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The Third Island
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The third island was soon made habitable. With cement and the big pebbles1 from the shingle2 beach, two men built him a hut, and roofed it with corrugated3 iron. A boat brought over a bed and table, and three chairs, with a good cupboard, and a few books. He laid in a supply of coal and paraffin and food — he wanted so little.
The house stood near the flat shingle bay where he landed, and where he pulled up his light boat. On a sunny day in August the men sailed away and left him. The sea was still and pale blue. On the horizon he saw the small mail-steamer slowly passing northwards, as if she were walking. She served the outer isles4 twice a week. He could row out to her if need be, in calm weather, and he could signal her from a flagstaff behind his cottage.
Half a dozen sheep still remained on the island, as company; and he had a cat to rub against his legs. While the sweet, sunny days of the northern autumn lasted, he would walk among the rocks, and over the springy turf of his small domain5, always coming to the ceaseless, restless sea. He looked at every leaf, that might be different from another, and he watched the endless expansion and contraction6 of the water-tossed sea-weed. He had never a tree, not even a bit of heather to guard. Only the turf, and tiny turf-plants, and the sedge by the pool, the seaweed in the ocean. He was glad. He didn’t want trees or bushes. They stood up like people, too assertive7. His bare, low-pitched island in the pale blue sea was all he wanted.
He no longer worked at his book. The interest had gone. He liked to sit on the low elevation8 of his island, and see the sea; nothing but the pale, quiet sea. And to feel his mind turn soft and hazy
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[复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 ) | |
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n.木瓦板;小招牌(尤指医生或律师挂的营业招牌);v.用木瓦板盖(屋顶);把(女子头发)剪短 | |
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molest
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plaintively
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lurking
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hoarse
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raucous
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hideous
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gulls
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hoofs
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zinc
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flicker
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homeliness
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loathe
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nostrils
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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foul
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munching
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twilight
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n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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gratitude
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utterly
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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obliterated
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obtrusive
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writhing
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(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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scrupulously
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adv.一丝不苟地;小心翼翼地,多顾虑地 | |
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malevolent
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lengthen
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writhe
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curiously
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foam
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crumbles
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silting
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shovel
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steadily
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toiled
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eternity
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减轻,缓解,缓和( alleviate的现在分词 ) | |
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brute
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sullenly
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wink
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