Chapter 9

b deserves a purple hear t "Mrs. M got a call from Georgetown," Rain Hoffstetter whispered to Kati Farkas in the Constance Billard School library as the girls pretended to select books on modern American painting to read during study hall. "Saturday night Blair and a bunch of Georgetown girls were caught getting paid for sex. They went to some singles bar in town and picked up guys all night. Her mom is coming for a conference in Mrs. M's office because now she can't even go to Georgetown." Sure enough, Blair had just told the librarian that she was skipping study hall for an important meeting in the headmistress's office with her mother. "I thought she looked funny today," mused¹ Isabel Coates. "I guess if you're going to wait this long to lose your virginity, you may as well get paid for it." "But how come she's wearing tights? It's like seventy degrees today!" Kati pointed² out. Laura Salmon³ giggled⁴. "Maybe she's got, like, rug burn—you know, from all the sex." Or maybe she let four drunk girls shave her legs? Mrs. M's office was on the main floor, down the hall from the reception area. As she walked by, Blair noticed that the reception desk was covered with bouquets⁶ of flowers—roses, mostly. "What are those for?" Blair asked Donna, the new part-time receptionist. Donna shrugged⁷ and stamped another letter with Mrs. M's signature. "You tell me." Blair checked the tag on the biggest bouquet⁵, a gorgeous mix of yellow roses and freesias. Serena, Serena, it read. I can't stop singing your name. And it was signed, Love, Lars and the Yale Whiffenpoofs. "It figures," Blair sulked as she headed into Mrs. M's office. Maybe if she'd been slutty enough to sleep with every guy in the Whiffenpoofs, she would have gotten into Yale, too. Mrs. M's office was completely red, white, and blue. China-blue-and-white-striped wallpaper. Red carpeting. Navy blue velvet⁸ sofa. Red-and-white-chintz chair. It was very patriotic⁹. Even Mrs. M was red, white, and blue—navy blue linen¹⁰ old-lady pantsuit, red lipstick¹¹, pasty white skin, red polished fingernails. Only her hair, which was curly and brown, varied¹² from the color scheme. "I do like your hair short," Mrs. M commented when Blair walked in. Of course you do, you lesbo dyke¹³, Blair thought, smiling politely. She patted her head. "Thank you." Actually, she was kind of relieved that she'd made it this far into the day without anyone—even her mother—noticing that her hair had been dyed from natural dark brown to taxicab yellow and then back to brown again. The colorist had done a decent job, but to her the color was unnaturally¹⁴ uniform, and her scalp itched¹⁵ like crazy from all the dye. Blair sat down on the sofa and then her mother waddled¹⁶ into Mrs. M's office, clutching her stomach like the baby was going to fall out if she didn't hold on to it. Pieces of her blond bob were plastered to her cheeks, and her skin was red and blotchy¹⁷. She fanned herself with her hand. "This time last year I was playing a full game of tennis five days a week. Now I can't walk down the block without breaking a sweat!" Mrs. M smiled her polite, talking-to-a-parent smile. "Running after a baby will get you back in shape in no time." Right, as if there wasn't already a baby-nurse sleeping in the maid's room of the penthouse! Blair rolled her eyes and scratched her razor-burned calves¹⁸. She hadn't called this meeting to talk about babies. Through Mrs. M's office window she spied a woman in military fatigues¹⁹ walking down Ninety-third Street. The sight gave Blair an idea. Wasn't there some kind of army program that sponsored your years at college? She could join the army, go to Yale, and then do the minimum required service. She imagined herself up to her waist in the muddy trenches²⁰, fighting off the enemy, while everyone else was studying in the library or something. She could be a hero, win a Purple Heart! And when she went MIA, Nate would go after her, risking his life to get her back and finally have sex after all these years. these years. Mrs. M nestled her wide, manly²¹ ass²² into the red toile wingback chair behind her huge mahogany desk. "While I've got you both here, I'd like to congratulate Blair on her performance at Constance. Never a grade below a B. Excellent attendance. Wonderful show of leadership and participation²³. Blair, you can expect to receive a handful of awards at graduation in June." Blair's mom smiled vaguely²⁴ at the headmistress. Her mind seemed to be on other things. "Then why didn't I get into Yale?" Blair demanded. "What's the point of working so hard and everything if a school like Yale goes and accepts some of my classmates who are way dumber than I am?" Mrs. M sorted through the papers on her desk. "I can't speak for Yale, and I can't say I understand their decision. But our records show you were wait-listed. There's