的人;数族
,先于
Monday 22"July 1996
直布,明;显示
Monday 22"July 1996 I woke up at 6, 30 AM to the
追超,追除;追求 sounds of my crackling radio, as I did every day, opened
考虑后果的
1口,裂的 wy chocolate brown curtains to a duy o/ wra y, a Everything
地区的,地
was gray, the clouds were gray, the streets were gray, the
可幕的;国的数 hills in the far distance were gray, As far as the eye could see
was gray. Even the faded reflection looking back at me from
u,得到,获得、 the shutter was gray, but then so am I
起…的兴;引
You may know me alread y, I m the strange bachelor who
lives on the block who calls the police to complain about the
诱感,引诱 ise in your party or the man who keeps your o/ sprang3
邪恶(行为)道 that lands in my garden. am solitary and don't min.
gle, the person whom you both despise and feel sorry for in
技肩,围巾
equal proportions, the person who you laugh at and fear and
纸,封套,封皮 the person who you just can' t quite bring yourself to hate
①我打开了巧克力色
A7:45 AM I got out of the car at my regular parking的色窗,准备
space, about ten minutes from the factory where I work. A
接又一个灰色的
bout five minutes into my short journey I came to a road and
天
waited to cross with the other pedestrians. I was standing②你或许已经认识
next to a young man, who was about23 and didn' t look as if了,我就是住在这
?一但是,虹果 he was from the area, and I assumed he was a foreign ex
片的那个奇特的
的人,从小数是, change student studying at the local university
单身汉,总是报
We stood next to each other in silence, exchanging noth-
抱怒你们在派对
入也不为所。 ing more than a passing glance at each other' s eyes.Then
也
时制造噪音,或者
dn't know if it was, maybe early morning tiredness, but he
将你的孩子赐进
的
started to cross the intersection, seemingly unaware of the
的花因里的球留下
prority of the car speeding towards him to his righ. a
不还的人
Spontaneously., I put my hand out to intervene, in less③似乎并未发觉临
than heroie fashion, and stopped him. He woke up from
his perplexity suddenly, shaking and breaking a sweat. I
有辆小车正驶向他
的右边
asked him if he was OK, he said"yes" and thanked me in his④正像一个英雄一
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