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Pre-reading: vampire academy（《吸血鬼学院》） is a best-selling series of six young-adult paranormal（惊悚的） romance novels written by American author Richelle Mead. It tells the story of Rose Hathaway, a seventeen-year-old Dhampir（吸血鬼混血儿） girl, half-vampire, half-human（which makes her a Dhampir）, who is training to be a bodyguard for her best friend, “Lissa” Dragomir（纯种吸血鬼）. In the process of learning how to defeat Strigoi （the evil undead vampires） in St. Vladimir’s Academy, Rose finds herself caught in a forbidden romance with her instructor, Dimitri Belikov, while having an unbreakable bond with Lissa.

难度系数： Words：488 建议阅读时间：6分钟

Reading：

“When did we last do a feeding？” I asked, studying her face. Her fair skin was paler than usual. Dark circles hung under her eyes, and there was an air of frailty（脆弱） about her. School had been hectic（繁忙的） this week, and I couldn’t remember the last time I’d given her blood. “It’s been like...more than two days, hasn’t it？Three？Why didn’t you say anything？”

She shrugged and wouldn’t meet my eyes. “You were busy. I didn’t want to―”

“Screw that,” I said, shifting into a better position. No wonder she seemed so weak. Oscar, not wanting me any closer, leapt down and returned to the window, where he could watch at a safe distance. “Come on. Let’s do this.”

“Rose―”

“Come on. It’ll make you feel better.”

I tilted（倾斜） my head and tossed my hair back, baring my neck. I saw her hesitate, but the sight of my neck and what it offered proved too powerful. A hungry expression crossed her face, and her lips parted slightly, exposing the fangs（尖牙） she normally kept hidden while living among humans. Those fangs contrasted oddly with the rest of her features. With her pretty face and pale blond hair, she looked more like an angel than a vampire.

As her teeth neared my bare skin, I felt my heart race with a mix of fear and anticipation. I always hated feeling the latter, but it was nothing I could help, a weakness I couldn’t shake. Her fangs bit into me, hard, and I cried out at the brief flare of pain. Then it faded, replaced by a wonderful, golden joy that spread through my body. It was better than any of the times I’d been drunk or high. Better than sex―or so I imagined, since I’d never done it. It was a blanket of pure, refined pleasure, wrapping me up and promising everything would be right in the world. On and on it went. The chemicals in her saliva（唾液） triggered an endorphin（内啡肽） rush, and I lost track of the world, lost track of who I was.

Then, regretfully, it was over. It had taken less than a minute.

She pulled back, wiping her hand across her lips as she studied me. “You okay？”

“I...yeah.” I lay back on the bed, dizzy from the blood loss. “I just need to sleep it off. I’m fine.”

Her pale, jade-green eyes watched me with concern. She stood up.“I’m going to get you something to eat.”

My protests came awkwardly（困难地） to my lips, and she left before I could get out a sentence. The buzz from her bite had lessened as soon as she broke the connection, but some of it still lingered in my veins, and I felt a goofy（愚笨的） smile cross my lips. Turning my head, I glanced up at Oscar, still sitting in the window.

【原著简介】

圣弗拉米尔学院是一个地处深山，供纯种吸血鬼和半吸血鬼学习生活的神秘处所。夜幕降临，故事就从这里开始……

吸血鬼家族的纯血公主莉萨拥有极罕见且强大的魔法，她需要时刻提防血族的袭击。对于血族――这个吸血鬼家族中最凶猛的一支而言，纯种血液里巨大的能量是他们永生追寻的宝藏。半吸血鬼，为了保护纯种吸血鬼而生的人类与吸血鬼的混血。身为半吸血鬼的露丝注定将走上一条异常惊险的人生道路，她一生的使命就是保护她的好友莉萨免受血族的侵害。

露丝与莉萨在外逃离两年后，被抓回了学院，而危险却并没有远离她们。学校铁门背后的生活危机重重，利益驱使下同族的阴谋，莉萨身上不可告人的秘密，血族紧追不舍的袭击，还有那在欲望与责任中挣扎的爱情……当吸血鬼的世界充满了人性与争斗，青春悲凉的爱恋能否敌得过浸满鲜血的忠诚？

这部小说被美国媒体称为”最快捕获年轻人心灵的小说”！被《纽约时报》评价为最畅销吸血鬼悬疑罗曼史！被美国《青年之声》杂志评为”超越《暮光之城》的年轻人读物”！一经出版立即荣登美国图书馆协会畅销书排行榜，并蝉联数周！北美销售数百万本，版权已售数十国！作者被评为”《纽约时报》和《今日美国》畅销书作家”！

【阅读思考】

1. What does the underlined part “the latter” in Line 17 refer to?

2. What is the meaning of “lost track of who I was”?

【语法指津】

1. I saw her hesitate, but the sight of my neck and what it offered proved too powerful.

并列复合句。转折连词but连接前面的简单句和后面的复合句，复合句的主语是一个名词短语和一个名词性从句，prove是系动词，意思是“证明是，结果是，事实说明”。无被动语态，可用于以下句型:

prove+形容词

例如：The handbook proved most useful. 这本手册证明很有用。

prove+名词

例如：His efforts, however, proved a failure.但他的努力结果都失败了。

prove+介词短语或副词

例如：Perhaps this book will prove of some use to you in your studies. 也许这本书会对你的研究有用处。

The power station was completed and proved up to standard. 这座发电站建成了,证明质量符合标准。

prove+动词不定式

例如：As time went on, Einstein’s theory proved to be correct. 随着时间的推移,爱因斯坦的理论证明是正确的。

2. Those fangs contrasted oddly with the rest of her features.

句中contrast ... with “和……形成对照，对比”。

例如： The white walls make a contrast with the black carpet. 白色的墙壁与黑色的地毯形成了鲜明的对照。

in contrast with意思是“与……相对，与……形成对比”。

例如：In contrast with most students she is the most diligent student in her class. 与大多数同学相比，她是班里最勤奋的学生。

3. It was better than any of the times I’d been drunk or high.

复合句。定语从句I’d been drunk or high修饰times，省略了关系代词that。that用作关系代词，修饰表示时间的名词，如day, time, moment等，代替when。

例如：It happened on the day that/when I was born. 它发生在我出生的那一天。

在reason, way, time作先行词时，后面的关系代词可用that，也可以省略。

例如：I admired the way（that） he answered this question. 我欣赏他回答这个问题的方式。

4. She pulled back, wiping her hand across her lips as she studied me. “You okay？”

分词wiping her hand across her lips在句中作伴随状语。