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1、word资料下载可编辑最后一片叶子英文原文 InalittledistrictwestofWashingtonSquarethestreetshaveruncrazyandbrokenthemselvesintosmallstripscalled"places."These"places"makestrangeanglesandcurves.OneStreetcrossesitselfatimeortwo.Anartistoncediscoveredavaluablepossibilityinthisstreet.Supposeacollec
2、torwithabillforpaints,paperandcanvasshould,intraversingthisroute,suddenlymeethimselfcomingback,withoutacenthavingbeenpaidonaccount! So,toquaintoldGreenwichVillagetheartpeoplesooncameprowling,huntingfornorthwindowsandeighteenth-centurygablesandDutchatticsandlowrents.Thenthey
3、importedsomepewtermugsandachafingdishortwofromSixthAvenue,andbecamea"colony." Atthetopofasquatty,three-storybrickSueandJohnsyhadtheirstudio."Johnsy"wasfamiliarforJoanna.OnewasfromMaine;theotherfromCalifornia.Theyhadmetatthetabled'hôteofanEighthStreet"Delmonico's,"andf
4、oundtheirtastesinart,chicorysaladandbishopsleevessocongenialthatthejointstudioresulted. ThatwasinMay.InNovemberacold,unseenstranger,whomthedoctorscalledPneumonia,stalkedaboutthecolony,touchingonehereandtherewithhisicyfingers.Overontheeastsidethisravagerstrodeboldly,smitingh
5、isvictimsbyscores,buthisfeettrodslowlythroughthemazeofthenarrowandmoss-grown"places." Mr.Pneumoniawasnotwhatyouwouldcallachivalricoldgentleman.AmiteofalittlewomanwithbloodthinnedbyCaliforniazephyrswashardlyfairgameforthered-fisted,short-breathedoldduffer.ButJohnsyhesmote;an
6、dshelay,scarcelymoving,onherpaintedironbedstead,lookingthroughthesmallDutchwindow-panesattheblanksideofthenextbrickhouse. OnemorningthebusydoctorinvitedSueintothehallwaywithashaggy,greyeyebrow. "Shehasonechancein-letussay,ten,"hesaid,asheshookdownthemercuryinhisclinicalthe
7、rmometer."Andthatchanceisforhertowanttolive.Thiswaypeoplehaveoflining-uonthesideoftheundertakermakestheentirepharmacopoeialooksilly.Yourlittleladyhasmadeuphermindthatshe'snotgoingtogetwell.Hassheanythingonhermind?" "She-shewantedtopainttheBayofNaplessomeday."saidSue. "Pain
8、t?-bosh!Hassheanythingonhermindworththinkingtwice-amanforinstance?" "Aman?