Hillbilly Elegy - Jan 25

One day, though, he said something about his victim that I overheard, and ________(有冲动做某事) to ________(为...说话).

Then she taught me ________(一个[打架的]招式): a swift, hard (make sure to turn your hips) punch right to the gut. “If he ________(先动手), make sure to punch him right in the ________(肚脐).”

I walked right up to him, pivoted my right hip, and sucker-punched him right in the stomach.

Chris went to the school nurse, and after I confirmed that I hadn’t killed him and would avoid the police, my thoughts immediately turned to ________(学校惩戒机构)—whether I’d be suspended or expelled and for how long.

While the other kids ________(在课间休息玩耍) and Chris recovered with the nurse, the teacher brought me into the classroom.

Bob was Mom’s third husband, but ________(第三次就行了的话，只是说说而已).

By the time we moved to Preble County, Mom and Bob had already begun to fight, and many of those fights would ________(让我保持清醒) well past my bedtime.

Mom would take us to a local motel, where we’d ________(到一个没人找得到的地方藏起来) for a few days until Mamaw or Papaw convinced Mom to face her domestic problems.

Mom ________(遗传了外婆的暴脾气), which meant that she never allowed herself to become a victim during domestic disputes.

By the time I observed the commotion on the sidelines, Bob was ________([将斗殴的一方]拉开) with the woman’s hair still clenched in her hands.

By the time their short marriage fell apart, ________(他们已经负债数万美元了，没有任何值钱的东西).

He ________(后跃) (to return the blow, I figured), and I collapsed on the ground with my arms over my head in anticipation.

________(妈妈和Bob的问题让我第一次认识到了夫妻吵架的解决方式). Here were the takeaways: Never speak at a reasonable volume when screaming will do; if the fight gets a little too intense, it’s okay to slap and punch, so long as the man doesn’t hit first; always express your feelings in a way that’s insulting and hurtful to your partner…

When the teacher announced that we had only a few minutes to clear our desks before the bell rang, ________(我感到很沮丧).

________(我下降的分数就是最初的征兆).

But even when the house was ostensibly peaceful, our lives were so charged that I was constantly ________(心存警惕).

It was like we were living among ________(地雷阵)—one wrong step, and kaboom.

________(直到我生命中的那一刻), I was a perfectly fit and healthy child.

I often felt sick and would ________(向校医诉说严重的胃痛).

I once saw a young couple’s argument at the local Chinese buffet ________(升级成为) ________(由诅咒和辱骂组成的交响乐).

The never-ending conflict ________(让人付出代价).

________(我心跳加速), and ________(我的胃都跳到嗓子眼去了).

Instead of hiding from it, I’d run downstairs or ________(保持警惕) to ________(听得更清楚).

Even ________(吵架有点过头了)—when I thought Bob was about to hit me—was ________(不再是那个勇敢的孩子) who intervened and more about a spectator who ________(掺和到了他们的吵架中).

That morning Bob had ________(和她对峙她出轨的事) and demanded a divorce.

Mom had ________(加速离开) in her brand-new minivan and intentionally crashed it into a telephone pole.