As I moved my chair a little nearer suddenly with one catlike movement both her hand clawed instinctively for my eyes and she almost reached them too. In fact she knocked my glasses flying and they fell, though unbroken, several feet away from me on the kitchen floor Both the mother and father almost turned themselves inside out in embarrassment and apology. You bad girl, said the mother, taking her and shaking her by one arm. Look what you've done. The nice man For heaven's sake. I broke in Dont call me a nice man to her. l'm here to look at her throat on the chance that she might have diphtheria and possibly die of it. But that's nothing to her. Look ere, I said to the child, we're going to look at your throat. You're old enough to understand what I'm saying. Will you open it now by yourself or shall we have to open it for you) Not a move. Even her expression hadnt changed Her breaths however were coming faster and faster. Then the battle began I had to do it. i had to have a throat culture 18 for her own protection. But first I told the parents that it was entirely up to them. I explained the danger but said that I would not insist on a throat examination so long as they would take the responsibili If you don 't do what the docto you'll have to go to the hospital, the moth ely. Oh yeah? I had to smile to myself. After all, I had already fallen in love with the savage orat, 20 the parents were contemptible to me. 2 In the ensuing struggle they grew more and more abject, crushed, exhausted while she surely rose to magnificent heights of insane fury of effort bred of her terror of me 22 The father tried his best, and he was a big man but the fact that she was his daughter. his shame at her behavior and his dread of hurting her made him release her just at the critical times 6 catlike adj_似猫的,蹑手蹑脚的,偷偷摸摸的 claw y.用爪子挖,此处意为用手去抓 8 have a throat culture进行咽部检查 19 admonish v.告诫,劝告 0 savage brat指小女孩 the parents were contemptible to me.我看不起她的父母 In the ensuing struggle they grew more and more abject, crushed, exhausted while she surely rose to magnificent heights of insane fury of effort bred of her terror of me.在接下来的斗争中, 他们变得越来越卑微,被击垮甚至筋疲力尽,然而她对我产生的狂怒和恐惧达到了惊人的程As I moved my chair a little nearer suddenly with one catlike16 movement both her hands clawed 17instinctively for my eyes and she almost reached them too. In fact she knocked my glasses flying and they fell, though unbroken, several feet away from me on the kitchen floor. Both the mother and father almost turned themselves inside out in embarrassment and apology. You bad girl, said the mother, taking her and shaking her by one arm. Look what you've done. The nice man . . . For heaven's sake, I broke in. Don't call me a nice man to her. I'm here to look at her throat on the chance that she might have diphtheria and possibly die of it. But that's nothing to her. Look here, I said to the child, we're going to look at your throat. You're old enough to understand what I'm saying. Will you open it now by yourself or shall we have to open it for you) Not a move. Even her expression hadn't changed. Her breaths however were coming faster and faster. Then the battle began. I had to do it. I had to have a throat culture18 for her own protection. But first I told the parents that it was entirely up to them. I explained the danger but said that I would not insist on a throat examination so long as they would take the responsibility. If you don't do what the doctor says you'll have to go to the hospital, the mother admonished19her severely. Oh yeah? I had to smile to myself. After all, I had already fallen in love with the savage brat,20 the parents were contemptible to me.21In the ensuing struggle they grew more and more abject, crushed, exhausted while she surely rose to magnificent heights of insane fury of effort bred of her terror of me.22 The father tried his best, and he was a big man but the fact that she was his daughter, his shame at her behavior and his dread of hurting her made him release her just at the critical times 16 catlike adj. 似猫的，蹑手蹑脚的，偷偷摸摸的 17 claw v. 用爪子挖，此处意为用手去抓 18 have a throat culture 进行咽部检查 19 admonish v. 告诫，劝告 20 savage brat 指小女孩 21 the parents were contemptible to me. 我看不起她的父母 22 In the ensuing struggle they grew more and more abject, crushed, exhausted while she surely rose to magnificent heights of insane fury of effort bred of her terror of me.在接下来的斗争中， 他们变得越来越卑微，被击垮甚至筋疲力尽，然而她对我产生的狂怒和恐惧达到了惊人的程 度