but they had encouraged Mac to carry on, and they would catch up with him soon. As Macpedaled(骑行) along alone, he thought fondly of his wife and two young daughters athome. He hoped to show them this beautiful
McCarthy would often tell his son John, when speaking of his own cold family and violently abusive father who would savagely beat him as a child, “ ‘The difference between you and me is that you were born a good person,’ ” John recounts to me. “ ‘I had to work hard ...
”Johnny asked.“That’s all right,”said Lisette.Johnny struggled to keep up with Lisette’s 7 steps, but he was always one beat behind her.Then Johnny heard his friend Pierre say,“Look!Johnny has two left feet!” 8 burst from the crowd.Johnny 9 and ran outside, determined never ...
As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes. Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown vio...
The other man followed at his heels.他们两个都没有脱掉鞋袜,虽然河水冰冷——冷得他们脚腕子疼痛,两脚麻木。They did not remove their foot-gear, though the water was icy cold -- so cold that their ankles ached and their feet went numb.每逢走到河水冲击着他们膝盖的地方,两个人都摇摇晃晃地站...
It had been a perfectly solid home; protected from the weather; a great place to nurture their future brood. All of the sudden they found themselves thrown violently to the ground and when they returned to the place it had stood, there was no sign of it at all. And, how stupid of me...
But on the fifth day an unbearably hot wind began to blow, and as time went by, it became stronger and stronger, causing Mark to sway(摇摆) violently on his rope. But Mark kept on determinedly pushing up the T-bar and pulling himself up. In spite of that, he had to admit that ...
It had been a perfectly solid home; protected from the weather; a great place to nurture their future brood. All of the sudden they found themselves thrown violently to the ground and when they returned to the place it had stood, there was no sign of it at all. And, how stupid of me...
20. He hit the ground hard, butwithin seconds(几秒钟之内), he was back on his feet. 21.In a flash/blink(立刻, 一瞬间), the boy disappeared around the corner. 22.Out of nowhere(不知从哪里), a car zoomed into view. 疾驰[zuːm] ...
Return home to Tasmania for a holiday only to find my Nan violently ill with gastro. Anna comes over and we have a lovely New Year’s Eve in my home town of Burnie. It’s the first time in years I haven’t been playing at Falls Festival and I’m relieved. The sight of a pretty...