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1、最后一片葉子英文原文 InalittledistrictwestofWashingtonSquarethestreetshaveruncrazyandbrokenthemselvesintosmallstripscalled"places."These"places"makestrangeanglesandcurves.OneStreetcrossesitselfatimeortwo.Anartistoncediscoveredavaluablepossibilityinthisstreet.Supposeacollectorwithabillf
2、orpaints,paperandcanvasshould,intraversingthisroute,suddenlymeethimselfcomingback,withoutacenthavingbeenpaidonaccount! So,toquaintoldGreenwichVillagetheartpeoplesooncameprowling,huntingfornorthwindowsandeighteenth-centurygablesandDutchatticsandlowrents.Thentheyimportedsomepew
3、termugsandachafingdishortwofromSixthAvenue,andbecamea"colony." Atthetopofasquatty,three-storybrickSueandJohnsyhadtheirstudio."Johnsy"wasfamiliarforJoanna.OnewasfromMaine;theotherfromCalifornia.Theyhadmetatthetabled'hôteofanEighthStreet"Delmonico's,"andfoundtheirtastesin
4、art,chicorysaladandbishopsleevessocongenialthatthejointstudioresulted. ThatwasinMay.InNovemberacold,unseenstranger,whomthedoctorscalledPneumonia,stalkedaboutthecolony,touchingonehereandtherewithhisicyfingers.Overontheeastsidethisravagerstrodeboldly,smitinghisvictimsbyscores,b
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6、g,onherpaintedironbedstead,lookingthroughthesmallDutchwindow-panesattheblanksideofthenextbrickhouse. OnemorningthebusydoctorinvitedSueintothehallwaywithashaggy,greyeyebrow. "Shehasonechancein-letussay,ten,"hesaid,asheshookdownthemercuryinhisclinicalthermometer."Andthatchance
7、isforhertowanttolive.Thiswaypeoplehaveoflining-uonthesideoftheundertakermakestheentirepharmacopoeialooksilly.Yourlittleladyhasmadeuphermindthatshe'snotgoingtogetwell.Hassheanythingonhermind?" "She-shewantedtopainttheBayofNaplessomeday."saidSue. "Paint?-bosh!Hassheanythingonh
8、ermindworththinkingtwice-amanforinstance?" "Aman?"saidSue,wi
