《廊桥遗梦》｜单词注释｜Chapter 10

Postscript

:

¥¥postscript /'pəustskript/ n. (正文后的)补充说明¥¥

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The Tacoma 

Nighthawk

¥¥nighthawk /'naɪt,hɔk/ n. 夜鹰¥¥

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As I wrote the story of Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson, I became more and more 

intrigued

 with Kincaid and how little any of us knew about him and his life.

¥¥intrigued /ɪn'triɡd/ adj. 好奇的¥¥

3

Only a few weeks before the book went to the 

printer’s

, I flew to Seattle and tried again to 

uncover

additional

information about him.

¥¥printer /ˈprɪntər/ n. 印刷工¥¥

¥¥uncover /ʌnˈkʌvər/ v. 发掘¥¥

¥¥additional /əˈdɪʃənl/ adj. 额外的¥¥

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I had an idea that since he liked music, and was an artist himself, there might have been someone in the music and art culture of the Puget Sound area who knew him.

5

The arts editor of the Seattle Times was 

helpful

.

¥¥helpful /'hɛlpfl/ adj. 给予帮助的¥¥

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Though he did not know of Kincaid, he provided me 

access

 to 

pertinent

 sections of the newspaper from 1975 through 1982, the 

period

 in which I was most interested.

¥¥access /ˈækses/ n. 使用权¥¥

¥¥pertinent /ˈpɜːrtnənt/ adj. 有关的¥¥

¥¥period /'pɪrɪəd/ n. 时期¥¥

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Working through the 1980 editions, I came across a photo of a black jazz musician, a 

tenor

 saxophone player named John “Nighthawk” Cummings. And beside the photo was the 

credit line

 Robert Kincaid.

¥¥tenor /'tɛnɚ/ n. 男高音¥¥

¥¥credit line 新闻的出处以及来源¥¥

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The local musician’s 

union

 provided me with Cummings’s address, advising me that he had not played 

actively

 for some years.

¥¥union /ˈjuːniən/ n. 协会¥¥

¥¥actively /'æktivli/ adv. 活跃地¥¥

9

The address was on a side street near an 

industrial

 section of Tacoma, just off Highway 5 running down from Seattle.

¥¥industrial /ɪnˈdʌstriəl/ adj. 工业的¥¥

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It took several visits to his apartment before I found him at home. 

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He was 

wary

, 

initially

, of my 

inquiries

.

¥¥wary /ˈweri/ adj. 谨慎的¥¥

¥¥initially /ɪˈnɪʃəli/ adv. 最初¥¥

¥¥inquiry /ɪnˈkwaɪrɪ/ n. 调查¥¥

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But I convinced him I had a serious and 

benign

 interest in Kincaid, and he became 

cordial

 and open after that.

¥¥benign /bɪˈnaɪn/ adj. 无害的¥¥

¥¥cordial /ˈkɔːrdʒəl/ adj. 诚恳的¥¥

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What follows is a slightly edited 

transcript

 of my interview with Cummings, who was seventy at the time I talked with him. I simply turned on my 

tape recorder

 and let him tell me about Robert Kincaid.

¥¥transcript /ˈtrænskrɪpt/ n. 问自己路¥¥

¥¥tape recorder 磁带录音机¥¥

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