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45/45UNIT１AQuｅsｔionofＲightsUnｆｏrtunately，acｒiｍewasabouttｏｂecommｉttedbutatthaｔmomｅntLesｌeｙwasunａwaｒeｏｆthｅimpeｎdｉng（即將發(fā)生的,迫近的)event,wｈｉcｈｗoｕｌdafｆeｃtherlifeｓodrastiｃally(極端地，徹底地）foｒｔｈenｅxtｙｅarｓ。不幸的是一場罪行將要被付諸實(shí)施,而那時(shí),雷斯利還沒有意識到即將發(fā)生的事可能會徹底地影響她今后的生活。Forthemｏmｅntatｌｅａst，herｈolidayaｔthｅcｏttａgｅhａdｂｅe(cuò)nidｅａl。Shehａｄspｅｎｔmanｙｉｄlehｏurｓrｅｌaｘiｎgonthedeck，reading，eａｔingasandwiｃhwhｅnshewashｕngryandinｔheｅｖeningwatchingthesｋyｔｕrnfrombrillｉanｔorangetoｐｅaｃhaｎｄｆiｎallytｏpaｌｅpurplｅ，eｖｅntuallytheｌightbecｏmiｎｇdｉｍ(幽暗的).Ｉtｗaｓaｂoｕtthistimｅthatthemｉstｗｏuｌdbegｉｎtorisefrｏmthecoｏlwateｒhiｄinｇinｔhｅdeｎｓｅ（稠密的)fｏrestthathuｇged(環(huán)繞,擁抱)ｔhesｈoreｌine（海岸線)。Lateeveningｄｅｗ(露水)‘ｇlｉｓtｅneｄ（閃耀,反光)oneveryｂuｓhａnｄsｏontｈｅloｏns'（潛鳥）ｃａllwoｕlｄresound(回響)acrosstheｗａt(yī)er.Sｈedecidedtotaｋeoｎ（從事,呈現(xiàn)）laｓtdｉp(浸泡）intheｌake.Asｔhecｏolnｉgｈtaｉrtoucheｄherarms．Sｈegａvｅａlｉttleshｉvｅraｎdｄｅciｄed

itwastiｍetomoveinside．至少目前，她暑假在小別墅的生活是理想的！她用休閑時(shí)間在甲板上休息,讀書，吃三明治?？粗炜諒拿髁恋某壬?yōu)樘疑詈蟪蔀樯n白的紫色直到天空變暗。就在這時(shí)，薄霧開始從冷水中升起，藏在環(huán)繞著海岸線的稠密森林中.夜晚的露水在每一棵灌木上閃閃反光，緊接著潛鳥的回聲也穿過了喝水。她決定再到湖里面泡一下，冰冷的夜風(fēng)吹著她的手臂。她打了個(gè)寒戰(zhàn)進(jìn)屋了!TｈiｓwastoｂeherlａsｔｅveｎｉngaloneasJeff，heｒfｏrmeｒmaｔe,

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.Iｔstａt(yī)ed（規(guī)定，陳述，說明)ｔｈateachpareｎtｗouldsharｅZａｃ＇sｃａreeverysecondweekendａndthisｈａdbｅｅｎｈeｒweekenｄtｏbeaｌｏne。今晚是她最后一人的夜晚,因?yàn)樵谠绯康脑缙谒那罢煞驅(qū)言诉€給她。正如這些天的許多婚禮一樣,雷斯利跟杰夫間的問題產(chǎn)生了,但是他們沒有延伸到扎克身上。扎克是個(gè)還在幼兒園的孩子.夫妻倆得出了共同被合法監(jiān)管的口述協(xié)議.上面說明每個(gè)父母每個(gè)第二周就要分擔(dān)扎克的撫養(yǎng)問題.所以說這周是她最后一個(gè)人的周末。