still a very good chance you'll get in." Blair crossed her arms over her chest. That wasn't good enough. She glared at her mom. Now was when her mom was supposed ply²⁵ Mrs. M with lots of money for Constance if Mrs. M put in a few calls to Yale's dean of admissions and secured Blair a place. But Eleanor just sat there staring out the window and panting through her mouth like a dog in summer. "Mom?" Blair demanded. "Whoosh²⁶," Eleanor panted, fanning herself frantically²⁷. "Would you mind calling me a car, dear?" She pried²⁸ herself out of her chair and squatted²⁹ on Mrs. M's crimson³⁰ carpet in a pose Blair recognized from Ruth's birth class. "Whooosh! I think I may be further along than everyone thought!" Talk about timing³¹. Blair grimaced³² as her mother went into serious birth-class-breathing-exercise mode. "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" "Mom!" Mrs. M dialed Donna in reception. "Call an ambulance, please, Donna. Mrs. Waldorf Rose appears to be in labor³³." "No!" Blair countered. "Lenox Hill isn't far. Mom's car i waiting for her out front." Her mother grabbed her hand and squeezed it hard. Blair had the feeling she'd said the right thing. "Scratch that," Mrs. M commanded in that military cjmmando voice the girls always made fun of. "Mrs. Rose's car is waiting outside the school. Please tell her driver she's coming out and needs to get to Lenox Hill Hospital." "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" Eleanor panted. "Now,"Mis. M barked into the phone. Blair extracted her phone from her bag and called Cyrus. "Mom's in labor," she told his voicemail flatly. "We're going to the hospital." She clicked off and tucked her hands under her mom's armpits. "You don't want to have her here, Mom, do you?" "No," Eleanor whimpered, and staggered to her feet. She wrapped one arm around Blair's shoulder and the other around Mrs. M's waist. "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh," she panted as the odd threesome made their way down the hall and out Constance Billard's great blue doors. "I'll call the hospital and tell them you're coming," Mrs. M told Blair competently. "Heart attack?" the driver asked as he opened the car door for them. He almost looked happy about it. "No, idiot," Blair snapped. "She's having a baby. And if you'd shut up, we'd be there already." "Whoosh, whoosh, whooee!" Her mother panted, grabbing Blair's hand in a death grip. Blair looked up at Constance's tall third-floor library windows as the car pulled away from the curb³⁴. The windows were crowded with the faces of girls peering down at the street. "Oh my God. I think she just had her baby in Mrs. M's office!" Rain Hoffstetter cried. "Who? Blair?" asked Laura Salmon. "No, stupid. Her mom," Rain corrected. "It's totally Blair's fault. I heard stress can cause you to go into labor early," Isabel Coates observed. "Her poor mom. It's like, oh, by the way, your daughter is a prostitute. And oops, here comes another kid for you to fuck up!" Nicki Button added. another kid for you to fuck up!" Nicki Button added. Blair turned away from the window and reached up to pat her mother's shoulder. "We're almost there, Mom," she murmured, glad that she'd been around when her mom went into labor, instead of some annoying salesperson³⁵ in Saks or something. "Just imagine you're . . ." She tried to think of something Ruth had told them in class, but the only thing she could remember was the buttocks-deflating-like-a-balloon thing, and no way was she saying that. Instead she tried to think of what made her relax. "Just imagine you're eating a big bowl of chocolate ice cream and watching Breakfast at Tiffany's" she said finally. "Baby's coming now!" her mother shrieked³⁶ again, her knuckles³⁷ white and her face purple with effort. Blair realized it didn't much matter what she said. The baby was coming—it was only a matter of minutes. The car stopped at a light at Eighty-ninth and Park. She scooted forward and leaned close to the driver's ear. "Do you want us to completely fuck up the backseat of your car, or are you going to run this light and get us there in the next thirty seconds?" The driver stepped on the gas, pressing down hard on his horn at the same time. Baby's coming! n and s miss their old threesome Nate was on his way out of school to pick up a burrito and a dime³⁸ bag for lunch when he stopped short. A woman with strawberry blond hair was seated on the brown leather bench just inside the school doors, her black Kate Spade pocket-book perched neatly³⁹ on her knees and a Brown University duffel bag at her feet. A fat novel lay open in her lap, and it looked like she'd been there for hours. Nate crept backwards⁴⁰ down the stairs to the basement locker⁴¹ area. This time he would have to ignore the munchies and forgo⁴² his usual pretrig joint⁴³. Either that or