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1、OnChesilBeachbyIanMcEwan.PublishedbyJonathanCape2007.ToAnnalena.1Theywereyoung,educated,andbothvirginsonthis,theirweddingnight,andtheylivedinatimewhenaconversationaboutsexualdifficultieswasplainlyimpossible.Butitisnevereasy.TheyhadjustsatdowntosupperinatinysittingroomonthefirstfloorofaGeorgianinn.I
2、nthenextroom,visiblethroughtheopendoor,wasafour-posterbed,rathernarrow,whosebedcoverwaspurewhiteandstretchedstartlinglysmooth,asthoughbynohumanhand.Edwarddidnotmentionthathehadneverstayedinahotelbefore,whereasFlorence,aftermanytripsasachildwithherfather,wasanoldhand.Superficially,theywereinfinespir
3、its.Theirwedding,atStMary’s,Oxford,hadgonewell;theservicewasdecorous,thereceptionjolly,thesend-offfromschoolandcollegefriendsraucousanduplifting.Herparentshadnotcondescendedtohis,astheyhadfeared,andhismotherhadnotsignificantlymisbehaved,orcompletelyforgottenthepurposeoftheoccasion.Thecouplehaddrive
4、nawayinasmallcarbelongingtoFlorence’smotherandarrivedintheearlyeveningattheirhotelontheDorsetcoastinweatherthatwasnotperfectformidJulyorthecircumstances,butentirelyadequate:itwasnotraining,butnorwasitquitewarmenough,accordingtoFlorence,toeatoutsideontheterraceastheyhadhoped.Edwardthoughtitwas,but,p
5、olitetoafault,hewouldnotthinkofcontradictingheronsuchanevening.SotheywereeatingintheirroomsbeforethepartiallyopenFrenchwindowsthatgaveontoabalconyandaviewofaportionoftheEnglishChannel,andChesilBeachwithitsinfiniteshingle.Twoyouthsindinnerjacketsservedthemfromatrolleyparkedoutsideinthecorridor,andth
6、eircomingsandgoingsthroughwhatwasgenerallyknownasthehoneymoonsuitemadethewaxedoakboardssqueakcomicallyagainstthesilence.Proudandprotective,theyoungmanwatchedcloselyforanygestureorexpressionthatmighthaveseemedsatirical.Hecouldnothavetoleratedanysniggering.Buttheseladsfromanearbyvillagewentabouttheir
7、businesswithbowedbacksandclosedfaces,andtheirmannerwastentative,theirhandsshookastheysetitemsdownonthestarchedlinentablecloth.Theywerenervoustoo.ThiswasnotagoodmomentinthehistoryofEnglishcuisine,butnoonemuc
