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THE GARDEN OF EDEN
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at some point something must have come from nothing
Sophie Amundsen was on her way home from school. She had walked the first part of the way with Joanna. They had been discussing robots. Joanna thought the human brain was like an advanced computer. Sophie was not certain she agreed. Surely a person was more than a piece of hardware?
When they got to the supermarket they went their separate ways. Sophie lived on the outskirts1 of a sprawling2 suburb and had almost twice as far to school as Joanna. There were no other houses beyond her garden, which made it seem as if her house lay at the end of the world. This was where the woods began.
She turned the corner into Clover Close. At the end of the road there was a sharp bend, known as Captain's Bend. People seldom went that way except on the weekend.
It was early May. In some of the gardens the fruit trees were encircled with dense4 clusters of daffodils. The birches were already in pale green leaf.
It was extraordinary how everything burst forth5 at this time of year! What made this great mass of green vegetation come welling up from the dead earth as soon as it got warm and the last traces of snow disappeared?
As Sophie opened her garden gate, she looked in the mailbox. There was usually a lot of junk mail and a few big envelopes for her mother, a pile to dump on the kitchen table before she went up to her room to start her homework.
From time to time there would be a few letters from the bank for her father, but then he was not a normal father. Sophie's father was the captain of a big oil tanker6, and was away for most of the year. During the few weeks at a time when he was at home, he would shuffle7 around the house making it nice and cozy8 for Sophie and her mother. But when he was at sea he could seem very distant.
There was only one letter in the mailbox--and it was for Sophie. The white envelope read: "Sophie Amundsen, 3 Clover Close." That was all; it did not say who it was from. There was no stamp on it either.
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n.郊外,郊区 | |
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adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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3 den | |
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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4 dense | |
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
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adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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6 tanker | |
n.油轮 | |
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7 shuffle | |
n.拖著脚走,洗纸牌;v.拖曳,慢吞吞地走 | |
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8 cozy | |
adj.亲如手足的,密切的,暖和舒服的 | |
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9 jack | |
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 ); 吊挂; 遣送; 押往 | |
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11 twitch | |
v.急拉,抽动,痉挛,抽搐;n.扯,阵痛,痉挛 | |
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12 momentary | |
adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的 | |
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13 condemned | |
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词 | |
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14 labor | |
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦 | |
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15 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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16 unreasonable | |
adj.不讲道理的,不合情理的,过度的 | |
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17 gravel | |
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石 | |
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18 clump | |
n.树丛,草丛;vi.用沉重的脚步行走 | |
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19 vibrant | |
adj.震颤的,响亮的,充满活力的,精力充沛的,(色彩)鲜明的 | |
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20 twitching | |
n.颤搐 | |
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21 sleek | |
adj.光滑的,井然有序的;v.使光滑,梳拢 | |
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22 unaware | |
a.不知道的,未意识到的 | |
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23 conjuring | |
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24 tragic | |
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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25 decided | |
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26 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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27 spacious | |
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28 glider | |
n.滑翔机;滑翔导弹 | |
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29 thicket | |
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30 tangled | |
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31 crouched | |
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32 twigs | |
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33 deferring | |
v.拖延,延缓,推迟( defer的现在分词 );服从某人的意愿,遵从 | |
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(使)摇动, (使)震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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35 riddles | |
n.谜(语)( riddle的名词复数 );猜不透的难题,难解之谜 | |
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36 battalion | |
n.营;部队;大队(的人) | |
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37 turmoil | |
n.骚乱,混乱,动乱 | |
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