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...from the way needles are made to the way cannons1 are founded
Hilde had just begun the chapter on the Renaissance2 when she heard her mother come in the front door. She looked at the clock. It was four in the afternoon.
Her mother ran upstairs and opened Hilde's door.
"Didn't you go to the church?"
"Yes, I did."
"But... what did you wear?"
"What I'm wearing now."
"Your nightgown?"
"It's an old stone church from the Middle Ages."
"Hilde!"
She let the ring binder3 fall into her lap and looked up at her mother.
"I forgot the time, Mom. I'm sorry, but I'm reading something terribly exciting."
Her mother could not help smiling.
"It's a magic book," added Hilde.
"Okay. Happy birthday once again, Hilde!"
"Hey, I don't know if I can take that phrase any more."
"But I haven't... I'm just going to rest for a while, then I'll start fixing a great dinner. I managed to get hold of some strawberries."
"Okay, I'll go on reading."
Her mother left and Hilde read on.
Sophie is following Hermes through the town. In Alberto's hall she finds another card from Lebanon. This, too, is dated June 15.
Hilde was just beginning to understand the system of the dates. The cards dated before June 15 are copies of cards Hilde had already received from her dad. But those with today's date are reaching her for the first time via the ring binder.
Dear Hilde, Now Sophie is coming to the philosopher's house. She will soon be fifteen, but you were fifteen yesterday. Or is it today, Hilde? If it is today, it must be late, then. But our watches do not always agree . . .
Hilde read how Alberto told Sophie about the Renaissance and the new science, the seventeenth-century rationalists and British empiricism.
She jumped at every new card and birthday greeting that her father had stuck into the story. He got them to fall out of an exercise book, turn up inside a banana skin, and hide inside a computer program. Without the slightest effort, he could get Alberto to make a slip of the tongue and call Sophie Hilde. On top of everything else, he got Hermes to say "Happy birthday, Hilde!"
Hilde agreed with Alberto that he was going a bit too far, comparing himself with God and
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cannons
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n.加农炮,大炮,火炮( cannon的名词复数 ) | |
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n.复活,复兴,文艺复兴 | |
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n.包扎物,包扎工具;[法]临时契约;粘合剂;装订工 | |
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providence
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n.深谋远虑,天道,天意;远见;节约;上帝 | |
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decided
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almighty
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perfectly
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candid
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v.发吧唧声,发扑哧声( squelch的现在分词 );制止;压制;遏制 | |
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n.掷飞镖游戏;飞镖( dart的名词复数 );急驰,飞奔v.投掷,投射( dart的第三人称单数 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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winked
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v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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applied
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adj.应用的;v.应用,适用 | |
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steadily
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adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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eternity
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n.不朽,来世;永恒,无穷 | |
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jigsaw
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n.缕花锯,竖锯,拼图游戏;vt.用竖锯锯,使互相交错搭接 | |
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delirious
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spoke
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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jewelry
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n.(jewllery)(总称)珠宝 | |
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soda
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n.苏打水;汽水 | |
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jumbled
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unpacking
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n.取出货物,拆包[箱]v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的现在分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等) | |
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sentimental
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contractions
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n.收缩( contraction的名词复数 );缩减;缩略词;(分娩时)子宫收缩 | |
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psychiatrist
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n.精神病专家;精神病医师 | |
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ammunition
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n.军火,弹药 | |
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virtue
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n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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adv.纯粹地,完全地 | |
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omniscience
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n.全知,全知者,上帝 | |
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precisely
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adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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artillery
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intrusive
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adj.打搅的;侵扰的 | |
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adj.双的;二重的,二元的 | |
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feat
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briefly
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adv.简单地,简短地 | |
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get-together
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n.(使)聚集;(使)集合 | |
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wondrous
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adj.令人惊奇的,奇妙的;adv.惊人地;异乎寻常地;令人惊叹地 | |
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vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝);偷偷摸摸做;n.潜行;adj.暗中进行 | |
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overview
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n.概观,概述 | |
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rippled
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使泛起涟漪(ripple的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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sodas
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n.苏打( soda的名词复数 );碱;苏打水;汽水 | |
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opposition
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n.反对,敌对 | |
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philosophical
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adj.哲学家的,哲学上的,达观的 | |
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intrigued
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adj.好奇的,被迷住了的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的过去式);激起…的兴趣或好奇心;“intrigue”的过去式和过去分词 | |
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skeptical
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adj.怀疑的,多疑的 | |
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clergy
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n.[总称]牧师,神职人员 | |
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ethics
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n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准 | |
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immutable
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adj.不可改变的,永恒的 | |
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superstition
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n.迷信,迷信行为 | |
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encyclopedia
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n.百科全书 | |
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irrational
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adj.无理性的,失去理性的 | |
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dominant
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adj.支配的,统治的;占优势的;显性的;n.主因,要素,主要的人(或物);显性基因 | |
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adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物 | |
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civilized
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a.有教养的,文雅的 | |
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professed
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公开声称的,伪称的,已立誓信教的 | |
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atheism
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immortality
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immortal
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actively
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utterance
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abolition
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证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威 | |
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n.凿( gouge的名词复数 );乱要价;(在…中)抠出…;挖出…v.凿( gouge的第三人称单数 );乱要价;(在…中)抠出…;挖出… | |
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shameful
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v.使震惊(astound的过去式和过去分词);愕然;愕;惊讶 | |
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