【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 83

 He walked back to the truck. She could feel his sweat now, like blood left by a blade¹ which the gesture of his arm seemed to have imitated. She picks up a cushion and places it onto her lap as a shield² against him. “If you make love to me I won’t lie about it. If I make love to you I won’t lie about it.” She moves the cushion against her heart, as if she would suffocate³ that part of herself which has broken free. “What do you hate most?” he asks. “A lie. And you?” “Ownership,” he says. “When you leave me, forget me.” Her fist swings towards him and hits hard into the bone just below his eye. She dresses and leaves. 

1 blade   

n.刀刃，刀片；叶片

参考例句：

• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。
• He is a good blade.他剑术高明。

2 shield   

v.保护，包庇，遮挡；n.防护物，护罩，盾

参考例句：

• She intended to shield the child from the bad information.她打算不让这个孩子知道这个坏消息。
• Dark glasses is an effective shield against the glare.墨镜有效地阻隔强光保护眼睛。

3 suffocate   

vt.使窒息，使缺氧，阻碍；vi.窒息，窒息而亡，阻碍发展

参考例句：

• If you shut all the windows,I will suffocate.如果你把窗户全部关起来，我就会闷死。
• The stale air made us suffocate.浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息。