Plague - Apr 05

Hither to the plague had found far more victims in the more thickly populated and less ________(陈设得当) outer districts than in the heart of the town.

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea, once he ________(背弃/抛弃) love.

During the months when not a drop of rain had refreshed the town, a gray crust had formed on everything, and this ________(剥落) under the wind, disintegrating into dust-clouds.

That’s an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of fighting a plague is – ________(实事求是).

“Your job! I only wish I were sure what my job is!” ________(Rambert 说话声中带着一丝尖酸刻薄).

Strongest of these emotions was the sense of the exile and of deprivation, with all the crosscurrents of revolt and fear set up by these.

That is why the narrator thinks this moment, ________(取得[结果]/得[分]) the climax of the summer heat and the disease, the best for describing, on ________(整体状况/局势) and by way of illustration, the excesses of the living, burials of the dead, and the plight of parted lovers.

I suppose ________(没有牵挂和羁绊) in all this.

It was at this time that ________(大风) rose and blew for several days through the plague-stricken city.

With the result that for several days when twilight came—it fell much quicker at this time of the year—the streets were almost empty, and silent ________(except for) the long-drawn stridence of the wind.