from 《本杰明·巴顿奇事》
F. 斯科特.菲茨杰拉德是一位美国小说作家，也是20世纪最伟大的美国作家之一，被称为美国爵士乐时代最伟大的“桂冠诗人”。菲茨杰拉德一生为两样东西所困:一是才华，一是金钱，他都曾一度拥有，最后又全部失去。他的个人生活与笔下的小说场景，与那个年代的美国社会皆融为一体。
小说《本杰明·巴顿奇事》(The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)围绕着一名出生时身体年龄为80岁，身体会随着时间流逝日渐年轻的男性本杰明.巴顿展开。2008年，该短篇小说被改编成电影《返老还童》。
从名篇中学习英语，我会在阅读名著时把精彩的句子，词语摘抄下来，以供大家欣赏。
精彩动作描写:
1. Swallowing his shame, Mr.Button approached her.
其中有一个精彩表达:swallow one's shame
2.At this a look of utter terror spread itself over girl's face.
无灵主语句，terror为主语，搭配谓语动词spread
3.She pointed the direction, and Mr.Button, bathed in cool perspiration, turned falteringly and began to mount to the second floor.
精彩表达: bath in cool perspiration 出汗很多，形容紧张
4. Clank! The basin clattered to the floor and rolled in the direction of the stairs. Clank! Clank! It began a methodical descent as if sharing in the general terror which this gentlemen provoked. 这里用了修辞手法，明喻和拟人，生动形象
5.He looked up at Mr. Button with dim, faded eyes in which lurked a puzzled question.
6."Am I mad?" thundered Mr. Button, his terror resolving into rage.
7.The cool perspiration redoubled on Mr. Button's forehead.
8.Mr. Button banged the outer door savagely.
形容人紧张的句子
8.speak in a cracked and ancient voice
老人语气
9. He felt that the clerk must surely scent his shameful secret.
10.But a frantic inspection of the boys' department revealed no suits to fit the new-born Button.
无灵主语句，主语inspection，搭配谓语动词reveal
精彩描写性句子:
1.Wrapped in a voluminous white blanket, and partly crammed into one of the cribs, there sat an old man apparently about seventy years age.
外貌描写句子:
1. His spare hair was almost white, and from his chin dripped a long smoke, colored beard, which waved absurdly back and forth, fanned by the breeze coming in at the window.
可仿写的句子:
1. A grostesque picture formed itself with dreadful clarity before the eyes of the tortured man–a picture of himself walking through the crowded streets of the city with this appalling apparition stalking by his side.
2. Said sb. Primply/fiercely
精彩字词:
1.Moan: make a low sound, usually because you are unhappy or in pain.
2.Prim 古板的，一本正经的
:you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude.
3. Savage: Somebody or something that is savage is extremely cruel violent, and uncontrolled.
4.The old man untied the package and viewed the contents with a quizzical eye.
Quizzical:If you give somebody a quizzical look or smile, you look at them in a way that shows that you are surprised or amused by their behaviour.
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