无人生还7

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VI
Dr Armstrong was driving his Morris across Salisbury Plain. He was very
tired…Success had its penalties. There had been a time when he had sat in
his consulting room in Harley Street, correctly apparelled, surrounded
with the most up to date appliances and the most luxurious1 furnishings
and waited—waited through the empty days for his venture to succeed or
fail…
Well, it had succeeded! He’d been lucky! Lucky and skilful2 of course. He
was a good man at his job—but that wasn’t enough for success. You had to
have luck as well. And he’d had it! An accurate diagnosis3, a couple of
grateful women patients—women with money and position—and word
had got about. ‘You ought to try Armstrong—quite a young man—but so
clever—Pam had been to all sorts of people for years and he put his finger
on the trouble at once!’ The ball had started rolling.
And now Dr Armstrong had definitely arrived. His days were full. He
had little leisure. And so, on this August morning, he was glad that he was
leaving London and going to be for some days on an island off the Devon
coast. Not that it was exactly a holiday. The letter he had received had
been rather vague in its terms, but there was nothing vague about the ac-
companying cheque. A whacking4 fee. These Owens must be rolling in
money. Some little difficulty, it seemed, a husband who was worried about
his wife’s health and wanted a report on it without her being alarmed. She
wouldn’t hear of seeing a doctor. Her nerves—
Nerves! The doctor’s eyebrows5 went up. These women and their nerves!
Well, it was good for business after all. Half the women who consulted
him had nothing the matter with them but boredom6, but they wouldn’t
thank you for telling them so! And one could usually find something.
‘A slightly uncommon7 condition of the (some long word) nothing at all
serious—but it needs just putting right. A simple treatment.’
Well, medicine was mostly faith-healing when it came to it. And he had
a good manner—he could inspire hope and belief.
Lucky that he’d managed to pull himself together in time after that busi-
ness ten—no, fifteen years ago. It had been a near thing, that! He’d been
going to pieces. The shock had pulled him together. He’d cut out drink al-
together. By Jove, it had been a near thing, though…
With a devastating8 ear-splitting blast on the horn an enormous Super-
Sports Dalmain car rushed past him at eighty miles an hour. Dr Armstrong
nearly went into the hedge. One of these young fools who tore round the
country. He hated them. That had been a near shave, too. Damned young
fool!

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1 luxurious S2pyv     
adj.精美而昂贵的；豪华的
参考例句：
  • This is a luxurious car complete with air conditioning and telephone.这是一辆附有空调设备和电话的豪华轿车。
  • The rich man lives in luxurious surroundings.这位富人生活在奢侈的环境中。
2 skilful 8i2zDY     
(=skillful)adj.灵巧的，熟练的
参考例句：
  • The more you practise,the more skilful you'll become.练习的次数越多，熟练的程度越高。
  • He's not very skilful with his chopsticks.他用筷子不大熟练。
3 diagnosis GvPxC     
n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断
参考例句：
  • His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。
4 whacking dfa3159091bdf0befc32fdf3c58c1f84     
adj.（用于强调）巨大的v.重击，使劲打( whack的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • a whacking great hole in the roof 房顶上一个巨大的窟窿
  • His father found him a cushy job in the office, with almost nothing to do and a whacking great salary. 他父亲给他在事务所找到了一份轻松舒适的工作，几乎什么都不用做，工资还极高。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 eyebrows a0e6fb1330e9cfecfd1c7a4d00030ed5     
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
  • His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。
6 boredom ynByy     
n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊
参考例句：
  • Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
  • A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。
7 uncommon AlPwO     
adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的
参考例句：
  • Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
  • Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。
8 devastating muOzlG     
adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的
参考例句：
  • It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
  • Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

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