第10课（312字2分钟）

Passage Ten

（K9 level）

1. After a grueling day, I had just settled into bed when the phone abruptly rang.

2. On the other end was an odd farmer, someone I had only heard about but never encountered.

3. Though we had never met, his reputation had often been a topic of conversation among locals.

4. His voice was shaky with nervousness, and it took me over a minute to grasp even a fragment of what he was saying.

5. Eventually, I pieced together that someone named Milly had suffered a terrible accident.

6. I didn’t know who Milly was, but it was clear that I needed to go.

7. The roads were blanketed in heavy snow that day, and I was unfamiliar with the area.

8. After driving for over an hour, I finally arrived at his property, where he was anxiously waiting for me.

9. From the way he spoke, it became evident that Milly had passed away.

10. He confided that Milly had meant more to him than anyone else, even his wife.

11. His tear-streaked face made it clear he had been crying.

12. My first thought was that something scandalous and tragic had unfolded.

13. My shock deepened when he revealed that he had placed her body in the barn.

14. He justified this by explaining that he couldn’t bear to leave her out in the freezing cold.

15. It seemed undeniable that Milly had been a hidden lover of his.

16. As I was preparing to confront him about his expectations for secrecy, he opened the barn door.

17. Raising a candle, he illuminated the shadowy figure lying on the barn floor.

18. Through sobs, he declared that Milly had been a wonderful cow and insisted that only a doctor could touch her, before breaking down into tears once more.

生词表（New Words）

1. grueling 艰难的 day 一天 bed 躺下

phone 电话 rang 响了  

2. odd 古怪的 farmer 农夫 heard 听说

encountered 见过  

3. met 见过 reputation 名声 locals 当地人

conversation 谈论  

4. voice 声音 shaky 颤抖 nervousness 紧张
fragment 一点  

5. eventually 最终 pieced 拼凑 terrible 严重的

accident 事故  

6. knew 知道 clear 明显 needed 必须  

7. roads 道路 blanketed 覆盖 snow 雪
unfamiliar 不熟悉 area 地方  

8. driving 开车 arrived 到达 property 住所

waiting 等待  

9. evident 明白 passed 去世  

10. confided 坦言 meant 意义 anyone 任何人

wife 妻子  

11. tear-streaked 布满泪痕 face 脸 crying 哭过  

12. thought 想 scandalous丑闻般的tragic 悲剧  

13. shock 震惊 revealed 说 placed 放置

barn 谷仓  

14. justified 解释 bear 忍受 freezing 寒冷  

15. seemed 看起来 hidden 秘密的 lover 情人  

16. preparing 准备 confront 质问 secrecy 隐瞒

opened 打开 door 门  

17.raising 举起 candle 蜡烛 illuminated 照亮

shadowy 模糊的 figure 身影  

18.sobs 哽咽 wonderful 好的 cow 牛

doctor 医生 touch 碰 burst 痛哭

tears 泪水

1. 在经历了艰难的一天后，我刚刚躺下准备入睡，电话突然响了。

2. 电话那头是一个古怪的农夫，一个我只听说过却从未见过的人。

3. 尽管我们从未见过面，他的名声却经常成为当地人谈论的话题。

4. 他的声音因紧张而颤抖，我花了一分多钟才听懂他说的一点内容。

5. 最终，我拼凑出一个信息：一个名叫米莉的人出了严重的事故。

6. 我不知道米莉是谁，但很明显，我必须过去。

7. 那天大雪覆盖了道路，而我对那个地方完全不熟悉。

8. 开车一个多小时后，我终于到达了他的住所，他焦急地站在那里等我。

9. 从他的言语中，我渐渐明白米莉已经去世了。

10. 他坦言，米莉对他的意义超过了任何人，甚至是他的妻子。

11. 他脸上布满泪痕，显然他刚刚哭过。

12. 我第一反应是发生了一些丑闻般的悲剧。

13. 当他告诉我他把米莉的身体放在谷仓里时，我的震惊更甚。

14. 他解释说，他无法忍受让她待在寒冷的户外。

15. 看起来米莉显然是他的秘密情人。

16. 当我准备质问他是否希望我帮忙隐瞒时，他打开了谷仓的门。

17. 他举起一支蜡烛，照亮了谷仓地板上模糊的身影。

18. 他哽咽着说，米莉是一头好牛，他不允许任何人碰她，除了医生，然后他再次泣不成声。