Hand to my mouth, I looked in. There were stains, dark juices,a quantity of completely rotten vegetables, milk so curdled6 andinfected it was a greenish jelly, and the quartered remains7 of adead animal in such an advanced state of black putrefactionthat I couldn't identify it. Judging by its size I think that it waslamb. In the closed, humid confines of the refrigerator, thesmell had had the time to develop, to ferment8, to grow bitterand angry. It assaulted my senses with a pent-up rage thatmade my head reel, my stomach churn and my legs wobble.
Luckily, the sea quickly filled the horrid9 hole and the thingsank beneath the surface. The space left vacant by thedeparted refrigerator was filled by other trash.
We left the trash behind. For a long time, when the windcame from that direction, I could still smell it. It took the sea aday to wash off the oily smears10 from the sides of the lifeboat.
I put a message in the bottle: "Japanese-owned cargo11 shipTsimtsum, flying Panamanian flag, sank July 2nd, 1977, inPacific, four days out of Manila. Am in lifeboat. Pi Patel myname. Have some food, some water, but Bengal tiger a seriousproblem. Please advise family in Winnipeg, Canada. Any helpvery much appreciated. Thank you." I corked3 the bottle andcovered the cork4 with a piece of plastic. I tied the plastic tothe neck of the bottle with nylon string, knotting it tightly. Ilaunched the bottle into the water.
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1 glistened | |
v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.木材,木料;v.以破旧东西堆满;伐木;笨重移动 | |
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3 corked | |
adj.带木塞气味的,塞着瓶塞的v.用瓶塞塞住( cork的过去式 ) | |
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n.软木,软木塞 | |
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adj.(气味、味道)刺激性的,辛辣的;尖锐的 | |
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v.(使)凝结( curdle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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vt.使发酵;n./vt.(使)激动,(使)动乱 | |
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adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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污迹( smear的名词复数 ); 污斑; (显微镜的)涂片; 诽谤 | |
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n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物 | |
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