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FIVE Strange Death 7
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ON THE TWENTY- THIRD day of the twelfth month in 1973, Eighteen Stabs Geng celebrated1 hiseightieth birthday. Waking at the crack of dawn, he overheard the weak, sickly voice of an oldneighbour woman – ‘Yongqi?.?.?.’ – and the gravelly voice of a man – ‘Feeling better, Ma?’ Theold woman replied, ‘No, I’m dizzier when I wake up than when I go to bed.?.?.?.’
Eighteen Stabs Geng strained to sit up by resting his hands on the icy mat. He, too, felt dizzythis morning. A cold wind whistled outside, driving snow flurries against the murky2 paper on thewindow. He threw his moth-eaten dog pelt3 over his shoulder, reached out for his dragon-headcane leaning against the wall behind the door, and stumbled out the door. The yard was coveredby a thick blanket of snow, and as he gazed at the crumbling5 earth wall all he could see was a seaof silvery white, dotted here and there with sorghum6 husks.
The snowfall showed no sign of letting up. He turned back, a sense of the survivor’s goodfortune in his heart, but when he raised the lids of the rice and flour vats7 with the head of hiscane, both were empty. Last night’s eyes hadn’t tricked him. His stomach had not been visited byfood for two days now, and his useless old intestines9 twitched10 and twisted. It was time toswallow his pride and ask for some grain. Although his belly11 was empty and he was shiveringfrom the cold, he knew that getting grain out of the hardhearted branch secretary was not going tobe easy. He decided12 to boil some water to warm his belly before going out for a showdown withthat
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celebrated
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varieties 变化,多样性,种类 | |
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gourd
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hacked
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ad.发狂地, 发疯地 | |
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gourds
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shards
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jade
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deserted
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弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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darted
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middle-aged
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genially
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hoarsely
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ineligible
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crumpled
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fragrance
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filthy
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