the last leaf.doc

14The Last LeafBefore listening：summaryA woman nick named Johnsy (her full name is Joanna) had come down with pneumonia, and is now close to death. Outside the window of her room, the leaves fall from a vine. Johnsy decides that when the last leaf drops, she too will die, while her roommate Sue, who stays with her, tries to tell to stop thinking so pessimistically.In the same apartment building, an elderly, frustrated artist named Behrman lives below Johnsy and Sue. Behrman has been claiming that he will paint a masterpiece, even though he has never even attempted to start. Sue visits Behrman, telling him that Johnsy, who is dying of pneumonia, has come to believe that she will die when the last leaf falls off of the vine outside her window. Behrman scoffs at this as foolishness, butas he is protective of the two young artistshe decides to visit Johnsy and see the vine from her window.In the night, a storm comes with wind howling and rain splattering against the window. Sue closes the curtains and tells Johnsy to go to sleep, even though there is still one leaf left on the vine. Johnsy protests against having the curtains closed, but Sue insists because she does not want Johnsy to see the last leaf fall. In the morning, Johnsy wants to see the vine to be sure that all the leaves are gone, but to their surprise, there is still one leaf left.1harshlyadv.粗暴地2Washington Square华盛顿广场3remodelv.改造4demolishv.拆除5to the ground彻底地6districtn.区7stripn.条8anglen.角度9curven.曲线10popularadj.受欢迎的11artistn.艺术家12gablen.三角墙13Dutchn.荷兰14atticn.阁楼15rentn.租金16studion.画室17nicknamen.昵称18Maine缅因州19California加利福尼亚20barn.酒吧21decidev.决定22jointadj.共同的23inhabitantn.居民24suffer from患病25pneumonian.肺炎26countlessadj.数不尽的27victimn.受害者28spreadv.传播29mazen.迷宫30narrowadj.狭窄的31victimn.病人32scarcelyadv.几乎不33windowpanen.窗格子玻璃34blankadj.空白的35brickn.砖36hallwayn.走廊37survivev.活下来38shake down摇下39mercuryn.水银40clinicaladj.临床的41thermometern.体温计42make up ones mind下定决心43sincerelyadv.真诚地44bayn.海湾45somedayadv.有一天46for instance例如47effortn.努力48uselessadj.无用的49patientn.病人50worthadj.值得的51improvev.提高52workroomn.工作室53drawing board画板54whistlev.吹口哨55tunen.曲调56illustrationn.插图57magazinen.杂志58customn.惯例59pave ones way为铺路60authorn.作家61bedsiden.床边62countv.数数63backwardadv.向后地64bareadj.空的65depressing adj.沉闷的66brickadj.用砖做的67ivy wine常青藤68climbv.爬69whispern.低语70nonsensen.胡说71have nothing to do with与无关72promisev.承诺73sillyadj.愚蠢的74statuen.雕像75be tired of厌倦于76modeln.模特77hermitn.隐士78minern.矿工79ground floor地层80beardn.胡子81curlv.弯曲82masterpiecen.杰作83professionaladj.专业的84ginn.杜松子酒85fierceadj.暴躁的86considerv.看作87protectorn.保护者88posev.摆姿势89idiotn.傻瓜90brainn.头脑91straightadv.有条理地92fevern.发烧93horribleadj.可恶的94yellv.喊叫95peer out 盯着96fearfullyadv.恐惧地97stemn.茎98edgen.边缘99be tinted with着色的100decayn.腐烂101twilightn.黄昏102cling to依附在103sinn.罪过104sit up坐起来105nursingn.看护106survivev.活下来107janitorn.看门人108helplessadj.无助的109pain n.疼痛110figure out想出111lanternn.灯笼112laddern.梯子113drag