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　　I eased off the brake, moved slowly forward, and rounded the bend in the road, but then had to brake suddenly.In the middle of the road was a woman who held a sign saying, “Ban the Bomb!” She stood there*“as bold as brass”, as if to boast that she had found the best way to boost her cause.Then it came to me, like a bolt out of the blue, that she was wearing a bow in her hair, but not wearing any brand of blouse.I didn't want to be bound up in any roadblock or be bound up with her, because I knew my boss would be bound to realize that I was not at work if this event was on the TV news He knew it bored me to death to sit in the office with the boring part of my work, and that I would rather bolt out of the office at every opportunity to do fieldwork, thus avoiding this bore.So I bounced out of my car and gave her a polite bow.My bounce must have given her spirits a boost, because she then used her boot to brand the border of the road with another sign.Her behavior knew no bounds.I closed the car door and bowed out of the scene before the police might border the area.Then there was a boom.I looked back to the boundary of my vision and saw her bomb the nearby lake with her sign, which was tied to a heavy bolt.When I got back to my office, my boast was that I had been able to bond with events before they were on TV.

　　记单词

　　blouse 女衬衫

　　boast (of，about)自夸，夸耀vt 1. 夸口，吹嘘; 2. 以拥有…而自豪n 自吹自擂，自夸自话

　　bold 1. 勇敢的，无畏的; 2. 冒失的，鲁莽的; 3. 粗(字)体的，黑(字)体的，醒目的

　　bolt 1. 螺栓2. (门或窗的)插销，闩vt 闩，栓住vi 冲出去，逃跑

　　a bolt from/out of the blue晴天霹雳，意外事件

　　bomb 炸弹vt 轰炸，投弹于

　　bond 1. 联结，联系; 2. 黏结剂，黏合剂; 3. 公债，债券; 4. 契约，合同v (使)黏合，(使)结合

　　boom 1. (营业等的)激增，(经济等的)繁荣，迅速发展; 2. 隆隆声，低沉响亮的声音vi 1. 激增，繁荣，迅速发展; 2. 发出隆隆声

　　boost 1. 提高，使增长; 2. 推动，激励; 3. 替…作广告，宣扬n 1. 提高，增长; 2. 推动，激励

　　boot 1. 靴; 2. (汽车后部的)行李箱; 3. the～ 解雇

　　border 1. 边，边缘，界线; 2. 边界，边境vt 1. 给…加上边，围; 2. 邻接，毗连vi 1. (on)近似，接近; 2. 与…接壤

　　bore 1. 使厌烦，使厌倦; 2. 钻(孔)，挖(洞)n 令人讨厌的人(事)

　　boring 令人厌烦的，乏味的，无聊的

　　bounce (使)弹起，(使)反弹，(使)颠跳n 弹，反弹

　　bound 1. 一定的，必然的; 2. 受约束的，有义务的; 3. (for，to)准备到…去的，开往(或驶往)…的vi 1. 跳跃，跳跃着前进; 2. 弹回，反跃vt 成为…的界线，给…划界n 1. 跳跃

　　2. [常pl]界限，限制

　　be bound up in热衷于，忙于

　　be bound up with与…有密切关系

　　know no bounds不知限量，无限

　　boundary 分界线，边界，界限

　　bow1 弓，弓形物

　　bow2 鞠躬，低头vt 1. 低下(头)，欠(身); 2. 压弯，使俯下vi 鞠躬，低头

　　bow out退出，辞职

　　brake 闸，制动器，刹车

　　vi 刹车，(车)被刹住vt 刹住(车)，用闸(使车)放慢速度

　　brand 商标，(商品的)牌子vt 1. 打烙印于，以烙铁打(标记); 2. 加污名于，谴责

　　brass 1. 黄铜; 2. 黄铜器，铜管乐器

　　我松开刹车，将车慢慢前行，驶过弯道，但却不得不又紧急刹车，因为在路中间有一个女人举着一块牌子，上面写着：“禁用炸弹!”她站在那儿“勇敢如铜器”*，她像在夸口她找到了宣扬其事业的方式。接着，像晴天霹雳一般，我突然意识到她虽然头上戴着弓形发夹，身上却没有穿任何牌子的衬衫。我不想热衷于任何道路封锁，也不想与她有什么密切关系，因为我知道如果这事上了电视新闻，我的老板一定会发现我没有在工作。他知道坐在办公室里干着乏味的事会使我厌烦至极，知道我宁愿抓住每一个机会冲出办公室去做现场调查以躲避令人讨厌的事。我把身子弹出车门向她鞠了个躬。我的弹出一定是增长了她的情绪，因为她用汽车的行李箱在路边打了标记做了另一块牌子。她的行为不知限量。我关上车门，退出这个是非之地，因为警察可能会将这个地区围起来。然后是一声低沉的响声，我回过头极目望去，只见她把手中的牌子像投弹一样掷进附近的湖中，上面还系了一个重重的螺栓。我一回到办公室，便开始自吹自擂，说我赶在它们上电视之前就与新闻事件先联结上了。