It’s not easy to balance a laptop on the side of a strawberry-pink bathtub. Trust me though: It can be done.
This morning, I’m mulling plot points for a work of fiction.[18] I need a place I can call my office for an hour or two.
“I’ll be in the restaurant opposite the gift shop,” I tell the phone card vendor. She’s seen me buy the government-controlled newspaper so often that she’s given me a nickname: Mai Herald (Mrs. Herald). Just like a real office colleague might. “You coming, too?”
Vocabulary
1. vendor: 售卖者;stride: 大步行走;Zimbabwe: 津巴布韦,非洲南部一国家;laptop: 笔记本电脑;sling: 吊,悬挂。
2. 电脑如难看的五彩纸屑般散布在桌子上,同事们要求“换演员”和“停机”时冷漠得仿佛它们是泡沫牛奶,而美丽的交易所广场就在几层楼之下。recast: 改变(剧中角色的)演员选派;wrap: 拍摄完成,停机。
3. newsroom:(报社、电台等的)资讯编辑室;International Herald Tribune: 《国际先驱论坛报》,是美国《纽约时报》于1887年创建的一份英文国际性报纸,总部设在巴黎;Neuilly-sur-Seine: 巴黎一家知名酒店;photocopy: 影印本;layout: 版面的设计;swashbuckling: 神气活现的。
4. freelancer: 自由作家;makeshift: 权宜的,临时代用的;beau: 〈主美〉男友。
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