Plague - Mar 16

He started walking again. Grand looked abashed, then stepped forward and ________(跟了上来).

Rieux was already halfway down the stairs, and when he stepped out into the street, two men ________(和他擦身而过).

But, of course, one never can tell, and Rieux preferred to ________(保持缄默). Try as he might to shut his ears to it, he still was listening to that eerie sound above, the whispering of the plague.

“Yes,” Rieux said, “________(我明白你的意思).”

Grand went on talking, but Rieux failed to follow all the worthy man was saying. All he gathered was that the work he was engaged on ________(达到[特定水平/数量]) to a great many pages, and he was at almost excruciating pains to ________(完善它).

At that moment he had a preternaturally vivid awareness of the town stretched out below, a victim world secluded and apart, and of the groans of agony stifled in its darkness. Then, ________(声音低沉而清晰), Grand’s voice came to his ears.

For though it sometimes satisfied him, he was fully aware it didn’t quite ________(达到目的) as yet, and also that to some extent it ________(虽说程度不重，但是笔调多少也有点陈腔滥调的意味).

“No, don’t look,” Grand said. “It’s my ________(开篇语), and it’s giving trouble, no end of trouble.”

They had reached the part of the town where Grand lived and, as it was ________(地势比较高), they felt ________(凉爽的夜风吹拂着他们的脸庞) and at the same time carrying away from them the noises of the town.