Ｊeffwasanarchｉtecｔ,ｗithahiｇｈ—profile（知名度高的）reｐutａt(yī)ion,ｗｈoworkedindowntowｎ（市中心的）Toｒｏｎto，ａparｔneｒinaprivaｔe（私人的)ｃorporatioｎ(有限公司)ｗhichmｏｓtlydｉdｃonｓuｌｔanｔ（咨詢者)ｗorkfoｒtｈｅuniverｓity。Lesley’ｓｃｏｍpanｙhａｄbeenhｉｒeｄ(租用）toadvｅｒtisetheｎewscieｎcecompｌｅx(復(fù)合體,綜合設(shè)施）inorderｔoｒａiｓeｃorporaｔei（公司的)moneyfortｈeｐropｏｓed(提議，計(jì)劃）bｕiｌding。Shelｉkedheｒworkanｄsheharbored(懷有）aseｃｒetambiｔioｎtomanagehｅrｄｉｖｉsion(分割)ｔhecompanyｓomedaｙ。杰夫是一個(gè)非常有知名度的建筑師，在多倫多的市中心工作。他是一家有限公司的合伙人,公司大部分的咨詢服務(wù)都是為大學(xué)生做的。雷斯利的公司被租用來為這個(gè)新的科學(xué)復(fù)合體做廣告。以便于為公司計(jì)劃的構(gòu)建籌集資金。她很喜歡她的工作并且懷有某天能成功的分割公司的野心。Ａftｅraｗhirlwind（旋風(fēng)般的）cｏurtshｉp(求愛，熱戀)andaｆairytale（童話般的)wｅｄｄingtｈeｃouplｅｈａｄｓｅtｔleddown(安定下來）toanurban（城市的)lifestylｅ.However，afｔerthｒｅｅyeaｒsａndｏneｃhｉｌdthｅdrｅamliｋｅｍａrriａｇeｃamesmａsｈing（猛烈地,極好的)dｏｗn(預(yù)兆）。Onedｉsadｖaｎtage(不利條件）ｏｆbeｉngyoungandamｂitioｕs（有抱負(fù)的）wａsthatbｏthoftｈemnｅｅdedtｏdｅｖoteunｔolｄhourｓｔotheirbusysｃhedules.Asａresultofｔheｓelａｔｅhours,Ｌesｌeybecameｓｕsｐｉｃiｏusi(猜疑的)ofJefｆ'saｆteｒhoｕrsactivitｉｅs。Ｓheaｃcuseｄ（職責(zé)，控告）himｏｆｍakingheｒpaｒtofalｏvetriangle.Theｗhｏleｍiserａble(痛苦的）scｅnewasｔoｓeｔtheｐrｏcｅe(cuò)ｄings（過程，訴訟，訴訟程序）fｏｒaｎugly（不愉快的）ｄｉvorceｉnmｏｔion（在運(yùn)動、運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)中).在旋風(fēng)般的求愛后，一場童話般的婚禮，使這對新人在城市的生活中安定了下來。然而,三年后有了個(gè)孩子,他們夢幻般的婚姻出現(xiàn)了問題.一個(gè)不利因素是要年輕，他們都有野心，都需要奉獻(xiàn)出不被告知的時(shí)間到他們繁忙的工作時(shí)間中。作為結(jié)果，最后的幾個(gè)小時(shí)，她開始控告丈夫在利用她的部分展開三角戀。整個(gè)痛苦的場景在不愉快的離婚訴訟程序的不斷運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)中。Daydreaming（幻想，白日夢）aｂoｕttｈoseearlierdaysｗouldnothelptonｉght。Sowｉthasｈrｕg(聳肩）ｏfhershouldeｒsshetａcｋled(處理，抓住，固定）theadｖｅrtisingaｓｓｉｇｎｍｅnt（廣告業(yè)務(wù)）（分配，任務(wù)）ｓｈｅneedｅdtｏcoｍｐleｔe.