana and a maimed-looking sausage on his plate. Once everyone was served, Rufus filled his wineglass to the rim⁷ and held it in the air. ?Now for a little poetry game!? Dan and Jenny rolled their eyes at each other across the table. Normally Jenny didn't mind her dad's little pop quizzes, games, and lectures, but with Leo there, it was just too embarrassing. ?Dad,? she whined⁸. Why couldn't he be normal just this once? Rufus ignored her. ?Where are we going, Walt Whitman? / The doors close in an hour. / Which way does your beard point tonight?!? He directed a sausage-fat-greased finger at Leo. ?Name that poet!? ?Dad!? Jenny rattled⁹ the decaying wooden dining-room table in protest. Everything in the Humphreys' sprawling¹⁰ four-bedroom Ninety-ninth Street and West End Avenue apartment was decaying. But what could you expect when they had no mother and no maid to clean up after them? ?Oh, come on. That's an easy one!? Rufus roared at Leo. The vinyl record he'd put on before he brought out the food suddenly kicked in, and the strange, high-pitched Peruvian yodelings of Yma Sumac filled the room. Rufus poured himself another glass of wine, waiting expectantly for an answer. Leo smiled politely. ?Um ? I'm not sure if I know. ?? Dan leaned over and whispered loudly in Leo's ear, ?Allen Ginsberg. ?A Supermarket in California.? Easy.? Jenny kicked her brother's foot under the table. Did he have to be such a wiseass? Rufus gritted¹¹ his teeth. ?But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep,? he challenged, his muddy brown eyes bulging¹² as they stared Leo down. Leo's blond hair looked almost translucent¹³ as he withered¹⁴ under Rufus's relentless¹⁵ gaze. ?Um ?? ?Dad!? Jenny cried for the third time. ?God.? She knew her father was only trying to do his wild-and-wonderful-dad bit, overcompensating for six other nights that week when she and Dan had eaten takeout in front of the TV, but didn't he get the hint that poetry was not Leo's thing? ?Well, even I know that one,? Elise piped up. ?Robert Frost. ?Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.? I had to memorize it in eighth grade.? She turned to Dan. ?See, I kind of do know something about poetry.? Rufus speared a bratwurst and slapped it onto Leo's cracked blue plate. ?Where do you go to school, anyway?? Leo wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. ?Smale. The Smale School, sir.? His eyes darted¹⁶ across the table to Jenny, who smiled encouragingly. ?Hmm,? Rufus responded, picking up a sausage in his fingers and biting it in half. He washed the bite down with a gulp¹⁷ of wine. ?Never heard of it.? ?It specializes in the arts,? Dan said. ?And poetry isn't an art?? Rufus demanded. Jenny couldn't eat. She was too mad at her dad. Normally, he was kind of nice in a gruff and grumpy kind of way. Why did he have to go and be so mean to Leo? ?So, a job atRed Letter ,? Rufus said, raising his glass to Dan. ?I still can't believe it.? Rufus had a trunk full of unread, unfinished poems in his home office, and although he was an editor himself, he had never been published. Now Dan was having the writing career he'd never had. ?'Atta boy!? he growled¹⁸. ?Just don't start talking in phony accents like all those other bastards¹⁹.? Dan frowned, remembering Siegfried Castle's difficult-to-understand German accent. It had sounded pretty authentic²⁰ to him. ?What do you mean?? Rufus chuckled²¹ as he dug into a banana. ?You'll see. Anyhow, I'm proud of you, kid. You keep this up, you'll be poet laureate by the time you're twenty.? All of a sudden, Leo stood up abruptly²². ?Excuse me. I have to go.? ?No!? Jenny jumped to her feet. She'd imagined they'd eat quickly and then Elise would leave and she and Leo would go into her room and kiss for a while and maybe do their homework together. She might even paint his portrait if he let her. ?Please stay.? ?Sorry, Jenny.? Leo turned to Rufus and held his hand out stiffly. ?It was nice to meet you, Mr. Humphrey. Thanks for the delicious dinner.? Rufus waved his fork in the air. ?Don't get too used to it, son. Most of the time we eat Chinese.? That was true. Rufus's idea of grocery shopping was to buy wine, cigarettes, and toilet paper. Jenny and Dan would have been malnourished if they hadn't been able to order in. Jenny escorted Leo to the door. ?Are you okay?? she asked worriedly. Leo grinned his shy, cracked-tooth grin and smiled down at her from his great height. ?Yeah, I just thought we'd eat a little earlier. I need to get home and?? He stopped, frowning as he wound a brand-new-looking red-and-black cashmere scarf around his neck.Burberry, the tag on the scarf read. Jenny had never seen him wear it before. ?I'll e-mail you later,? he added before disappearing down the hall to catch the elevator. Jenny went back to the table, and Rufus raised his bushy eyebrows at her bemusedly. ?Was it something I said?? Jenny glared back at him. She had no idea why Leo had left so suddenly, but blaming her dad was the easiest solution. ?Oh, come on, Jen,? her father continued heartlessly. ?So he's not the sharpest tool in the box. He'll probably make a good boyfriend, though.? She stood up. ?I'm going to my room.? ?Do you want me to come?? Elise offered. Jenny thought Elise looked pretty happy sitting next to Dan and talking about poetry. She'd even helped herself to a glass of wine. ?No, that's okay,? she mumbled²³. All she really wanted was to lie facedown on her bed and ruminate²⁴ over Leo, alone. Elise took a sip²⁵ of her wine. ?I should go in a minute, anyway.? She glanced sideways at Dan while still looking at Jenny, as if to say,So, guess what? I really like your brother. ?I'm thinking of writing a poem when I get home.?
