【有声英语文学名著】CHAPTER TWO（15）

–  until finally it was over, and she stood and straightened  her face.“Dexter, I am so, so sorry . . .‘

"I‘m actually much better now.‘

  know  you  are,  I‘m  sorry.  I  apologise.‘  They  began  to  walk  again. "You  must  do  it, 

Dexter, if that‘s what you want.‘ She squeezed his arm with her elbow, but Dexter felt sulky. 

We‘ve always told you that you can be anything you want to be, if you work hard enough.‘

It was just a thought,‘ he said, petulantly¹. "I‘m weighing up my options, that‘s all.‘

Well I hope so, because teaching‘s a fine profession, but this isn‘t really your vocation², is 

it? Teaching Beatles songs to moony Nordic girls.‘

It‘s hard work, Mum. Besides it gives me something to fall back on.‘

Yes, well, sometimes I wonder if you have a little too much to fall back on.‘ She was looking  down  as  she  spoke³  and  the  remark  seemed  to  rebound  off  the  flagstones.  They walked a little further before he spoke.

And what does that mean?‘

1 petulantly   

参考例句：

• \"No; nor will she miss now,\" cries The Vengeance, petulantly. “不会的，现在也不会错过，”复仇女神气冲冲地说。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

2 vocation   

n.职业，行业

参考例句：

• She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年来苦苦寻找真正适合自己的职业。
• She felt it was her vocation to minister to the sick.她觉得照料病人是她的天职。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。