Five（3）

III
It was on the day of Hilary’s departure that Mrs. Calvin Baker¹, coming intothe hotel in her usual brisk fashion, was accosted² by Miss Hetheringtonwhose long thin nose was quivering with excitement.
“I’ve remembered about the name Betterton—the disappearing scientist.
It was in all the papers. About two months ago.”
“Why, now I do remember something. A British scientist—yes—he’dbeen at some conference in Paris.”
“Yes—that’s it. Now I wonder, do you think—if this could possibly be hiswife. I looked in the register and I see her address is Harwell—Harwell,you know, is the Atom Station. I do think all these atom bombs are verywrong. And Cobalt—such a lovely colour in one’s paintbox and I used it alot as a child; the worst of all, I understand nobody can survive. Weweren’t meant to do these experiments. Somebody told me the other daythat her cousin, who is a very shrewd man, said the whole world might goradioactive.”
“My, my,” said Mrs. Calvin Baker.

1 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

2 accosted   

v.走过去跟…讲话( accost的过去式和过去分词 )；跟…搭讪；（乞丐等）上前向…乞讨；（妓女等）勾搭

参考例句：

• She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger. 在街上，一个完全陌生的人贸然走到她跟前搭讪。
• His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him. 他乐善好施的本性使他不会拒绝走上前向他行乞的任何一个乞丐。 来自《简明英汉词典》