 Yeah, right ? When she got to her room, Jenny stretched out on her single bed and stared sullenly²⁶ across the room at her paints and empty easel. She was positive Leo wasn't dumb, even though that Robert Frost poem was pretty well known. Actually, he was probably a lot smarter than the rest of them, just in less obvious ways. She remembered the first time she'd laid eyes on him in Bendel's before they'd met on the Internet. It was in the cosmetics²⁷ department, and he was poking²⁸ through the Bendel's signature brown-and-white-striped cosmetics bags, the only male shopper in the whole store. What had he been doing there, anyway? It was a mystery. And what about that random²⁹ observation he'd made yesterday about that woman in the fake mink³⁰ coat? Or his new Burberry scarf? He seemed to know a lot about ?nice things . And why hadn't he invited her home yet? His house was probably gorgeous. And he'd never once even mentioned his parents. The mysteries of Leo just kept piling up. And there's nothing a girl likes better than decoding³¹ the secrets of a mysterious guy. Copyright ? 2004 by 17th Street Productions, an Alloy³² company All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.  Poppy Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group USA 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017 For more of your favorite series, go towww.pickapoppy.com First eBook Edition: May 2004 The characters and events in this book are fictitious³³. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. ISBN: 978-0-316-04202-4 No gossip ever dies away entirely³⁴, if many people voice it: It too is a kind of divinity.  ?Hesiod, ca. 800B.C.  Gossipgirl.net Disclaimer: All the real names of places, people, and events have been altered or abbreviated³⁵ to protect the innocent. Namely, me.  hey people! Thank you one and all for coming to my party last week. I would have written sooner but honestly, it's taken me this long to recover. I realize it was a little crazy to have a party on a Monday night, but didn't the weekzoom by afterward³⁶?! I'm pretty sure you're all still trying to figure out if I was the skinny blond girl in the emerald-green Jimmy Choos or the tall black guy with the amazing sapphire-blue fake eyelashes. And it was so sweet of you to bring me gifts?especially the adorable caramel poodle puppy?when you didn't even know who I was! The truth is, I kind of like being an international woman of mystery, so for now, I'm going to keep my identity to myself, frustrating³⁷ as that may be. Think of it as a diversion from theendless days of waiting to find out if we got into college, a distracting puzzle to piece together while we endure the stress and boredom³⁸ of these bitter March weeks. Not that we really need diversions. We've got plenty to entertain ourselves with?gorgeous couture clothes, huge Upper East Side apartmentswith staff, various ?country? houses and holiday retreats, limitless credit cards, pretty diamonds, hot cars (although most of us don't even have our driver's licenses³⁹ yet), and doting⁴⁰ parents who let us do absolutely whatever we please as long as we don't embarrass the family. Plus, spring break is just around the corner, giving us lots of free time to getbusy.
 Sightings Swalking upMadison Avenue drawing mustaches over her face in those gorgeous poster ads forLes Best's new perfume,Serena's Tears. B inSigerson Morrison onPrince Street, indulging her shoe fetish.N depositing a shopping bag filled with rolling papers, roach clips, bongs, pipes, and lighters⁴¹ into an East Eighty-sixth Street waste bin⁴².D smoking a cigarette on the subway platform at Seventy-second Street and Broadway late at night, challenging the transit⁴³ cops to arrest him and provide him with some much-needed new material for his poetry.J with her new best friend,E, and boyfriend,L, poking around the Chelsea art gallery district?pretty darned sophisticated for a bunch of ninth-graders. Wait, I think he might actually be in tenth?does anyone really knowanything about that guy??V and her rocking big sister dumping garbage bags on the sidewalk outside their Williamsburg apartment building. Spring cleaning? Or maybeD 's dead body all cut up? Ew! Sorry, that was nasty.
 Your e-mail  Q:Dear gossipgirl, so I'm getting frustrated⁴⁴ that ur like never going to tell who u r. r u? cuz i'd really like to meet u in person. who knows, maybe i already have! so far i think u have basically admitted that ur a senior girl who goes to constance. right?
 ?qrious  A:Dear qrious, I'm not going to go ahead and give you my home address right here and now, or even tell you what grade I'm in. If you were cool enuf to be at my party, you might have seen me, although usually I'm so completely surrounded by my ? entourage, it's hard to even get a glimpse. Stay curious, though. Eventually you might find me out.  ?GG  Q:Dear GG, Are you hot because if you are not, it's going to be really tough for you once everyone knows who you are. Like, she was just some jealous ugly girl!  ?wise A:Dear wise, You don't even know the meaning of hot until you've met me, which you most likely never will.
 ?GG Now about thatthing that's been secretly nagging⁴⁵ more than a few of us ? To go to college a virgin⁴⁶, or not? Do we do something about it now, with a boy we've known for years? Do we get rid of it over spring break? Over the summer? Or do we settle into our dorm rooms just as we are, bold but innocent, and ready to lose it with the first campus player to say, ?Come hither?? Maybe we should just listen to our mothers and older sisters and ?wait till the time is right,? whateverthat means. Of course some of us girls nipped this particular issue in the bud long ago, opting⁴⁷ to spend our college years focusing on more important things, like geology and Freud.Not. Face it, even if you're not a virgin anymorenow , you're going to feel like one all over again the minute you step on campus. And that's a good thing. Thanks again for my presents! Big smoochies?you rock! You know you love me.  gossip girl

