Plague - Apr 18

“Move on, ________(在直接对话中指非特定的人)!” a police sergeant with bulging eyes bawled every few minutes.

Presently Rieux straightened up, dropped his instruments into a tray that an attendant held out to him, and remained without moving for some moments, gazing down at the man, whose wound was now being ________(包扎[伤口]).

A minute or so later Rambert and Rieux were sitting at the back of the doctor’s car. Tarrou, who was at the wheel, looked round as he ________(挂档).

“Gas is running out,” he said. “We’ll have to ________(在泥泞中费劲地步行) it tomorrow.”

Tarrow was sitting at a ________(黑檀木) desk, with his sleeves rolled up, ________(擦拭) with his hankerchief ________(一滴汗珠) ________(臂弯里).

“It’s not that.” Rambert ________(结结巴巴) and broke off.

Groans shrill or stifled rose ________(从四处), blending in a monotonous dirgelike refrain.

“Paneloux is prepared to replace Rambert at the quarantine station. He has ________(花费[大量的时间或精力]) a lot of useful work already. All that remains is to reorganize group number three, now that Rambert’s going.”

“Castel has his first lot of serum ready now,” Tarrou continued. “He’s ________(支持/赞成) its being tried at once.”

He laid a little sheaf of cards on Tarrou’s desk and, his voice coming thickly through the cloth, said: “Six,” then went out. Tarrou looked at the journalist and showed him the cards, ________(将他们呈扇形展开).

Rambert gazed thoughtfully at Tarrou. He’d grown thinner, ________(他的眼睛和面容因疲劳而变得模糊不清), his broad shoulders sagged. There was a knock at the door. A male attendant, wearing a white mask, entered.

Rambert went to the doctor’s apartment. Rieux’s mother told him he would find the doctor at the hospital in the upper town. As before, a crowd was ________(围成一圈) in front of the entrance gates.