儿童小故事：戴面谱的男人（二）

　　我蓦地发现，爸爸脖子后面怎么长了一个疮？我于是问他︰「爹?，你的颈后边生了一个疮吗？」　爸爸打?手势，指指自己的脖子，又指指我，那意思好象在说︰你平时不留意罢了，我早就有这个疮。　我有点狐疑。爸爸也不理会我，他径自在家中的各个抽屉里，在翻些甚么，其中在早上留在抽屉里的五千元，很迅速地被放进口袋里了，然后他又继续翻?其他抽屉。　我盯?爸爸奇怪的举动，在他衣领后面的那个疮，仔细看原来是肉瘤，还长了一小撮毛，这么特别的一个有毛瘤子，可不是这两天内可以生出的，难道我以前眼花了不是？
I suddenly discovered something: was that a boil at the back of Daddy’s neck? So I asked him. 　He pointed¹ at his neck, then pointed at me, as if to say, "It’s been there always, only you didn’t notice." 　I was not too sure. Daddy kept on pulling out the drawers and searching here and there. When he saw the $5,000 left in one of the drawers this morning, he quickly pocketed it and continued to search other drawers. 　I watched his unusual moves, and stared at the boil on his neck. When I looked closely² enough, I found that it was a mole³, with some hairs growing out of it. With a hairy mole like that, it couldn’t have grown in the last few days. Had it skipped my notice before? I wondered.

1 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

2 closely   

adv.紧密地；严密地，密切地

参考例句：

• We shall follow closely the development of the situation.我们将密切注意形势的发展。
• The two companies are closely tied up with each other.这两家公司之间有密切联系。

3 mole   

n.胎块；痣；克分子

参考例句：

• She had a tiny mole on her cheek.她的面颊上有一颗小黑痣。
• The young girl felt very self- conscious about the large mole on her chin.那位年轻姑娘对自己下巴上的一颗大痣感到很不自在。