1 versed   

adj. 精通，熟练

参考例句：

• He is well versed in history.他精通历史。
• He versed himself in European literature. 他精通欧洲文学。

2 bellowed   

v.发出吼叫声，咆哮（尤指因痛苦）( bellow的过去式和过去分词 )；（愤怒地）说出（某事），大叫

参考例句：

• They bellowed at her to stop. 他们吼叫着让她停下。
• He bellowed with pain when the tooth was pulled out. 当牙齿被拔掉时，他痛得大叫。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 monstrous   

adj.巨大的；恐怖的；可耻的，丢脸的

参考例句：

• The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
• Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人！

4 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。

5 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。

6 clogs   

木屐； 木底鞋，木屐( clog的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Clogs are part of the Netherlands national costume. 木屐是荷兰民族服装的一部分。
• Clogs are part of the Dutch traditional costume. 木屐是荷兰传统装束的一部分。

7 rim   

n.(圆物的)边，轮缘；边界

参考例句：

• The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
• She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。

8 whined   

v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 )；哀诉，诉怨

参考例句：

• The dog whined at the door, asking to be let out. 狗在门前嚎叫着要出去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted. 他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。 来自辞典例句

9 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

10 sprawling   

adj.蔓生的，不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 )；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）

参考例句：

• He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
• a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇

11 gritted   

v.以沙砾覆盖（某物），撒沙砾于( grit的过去式和过去分词 )；咬紧牙关

参考例句：

• He gritted his teeth and plunged into the cold weather. 他咬咬牙，冲向寒冷的天气。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The young policeman gritted his teeth and walked slowly towards the armed criminal. 年轻警官强忍住怒火，朝武装歹徒慢慢走过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 bulging   

膨胀； 凸出（部）； 打气； 折皱

参考例句：

• Her pockets were bulging with presents. 她的口袋里装满了礼物。
• Conscious of the bulging red folder, Nim told her,"Ask if it's important." 尼姆想到那个鼓鼓囊囊的红色文件夹便告诉她：“问问是不是重要的事。”

13 translucent   

adj.半透明的；透明的

参考例句：

• The building is roofed entirely with translucent corrugated plastic.这座建筑完全用半透明瓦楞塑料封顶。
• A small difference between them will render the composite translucent.微小的差别,也会使复合材料变成半透明。

14 withered   

adj. 枯萎的，干瘪的，（人身体的部分器官）因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The grass had withered in the warm sun. 这些草在温暖的阳光下枯死了。
• The leaves of this tree have become dry and withered. 这棵树下的叶子干枯了。

