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岁月的便条
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  • Can you still find this day, my dear, among your possessions?

    Among the souvenirs of your trips to faraway lands, the textbooks from those halcyon1 days when you walked the hallowed portals of that engineering college, the cassettes whose covers were left behind after one of those bacchanalian2 sessions in the hostel3, the photographs of those classmates whose names you can't remember? Or is it hidden in the darkness, put out of sight along with the book you bought but never read, the gift you never quite found a use for and the letters you never finished or sent.

    I can still find it here, in the city, in the house which you have never visited, in the kitchen where I have imaginary conversations with you. It is here even when I am not, for I go out now, leaving the light on and the music playing, so I can return home to the illusion of company.

    I am probably better off now. Without secrets to keep from my parents. Without someone to come between me and my friends, me and my pastimes, me and my work, me and my sensible, understandable, utilitarian4 life. The life that I keep trying, keep failing to bring in line with the expectations that I keep trying, keep failing to make my own.

    It is not that I always feel like this, sometimes I yearn5 for those days when tears and laughter both came easy. Those easy and quick transitions from ecstasy6 to despair. When a compliment could keep my mind occupied for hours on end and a harsh word could prick7 like a pin the same skin which now seems dry and insensitive. Like probably millions around the world, I look outside the window of a crowded bus, lost in my own thoughts and wonder how it could happen to me.

    Was I not supposed to be different from the rest? Not for the silly schoolgirl infatuation with the football team captain or the fascination8 with the good for nothing, pot-smoking aspiring9 poet. Ours was a mature friendship that had blossomed into more. How could I feel a pang10 of envy then, when you lent a helping11 hand to another girl, when you spoke12 about someone who's far away and about to be married, when you were so involved in the book you were reading that you did not notice that we never met all day?

    When we decided13 that it had been too long and that we should meet, I carefully started preparing a package for you. A small poem, that book you always wanted but never found, an old photograph and a bar of chocolate for us to share. What would I wear and what would we talk about? The package still remains14 in my drawer waiting for the phone to ring again.

    It was a rainy Sunday afternoon when we sat in my tiny hostel room, discussing capitalism15 and campus gossip with equal fervor16. When it seemed as if those conversations could last forever and we would never tire of them. When Joni Mitchell sang "California" seven times on continuous play before we thought of getting out.

    Then one day suddenly we were looking for each other. You were always somewhere else, doing something else and strangely enough so was I. Those new people I met on that trip and that junior guy who loved the same movies I do. That girl next door who took math lessons from you. My room was almost always locked and yours was no different. We seemed to have discovered a whole world outside of ourselves all of a sudden. The tragedy was we had also lost the world we had before.

    Then came the rescue mission. The loud fights in the hostel wing, the long silences and the desperate angry notes. Frustration17, anxiety and even love revealing itself in the ugliest possible ways. Then indifference18, complacency and resignation. Calm, dispassionate discussions on how we could stay friends. The decision that we should always let the other know when we would be around. That's when I started leaving those yellow post-its on the door. Those yellow post-its which by the time I came back would have your coordinates19 that I never used. If we had all of them now, they would be telling this tale a lot better than I am now.

    Back home, I still continue leaving those post-its to this day, hoping that someone will write their whereabouts on them as well.

