Plague - Mar 09

Rieux believed he did, but ________(记不起他是谁).

I called on you just before this trouble started, for information about the living conditions in ________(阿拉伯区).

He had explained that his presence in Oran was purely accidental, he had no connection with the town and no reasons for staying in it; that being so, he surely was entitled to leave, even if, once outside the town, he had to undergo ________(一段时间的隔离).

The official told him ________(他能理解他的处境), but no exceptions could be made.

Meanwhile, as they walked down the steep little streets flanked by blue, mauve, and saffron-yellow walls, Rambert talked incessantly, as if his nerves were ________(无法控制/失控).

Rieux said he had to go to a dispensary in the center of the town and suggested they should walk there together. ________(他们一路穿过...) the narrow streets of the Negro district.

But the post-office officials had vetoed this, his colleagues of the local press said they could do nothing for him, and a clerk in the Prefect’s office had ________(公然嘲笑他).

Being able, thanks to his professional status, to ________(拉关系/走后门), he had secured an interview with a high official in the Prefect’s office.

He would, however, see if anything could be done, though he could ________(寄予[希望]) little hope of a quick decision, as the authorities were ________(对目前的情况处理得很严肃).

The only sounds were some bugle-calls echoing through the air, still golden with the end of daylight; the army, anyhow, was ________(通过做某事展示、展现、作秀) ________(继续活动/任务) as usual.