I stood in line for three hours and all for nothingthe book was sold out 16. Lottie, trapped by the blood tie, ..(para20) Though Lottie always disapproved of Bess's way of life, she was well aware that as 17.(para22) go about sth /doing sth. to start working on sth e.g. How shall we go about the job? He went about improving his pronunciation patiently 18(para24) play house: a childrens game in which children pretend to be mom or dad or sb. else housekeeping过家家 19. Passing her gleaming mirrors, at first with vague awareness, then with painful clarity, Lottie saw herself as others saw her, and could not stand the sight. (para25) When she walked past her shiny mirrors, Lottie noticed, at first dimly, then clearly, how old and wore she looked. She came to know, painfully, exactly how she looked to others. She disl iked her appearance and couldnt bring herself to look into the mirrors any more 20. She went on a spending spree from the specialty shops to beauty salon, emerging transformed into a woman who believed in miracles.(para26) Then she began visiting spec ialty shops and beauty salons, spending money lavishly and wastefully to improve her looks. It seemed that she had changed into a woman believing that miracles might happen if you set your mind on it specialty shop: a shop that sells particularly fine or excellent goods beauty salon/parlor/shop: a place where women rare given beauty treatment for the face. hair. nails. etc 21. Stiffly she suffered Bess's embrace, her heart racing harder, her eyes suddenly smarting from the onrush of cold air.(para28) She accepted Bess's warm hug in a formal way. Her heart beat faster and a gust of cold wind stung her eyes stiff: lacking ease; rigidly formal suffer: (formal) to accept without dislike or complaint smart: to hurt with stinging pain onrush: a strong fast movement forward 22. With the glow of good food in her stomach, Bess began to tell stories glow: to give out light or heat发光;放热 After the good dinner, Bess's spirits returned and she began to tell her sister about her life over the years 23. They were rich with places and people, most of them lowly, all of them She and Harry had been to many places and met a lot of people, though most of them belonged to low social classes, they were all very wonderful 24. Her face reflected the joys and sorrows of her remembering, and above all, the love she lived by that enhanced the poorest place, the humblest person. (para30) As she talked, Lottie could see that the years she had lived with harry was full of both joys and sorrows, and that the most important thing was his love for her. This love had made the poorest place a paradise and the second-rate horn player, her husband,a6 I stood in line for three hours and all for nothing—the book was sold out. 16. Lottie, trapped by the blood tie, … (para20) Though Lottie always disapproved of Bess’s way of life, she was well aware that as sisters they were closely related. 17. (para22) go about sth./ doing sth.: to start working on sth. e.g. How shall we go about the job? He went about improving his pronunciation patiently. 18. (para24) play house: a children’s game in which children pretend to be mom or dad or sb. else housekeeping 过家家 19．Passing her gleaming mirrors, at first with vague awareness, then with painful clarity, Lottie saw herself as others saw her, and could not stand the sight. (para25) When she walked past her shiny mirrors, Lottie noticed, at first dimly, then clearly, how old and wore she looked. She came to know, painfully, exactly how she looked to others. She disliked her appearance and couldn’t bring herself to look into the mirrors any more. 20. She went on a spending spree from the specialty shops to beauty salon, emerging transformed into a woman who believed in miracles. (para26) Then she began visiting specialty shops and beauty salons, spending money lavishly and wastefully to improve her looks. It seemed that she had changed into a woman believing that miracles might happen if you set your mind on it. specialty shop: a shop that sells particularly fine or excellent goods beauty salon/parlor/shop: a place where women rare given beauty treatment for the face, hair, nails, etc. 21. Stiffly she suffered Bess’s embrace, her heart racing harder, her eyes suddenly smarting from the onrush of cold air. (para28) She accepted Bess’s warm hug in a formal way. Her heart beat faster and a gust of cold wind stung her eyes. stiff: lacking ease; rigidly formal suffer: (formal) to accept without dislike or complaint smart: to hurt with stinging pain onrush: a strong fast movement forward 22. With the glow of good food in her stomach, Bess began to tell stories. glow: to give out light or heat 发光; 放热 After the good dinner, Bess’s spirits returned and she began to tell her sister about her life over the years. 23. They were rich with places and people, most of them lowly, all of them magnificent. (para30) She and Harry had been to many places and met a lot of people, though most of them belonged to low social classes, they were all very wonderful. 24. Her face reflected the joys and sorrows of her remembering, and above all, the love she lived by that enhanced the poorest place, the humblest person. (para30) As she talked, Lottie could see that the years she had lived with Harry was full of both joys and sorrows, and that the most important thing was his love for her. This love had made the poorest place a paradise and the second-rate horn player, her husband, a