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(２00１)TEXＴAＴheｔrainclａtｔeredoverｐoｉntsaｎdpａssedthrouｇｈａstation.？Thenitbeｇaｎsｕdｄenlytosｌoｗdoｗn,preｓumablｙinｏｂedｉencetoaｓignａl．Forsomeminutesitcｒａｗledａlong，tｈenstoppｅｄ;presｅntlｙiｔｂｅｇaｎｔｏmｏvｅfｏrwaｒdagaｉｎ.Anotheruｐ-tｒaiｎpaｓｓedｔｈem,ｔhｏuｇhwitｈlｅssveheｍenceｔhanthefirstone.Thetrａｉngaｔherｅdspeｅdaｇain.Atthａtｍomeｎtanｏｔｈertraiｎ,alsoonａｄｏwn-line,swｅrvediｎwａｒdsｔoｗardstｈｅm,foramomenｔwitｈａlmosｔaｌａｒmingeｆｆecｔ.Foratiｍｅtｈｅtwotｒainsraｎparallｅl,noｗ,oneｇaininｇalittle,nowthｅotｈer.Mrs.McＧiｌlｉcudｄylookedfromherwindowtｈｒｏｕｇhtｈewindoｗｏfthepａrａllｅlcarrｉａges．Mostofｔｈeｂliｎdｓｗerｅdown,butoccａsionaｌlytheｏccｕｐantｓｏｆtheｃａrriａgeswｅｒevｉｓｉble.Thｅｏthertｒaｉnwasnｏtｖeryfullandｔheｒewerｅmaｎyempｔｙcａrrｉageｓ.?Atｔhemomｅnｔwhentｈｅtwoｔｒaｉnｓgavetheilｌuｓionoｆbeｉｎgstationary,aｂlindiｎoneoftheｃarriａgｅsｆlｅwｕpwithａsnaｐ．Ｍｒｓ．MｃＧiｌlｉｃuｄdｙｌookeｄintothｅｌiｇhtedfiｒst-clａsscａrriagｅｔhatｗasonlｙaｆｅwfeｅtａｗay.?Ｔhenｓhedrewｈerbreathiｎwithagaspanｄｈalｆ－roseｔoｈerfeｅｔ．?Stａndingｗｉthｈiｓbａcｋtotｈｅｗinｄowａｎdtoｈerwasaｍan.Hiｓhaｎdswｅrerounｄｔｈｅthroａtｏfawomaｎwhｏfａcｅdhim,andhｅｗassｌowly，reｍｏrｓｅlｅssly,sｔｒanglingｈer．Hereyesweresｔarｔｉngfromthｅirsockets,heｒｆacｅwａspｕrｐｌｅ.AsMrs.McGilｌicuddywａtched,fascinａｔeｄ,theeｎdｃame;ｔhｅbｏｄyweｎｔlimpaｎｄcrｕmplediｎtheman’shandｓ.?Attｈesａmｅｍomeｎt,Ｍｒｓ.McGｉｌlicｕｄdy’ｓtraｉｎsｌoｗeddowｎagaiｎandtheotherbeｇantogａｉnｓpeed．Itｐassｅdforwardanｄamoｍenｔoｒtwolaｔerｉthadｖａｎiｓhedｆｒomｓigｈt.?AlｍoｓtautomatｉcallｙMrs.ＭｃＧiｌliｃuddy’shａndwentｕptoｔhecoｍmｕｎicationcord,tｈenpaｕｓｅd，ｉｒresｏｌute．Afterall,whatｕseｗoｕlｄitberｉｎgｉngｔhecordofthetraｉninｗhiｃhsｈewasｔraveｌling?Thｅhorrorｏfwhatshｅｈadsｅenatsuchｃlosequarteｒs，aｎdtｈｅunusｕalcircumstances,madeheｒfeｅlpaｒalyseｄ．Ｓｏｍeimｍeｄiaｔeactionwasneceｓsary,—butwhａt??Tｈｅdｏorofｈercomｐarｔｍenｔwasdrａwnbaｃｋaｎdatｉcketcｏｌlecｔｏrsａｉd,“Ticket,ｐleaｓｅ.”？６６．WheｎMｒs.McGｕiｌlicuddy’ｓtｒaiｎｐassedthrｏugｈａstation，it＿＿＿.?ﻫＡ．gaiｎedsｐeeｄsudｄenlyＢ．ｋeｐtｉtsusualｓpｅed？C.chａｎgeditsspeedD．stoppｅｄimmediatｅｌy?６7．Mrs.McＧuilｌicuddｙseｅｍstobea(ａn)＿_＿persoｎ.?ﻫA.oｂsｅrvaｎｔB．iｎteｒestｅdＣ.nｏsyD.nerｖous？68.Ｗｈａtｓhｅsawintheparａlleltｒaiｎmａdeherfｅeｌ__＿.?Ａ.eｘcｉtedＢ．aｎxiｏusC.ｗorｒiedD.ｈorrifｉed?6９.Sｈedｉｄn’tringthecｏmmunicaｔioncｏrdimmediaｔelybeｃaｕse_＿＿.?A．shewａsｖerymuｃhaｆraidﻫB.tｈeｒeｗasnopｏｉntｏfdoｉngsoＣ．shewａｓｔooshockｅdtｏmovｅD.ｔhetiｃkｅtcｏllｅｃｔorcameiｎTEXＴB(第一讲）Ｉａmoneofthemaｎyciｔypｅｏplｅwhoareａlwａｙｓsayinｇｔhａtgiｖentｈechoicewewｏuｌdpreｆertoliveｉnｔhecouｎtrｙawaｙfroｍtheｄirtandnoisｅｏfalarｇｅcitｙ.Ihavemanａgedｔｏｃonvincemyselｆthatｉfitｗeｒｅｎ’tforｍyjoｂＩｗｏuldimｍｅdｉatｅlyheadｏuｔｆｏrtheopｅｎspａｃesandｇｏbacｋtｏｎａturｅｉnsｏmｅslｅepyvillaｇeburiedinｔhｅｃoｕnty．Bｕthoｗreaｌiｓtiｃｉｓtｈｅdream？?Citｉescａnbeｆｒighteninｇｐｌaｃes.Tｈemajｏｒitｙoｆｔhｅｐopulatioｎliｖeinmaｓsiveｔｏwerblockｓ，noisy，ｄｉｒtyandimpeｒsｏnaｌ.Tｈeｓｅnsｅoｆbelｏnｇiｎgtoacommunｉtytenｄstoｄｉs...