小紫帶你輕鬆學美劇 第30期

如果這件事發生在你的身上，估計每個人都嚇傻了。丈夫Nick回到家裏，發現妻子不見了，丈夫完全不知道發生了什麼，妻子突然失蹤，他在等警察來。這是一個怎樣的故事呢？看過Gone girl的小夥伴應該知道，有電影版本，也有原版小說。最開始小紫是聽人推薦，於是友人送了此書給我。故事不能講太多，這樣的一個故事，讓人有閱讀下去的慾望。我們來細細地品一下這本書的這個段落。這個段落對於丈夫的內心，心理都描述得很好。讓我們彷彿身臨其境，在看着這個丈夫迷茫，焦急地想，老婆到底去哪裏了，老婆怎麼了？

Gone girl
Nick Dunne
I waited for the police first in the kitchen, but the acrid smell of the burnt Teakettle was curling up in the back of throat, underscoring my need to retch, so I drifted out on the front porch, sat on the top stair, and willed myself to be calm. I kept trying Amy's cell, and it kept going to voice mail, that quick-clip cadence swearing she'd phone right back. Amy always phoned right back. It had been three hours, and I'd left five messages, and Amy had not phoned back.

Acrid: having a strong, bitter smell or taste that is unpleasant

Teakettle: a metal container with a lid, handle and a spout, used for boiling water

Underscore(underscoring): to emphasize or show that sth is important or true

Retch: to make sounds and movements as if you are vomiting although you do not actually do so

Porch: 門廊，門廳

Cadence: the rise and fall of the voice in speaking

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