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... the odious1 egoistic impulse that had emerged in her...
Hilde Moller Knag jumped out of bed with the bulky ring binder3 in her arms. She plonked it down on her writing desk, grabbed her clothes, and dashed into the bathroom. She stood under the shower for two minutes, dressed herself quickly, and ran downstairs.
"Breakfast is ready, Hilde!"
"I just have to go and row first."
"But Hilde... !"
She ran out of the house, down the garden, and out onto the little dock. She untied4 the boat and jumped down into it. She rowed around the bay with short angry strokes until she had calmed down.
"We are the living planet, Sophie! We are the great vessel5 sailing around a burning sun in the universe. But each and every of us is also a ship sailing through life with a cargo7 of genes8. When we have carried this cargo safely to the next harbor--we have not lived in vain..."
She knew the passage by heart. It had been written for her. Not for Sophie, for her. Every word in the ring binder was written by Dad to Hilde.
She rested the oars9 in the oarlocks and drew them in. The boat rocked gently on the water, the ripples10 slapping softly against the prow11.
And like the little rowboat floating on the surface in the bay at Lillesand, she herself was just a nutshell on the surface of life.
Where were Sophie and Alberto in this picture? Yes, where were Alberto and Sophie?
She could not fathom12 that they were no more than "electromagnetic impulses" in her father's brain. She could not fathom, and certainly not accept, that they were only paper and printer's ink from a ribbon in her father's portable typewriter. One might just as well say that she herself was nothing but a
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n.基因( gene的名词复数 ) | |
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conglomeration
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dealing
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consternation
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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premises
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pomposity
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n.浮华;虚夸;炫耀;自负 | |
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clump
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specialized
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psychology
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n.心理,心理学,心理状态 | |
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disorder
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disorders
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irrational
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steering
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abhorrence
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n.憎恶;可憎恶的事 | |
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taboo
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gnawing
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adulthood
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n.成年,成人期 | |
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infancy
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判断( judgment的名词复数 ); 鉴定; 评价; 审判 | |
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component
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guilt
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remains
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monstrous
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hysterical
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thoroughly
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agitation
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n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动 | |
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psyche
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n.精神;灵魂 | |
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iceberg
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n.冰山,流冰,冷冰冰的人 | |
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mechanism
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n.机械装置;机构,结构 | |
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repression
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sufficiently
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disturbance
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n.动乱,骚动;打扰,干扰;(身心)失调 | |
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mechanisms
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n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 );机械装置;[生物学] 机制;机械作用 | |
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bishop
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blurt
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vt.突然说出,脱口说出 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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distinguished
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adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的 | |
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afterward
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adv.后来;以后 | |
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preoccupied
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adj.全神贯注的,入神的;被抢先占有的;心事重重的v.占据(某人)思想,使对…全神贯注,使专心于( preoccupy的过去式) | |
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incensed
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fumble
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vi.笨拙地用手摸、弄、接等,摸索 | |
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random
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adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动 | |
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bungled
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v.搞糟,完不成( bungle的过去式和过去分词 );笨手笨脚地做;失败;完不成 | |
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precisely
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expend
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vt.花费,消费,消耗 | |
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neurotic
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adj.神经病的,神经过敏的;n.神经过敏者,神经病患者 | |
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traumas
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interpretation
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n.解释,说明,描述;艺术处理 | |
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determined
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motif
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ardent
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embarrassment
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n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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绕行的路( detour的名词复数 ); 绕道,兜圈子 | |
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n.精神病学,精神病疗法 | |
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