各位书友，今天我们一起阅读《And Then There Were None》188-195页。And Then There Were None is a mystery novel by English writer Agatha Christie, widely considered her masterpiece. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1939, as Ten Little Niggers. Its American reprints and adaptations were all retitled And Then There Were None.
Question
Are you afraid of dying?
你害怕死吗？
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1. That's hardly proof positive of an unbalanced mentality.
这些都很难证明你说的精神上的不正常。
同义句：It's hard to prove the mental disorder that you said.
讲解：
proof [pruf] n. 证明，论证，证据，证物
例句：
Anyway, we've never had any proof he found out how to get past Fluffy.
不管怎么说，我们没有发现任何证据，能够确定他打听到了制服路威的办法。
proof后通常用介词of表示什么样的证据，如果是句子，则用同位语从句。
2. The gang had got me squared and between us we got him put away for a stretch.
那一帮人买通了我，我们一块儿想法子把他送进去了。
同义句：They bribed me, and we sent him to prison finally.
讲解：
square 有“与...一致”的意思，使某人一致，引申为“收买、封口”
例句：
He has been squared to hold his tongue.
他已经被钱封住了嘴。
get sb. done 让某人做某事，等同于have sb./sth. done；
for a stretch 一段时间，就是关进大牢了
例句：
The economic situation is apparently so grim that some experts fear we may be in for a stretch as bad as the mid seventies.
鉴于目前糟糕的经济状况，一些专家称在上世纪七十年代中期的经济衰退将会再现。
3. I was brought up to keep my head and never to make a fuss.
我从小就是这样长大的，遇事要沉着，切忌咋咋呼呼的。
同义句：I have been told to keep clam instead of making a fuss since I was a child.
讲解：
be brought up 被抚养大，长大
例句：
He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman's care.
父亲没有再娶，因此，我在没有母亲的环境里长大成人。
make a fuss大惊小怪，小题大做，吵吵闹闹。
4. Last night she had dreamed of Beatrice-dreamt that she was outside pressing her face against the window and moaning, asking to be let in.
昨天晚上她梦见了比阿特丽斯——梦见她从外面把脸贴在玻璃窗上，呻吟着，要求让她进屋里来。
同义句：Last night she dreamed that Beatrice was pressing her face against the window and moaning to let her in from the outside.
讲解：
本句中，破折号后为宾语从句，进一步解释做梦的内容；
moan [mon] vt.&vi. 呻吟，悲叹；
asking为现在分词做目的状语。
5. And within? Thoughts that ran round in a circle like squirrels in a cage...
其实内心呢？思潮起伏，一如十五只吊桶打水，七上八下的……
同义句：Actually, (all the six people) got emotional inside, feeling upset.
讲解：
within这里是名词：内部，内心
ran round in a circle like squirrels in a cage直译“像松鼠在笼子里一样绕圈跑”，也就是七上八下、忐忑不安的意思。
mentality
英 [men'tælɪtɪ] 美 [mɛn'tæləti]
n. 心态；[心理] 智力；精神力；头脑作用
例：
If you have the mentality of "I need to go on a diet", stop it.
如果你持有这种心态“我要节食”，停下来。
搭配：
negative mentality 逆反心理；消极心态
词根：mental
adj. 精神的；脑力的；疯的
n. 精神病患者
adv.
mentally 精神上，智力上；心理上
n.
mentation 心理状态；精神作用；精神活动
square
英 [skweə] 美 [skwɛr]
adj. 平方的；正方形的；直角的；正直的
vt. 使成方形；与…一致
例：
Today the moon will be squared with Mars in your eighth house of transformation.
今天月亮将与火星在掌管转变的第八宫相一致。
搭配：
square oneself 摆好架势；道歉
词根： square
adj.
squared 方格的；成正方形的
squarish 有点方的，近似方形的
adv.
squarely 直角地；诚实地；正好；干脆地；正当地
n.
squareness 方形；小心拘谨，一丝不苟
fuss
英 [fʌs] 美 [fʌs]
n. 大惊小怪，大惊小怪的人；小题大作；忙乱
例：
I don't know what all the fuss is about.
我不知道这一切无谓的忙乎是怎么回事。
搭配：
fuss about 大惊小怪；忙乱
make a fuss 大惊小怪，小题大做；吵吵闹闹
fuss over 焦虑；过分关心，过分体贴
词根： fuss
adj.
fussy 爱挑剔的，难取悦的；易烦恼的
adv.
fussily 大惊小怪地；无事空扰地；小题大做地
dream
英 [driːm] 美 [drim]
vi. 梦想；做梦，梦见；想到
例：
Other nights I didn't dream of anyone, but I woke up in tears.
有几天晚上，我没有梦见任何人，但醒来眼中却浸着泪水。
搭配：
dream of 梦想；梦见
have a dream 做梦
dream about 梦想；梦到
round
英 [raʊnd] 美 [raʊnd]
adv. 在周围；迂回地；朝反方向；挨个
例：
Going round in circles is only going to make you dizzy, so stop it.
陷入循环的思考只会让你头晕，所以不如立刻停止。
搭配：
in the round全面地
all round 周围，到处
round about 周围；向相反方向；大约；迂回地
round and round adv. 处处；旋转不息地
拓展：round
n. 圆；循环；一回合；圆形物
adj. 圆的；大概的；肥胖的
vt. 完成；绕行；
vi. 进展；变圆；发胖
prep. 附近；绕过；大约；在…周围
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