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CHAPTER III C. B.’s Childhood
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The story of a boy growing from his birth to manhood in our centres of civilization cannot fail to be of interest if properly told, principally because of the thousand and one dangers that beset1 him in that perilous2 journey. This is the case, no matter how well or how ill brought up he may be, peril3 encompasses4 him round about, visible as well as invisible, peril from which no amount of care can adequately protect him. Indeed the care that is often bestowed5 has the effect of rendering6 the child’s life a burden to him, especially if he be brought up at home. Moreover, if we are foolish enough to believe one thousandth part of what we read about food and drink and the deadly microbes and bacteria that lie in wait for us everywhere, we should certainly perish of worry or become, as faddists always do become, a misery7 to ourselves and a nuisance to all around us.
But here on Norfolk Island the child had every chance. And in telling of C. B. I am only taking the ordinary type: he had no advantages over his fellows. Fed by his mother alone, who had never known a day’s illness in her life, never knowing the taste of drugs, living in the open air without ever being pampered8 by tight clothing of any kind, never too hot, never too cold; how could he help growing up to the age when he could run about,[Pg 33] without an ache or a pain, a sturdy, perfectly9 developed, perfectly healthy child? Of course he could swim as soon as he could walk, that to any one who knows the island goes without saying, and as soon as he could toddle10
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1 beset | |
v.镶嵌;困扰,包围 | |
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5 bestowed | |
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6 rendering | |
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10 toddle | |
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11 exuberant | |
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12 fussy | |
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13 bruises | |
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14 savage | |
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15 savages | |
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16 vices | |
缺陷( vice的名词复数 ); 恶习; 不道德行为; 台钳 | |
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17 virtue | |
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18 virtues | |
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19 follies | |
罪恶,时事讽刺剧; 愚蠢,蠢笨,愚蠢的行为、思想或做法( folly的名词复数 ) | |
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20 boisterous | |
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21 enjoyment | |
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22 accomplishment | |
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23 tonic | |
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24 auspices | |
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25 exacting | |
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26 oar | |
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27 manly | |
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28 distress | |
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29 eldest | |
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30 blessing | |
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31 mischief | |
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32 stamina | |
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33 mighty | |
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34 meridian | |
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35 heralding | |
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36 paraphernalia | |
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37 requisite | |
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38 hearty | |
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39 hurling | |
n.爱尔兰式曲棍球v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的现在分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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40 vessels | |
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41 foaming | |
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42 forth | |
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43 ecstasies | |
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44 admiration | |
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45 majestically | |
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46 ashore | |
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47 tints | |
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48 illuminated | |
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49 enchanted | |
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50 noted | |
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51 revelled | |
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52 gales | |
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53 ravening | |
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54 sleet | |
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55 marrow | |
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56 mantling | |
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57 dictate | |
v.口授;(使)听写;指令,指示,命令 | |
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58 stinking | |
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59 pang | |
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60 oars | |
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61 entirely | |
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62 backwards | |
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63 cork | |
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64 gliding | |
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65 hesitation | |
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66 belly | |
n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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67 plunged | |
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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68 upwards | |
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69 incessant | |
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70 apparently | |
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71 stunned | |
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72 inviting | |
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73 sobbed | |
哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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74 unison | |
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75 fragrant | |
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76 swelling | |
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77 ordeal | |
n.苦难经历,(尤指对品格、耐力的)严峻考验 | |
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78 ribs | |
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79 mere | |
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80 sonorous | |
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81 impromptu | |
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82 delightful | |
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83 spasm | |
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84 severely | |
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85 standing | |
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87 beckoning | |
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88 comely | |
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89 humbly | |
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90 attained | |
(通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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91 stature | |
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92 gathering | |
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93 wondrous | |
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94 dealing | |
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95 descended | |
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96 providence | |
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97 Christian | |
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98 triumphant | |
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99 dispersed | |
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100 scented | |
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101 remarkable | |
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102 primitive | |
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103 civilized | |
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104 skittish | |
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105 jaw | |
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106 gaping | |
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107 gash | |
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108 ragged | |
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109 allied | |
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110 stimulant | |
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111 complacent | |
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112 strictly | |
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113 craving | |
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115 possessed | |
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116 dissuade | |
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117 steadily | |
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118 manliness | |
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119 uncouth | |
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120 garb | |
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