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1、1 最后一片叶子 英文原文最后一片叶子 英文原文 In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called places. These places make strange angles and curves. One Street crosses itself a time or two. An artist once discovered a valuable possibility in this str
2、eet. Suppose a collector with a bill for paints, paper and canvas should, in traversing this route, suddenly meet himself coming back, without a cent having been paid on account! In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called
3、places. These places make strange angles and curves. One Street crosses itself a time or two. An artist once discovered a valuable possibility in this street. Suppose a collector with a bill for paints, paper and canvas should, in traversing this route, suddenly meet himself coming back, without a c
4、ent having been paid on account! So, to quaint old Greenwich Village the art people soon came prowling, hunting for north windows and eighteenth-century gables and Dutch attics and low rents. Then they imported some pewter mugs and a chafing dish or two from Sixth Avenue, and became a colony. So, to
5、 quaint old Greenwich Village the art people soon came prowling, hunting for north windows and eighteenth-century gables and Dutch attics and low rents. Then they imported some pewter mugs and a chafing dish or two from Sixth Avenue, and became a colony. At the top of a squatty, three-story brick Su
6、e and Johnsy had their studio. Johnsy was familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at the table dhte of an Eighth Street Delmonicos, and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so congenial that the joint studio resulted. At the top of a sq
7、uatty, three-story brick Sue and Johnsy had their studio. Johnsy was familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at the table dhte of an Eighth Street Delmonicos, and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so congenial that the joint studio r
8、esulted. That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the colony, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Over on the east side this ravager strode boldly, smiting his victims by scores, but his feet trod slowly through the maze of
9、the narrow and moss-grown places. That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the colony, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Over on the east side this ravager strode boldly, smiting his victims by scores, but his feet trod sl
10、owly through the maze of the narrow and moss-grown places. Mr. Pneumonia was not what you would call a chivalric old gentleman. A mite of a little woman with blood thinned by California zephyrs was hardly fair game for the red-fisted, short-breathed old duffer. But Johnsy he smote; and she lay, scar
11、cely moving, on her painted iron bedstead, looking through the small Dutch window-panes at the blank side of the next brick house. Mr. Pneumonia was not what you would call a chivalric old gentleman. A mite of a little woman with blood thinned by California zephyrs was hardly fair game for the red-f
12、isted, short-breathed old duffer. But Johnsy he smote; and she lay, scarcely moving, on her painted iron bedstead, looking through the small Dutch window-panes at the blank side of the next brick house. One morning the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway with a shaggy, grey eyebrow. One morning
13、 the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway with a shaggy, grey eyebrow. She has one chance in - let us say, ten, he said, as he shook down the mercury in his clinical thermometer. And that chance is for her to want to live. This way people have of lining-u on the side of the undertaker makes the
14、entire pharmacopoeia look silly. Your little lady has made up her mind that shes not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind? She has one chance in - let us say, ten, he said, as he shook down the mercury in his clinical thermometer. And that chance is for her to want to live. This way peopl
15、e have of lining-u on the side of the undertaker makes the entire pharmacopoeia look silly. Your little lady has made up her mind that shes not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind? She - she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day. said Sue. She - she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples
16、 some day. said Sue. Paint? - bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth thinking twice - a man for instance? Paint? - bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth thinking twice - a man for instance? A man? said Sue, with a jews-harp twang in her voice. Is a man worth - but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind. A man? said Sue, with a jews-harp twang in her voice. Is a man worth - but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind. Well, it is the weakness, then, said the doctor. I w
