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24 I looked at him for a bit. I could see now that he was all to pieces（崩溃，垮掉）.Hed been drinking more than usual and he looked fifty. The girls wouldnt have thought so much of him if theyd seen him then. 25 Well isnt there anything you can do except play cards? I asked him.26 I can swim, he said.27 Swim!28 I could hardly believe my ears; it seemed such an insane (蠢极的；荒唐的）answer to give.29 I swam for my university. trim vt.修剪; 整理; 装饰; adj.整齐的，整洁的; 修长的; 苗条的; n.整齐; 修剪; 健康状态; 装束; vi.削减; commit: vt.do(sth.illegal or wrong) insane：疯狂地；精神病的；非常愚蠢的。 drive at:be really trying to say 意指，要说 坚持 穷困潦倒 身体垮下来 有些明白 意指，要说 * 沈炜煜 23 He didnt move. He went rather pale. He hesitated for a moment and then he told me that he had had bad luck at cards for some time. He hadnt been willing to stick to （坚持）bridge, hed been playing poker, and hed got trimmed（击败；修建）. He hadnt a penny. Hed pawned （典当，抵押）everything he had. He couldnt pay his hotel bill and they wouldnt give him any more credit. He was down and out（穷困潦倒）. If he couldnt get something to do hed have to commit suicide（自杀）. ’他没有动弹，脸色变得相当苍白。他犹豫了一会儿，然后对我说，这一阵子他牌运一直不好。原来他不甘心老打桥牌，便赌起扑克来，结果输了个精光。他一个子儿也没有，所有的东西都拿去当了。他连酒店的账都付不出，人家也不肯再赊账给他。他已经山穷水尽。要是找不到点事干，他只好自杀。 ‘我瞧了他一会儿。我能看出他已经完全垮了。这一阵子他酒喝得比以前更凶，看上去足有50岁。姑娘们当时要是瞧见他，准不会对他那么着迷了。 “‘嗯，你除了打牌以外，难道什么也不会干吗？’我问他。 “‘我会游泳，’他说。 “‘游泳！’ “我几乎以为自己听错了呢；这种回答听起来简直是牛头不对马嘴。 “‘我读大学时曾经代表学校参加游泳比赛。’ 30 I got some glimmering （模糊的感觉或认识）of what he was driving at（意指，要说）. Ive known too many men who were little tin gods at their university to be impressed by it. “我听出了一点他话里的意思。上大学时自以为了不起的人我见得多了，我才不吃这套呢。 stick to: refuse to abandon or change (sth.) The mother asked her son just to tell the cops（警察） what he saw and stick to his story. The old man stuck to jogging every morning although he was eighty years old. Collocation: stick to ones word 遵守诺言 stick to the point 紧扣要点 His hair needed a trim. 他该理发了。 The woman was a trim young woman of perhaps thirty. 司机是个大约30岁的身材苗