risk facing Brigid. "Dude, what're you sneaking⁴⁴ around for?" Jeremy asked, watching him from the foot of the stairs. "No reason," Nate grumbled⁴⁵. "Hey, you eaten yet?" he asked hopefully. "Nah. I'm headed to the deli right now. Wanna come?" Jeremy patted his baggy⁴⁶ khaki pants pocket so Nate could hear the dry crinkle of rolling papers and a bag full of weed. "Have a little appetizer⁴⁷ first?" Nate pulled a twenty-dollar bill out of his pocket and handed it to his friend. "Just get me a tuna sandwich and a Gatorade or something." Jeremy took the money. "What, didn't finish your trig homework again?" "Didn't even start it yet." Jeremy swung his backpack around and pulled a notebook out of it. He handed it to Nate. "Start copying. I'll bring your food down when I get back." "Thanks, man," Nate said gratefully. The truth was, Jeremy sucked even worse at trig than he did, but he was still world-class as far as friends went. "Hey," Jeremy called, stopping at the top of the stairs. "Did you hear about Blair's mom? Guess she had her baby, like, in a meeting at Blair's school." Nate stared at his friend, too scared to reply for fear Brigid would hear. He raised his hand and nodded stiffly before stalking into the crowded locker area. Jesus fucking Christ. Could Blair's life get any more melo-fucking-dramatic? Stick around and find out. The downstairs locker area was the only place in school where you could use "handheld devices." Boys milled around listening to their MP3 players or huddled⁴⁸ in groups watching a DVD on someone's laptop. Nate sat down on the cold, vomit-green linoleum⁴⁹ floor in front of his locker, whipped out his phone, and buzzed Serena on her cell. Of course he couldn't call Blair. Not when she was at the hospital attending to her mom and everything. As if he'd call her anyway. Scaredy-cat. hospital attending to her mom and everything. As if he'd call her anyway. Scaredy-cat. Wait, isn't she supposed to be picking a school? Obviously Blair was pissed as hell at her over the whole Yale thing and wasn't about to talk to her. Plus it looked like Blair was going to be kind of preoccupied⁵⁰ for a while anyway, what with her baby sister arriving so unexpectedly. And it wasn't as if Serena could go up to one of her supposed friends and classmates like Isabel Coates or Kati Farkas, because, based on the loudly whispered rumors⁵¹ circulating at school, it was generally thought that Serena had had sex with the entire orchestra at Harvard, every professor in Brown's art department, and every Whiffenpoof at Yale. "I heard she even did it with the first-chair violinist," one girl murmured indiscreetly. "He's like this fifteen-year-old prodigy⁵² from Japan." "You know the art professor she hooked up with at Brown? He's like the oldest teacher there. He's been there since the school was founded. " Since 1764? Wow, he is old! "I heard she stole the Audrey Hepburn screenplay Blair wrote for Yale. That's how she got in. Blair found out and now they're, like, total enemies again." Being the subject of such outrageous⁵³ tales was nothing new to Serena. Her mysterious return to Constance that fall after almost two years away at boarding school had turned her into a veteran of half-truths and petty gossip. She knew the best way to handle it, too: ignore it. All of a sudden her cell phone buzzed and vibrated in her pink canvas Lulu Guinness rucksack. She took a peek⁵⁴ and recognized Nate's number. "Hey," she whispered, holding the plume⁵⁵ to her ear, behind her giant chemistry textbook. "Did you hear about Blair's mom?" "That's why I'm calling," Nate replied. "What happened?" Serena wasn't the type to tell tall tales. "I'm not sure. All I really know is Blair went to a meeting with the headmistress and her mom, and then all of a sudden she and her mom were, like, running into a car outside school. The receptionist (old some girls in our class she was in labor and the car was headed for Lenox Hill." "Jesus," Nate muttered. "I know," Serena responded. "She wasn't supposed to have it until June." "Do you think we should go to the hospital? Like maybe tomorrow or something? We could bring flowers and— "I don't know," she answered doubtfully, although she certainly had a lot of flowers to recycle. "It's kind of a private family thing. We may not be welcome." Actually, Blair's mom had always treated them like family. Blair was the one who wouldn't welcome them, and they both knew it. "Yeah," Nate agreed. "You're probably right. I guess I just . . ." His voice drifted off. "I know," Serena said softly. They both wished they were a threesome all over again, there for one another in times like this. Too bad Blair was mad as fuck at them. "The crazy thing is, I'm kind of leaning toward going to Yale," Nate admitted. "Blair's going to kill me." Serena stared out the window. A dog walker led