I’d meant to go to Miros that day. I’d packed my bag and was ready. The motor-boat
in on time. The sky was cloudy, but the wind wasn’t too strong for the two-hour
. I stood at my window, staring at the boat. Then I lost
of her, an old light-house partly blocked my view of the harbor. A dozen passengers were
their way there. I was about to join them --- when a man’s face
at the light-house window.
This was strange, because the light-house had been empty, unused and
for thirty years. It was stranger still --- because I’d seen that
before. I couldn’t place it but it was, or had once been, familiar to me. I opened my window and
across. “I know we’ve met before, but I can’t remember where.”
I
him to open his if he could and answer me. He did neither. The face behind the glass
motionless (靜止). Seeing him more clearly now, I knew he was not looking at me. He seemed to be looking upwards,
the clouds. How well I’d known that face, sometime, somewhere!
I
again. “We met years ago. Was it in Athens in the 1950s? I used to live in Plaka.”
He didn’t reply nor give any
that he’d heard. I went back further, to
I was in the navy. “Perhaps we met at sea during the war,” and that thought at once
him to mind. Commander Leftis! He was Commander Leftis of course! How could I have forgotten? I’d saved his life once. But surely he …
The motor-boat
her bell. I turned my eyes. The wind had risen, but she was pulling
. Laughing, I called, “Now I’ve missed her, and it’s your
, Commander!”
As the boat drew away, the face at the window faded.
minute it was there. Looking up, I could see the whites of the eyes. The
minute it was gone.
Well, I didn’t rush to the light-house. I knew that Leftis was dead. He died at sea in 1963 or 1964. But there’s one other thing I ought to tell you: the motor-boat never reached Miros. It was lost in a storm, with all the passengers.
小題1: | A.reached | B.a(chǎn)rrived | C.went | D.came |
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小題2: | A.voyage | B.crossing | C.travel | D.boating |
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小題3: | A.sight | B.way | C.patience | D.chances |
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小題4: | A.searching | B.finding | C.making | D.hurrying |
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小題5: | A.placed | B.existed | C.occurred | D.a(chǎn)ppeared |
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小題6: | A.locked | B.opened | C.rebuilt | D.chained |
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小題7: | A.man | B.face | C.window | D.light-house |
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小題8: | A.jumped | B.ran | C.shouted | D.screamed |
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小題9: | A.expected | B.hoped | C.believed | D.a(chǎn)sked |
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小題10: | A.became | B.remained | C.seemed | D.grew |
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小題11: | A.through | B.a(chǎn)fter | C.for | D.a(chǎn)t |
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小題12: | A.persuaded | B.repeated | C.tried | D.continued |
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小題13: | A.suggestion | B.a(chǎn)nswer | C.sign | D.a(chǎn)ction |
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小題14: | A.when | B.which | C.where | D.how |
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小題15: | A.kept | B.brought | C.caused | D.changed |
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小題16: | A.beat | B.rang | C.turned on | D.put on |
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小題18: | A.problem | B.question | C.duty | D.fault |
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小題20: | A.next | B.rest | C.other | D.last |
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