The Most Dangerous Game(9)

现代大学英语 12A The Most Dangerous Game

n.

1. 叉状物；叉杆；叉柱；叉架

2. (人体)两腿分叉处，胯部；(树的)丫叉 3. 裤裆

4. 【航海学】吊杆支撑，桅座叉柱，船尾肘材 短语

1. a kick in the crotch [口语]拒收钱财

limb [l m]

n. 肢，臂；分支；枝干

vt. 切断…的手足；从…上截下树枝

fashion ['fæ n]

n.

1. 样式，样子，方法，方式 2. 类型，形状，姿态

3. (服饰等的)时兴式样，流行式样，时样，时髦；风气，风尚 4. 种类

5. 风行一时的事物，尤指时装；名流，红人 6. 时髦人物；(西方世界的)上流社会 7. [废语]手艺，工艺，做工 8. [废语]制作，制作过程

after a fashion 勉强，马马虎虎，达到一定程度(但不令人满意) zealous ['zel s] adj. 积极的，热情的，热心的，狂热的

19 The night crawled slowly like a wounded snake, and sleep did not visit Rainsford although the silence of a dead world was on the

jungle. Toward morning when a dingy gray was varnishing the sky, the cry of some startled bird focused Rainsford’s attention in that direction. Something was coming through the bush, slowly, carefully, by the

same winding way Rainsford had come. He flattened himself down on the limb, and through a screen of the leaves, saw it was a man.

20 It was General Zaroff. He made his way along with his eyes fixed in utmost concentration on the ground. He paused, almost beneath the tree, dropped to his knees, and studied the ground. Rainsford’s impulse was to hurl himself down like a panther but he saw the General’s right hand held by something metallic——a small automatic pistol.

21 The hunter shook his head several times, as if puzzled. Then he straightened up and took out a cigarette. Rainsford held his breath. The General’s eyes were now travelling inch by inch up the tree. Rainsford froze there, every muscle