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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
All that is needed is a direct hit.
Whatever vague plan I had conceived regarding returning
leap to avoid the fireballs. Each one is only the size of an apple,
but packs tremendous power on contact. Every sense I
have goes into overdrive as the need to survive takes over.
There’s no time to judge if a move is the correct one. When
Something keeps me moving forward, though. A lifetime of
watching the Hunger Games lets me know that certain areas
get away from this section, I might be able to move out of
reach of the launchers. I might also then fall straight into a pit
I’m retching again. This time it’s an acidic substance that
scalds my throat and makes its way into my nose as well. I’m
forced to stop as my body convulses, trying desperately8 to rid
itself of the poisons I’ve been sucking in during the attack. I
wait for the next hiss, the next signal to bolt. It doesn’t come.
The force of the retching has squeezed tears out of my stinging
My muscles react, only not fast enough this time. The fireball
I sit on the ground, a few yards from the blaze set off by the
fireball. My calf is screaming, my hands covered in red welts.
I’m shaking too hard to move. If the Gamemakers want to
finish me off, now is the time.
I hear Cinna’s voice, carrying images of rich fabric and
good laugh the Gamemakers must be having over that one.
Perhaps, Cinna’s beautiful costumes have even brought on this
particular torture for me. I know he couldn’t have foreseen
this, must be hurting for me because, in fact, I believe he cares
chariot would have been safer for me.
The attack is now over. The Gamemakers don’t want me
dead. Not yet anyway. Everyone knows they could destroy us
all within seconds of the opening gong. The real sport of the
Hunger Games is watching the tributes kill one another. Every
so often, they do kill a tribute just to remind the players they
can. But mostly, they manipulate us into confronting one
another face-to-face. Which means, if I am no longer being
fired at, there is at least one other tribute close at hand.
I would drag myself into a tree and take cover now if I
could, but the smoke is still thick enough to kill me. I make
myself stand and begin to limp away from the wall of flames
that lights up the sky. It does not seem to be pursuing me any
smoke catch the sunbeams. My visibility is poor. I can see
maybe fifteen yards in any direction. A tribute could easily be
but I doubt my ability to hold it for long. The pain in my
hands can in no way compete with that in my calf. I hate
burns, have always hated them, even a small one gotten from
pulling a pan of bread from the oven. It is the worst kind of
pain to me, but I have never experienced anything like this.
I’m so weary I don’t even notice I’m in the pool until I’m
shallow water and feel instant relief. Isn’t that what my mother
always says? The first treatment for a burn is cold water?
Probably she’d recommend it for my hands. But what of my
calf? Although I have not yet had the courage to examine it,
I’m guessing that it’s an injury in a whole different class.
my hands in the water, examining the little flames on my
fingernails that are beginning to chip off. Good. I’ve had
enough fire for a lifetime.
rigged adj. 作弊的,以不正当手段操纵的
vipers n. 毒蛇
retching n. 干呕;恶心
scalds n. 烫伤(scald的复数)
convulse vt. 震撼;使剧烈震动;使抽搐
crevice n. 裂缝;裂隙
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1 zigzag | |
n.曲折,之字形;adj.曲折的,锯齿形的;adv.曲折地,成锯齿形地;vt.使曲折;vi.曲折前行 | |
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2 hiss | |
v.发出嘶嘶声;发嘘声表示不满 | |
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3 arena | |
n.竞技场,运动场所;竞争场所,舞台 | |
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4 vipers | |
n.蝰蛇( viper的名词复数 );毒蛇;阴险恶毒的人;奸诈者 | |
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5 scramble | |
v.爬行,攀爬,杂乱蔓延,碎片,片段,废料 | |
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6 dodging | |
n.避开,闪过,音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 );回避 | |
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7 abate | |
vi.(风势,疼痛等)减弱,减轻,减退 | |
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8 desperately | |
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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9 drenched | |
adj.湿透的;充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 );在某人(某物)上大量使用(某液体) | |
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10 vomit | |
v.呕吐,作呕;n.呕吐物,吐出物 | |
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11 scent | |
n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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12 singe | |
v.(轻微地)烧焦;烫焦;烤焦 | |
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13 singed | |
v.浅表烧焦( singe的过去式和过去分词 );(毛发)燎,烧焦尖端[边儿] | |
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14 fumbles | |
摸索,笨拙的处理( fumble的名词复数 ) | |
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15 strands | |
n.(线、绳、金属线、毛发等的)股( strand的名词复数 );缕;海洋、湖或河的)岸;(观点、计划、故事等的)部份v.使滞留,使搁浅( strand的第三人称单数 ) | |
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16 crumble | |
vi.碎裂,崩溃;vt.弄碎,摧毁 | |
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17 transformation | |
n.变化;改造;转变 | |
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18 hissing | |
n. 发嘶嘶声, 蔑视 动词hiss的现在分词形式 | |
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19 skids | |
n.滑向一侧( skid的名词复数 );滑道;滚道;制轮器v.(通常指车辆) 侧滑( skid的第三人称单数 );打滑;滑行;(住在)贫民区 | |
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20 calf | |
n.小牛,犊,幼仔,小牛皮 | |
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21 scuttle | |
v.急赶,疾走,逃避;n.天窗;舷窗 | |
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22 shrieking | |
v.尖叫( shriek的现在分词 ) | |
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23 regain | |
vt.重新获得,收复,恢复 | |
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24 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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25 stifles | |
(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的第三人称单数 ); 镇压,遏制 | |
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26 fabric | |
n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织 | |
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27 gems | |
growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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28 stark | |
adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地 | |
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29 stinking | |
adj.臭的,烂醉的,讨厌的v.散发出恶臭( stink的现在分词 );发臭味;名声臭;糟透 | |
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30 swirls | |
n.旋转( swirl的名词复数 );卷状物;漩涡;尘旋v.旋转,打旋( swirl的第三人称单数 ) | |
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31 concealed | |
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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32 crevice | |
n.(岩石、墙等)裂缝;缺口 | |
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33 plunge | |
v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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34 minor | |
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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35 dangling | |
悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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