记忆传授人

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《记忆传授人》是洛伊丝·劳里的一部科幻小说，描写的故事发生在一个乌托邦世界里。在这个世界里，一切事情都在精确的控制之中，人们安居乐业，衣食无忧，也没有战争或痛苦的感觉．大家所要做的事情早在一开始就被确定好，没有改变的可能。孩子们都在规定好的统一模式里长大。当12岁的乔纳思成为新任的“记忆传授人”之后，他却陡然发现支撑这个社会的不过是谎言，而人们也在这样的环境下变得越来越冷漠，越来越残酷。于是他决定要改变一切……

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subsided [səbˈsaɪd ]　v.（土地）下陷（因在地下采矿）（subside的过去式和过去分词）；减弱；下降至较低或正常水平；一下子坐在椅子等上

gnawing [ˈnɔːiŋ]　adj. 痛苦的，苦恼的　v. 咬（gnaw的现在分词）；（长时间） 折磨某人；（使）苦恼；（长时间）危害某事物

emptiness [ˈemptinis]　n. 空虚；空腹；无知；无能

grimly [ɡrɪmlɪ]　adv. 可怕地；严肃地；坚强地；讨厌地

chastised [tʃæˈstaɪz]　v. 严惩（某人）（尤指责打）（chastise的过去式）

community [kəˈmjuːniti]　n. 社区；社会团体；共同体 [生态] 群落

yearned [jɜːnd]　v. 渴望，切盼，向往（yearn的过去式和过去分词）

encountering [inˈkauntərɪŋ]　v. 遇到（encounter的现在分词）；遭遇；偶然碰到；与（人、部队）冲突

sprained [spreɪnd]　v.扭伤（关节）（sprain的过去式和过去分词）

throbbed [θrɔbd]　v. 抽痛（throb的过去式和过去分词）；（心

脏、脉搏等）跳动

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But when the memory glimpses subsided, he was left with the gnawing, painful emptiness. Jonas remembered, suddenly and grimly, the time in his childhood when he had been chastised for misusing a word. The word had been “starving.” You have never been starving, he had been told. You will never be starving.

Now he was hungry. If he had stayed in the community, he would not be. It was as simple as that. Once he had yearned for choice. Then, when he had had a choice, he had made the wrong one: the choice to leave. And now he was starving.

But if he had stayed... His thoughts continued. If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways. He would have lived a life hungry for feelings, for color, for love.

And Gabriel? For Gabriel there would have been no life at all.So there had not really been a choice.

It became a struggle to ride the bicycle as Jonas weakened from lack of food, and realized at the same time that he was encountering something he had for a long time yearned to see:hills. His sprained ankle throbbed as he forced the pedal downward in an effort that was almost beyond him.

And the weather was changing. It rained for two days. Jonas had never seen rain, though he had experienced it often in the memories. He had liked those rains, enjoyed the new feeling of it,but this was different. He and Gabriel became cold and wet, and it was hard to get dry, even when sunshine occasionally followed.

Gabriel had not cried during the long frightening journey. Now he did. He cried because he was hungry and cold and terribly weak.Jonas cried, too, for the same reasons, and another reason as well.He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel.He no longer cared about himself.

长难句解析

Now he was hungry. If he had stayed in the community,he would not be. It was as simple as that. Once he had yearned for choice. Then, when he had had a choice, he had made the wrong one: the choice to leave. And now he was starving.

现在他觉得很饿，如果他还是待在那个集体里就不会是现在这个样子。但这其实也不难理解，他曾经很想能自己做出选择，之后他确实有了做选择的机会，但却做了错误的选择：离开了大家。而现在他就面临着错误选择的后果——挨饿。

if条件状语从句表示的是对过去情况的虚拟；as...as和……一样；once 一旦；when引导时间状语从句。

It became a struggle to ride the bicycle as Jonas weakened from lack of food, and realized at the same time that he was encountering something he had for a long time yearned to see: hills.

由于缺乏食物，乔纳斯日渐虚弱，以至于骑自行车都很困难，同时乔纳斯也知道到他马上就可以看到他心念已久的山了。

it 引导的形式主语中，其后的不定式才是真正的主语。lack of，缺乏；at the same time，同时；that引导的是宾语从句。

Gabriel had not cried during the long frightening journey.Now he did.

加百利在长时间让人害怕的行程中从未哭过，但他现在落泪了。

He did = He cried

Jonas cried, too, for the same reasons, and another reason as well. He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel.

因为同一个原因，乔纳斯也哭了，但他哭泣还有另一个原因：他怕自己救不了加百利。

as well 也、又、还 ；that引导宾语从句。