twenty dogs at once down the street toward Central Park, his head tilted⁵⁶ back, singing at the top of his lungs. "I'm kind of leaning toward Yale, too," she said, even though she wasn't completely convinced. Drew, Christian⁵⁷, or Lars? How would she ever decide? "Or maybe I should just take a year off." Drew, Christian, or Lars? How would she ever decide? "Or maybe I should just take a year off." Now that would be something. "Maybe," Serena agreed. The library felt incredibly still all of a sudden. She peeked⁵⁸ over her textbook to see what was up, and forty pairs of eyes glanced quickly away. The entire room had been eavesdropping⁵⁹ on her conversation. Well, it served her right for talking on the phone in the library, which we all know is against school policy. "I better go," she told Nate quickly. "Bell's gonna ring any minute." "Hey," Nate said before she could hang up, "is that girl with the shaved head still interviewing people in the park?" "I think so," Serena replied. "Cool," he answered, sounding distracted. "Later," he abided, before clicking off. Serena popped her textbook closed. Maybe she could press some of the flowers she'd been sent inside that very book and use them to make Blair's mom a cute card or something. Nate tucked his phone back into his pocket and shot upstairs from the locker area, on his way to the local florist⁶⁰ to send Blair's mom some flowers. Just in time, he remembered why he'd been hunkered down in the locker area in the first place. Brigid was still camped out up there, waiting for him. He swung around and walked slowly back downstairs again as he dialed 411. Blair had always talked about how when they had an apartment together she would order flowers from Takashimaya three times a week. She was pretty fussy⁶¹ about flowers. He got the number and punched it in. "I'd like to send flowers to a patient at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan," Nate told the woman on the other line. Jeremy tripped down the stairs behind him. "Nice," he noted⁶², handing Nate a brown paper bag and a handful of change. "Just put, 'Love, comma, Nate,' on the card," Nate instructed. Nice. gossipgirl.co.uk topics previous next post a question reply Disclaimer: All the real names of places, people, and events have been altered or abbreviated⁶³ to protect the innocent. Namely, me. HEY, PEOPLE! NY Times birth announcement I did their wedding announcement, and now it's only ... ahem, five months later, and I'm doing the birth announcement. Here goes: Yale Jemimah Doris Rose, daughter. Due in early June, the little munchkin just couldn't wait. Instead, she decided⁶⁴ to be born at Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at 2:17 p.m., April 20—yesterday. Total labor time: forty-five minutes. Weight: eight pounds, nine ounces. Height: nineteen inches. If she'd waited any longer, she'd have been a Big Mac instead of just a Whopper Jr. The glowing parents are Eleanor Wheaton Waldorf Rose, society hostess, and Cyrus Solomon Rose, real estate developer, of East Seventy-second Street. Siblings⁶⁵ are Aaron Elihue Rose, 17; Tyler Hugh Waldorf -/Rose, 12; and Blair Cornelia Waldorf, 17, who is responsible for the baby's unusual first name. Blair is obviously hoping her new baby sister will bring her luck at the university of the same name—heaven knows she could use some. Mother and child are doing fine, and the happy family will be returning to their penthouse tomorrow afternoon. Your e-mail Dear GG, Last night I found my older brother reading my Treat magazine in bed. I got it back from him, but he showed me the page he was all into. It's this girl in my class at Constance in a jog bra that's way too small for her standing⁶⁶ there with all these other models, like in boob-size order. My brother asked if he could rip it out and put it in his locker. I told him no, but I think he's going to buy the magazine and do it anyway. If I was that girl, I'd die —phoenix⁶⁷ Dear phoenix, Let's hope for your classmate's sake that your brother doesn't have a lot of friends. —GG Sightings A whole group of Constance Billard seniors in the Wicker Garden on Madison Avenue, cooing over baby gifts. Any excuse to shop. J and E accidentally getting on the same crosstown bus and ignoring each other the whole ride. Still mad, huh? V getting purple highlights at a Williamsburg hair salon⁶⁸. Wait, how can she get highlights when she has no hair?! N creeping out of the St. Jude's School for Boys after even the janitor⁶⁹ had left. Boy, is he paranoid. B in Zitomer on Madison buying diapers and a three-hundred-dollar cashmere baby romper. Guess who's going to be that little girl's favorite big sister? S walking through the park, giving flowers away to the homeless. It's the thought that counts. I'm off to the local newsstand to check out that mag! You know you love me, gossip girl

