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1、14．TheLastLeafBeforelistening：summaryAwomannicknamedJohnsy(herfullnameisJoanna)hadcomedownwithpneumonia,andisnowclosetodeath.Outsidethewindowofherroom,theleavesfallfromavine.Johnsydecidesthatwhenthelastleafdrops,shetoowilldie,whileherroommateSue,whostayswithher,triestote
2、lltostopthinkingsopessimistically.Inthesameapartmentbuilding,anelderly,frustratedartistnamedBehrmanlivesbelowJohnsyandSue.Behrmanhasbeenclaimingthathewillpaintamasterpiece,eventhoughhehasneverevenattemptedtostart.SuevisitsBehrman,tellinghimthatJohnsy,whoisdyingofpneumoni
3、a,hascometobelievethatshewilldiewhenthelastleaffallsoffofthevineoutsideherwindow.Behrmanscoffsatthisasfoolishness,but—asheisprotectiveofthetwoyoungartists—hedecidestovisitJohnsyandseethevinefromherwindow.Inthenight,astormcomeswithwindhowlingandrainsplatteringagainstthewi
4、ndow.SueclosesthecurtainsandtellsJohnsytogotosleep,eventhoughthereisstilloneleafleftonthevine.Johnsyprotestsagainsthavingthecurtainsclosed,butSueinsistsbecauseshedoesnotwantJohnsytoseethelastleaffall.Inthemorning,Johnsywantstoseethevinetobesurethatalltheleavesaregone,but
5、totheirsurprise,thereisstilloneleafleft...1harshlyadv.粗暴地2WashingtonSquare华盛顿广场3remodelv.改造4demolishv.拆除5totheground彻底地6districtn.区7stripn.条8anglen.角度9curven.曲线10popularadj.受欢迎的11artistn.艺术家12gablen.三角墙13Dutchn.荷兰14atticn.阁楼15rentn.租金16studion.画室17nicknamen.昵称18Maine缅因州1
6、9California加利福尼亚20barn.酒吧21decidev.决定22jointadj.共同的23inhabitantn.居民24sufferfrom患……病25pneumonian.肺炎26countlessadj.数不尽的27victimn.受害者28spreadv.传播29mazen.迷宫30narrowadj.狭窄的31victimn.病人32scarcelyadv.几乎不33windowpanen.窗格子玻璃34blankadj.空白的35brickn.砖36hallwayn.走廊37survivev.活下来38sha
7、kedown摇下39mercuryn.水银40clinicaladj.临床的41thermometern.体温计42makeupone’smind下定决心43sincerelyadv.真诚地44bayn.海湾45somedayadv.有一天46forinstance例如47effortn.努力48uselessadj.无用的49patientn.病人50worthadj.值得的51improvev.提高52workroomn.工作室53drawingboard画板54whistlev.吹口哨55tunen.曲调56illustratio
8、nn.插图57magazinen.杂志58customn.惯例59paveone’sway为……铺路60authorn.作家61bedsiden.床边62countv.数数63backwardadv.向后地
