PART SEVEN DECEMBER 28TH

PART SEVEN DECEMBER 28TH

Lydia Lee said:

“Pilar, I think you had better stay with us until we can arrange something definite for you.”

Pilar said meekly¹:

“You are very good, Lydia. You are nice. You forgive people quite easily without making a

fuss² about it.”

Lydia said, smiling:

“I still call you Pilar, though I suppose your name is something else.”

“Yes, I am really Conchita Lopez.”

“Conchita is a pretty name too.”

“You are really almost too nice, Lydia. But you don’t need to be bothered by me. I am going

to marry Stephen, and we are going to South Africa.”

Lydia said, smiling:

“Well, that rounds off things very nicely.”

Pilar said timidly³:

“Since you have been so kind, do you think, Lydia, that one day we might come back and

stay with you—perhaps for Christmas—and then we could have the crackers⁴ and the burning

raisins⁵ and those shiny things on a tree and the little snowmen?”

“Certainly, you shall come and have a real English Christmas.”

“That will be lovely. You see, Lydia, I feel that this year it was not a nice Christmas at all.”

Lydia caught her breath. She said:

“No, it was not a nice Christmas. . . .”

1 meekly   

adv.温顺地，逆来顺受地

参考例句：

• He stood aside meekly when the new policy was proposed. 当有人提出新政策时，他唯唯诺诺地站 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He meekly accepted the rebuke. 他顺从地接受了批评。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 fuss   

n.过分关心，过分体贴，大惊小怪，小题大作

参考例句：

• My mother makes a fuss of me every time I come home.我每次回家，母亲总对我体贴备至。
• Stop all this fuss and do your homework.别大惊小怪了，去做你的家庭作业吧。

3 timidly   

adv.胆小地，羞怯地

参考例句：

• She knocked timidly on the study door and entered. 她小心翼翼地敲了敲书房门然后进去了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The child glanced at his angry father timidly. 孩子怯生生地瞟了一眼怒气冲冲的父亲。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 crackers   

adj.精神错乱的，癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 )；薄脆饼干；（认为）十分愉快的事；迷人的姑娘

参考例句：

• That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
• We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 raisins   

n.葡萄干( raisin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These raisins come from Xinjiang,they taste delicious. 这些葡萄干产自新疆，味道很甜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mother put some raisins in the cake. 母亲在糕饼中放了一些葡萄干。 来自辞典例句