15 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

16 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 gulp   

vt.吞咽，大口地吸（气）；vi.哽住；n.吞咽

参考例句：

• She took down the tablets in one gulp.她把那些药片一口吞了下去。
• Don't gulp your food,chew it before you swallow it.吃东西不要狼吞虎咽，要嚼碎了再咽下去。

18 growled   

v.（动物）发狺狺声， （雷）作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 )；低声咆哮着说

参考例句：

• \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道：“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 bastards   

私生子( bastard的名词复数 )； 坏蛋； 讨厌的事物； 麻烦事 （认为别人走运或不幸时说）家伙

参考例句：

• Those bastards don't care a damn about the welfare of the factory! 这批狗养的，不顾大局！ 来自子夜部分
• Let the first bastards to find out be the goddam Germans. 就让那些混账的德国佬去做最先发现的倒霉鬼吧。 来自演讲部分

20 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

21 chuckled   

轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
• She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情，她就轻轻地暗自发笑。

22 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

23 mumbled   

含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话，可我没太听清楚。
• George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。

24 ruminate   

v.反刍；沉思

参考例句：

• It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks.他的话值得玩味。
• The cow began to ruminate after eating up grass.牛吃完草后开始反刍。

25 sip   

v.小口地喝，抿，呷；n.一小口的量

参考例句：

• She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
• Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。

26 sullenly   

不高兴地，绷着脸，忧郁地

参考例句：

• 'so what?" Tom said sullenly. “那又怎么样呢？”汤姆绷着脸说。
• Emptiness after the paper, I sIt'sullenly in front of the stove. 报看完，想不出能找点什么事做，只好一人坐在火炉旁生气。

27 cosmetics   

n.化妆品

参考例句：

• We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
• Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。

28 poking   

n. 刺，戳，袋 vt. 拨开，刺，戳 vi. 戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖拨动垃圾。
• He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布满尘埃的旧书店里。

29 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

30 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。

31 decoding   

n.译码，解码v.译（码），解（码）( decode的现在分词 )；分析及译解电子信号

参考例句：

• We cannot add any other memory to this system without further decoding. 如果不增加译码，就不能使系统的存贮容量有任何扩展。 来自辞典例句
• Examples using the 8250 will be presented in hardware section to clarify full-decoding schemes. 在硬件一节中有应用说明全译码方案8250的例子。 来自辞典例句

32 alloy   

n.合金，(金属的)成色

参考例句：

• The company produces titanium alloy.该公司生产钛合金。
• Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.青铜是铜和锡的合金。

33 fictitious   

adj.虚构的，假设的；空头的

参考例句：

• She invented a fictitious boyfriend to put him off.她虚构出一个男朋友来拒绝他。
• The story my mother told me when I was young is fictitious.小时候妈妈对我讲的那个故事是虚构的。

34 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。

35 abbreviated   

adj. 简短的，省略的 动词abbreviate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He abbreviated so much that it was hard to understand his article. 他的文章缩写词使用太多，令人费解。
• The United States of America is commonly abbreviated to U.S.A.. 美利坚合众国常被缩略为U.S.A.。

36 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

37 frustrating   

adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》

38 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。

39 licenses   

n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句

40 doting   

adj.溺爱的，宠爱的

参考例句：

• His doting parents bought him his first racing bike at 13.宠爱他的父母在他13岁时就给他买了第一辆竞速自行车。
• The doting husband catered to his wife's every wish.这位宠爱妻子的丈夫总是高度满足太太的各项要求。

41 lighters   

n.打火机，点火器( lighter的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The cargo is being discharged into lighters. 正在往驳船里卸货。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Babies'bootees and cheap cigarette lighters were displayed in unlikely juxtaposition. 儿童的短靴和廉价的打火机很不相称地陈列在一起。 来自辞典例句

42 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

43 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

44 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

45 nagging   

adj.唠叨的，挑剔的；使人不得安宁的v.不断地挑剔或批评（某人）( nag的现在分词 )；不断地烦扰或伤害（某人）；无休止地抱怨；不断指责

参考例句：

• Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. 别唠叨了—我会尽快做的。
• I've got a nagging pain in my lower back. 我后背下方老是疼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

46 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

47 opting   

v.选择，挑选( opt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• What courses are most students opting for? 多数学生选什么课程？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Wells doesn't rule out opting out and then re-signing with Houston. 威尔斯没有排除跳出合同再与火箭重签的可能。 来自互联网