Plague - Feb 20

The damp heat of the spring made everyone long for the coming of the dry, clean summer heat. On the town, humped ________(像蜗牛一样的) on its plateau and shut off almost everywhere from the sea, a mood of listlessness descended.

“________(天气和蒸笼一样),” he said. “________(正是...所需要的) for asthma.”

In fact, it was high time to ________(抑制/控制) and try to ________(理一理自己的思绪).

The municipal clerk had two rooms, both very ________(装修得很简陋). ________(目下唯一的东西) were a bookshelf on which lay two or three dictionaries, and a small blackboard on which one could just read two half-obliterated words: “flowery avenues.”

Richard, however, repeated that “such measures were ________(不在我的范围内).” The most he could do was to put the matter up to the ________(\ ˈprē-ˌfekt \ 省长).

“Sorry,” Richard said, “but I can’t do anything about it. An order ________(是那个意思的) can be issued only by the Prefect. Anyhow, what grounds have you for supposing there’s danger of contagion?”

From this point onwards Tarrou’s entries ________(to use or be involved in (something)) some detail with the curious fever that was causing much anxiety among the public.