ＴｏmoｒrｏｗｗouldｂｅabusydayｗithZａcarriｖinghome．早期的白日夢在今晚起不了任何的作用。所以，她聳肩處理她需要完成的廣告業(yè)務(wù)。明天扎克回到家后將會是繁忙的一天。Thｅnｅxtday，asthemorniｎgworeon（消逝），Lesｌｅｙbｅcamemoreandｍore‘a(chǎn)gitateｄ（煩躁),andherｍoodｂeｃameappｒe‘hensiｖe(憂慮的,不安的)，ｗhｅnJeｆfｄidｎｏｔappear．Whｅnnｏonhｏuraｒriveｄandheｓtｉlｌhaｄnotappｅaｒed,shｅstartｅｄmakiｎｇsomephoｎecalｌｓ.Noｎｅｏfthｅirmutual（共同的)friendｓhadeitherseenｏrtａlkｅdwitｈＪｅfｆthａt(yī)ｄay。Uｎtｉltoday,Jｅｆｆｈadaｌwayｓbeeｎvｅrypunctuaｌ（準(zhǔn)時(shí)的)aｂoｕtretuｒｎingtheboｙaｔtｈeaｐpointeｄ(約定的）tiｍe.Ｌeslｅyfｅltaknot(打結(jié))ｆorming（大街成型)inherstoｍachasaｃrazythoｕghtpersiｓted（持續(xù)的）attheｂackof(在。。。背后)hermｉnｄ。Ｓhewａsabｓｏlutelyｓｕresoｍｅtｈinｇｗａsｗｒｏng.第二天,隨著白天的消逝,雷斯利變得越來越煩躁，當(dāng)杰夫沒出現(xiàn)的時(shí)候，她的情緒變得憂慮不安。午餐時(shí)間到了,他還是沒有出現(xiàn)。她開始打電話。但是那天他們共同的朋友沒有一個(gè)見過或者跟他說過話。直到今天，杰夫一直是很準(zhǔn)時(shí)的在約定的時(shí)間把孩子送回來.雷斯利胃部一陣抽搐,在這時(shí)，一個(gè)瘋狂的想法持續(xù)的在他腦海中出現(xiàn)。她堅(jiān)信有什么事情不對了。Jeffsａt(yī)wiｔhhishｅadbｏｗed（彎如弓形的)。Hewasｕｎdeｃｉdeｄwhatｔodｏ.Tｈedｏ'meｓtic（家庭的，國內(nèi)的）ａrｒangemｅntwithhｉsｆormｅrｗifewａsprovｉngtobeａｗｋward（不合適的）.Hｅｗasfrustｒated（挫敗的,泄氣的)atbeiｎｇablｅｔoseehissｏｎonlyonweekenｄsａndfelthewａsalwayｓｍakiｎgconｃessiｏnｓ(讓步）toaccoｍmodaｔe(適應(yīng)，遷就)Lｅsｌey’sｗoｒksｃhedｕle。Everymeｅｔｉngwasｔｕrｎingiｎtoａcｏmpｅｔitｉｏnfoｒthｅbｏy’ｓaffｅction(感情）.Hisoneｄesiｒe（要求）wastotakeZａcawayforgood.Theeｎorｍｏus（龐大的,巨大的）deciｓioｎtｏｕndｅrtake（承擔(dān)，從事)thisplaｎappearedtoｂeｐresｅnting（呈現(xiàn)，展示）ｉｔseｌf。Toｄaｙhewouｌddｅparｔ（離開,出發(fā))ｆoｒacｏｎferｅｎｃeinCaｌifornia。Ｔhisapｐｅａredｔobeamarveloｕs(了不起的,令人驚異的,不平常的）oppｏrtunｉtｙｔotakｅtheｂoyａndleavｅthecoｕnｔｒyforｇood。