1 mused   

v.沉思，冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 )；沉思自语说（某事）

参考例句：

• \"I wonder if I shall ever see them again, \"he mused. “我不知道是否还可以再见到他们，”他沉思自问。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• \"Where are we going from here?\" mused one of Rutherford's guests. 卢瑟福的一位客人忍不住说道：‘我们这是在干什么？” 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

2 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。

3 salmon   

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

参考例句：

• We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
• Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？

4 giggled   

v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The girls giggled at the joke. 女孩子们让这笑话逗得咯咯笑。
• The children giggled hysterically. 孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 bouquet   

n.花束，酒香

参考例句：

• This wine has a rich bouquet.这种葡萄酒有浓郁的香气。
• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。

6 bouquets   

n.花束( bouquet的名词复数 )；（酒的）芳香

参考例句：

• The welcoming crowd waved their bouquets. 欢迎的群众摇动着花束。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• As the hero stepped off the platform, he was surrounded by several children with bouquets. 当英雄走下讲台时，已被几名手持花束的儿童围住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 shrugged   

vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
• She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

9 patriotic   

adj.爱国的，有爱国心的

参考例句：

• His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
• The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。

10 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。

11 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。

12 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

13 dyke   

n.堤，水坝，排水沟

参考例句：

• If one sheep leap over the dyke,all the rest will follow.一只羊跳过沟，其余的羊也跟着跳。
• One ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke.千里长堤，溃于蚁穴。

14 unnaturally   

adv.违反习俗地；不自然地；勉强地；不近人情地

参考例句：

• Her voice sounded unnaturally loud. 她的嗓音很响亮，但是有点反常。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her eyes were unnaturally bright. 她的眼睛亮得不自然。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 itched   

v.发痒( itch的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Seeing the children playing ping-pong, he itched to have a go. 他看到孩子们打乒乓，不觉技痒。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He could hardly sIt'still and itched to have a go. 他再也坐不住了，心里跃跃欲试。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16 waddled   

v.（像鸭子一样）摇摇摆摆地走( waddle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A family of ducks waddled along the river bank. 一群鸭子沿河岸摇摇摆摆地走。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The stout old man waddled across the road. 那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