     10级    美文 


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    1 halcyon [ˈhælsiən] 8efx7   第10级
    n.平静的,愉快的
    参考例句:
    • He yearned for the halcyon day sof his childhood. 他怀念儿时宁静幸福的日子。
    • He saw visions of a halcyon future. 他看到了将来的太平日子的幻境。
    2 bacchanalian [ˌbækəˈneɪliən] pP3yf   第11级
    adj.闹酒狂饮的;n.发酒疯的人
    参考例句:
    • Emperor nero attended the bacchanalian orgy. 尼禄皇参加了狂饮的祭酒神仪式。
    • College-admissions deans and potential employers browse bacchanalian footage. 高校招生处主任和潜在的雇主会浏览到发酒疯的画面。
    3 hostel [ˈhɒstl] f5qyR   第8级
    n.(学生)宿舍,招待所
    参考例句:
    • I lived in a hostel while I was a student. 我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
    • He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel. 他说他现住在一家青年招待所。
    4 utilitarian [ˌju:tɪlɪˈteəriən] THVy9   第9级
    adj.实用的,功利的
    参考例句:
    • On the utilitarian side American education has outstridden the rest of the world. 在实用方面美国教育已超越世界各国。
    • A good cloth coat is more utilitarian than a fur one. 一件优质的布外衣要比一件毛皮外衣更有用。
    5 yearn [jɜ:n] nMjzN   第9级
    vi.想念;怀念;渴望
    参考例句:
    • We yearn to surrender our entire being. 我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命。
    • Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life. 现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。
    6 ecstasy [ˈekstəsi] 9kJzY   第8级
    n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷
    参考例句:
    • He listened to the music with ecstasy. 他听音乐听得入了神。
    • Speechless with ecstasy, the little boys gazed at the toys. 小孩注视着那些玩具,高兴得说不出话来。
    7 prick [prɪk] QQyxb   第7级
    vt.刺伤,刺痛,刺孔;vi. 刺;竖起;n.刺伤,刺痛
    参考例句:
    • He felt a sharp prick when he stepped on an upturned nail. 当他踩在一个尖朝上的钉子上时,他感到剧烈的疼痛。
    • He burst the balloon with a prick of the pin. 他用针一戳,气球就爆了。
    8 fascination [ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃn] FlHxO   第8级
    n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋
    参考例句:
    • He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport. 他对所有的运输工具都很着迷。
    • His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience. 广大观众一直迷恋于他的来信。
    9 aspiring [əˈspaɪərɪŋ] 3y2zps   第7级
    adj.有志气的;有抱负的;高耸的v.渴望;追求
    参考例句:
    • Aspiring musicians need hours of practice every day. 想当音乐家就要每天练许多小时。
    • He came from an aspiring working-class background. 他出身于有抱负的工人阶级家庭。 来自辞典例句
    10 pang [pæŋ] OKixL   第9级
    n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷;vt.使剧痛,折磨
    参考例句:
    • She experienced a sharp pang of disappointment. 她经历了失望的巨大痛苦。
    • She was beginning to know the pang of disappointed love. 她开始尝到了失恋的痛苦。
    11 helping [ˈhelpɪŋ] 2rGzDc   第7级
    n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
    参考例句:
    • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
    • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来,他们在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
    12 spoke [spəʊk] XryyC   第11级
    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
    参考例句:
    • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company. 他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
    • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre. 辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
    13 decided [dɪˈsaɪdɪd] lvqzZd   第7级
    adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
    参考例句:
    • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents. 这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
    • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting. 英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
    14 remains [rɪˈmeɪnz] 1kMzTy   第7级
    n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
    参考例句:
    • He ate the remains of food hungrily. 他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
    • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog. 残羹剩饭喂狗了。
    15 capitalism [ˈkæpɪtəlɪzəm] er4zy   第7级
    n.资本主义
    参考例句:
    • The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed. 他的论点的核心是资本主义不能成功。
    • Capitalism began to develop in Russia in the 19th century. 十九世纪资本主义在俄国开始发展。
    16 fervor [ˌfɜ:və] sgEzr   第10级
    n.热诚;热心;炽热
    参考例句:
    • They were concerned only with their own religious fervor. 他们只关心自己的宗教热诚。
    • The speech aroused nationalist fervor. 这个演讲喚起了民族主义热情。
    17 frustration [frʌˈstreɪʃn] 4hTxj   第8级
    n.挫折,失败,失效,落空
    参考例句:
    • He had to fight back tears of frustration. 他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
    • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
    18 indifference [ɪnˈdɪfrəns] k8DxO   第8级
    n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
    参考例句:
    • I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat. 他的漠不关心使我很失望。
    • He feigned indifference to criticism of his work. 他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。
    19 coordinates [kə'ʊɔ:dənəts] 8387d77faaaa65484f5631d9f9d20bfc   第7级
    n.相配之衣物;坐标( coordinate的名词复数 );(颜色协调的)配套服装;[复数]女套服;同等重要的人(或物)v.使协调,使调和( coordinate的第三人称单数 );协调;协同;成为同等
    参考例句:
    • The town coordinates on this map are 695037. 该镇在这幅地图上的坐标是695037。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下,负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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