Ｈebeｔ（打賭）ｔhatheｃｏｕldpaｃksｕfficienｔ（足夠的,充分的）baｇgagｅintohisvｅhicｌｅandｔｈendｉｓaｐpeaｒｓacrosstheboｒder，gaining（單相開糟）entryｔheＵ。S。A．Ｈeｇaveｌiｔtlethoｕｇhｔｔowｈatsoｅver(無論什么）oｆthｅｆａctthiｓacｔｃouldlｅadtｏhisconviction（定罪,證明。。。有罪)iｆhewaｓtｒａckｅdｄowｎ（查獲）bｙthecopｓ(警察)．杰夫坐著，眉弓起來。他還沒決定做什么。跟他前妻的國內(nèi)協(xié)議證實(shí)是不合適的。每周只見一次兒子讓他感到挫敗的。他認(rèn)為自己總是在為遷就雷斯利的工作時(shí)間表做讓步。每次見面對孩子的感情來說都是一場競賽。他的一個(gè)要求就是最好帶著扎克離開。這個(gè)巨大的決定開始實(shí)施了并且呈現(xiàn)出來了。今天，他就要離開去加拿大參加一個(gè)會議，這個(gè)看起來是個(gè)不平常的機(jī)會帶走孩子，離開這個(gè)城市。他打賭可以收拾足夠的包裹放在他的車子里然后越過邊境消失，單向開鑿進(jìn)入美國。他沒考慮過事實(shí)是無論他做什么都能導(dǎo)致他有罪一旦他被警察查獲。Meanwhile，forLesleythenightmareｃoｎtinuｅｄtoｕnfｏld(展現(xiàn)，顯露)aｓtｈｅrealｉｔyｏｆtheｓituatｉｏndeeｐened．Afｔer４8houｒs，tｈｅｓpokｅsmaｎfｏrthedistrｉctpolｉｃedepartmentaｓｓuredｈeｒｔheyｗｏｕldinvestigａt(yī)ｅＺaｃ’ｓｄisappeａrａnce.Ｈeｒｆaithｔhａt(yī)ｊｕsticewoｕldｂｅreａlizeｄwａsfaｉnt.Thｅshockofthepaｓttwodays’eventsmａｄｅherrealizeｔhatｐossiblyｈerｓoｎwouldbｅcomeｏｎemorｅstaｔistiｃinthemｉssingcｈildｒenｆile。Thepolicecｏmpletｅdａprelｉminaryｓurｖeyafteraskｉｎｇhundredsofdetailｅd（詳細(xì)的）quｅsｔions.Hotlｉnesproｖedfruiｔlesｓ（無結(jié)果的）。Meanwhile,overｔhenｅxtyeaｒtheｒｅｗerecoｕntｌeｓsvisitsaｎdiｎterｖｉewsａt(yī)ｔｈepolｉｃesｔationａndherｈｏme。TｈｅpoliceaｐｐeａredｔobemakiｎgｎoproｇressｉntraｃｋiｎgＺａc’swhereabouts(行蹤）.Astｈedaｙsｐaｓｓed，Lesｌeｙ’sfrustration(挫?。韔untedaｎdsｈefｅｌtasｅｎsｅofaｌarm.Eventuａlly，sheｄecideｄｔｏtａketheinitiａt(yī)iｖｅｉncｏntinuiｎgtheｓeａrcｈａndshebeganｔouｓewｅll—estaｂlishｅdchiｌdfinｄagｅnｃieｓ．Atｔimｅs，booｓtｅｄbyhｏpｅｓ,sheａｐpeａｒｅdｔｏｂeontｈerｉghｔｔｒailwｉｔhａsｅnｓeofｄiｓgust，ｂｕｔherhopesｗeredashｅdａｔtｈeｆinalmomeｎt。Thｅｓeoｂstacleshopｅ.ＡftｅｒZac'sｐicturewａscirculaｔeｄnationwide,tｅｌeｐhoneｃalｌsｆoｌlｏweｄfrｏmsｔ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