17 blotchy   

adj.有斑点的，有污渍的；斑污

参考例句：

• her blotchy and swollen face 她的布满斑点的浮肿的脸
• Blotchy skin is a symptom of many skin diseases. 皮肤上出现污斑是许多皮肤病的症状。 来自互联网

18 calves   

n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子，腓；腿肚子( calf的名词复数 )；牛犊；腓；小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 )；（冰川）崩解；生（小牛等），产（犊）；使（冰川）崩解

参考例句：

• a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
• The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 fatigues   

n.疲劳( fatigue的名词复数 )；杂役；厌倦；（士兵穿的）工作服

参考例句：

• The patient fatigues easily. 病人容易疲劳。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Instead of training the men were put on fatigues/fatigue duty. 那些士兵没有接受训练，而是派去做杂务。 来自辞典例句

20 trenches   

深沟，地沟( trench的名词复数 )； 战壕

参考例句：

• life in the trenches 第一次世界大战期间的战壕生活
• The troops stormed the enemy's trenches and fanned out across the fields. 部队猛攻敌人的战壕，并在田野上呈扇形散开。

21 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。

22 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。

23 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

24 vaguely   

adv.含糊地，暖昧地

参考例句：

• He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad.他含糊其词地说了到国外工作的事。
• He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes.他迷迷糊糊的望着前面，对一切都视而不见。

25 ply   

v.(搬运工等)等候顾客，弯曲

参考例句：

• Taxis licensed to ply for hire at the railway station.许可计程车在火车站候客。
• Ferryboats ply across the English Channel.渡船定期往返于英吉利海峡。

26 whoosh   

v.飞快地移动，呼

参考例句：

• It goes whoosh up and whoosh down.它呼一下上来了，呼一下又下去了。
• Whoosh!The straw house falls down.呼！稻草房子倒了。

27 frantically   

ad.发狂地, 发疯地

参考例句：

• He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
• She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

28 pried   

v.打听，刺探（他人的私事）( pry的过去式和过去分词 )；撬开

参考例句：

• We pried open the locked door with an iron bar. 我们用铁棍把锁着的门撬开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• So Tom pried his mouth open and poured down the Pain-killer. 因此汤姆撬开它的嘴，把止痛药灌下去。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

29 squatted   

v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 )；非法擅自占用（土地或房屋）；为获得其所有权；而占用某片公共用地。

参考例句：

• He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely. 他蹲在脚印旁仔细地观察。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He squatted in the grass discussing with someone. 他蹲在草地上与一个人谈话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

30 crimson   

n./adj.深(绯)红色(的)；vi.脸变绯红色

参考例句：

• She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
• Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。

31 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

32 grimaced   

v.扮鬼相，做鬼脸( grimace的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He grimaced at the bitter taste. 他一尝那苦味，做了个怪相。
• She grimaced at the sight of all the work. 她一看到这么多的工作就皱起了眉头。 来自《简明英汉词典》

33 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

34 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

35 salesperson   

n.售货员，营业员，店员

参考例句：

• A salesperson works in a shop.售货员在商店工作。
• Vanessa is a salesperson in a woman's wear department.凡妮莎是女装部的售货员。

36 shrieked   

v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
• Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫，陆子潇尖声叫：“告诉什么？ 来自汉英文学 - 围城

37 knuckles   

n.（指人）指关节( knuckle的名词复数 )；（指动物）膝关节，踝v.（指人）指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 )；（指动物）膝关节，踝

参考例句：

• He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘，握得指关节都变白了。
• Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》

38 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。

39 neatly   

adv.整洁地，干净地，灵巧地，熟练地

参考例句：

• Sailors know how to wind up a long rope neatly.水手们知道怎样把一条大绳利落地缠好。
• The child's dress is neatly gathered at the neck.那孩子的衣服在领口处打着整齐的皱褶。

