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Lesson Seven Ace in the Hole埃斯身陷困境By John Updike ] 约翰?厄普代克TextNo sooner did his car touch the boulevard heading home than Ace flicked on the radio .车子刚开上通向家的大街，埃斯便啪的一声打开收音机。He needed the radio , especially today . In the seconds before the tubes warmed up , he said aloud , doing it just to hear a human voice , “ Jesus . She ‘ll pop her lid . “他需要收音机，特别是今天。在电子管预热的几秒钟内，就是为了能听到人的声音，他大声地说，“天哪，她非炸了不可。”`His voice , though familiar , irked him ; it sounded thin and scratchy .他的声音尽管熟悉，却让他感到厌烦；声音听起来尖细刺耳。`In a deeper register Ace added , “ She’ll murder me . “ Then the radio came on , warm and strong , so he stopped worrying .埃斯用低音域的声音加了一句，“她非宰了我不可。”这时收音机响了，传出的声音热情有力，所以他不再担忧了`The five Kings were doing “ Blueberry Hill “ ;五王乐团正在演唱《紫浆果山》；to hear them made Ace feel so sure inside that from the pack pinched between the car roof and the sun shield he plucked a cigarette ,听到他们的演唱使埃斯感到心里十分踏实，他从塞在车顶和遮阳板中间的烟盒中抽出一根烟hung it on his lower lip , snapped a match across the rusty place on the dash .叼在下嘴唇上，在仪表盘的生锈处擦着一根火柴。He rolled down the window and snapped the match so it spun end-over-end into the gutter . “ Two points , “ he said ,他摇下车窗，将火柴弹出窗外，火柴竖转着飞进路沟里。“两分，”他说，and cocked the cigarette toward the roof of the car , sucked powerfully , and exhaled two plumes through his nostrils .将香烟翘起冲着车顶，用力地吸了一口，然后从鼻子里喷出两股烟。He was beginning to feel like himself , Ace Anderson , for the first time that whole day , a bad day .在这一整天里，这倒霉的一天里，他第一次觉得自己一切正常了，又是埃斯?安德森了。He beat time on the accelerator . The car jerked crazily .他用脚在加速器上打拍子。汽车疯了一样一冲一冲地前进着。Ace decided to stop at his mother’s place and pick up the baby , instead of waiting for Evey to do it . 埃斯决定先到母亲那儿接孩子，而不是等着埃维去接。His mother must have seen him drive up . She came out on the porch holding a plastic spoon and smelling of cake .他母亲一定是看见他的车子开过来了。她走出来站在门廊前，手里拿着个塑料勺子，身上一股蛋糕的香味“You’re out early , “ she told him .“你回来得很早，”她对他说。“Friedman fired me , “ Ace told her .“佛里德曼把我解雇了，”埃斯告诉她“Good for y