Part 2 Time Passes Chapter 1

    "Well, we must wait for the future to show," said Mr Bankes, coming infrom the terrace¹.

　　"It's almost too dark to see," said Andrew, coming up from the beach.

　　"One can hardly tell which is the sea and which is the land," said Prue.

　　"Do we leave that light burning?" said Lily as they took their coats offindoors.

　　"No," said Prue, "not if every one's in.""Andrew," she called back, "just put out the light in the hall."One by one the lamps were all extinguished², except that Mr Carmichael,who liked to lie awake a little reading³ Virgil, kept his candle burningrather longer than the rest.

1 terrace   

n.平台，阳台，梯田；vt.使成梯田，给...建阳台

参考例句：

• The dining-room opens onto a paved terrace.餐厅通往一个铺砌的露台。
• She was waiting for him at the cafe terrace.她在咖啡馆露台上等他。

2 extinguished   

使熄灭，扑灭( extinguish的过去式和过去分词 )； 使…不复存在

参考例句：

• His discovery extinguished the achievements of his colleague. 他的发现使他同事的成就黯然失色。
• Water extinguished the fire. 水把火浇灭了。

3 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。