考研英語閱讀理解（1994-1999真題）第一講

主講老師：Jeremy（點(diǎn)擊關(guān)注老師的滬江部落>>>）

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【講師簡介】

Jeremy， 愛好廣泛，喜歡語言，出國黨一枚，鉆研美音中，時(shí)而逗比，時(shí)而正經(jīng)，上課風(fēng)格幽默。

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【課程詳細(xì)筆記】
BRYCE: Juli reminds him of Grandma.
STEVEN:Of Renee? Heh.That’s ridiculous.
CHET: You know why the Bakers haven't fixed their yard?
STEVEN:Yeah,because he’s too busy with his paint-by-numbers kit.
CHET: If you had a brother with a severe handicap, what would you do?
STEVEN:What the hell does that have to do with anything?

CHET: Juli's father has a retarded brother.
STEVEN:So what? He’s not the gardener,is he?Heh.
PATSY: Steven.
STEVEN:Ha-ha-ha.It was a joke. You know,other people have family troubles and they manage to mow their own lawns.I don’t know where their pride in ownership is.
CHET: They don't own that house. The landlord's supposed to maintain it. Mr. Baker puts every extra penny he has into caring for his brother.

PATSY:Don’t they have government facilities for that sort of thing?
CHET: Maybe they thought that a private facility would be better for him.
STEVEN:Either way,it’s not our fault that family has some chromosomal abnormality.
CHET: It has nothing to do with chromosomes. When Juli's uncle was born . he had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. If he'd had enough oxygen, he would've been a perfect little baby,just like your son.
STEVEN:Goddamn it,Chet. Patsy?Patsy?
PATSY:Leave me alone!

CHET: Sorry about that.
BRYCE:Why is Mom so upset?
CHET: Because...but for the grace of God...your mother could be standing in Mr. Baker's shoes.
BRYCE:Did her brother have the cord wrapped around his neck too?
CHET: You did. Luckily, the doctor who delivered you was on the ball and got it untangled. but it easily could've gone the other way. Wanna go for a walk?
BRYCE:Huh?
CHET: I find it helps clear the mind
BRYCE:What would they have done with me?
CHET: You can't dwell on something that might've been,Bryce .
BRYCE:The way my dad was talking,sounds like he would’ve thrown me in a nuthouse.
CHET: No. no. Now. that's not fair. You can't condemn him for
something he hasn't done. This is where that tree was, wasn't it?
BRYCE:Yeah.
CHET:Must’ve been a spectacular view.She’s quite a girl.Some of us get dipped in flat...some in satin...some in gloss.But every once in a while...you find someone who’s iridescent.And when you do,nothing will ever compare.

Flat, glossy, iridescent? What the hell did that mean? Juli Baker had always just seemed plain to me. Until now. And the way she talked about what it felt like to be up in that tree..."to be held above the earth, brushed by the wind." Who in junior high talks like that? This weird feeling started taking over in the pit of my stomach, and I didn't like it. I was slipping, man. And it was time to get a grip.

TRINA:Oh, you’re sounding really good.
MATT: Yeah. We'll record it in Skyler's garage
TRINA:That’s a wonderful project.
JULI:Speaking of projects,I was thinking it might be cool to fix up the yard.
RICHARD: What?
JULI: I mean,how much can grass seed cost?I could plant a lawn,maybe some flowers.I could even put up a fence.
RICHARD: Honey, that's a major undertaking.
JULI: I could pay for it with my egg money.
RICHARD: No. That's your money. The landlord should be
tha one taking care of all this.
JULI:But he doesn’t.And we live here.And it looks so bad.
RICHARD: Jules. What's going on?
JULI:Nothing.Dad.
TRINA: It's okay, sweetheart. You can tell us.
JULI:The Loskis have been throwing away my eggs because they’re afraid of salmonella.Because our yard is such a mess.
TRINA:Did Patsy say that?
JULI:No.Bryce did.

RICHARD: Trina. Let's not get into this.
TRINA:No,I’m tired of living like this,Richard.I’m tired of having to take temp jobs just to make ends meet.I’m tired of having to push a chair up against the washing machine just to keep the door shut.I’m tired of having to borrow Mrs.Steuby’s vacuum cleaner every time ours breaks down.
RICHARD: Do you think this is the life I pictured for us?Sometimes you have to sacrifice to do the right thing. We always end up agreeing that Devonhurst is the right thing for
Daniel.

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