To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 Chapter 16

Jem heard me. He thrust his head around the connecting door. As he came to my bedAtticus's light flashed on. We stayed where we were until it went off; we heard him turnover ¹, and we waited until he was still again., ,Jem took me to his room and put me in bed beside him. "Try to go to sleep," he said,"It'll be all over after tomorrow, maybe.", ,We had come in quietly, so as not to wake Aunty. Atticus killed the engine in thedriveway and coasted to the carhouse; we went in the back door and to our roomswithout a word. I was very tired, and was drifting into sleep when the memory of Atticuscalmly folding his newspaper and pushing back his hat became Atticus standing ² in themiddle of an empty waiting street, pushing up his glasses. The full meaning of thenight's events hit me and I began crying. Jem was awfully ³ nice about it: for once hedidn't remind me that people nearly nine years old didn't do things like that., , ,"You know, it's a funny thing about Braxton," said Atticus. "He despises Negroes,won't have one near him.", ,Local opinion held Mr. Underwood to be an intense, profane ⁸ little man, whose father ina fey fit of humor christened Braxton Bragg, a name Mr. Underwood had done his bestto live down. Atticus said naming people after Confederate generals made slow steadydrinkers., ,Our turnover actually increased last year.去年我们的营业额竟然增加了 。,After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。