鑽石舞台

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美文

Baby Suggs leaned back into the peppers and the squash vines with her hoe. Carefully, with the blade at just the right angle, she cut through a stalk of insistent rue. Its flowers she stuck through a split in her hat; the rest she tossed aside. The quiet clok clok clok of wood splitting reminded her that Stamp was doing the chore he promised to the night before.

貝比·薩格斯又彎腰為胡椒秧和黃瓜藤鋤草。鋤頭的角度剛好合適，她小心地鏟斷一根頑固的芸香莖。芸香的花被她揪下來插進帽子的裂縫中；剩下的丟在一邊。劈木頭單調的哐哐哐的聲音提醒了她，斯坦普正在干他昨天晚上答應的差事。

對話

A: 凱瑟琳。

B: 啊?

A: 有時間麼?

B: 當然。

A: 跟我走一會兒。放假回家嗎?

B: 不回。

A: 因為太遠?

B: 是太貴了。我從未在新奧爾良過過聖誕節，所以……

A: 這兒的氣候沒令你退縮?

B: 我喜歡這裡。

A: 是嗎?有人向我投訴你的教學方式，凱瑟琳。有些不正規……對於韋爾斯利學院來說。

B: 是，我注意到了。

A: 所以說如果你想繼續在這兒……

B: 有問題嗎?

A: 問題很大。五月份會對你的工作做個正式的評估。在那以前少講一點兒現代藝術吧。

A: Katherine.

B: Yes?

A: Have you got a minute?

B: Of course.

A: Walk with me. You going home for the holidays?

B: No.

A: Too far?

B: Too expensive. But I』ve never had a New England Christmas, so…

A: Our weather hasn’t scared you away?

B: I love it here.

A: Do you? I』ve been getting some calls about your teaching methods, Katherine. They’re a little unorthodox… for Wellesley.

B: Yes, I noticed.

A: So if you』d like to stay here....

B: ls that a question?

A: More a discussion. You』ll have your formal review in May. Until then… a little less modern art.

專項

Tammy was __________ by her grandparents.

塔米是由她的祖父母撫養大的。

raised

漢譯英

韓聰6歲開始學習花樣滑冰，他在2022年北京冬奧運會倒數第二個比賽日與搭檔隋文靜奪得雙人滑金牌，成為繼2010年申雪和趙宏博之後第二對奪得冬奧會花滑金牌的中國運動員。

Han Cong, who started figure skating at age 6, won the pairs gold with partner Sui Wenjing on the penultimate competition day at Beijing 2022, becoming the second Chinese skaters to win the Olympic gold, after Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo in 2010.