40 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

41 locker   

n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人

参考例句：

• At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
• He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。

42 forgo   

v.放弃，抛弃

参考例句：

• Time to prepare was a luxuary he would have to forgo.因为时间不够，他不得不放弃做准备工作。
• She would willingly forgo a birthday treat if only her warring parents would declare a truce.只要她的父母停止争吵，她愿意放弃生日宴请。

43 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

44 sneaking   

a.秘密的，不公开的

参考例句：

• She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
• She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走，躲开采访者。

45 grumbled   

抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 发牢骚； 咕哝； 发哼声

参考例句：

• He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
• The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏，水手们边干活边发着牢骚。

46 baggy   

adj.膨胀如袋的，宽松下垂的

参考例句：

• My T-shirt went all baggy in the wash.我的T恤越洗越大了。
• Baggy pants are meant to be stylish,not offensive.松松垮垮的裤子意味着时髦，而不是无礼。

47 appetizer   

n.小吃，开胃品

参考例句：

• We served some crackers and cheese as an appetizer.我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。
• I would like a cucumber salad for an appetizer.我要一份黄瓜沙拉作开胃菜。

48 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

49 linoleum   

n.油布，油毯

参考例句：

• They mislaid the linoleum.他们把油毡放错了地方。
• Who will lay the linoleum?谁将铺设地板油毡？

50 preoccupied   

adj.全神贯注的，入神的；被抢先占有的；心事重重的v.占据（某人）思想，使对…全神贯注，使专心于( preoccupy的过去式)

参考例句：

• He was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong. 他只顾想着心事，没注意到有什么不对。
• The question of going to the Mount Tai preoccupied his mind. 去游泰山的问题盘踞在他心头。 来自《简明英汉词典》

51 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

52 prodigy   

n.惊人的事物，奇迹，神童，天才，预兆

参考例句：

• She was a child prodigy on the violin.她是神童小提琴手。
• He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.他始终是一个黑人的奇才，这种奇才弹奏起来粗野而惊人。

53 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

54 peek   

vi.偷看，窥视；n.偷偷的一看，一瞥

参考例句：

• Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
• Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛，别偷看。

55 plume   

n.羽毛；v.整理羽毛，骚首弄姿，用羽毛装饰

参考例句：

• Her hat was adorned with a plume.她帽子上饰着羽毛。
• He does not plume himself on these achievements.他并不因这些成就而自夸。

56 tilted   

v. 倾斜的

参考例句：

• Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. 小船突然倾向一侧。
• She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。

57 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

58 peeked   

v.很快地看( peek的过去式和过去分词 )；偷看；窥视；微露出

参考例句：

• She peeked over the top of her menu. 她从菜单上往外偷看。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall. 她曾两次透过墙缝窥视他。 来自辞典例句

59 eavesdropping   

n. 偷听

参考例句：

• We caught him eavesdropping outside the window. 我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。
• Suddenly the kids,who had been eavesdropping,flew into the room. 突然间，一直在偷听的孩子们飞进屋来。

60 florist   

n.花商；种花者

参考例句：

• The florist bunched the flowers up.花匠把花捆成花束。
• Could you stop at that florist shop over there?劳驾在那边花店停一下好不好？

61 fussy   

adj.为琐事担忧的，过分装饰的，爱挑剔的

参考例句：

• He is fussy about the way his food's cooked.他过分计较食物的烹调。
• The little girl dislikes her fussy parents.小女孩讨厌她那过分操心的父母。

62 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。

63 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.。

64 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。

65 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

66 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

67 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

68 salon   

n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。

69 janitor   

n.看门人，管门人

参考例句：

• The janitor wiped on the windows with his rags.看门人用褴褛的衣服擦着窗户。
• The janitor swept the floors and locked up the building every night.那个看门人每天晚上负责打扫大楼的地板和锁门。