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Words

  • lunatic | lunatic colors
  • frugal | frugal meals
  • din | heard over the din

Expressions

  1. On the occasion of the celebration of the new century, there was an innovative program of public ceremonies, the most memorable of which was the first journey in a balloon, ________(Juvenal Urbino医生的无数发明成果之一).

  2. Lost in the guileless crowd that sang the national anthem as the balloon ________(上升), Florentino Ariza felt himself in agreement with the person whose comments he heard over the din, ________(大意是/意思是) that this was not a suitable ________(英勇的行为) for a woman, least of all as old as Fermina Daza.

  3. They flew over the lake dwellings of the Trojas in Cataca, painted in lunatic colors, with ________(圈/栏/棚) holding iguanas raised for food and balsam apples and crepe myrtle hanging in the lacustrine gardens.

  4. Dr. Juvenal Urbino delivered the historic letter, which was then mislaid among other papers and never seen again, and the entire delegation almost ________(在演讲的枯燥中无聊至死).

  5. That, along with so many other ephemeral images in the courses of so many years, would suddenly appear to Florentino Ariza ________(命运心血来潮的安排), and disappear again in the same way, leaving behind ________(在他心中[留下]求而不得的抽痛).

  6. And her beauty was more radiant under the enormous teardrop chandeliers: once again, ________(爱丽丝再一次穿过了镜子 | 爱丽丝梦游仙境的续集中爱丽丝通过镜子来到了童话世界).

  7. The officials were there with no more protection against the sun than ordinary umbrellas, the elementary schools were there waving little flags ________(和着音乐的节拍), and the beauty queens with scorched flowers and crowns made of gold cardboard, and the ________(铜管乐队) of the prosperous town of Gayra, which in those days was the best along the Caribbean coast.

  8. All at once, in the large mirror on the back wall, he caught a glimpse of Fermina Daza sitting at a table with her husband and two other couples, at an angle that allowed him to see her reflected ________(展现迷人的风姿).