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（单词翻译）

 Sunday, September 23, 1984 (Henry is 35, Clare is 13)

　
HENRY: I am in the clearing, in the Meadow. It’s very early in the morning, just before dawn. It’s late summer, all the flowers and grasses are up to my chest. It’s chilly1. I am alone.
I’ve never seen these clothes before, so I have no idea where I am in time. Clare has also left me a snack: there’s a peanut butter and jelly sandwich carefully wrapped in aluminum2 foil, with an apple and a bag of lay’s potato chips. Maybe this is one of Clare’s school lunches. My expectations veer3 in the direction of the late seventies or early eighties. I sit down on the rock and eat the food, and then I feel much better. The sun is rising. 
 
The whole Meadow is blue, and then orange, and pink, the shadows are elongated4, and then it is day. There’s no sign of Clare. I crawl a few feet into the vegetation, curl up on the ground even though it is wet with dew, and sleep.
　When I wake up the sun is higher and Clare is sitting next to me reading a book. She smiles at me and says, “Daylight in the swamp. The birds are singing and the frogs are croaking5 and it’s time to get up!”
　I groan6 and rub my eyes. “Hi, Clare. What’s the date?”
　“Sunday, September 23, 1984.”
　Clare is thirteen. A strange and difficult age, but not as difficult as what we are going through in my present. I sit up, and yawn. “Clare, if I asked very nicely, would you go into your house and smuggle7 out a cup of coffee for me?”
　“Coffee?” Clare says this as though she has never heard of the substance. As an adult she is as much of an addict8 as I am. She considers the logistics.
 
清晨我来到了草场的空地，刚好是黎明前的十分，是夏天快结束的时候了，四周的花草都长到了我齐胸的高度。天气有些凉了，草场只有我独自一人。我涉过又深又密的草丛来到放衣服箱子的地方，打开箱子，我找到了蓝色的牛仔裤和白色的牛津大学T-shirt, 还有一双人字平底拖鞋。
 
我以前从未见过这些衣服，所以我不知道我是不是来对了时间。卡莱尔还给我留了一包零食，一包花生酱，一个锡箔纸小心包起来的果冻三明治，一个苹果一包薯片。可能这些本来是卡莱尔带到学校吃的的中餐。我期望时间指针转到了七十年代末八十年代初。我坐在一块石头上在吃了起来，之后感觉好了很多。
太阳升了起来。整个草场从一片蓝色变成橘色然后是粉红色，影子拉得老长。现在已经是白天了。草场还是没有卡莱尔出现的迹象。我匍匐行进前了几尺钻进植物丛里，倦起身子在被露水打湿的地上睡着了。醒来的时候，太阳升的更高了，克莱尔正坐在我对面读着一本书，微笑望着我 “喂，天亮了还躺在湿湿的地上，鸟儿在唱歌青蛙呱呱叫，该起床啦！”
 
我咕哝了一声，揉了揉眼睛：“嗨，克莱尔，你好！你知道今天几号了吗？”
“星期天，1984年9月23日。”
 
克莱尔13岁了，这是一个奇怪而不太容易渡过的年纪，但我们当下要一起经历的事更不容易。我坐了起来，打着哈欠，“克莱尔，行行好，你能进屋去悄悄弄杯咖啡来给我吗？” “咖啡？”卡莱尔问得像从来没听说过这种东西的似的。成年后的她和我一样狂爱咖啡。她一直在思考这件事的逻辑性。

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1 chilly pOfzl     
adj.凉快的，寒冷的
参考例句：
  • I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
  • I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。
2 aluminum 9xhzP     
n.(aluminium)铝
参考例句：
  • The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
  • During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段，它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。
3 veer 5pQyC     
vt.转向，顺时针转，改变；n.转向
参考例句：
  • He is unlikely to veer from his boss's strongly held views.他不可能背离他老板的强硬立场。
  • If you fall asleep while driving,you'll probably veer off the road.假如你开车时打瞌睡，可能会驶离道路。
4 elongated 6a3aeff7c3bf903f4176b42850937718     
v.延长，加长( elongate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Modigliani's women have strangely elongated faces. 莫迪里阿尼画中的妇女都长着奇长无比的脸。
  • A piece of rubber can be elongated by streching. 一块橡皮可以拉长。 来自《用法词典》
5 croaking croaking     
v.呱呱地叫( croak的现在分词 )；用粗的声音说
参考例句：
  • the croaking of frogs 蛙鸣
  • I could hear croaking of the frogs. 我能听到青蛙呱呱的叫声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 groan LfXxU     
vi./n.呻吟，抱怨；(发出)呻吟般的声音
参考例句：
  • The wounded man uttered a groan.那个受伤的人发出呻吟。
  • The people groan under the burden of taxes.人民在重税下痛苦呻吟。
7 smuggle 5FNzy     
vt.私运；vi.走私
参考例句：
  • Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
  • She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。
8 addict my4zS     
v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人
参考例句：
  • He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
  • He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

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