Plague - May 21

“________(站远一点)!” the policeman bawled.

________(夜色渐浓，已经是晚上了) when Grand and the doctor ________(动身) at last. The Cottard incident seemed to have shaken the neighborhood out of its normal lethargy and even these remote streets were becoming crowded with noisy merry-makers.

And, with a twinkle in his eye, he took his hat off, ________(恭敬有礼地向下一挥).

There’s lot of ________(精力/活力) in me yet, and I’ll see’em all into their graves.

From the dark harbor soared the first rocket of the ________(烟花表演) organized by the municipality, and the town ________(发出一声愉悦的长叹，对其赞不绝口).

“Oh, for no particular reason. Only—well, he never talked just for talking’s sake. I’d rather ________(开始喜欢) him. But there you are!

And it was in the midst of shouts rolling against the terrace wall in massive waves that ________(变得更大、持续得更久), while cataracts of colored fire ________(渐密渐浓，坠入黑夜) the darkness, that Dr. Rieux resolved to compile this chronicle so that he should not be one of those who hold their peace but should ________(挺身作证) in favor of those plague-stricken people;

He knew what those jubilant crowds did not know but could have learned from books: that the plague bacillus never dies or disappears for good; that it can ________(休眠/潜伏) for years and years in furniture and linen-chests; that it bides its time in bedrooms, cellars, trunks, and bookshelves; and that perhaps the day would come when, for the bane and the enlightening of men, it would rouse up its rats again and send them forth to die in a happy city.

“________(我敢发誓) And there’ll be speeches.” He chuckled throatily. “I can almost hear them saying: ‘Our dear departed . . .’ And then they’ll go off and have a good snack.”

“________(报纸上是这么说的). A monument, or just a tablet.”

“They’re quite right to amuse themselves,” he said. “________(世上的人无奇不有), as they say. And your colleague, Doctor, how’s he getting on?”

When Rieux was leaving the room, a new thought crossed his mind. “I say, Doctor. Is it a fact they’re going to ________(设立纪念碑) to the people who died of plague?”