Two OBITUARY NOTICE（1）

Two OBITUARY¹ NOTICE

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Jimmy Lorrimer was one of Luke’s oldest friends. As a matter of course,Luke stayed with Jimmy as soon as he got to London. It was with Jimmythat he sallied forth² on the evening of his arrival in search of amusement.
It was Jimmy’s coffee that he drank with an aching head the morningafter, and it was Jimmy’s voice that went unanswered while he read twiceover a small insignificant³ paragraph in the morning paper.
“Sorry, Jimmy,” he said, coming to himself with a start.
“What were you absorbed in—the political situation?”
Luke grinned.
“No fear. No, it’s rather queer—old pussy⁴ I travelled up with in the trainyesterday got run over.”
“Probably trusted to a Belisha Beacon,” said Jimmy. “How do you knowit’s her?”
“Of course, it mayn’t be. But it’s the same name—Pinkerton—she wasknocked down and killed by a car as she was crossing Whitehall. The cardidn’t stop.”
“Nasty business,” said Jimmy.
“Yes, poor old bean. I’m sorry. She reminded me of my Aunt Mildred.”
“Whoever was driving that car will be for it. Bring it in manslaughter aslikely as not. I tell you, I’m scared stiff of driving a car nowadays.”
“What have you got at present in the way of a car?”
“Ford V 8. I tell you, my boy—”
The conversation became severely⁵ mechanical.
Jimmy broke it off to ask:
“What the devil are you humming?”
Luke was humming to himself:
“Fiddle⁶ de dee, fiddle de dee, the fly has married the bumblebee.”
He apologized.
“Nursery rhyme remembered from my childhood. Can’t think what putit into my head.”

1 obituary   

n.讣告，死亡公告；adj.死亡的

参考例句：

• The obituary records the whole life of the deceased.讣文记述了这位死者的生平。
• Five days after the letter came,he found Andersen s obituary in the morning paper.收到那封信五天后，他在早报上发现了安德森的讣告。

2 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

3 insignificant   

adj.无关紧要的，可忽略的，无意义的

参考例句：

• In winter the effect was found to be insignificant.在冬季，这种作用是不明显的。
• This problem was insignificant compared to others she faced.这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么。

4 pussy   

n.(儿语)小猫，猫咪

参考例句：

• Why can't they leave my pussy alone?为什么他们就不能离我小猫咪远一点？
• The baby was playing with his pussy.孩子正和他的猫嬉戏。

5 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

6 fiddle   

n.小提琴；vi.拉提琴；不停拨弄，乱动

参考例句：

• She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。
• Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。