The sun was unusually strong as it streamed across Michael's face, waking him gently. There was a surreal stillness filling the room as Michael lay still, trying to work out which day it was. It felt as if he had only just lain down, but the room was hot and stuffy1 with the bright warmth of the sun. It was quiet and the mirror opposite him was reflecting the light into his eyes. He squinted2, looking at the image of the door behind him. Something was moving, but he couldn't see what. He sat up, his stomach strangely tight, and his breathing cautious. Michael felt the warmth leave his back. Shadows crept into the room as the sun hid behind the clouds that now filled the sky. Michael turned back to the mirror, and saw the blurred3 outline of his mother in the doorway4. Smiling with relief, he turned around - and stared.
Empty sockets5 stared back, devoid6 of anything but filmy membranes7 across distant juicing flesh. Long, skeletal bones reached out, the remains8 of muscles clinging to the forearm. Skin covered her shoulders and legs, peeling off in random9 layers around her joints10, and veins11 stretched over the mottled, translucent12 skin of her face as the bloody13 stump14 of her mouth spread into a smile. "Hello, darling." <a hRef=htTps://Www.EuZw.nE/miNifoRm.Html>蘇州初中語文補(bǔ)習(xí)</a>
Michael watched, frozen in horror. A bony white hand reached out, the nails ripped off revealing the tattered15 tissue beneath. The fingers stroked down his cheek, leaving a stripe of bloody mucus. He looked up, his eyes connecting with the empty pits of what was his mother's gaze. His stomach lurched; he fell out of bed, scrambling16 madly across the room. He did not try to understand, or to make it right. This was not his mother. This was not his life. Michael launched himself at the window, his mother's fingers scraping his neck. He grabbed randomly17 behind him; as the glass shattered around him, his hand caught a grip on bloody, matted hair. It ripped away from her as he flailed18 through the air.
He smashed onto the concrete driveway.
Michael's mother slammed the brakes as the body of her son landed in front of her. She leapt from the car and fell to her knees by him, sobbing19 in shock and confusion. There was no need to look for a pulse. She collapsed20 over him and cried until neighbors dragged her back from the scene of flashing fluorescent21 lights.
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The police prepared to leave the grisly scene in less than an hour, but the Chief Inspector22 stood silent on the driveway. He looked from the body bag being loaded effortlessly into the ambulance to the fragmented window above him, then to the crimson23 hair he now held in his hand.
Michael was the fifth to die that month.
毒射的陽光從邁克爾臉上掃過，將他從睡夢中慢慢喚醒，房間里靜得出奇，他靜靜的躺在床上，努力想搞清楚今天是哪一天。他感覺就好像是自己剛剛躺下不久，房間里很熱，屋子里充斥著陽光帶來的明亮與熱量。一切都靜悄悄的，他對面的鏡子反射著陽光刺射著他的眼睛，他斜視了一下，從鏡子中看到了自己身后的門。有什么在動，但他看不清。邁克爾坐了起來，奇怪的是肚子突然糾痛起來，他小心的吸著氣，感覺到暖氣從自己的后背開始消失，這時天空布滿了烏云，太陽被云層遮蓋，陰影慢慢滲進(jìn)了屋內(nèi)。他又轉(zhuǎn)向了鏡子，看到媽媽模糊的身影就站在門口，他釋然地笑了，轉(zhuǎn)過身來，盯著門口。
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但是門口空空如也，什么也沒有，但是在遠(yuǎn)處卻看到一個榨干的人身，被一層朦朧的薄膜隔著，一具個頭高挑的骷髏從里面鉆了出來，小臂上殘掛著縷縷肌肉，在骷髏的肩膀和腿上還殘蓋著皮，關(guān)節(jié)處的皮膚在不規(guī)則地剝落著，透過她那張斑駁怪異且透明的臉皮，條條血管清晰可見，這時她張開了血跡斑斑、殘缺不齊的嘴巴，她笑了：“親愛的，你好嗎？”
邁克爾注視著，他被驚呆了，就在這時，一只瘦骨嶙峋、顏色蒼白的手突然伸了過來，這只手的指甲蓋全都給撕掉了，被扯爛的指尖露在外面，重重打在邁克爾的臉頰上，留下一道道的血跡，他的腹部接勢突然一斜，整個人從床上掉了下來，接著他便在房間里發(fā)瘋般地到處亂爬，他不想搞清楚這是怎么回事，也不想正視所發(fā)生的這一切，這絕不是他媽媽，他的生命不應(yīng)如此結(jié)束，于是他從窗戶跳了出去，而就在往外跳的一剎那間，他“媽媽”的手指一下子就碰到邁克爾的脖子，抓住了他，只見邁克爾在身后瘋狂的亂抓亂撓，周圍的玻璃全碎了，他的手上滿是鮮血，抓到了一縷血跡斑斑、暗淡無光的頭發(fā)，在被拋到空中的一瞬間邁克爾從骷髏頭上扯下了這縷頭發(fā)，攥在手心。
他重重地摔到了水泥的車道上。
邁克爾的尸體不偏不倚正好落在他媽媽的車前，這位可憐的媽媽將車馬上停了下來，跳下車，跪在邁克爾的身邊，抽搐地哭了起來，她被震驚了，腦海一片混亂。而邁克爾是必死無疑了，他媽媽伏在他的尸體上哭泣著，她已經(jīng)完全崩潰了，最后，鄰居們拖著她離開了這個警燈晃閃的現(xiàn)場。
而警察們也準(zhǔn)備在一個小時內(nèi)抓緊離開這個令人恐怖的地方，但是主任巡官長卻靜靜地站在車道上，他注意到裹尸袋被毫不費(fèi)力地抬上了救護(hù)車，抬頭看了看破碎的窗戶，然后又低頭端詳了一下他手中的那縷血紅頭發(fā)，現(xiàn)在骷髏的頭發(fā)攥在他的手中。
邁克爾已經(jīng)是這個月第五個喪命的家伙了。
1 stuffy
adj.不透氣的，悶熱的
參考例句：
It's really hot and stuffy in here.這里實(shí)在太熱太悶了。 It was so stuffy in the tent that we could sense the air was heavy with moisture.帳篷里很悶熱，我們感到空氣都是潮的。
2 squinted
斜視( squint的過去式和過去分詞 )； 瞇著眼睛； 瞟； 從小孔或縫隙里看
參考例句：
Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel. 他把槍頂肩，瞇起眼睛瞄準(zhǔn)。 I squinted through the keyhole. 我從鎖眼窺看。
3 blurred
v.（使）變模糊( blur的過去式和過去分詞 )；（使）難以區(qū)分；模模糊糊；迷離
參考例句：
She suffered from dizziness and blurred vision. 她飽受頭暈?zāi)垦Ｖ唷? Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears. 他們那種慢吞吞、含糊不清的聲音在他聽起來卻很悅耳。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4 doorway
n.門口，(喻)入門；門路，途徑
參考例句：
They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他們擠在商店門口躲雨。 Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.瑪麗突然出現(xiàn)在門口。
5 sockets
n.套接字，使應(yīng)用程序能夠讀寫與收發(fā)通訊協(xié)定(protocol)與資料的程序( Socket的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；孔( socket的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；（電器上的）插口；托座；凹穴
參考例句：
All new PCs now have USB sockets. 新的個人計(jì)算機(jī)現(xiàn)在都有通用串行總線插孔。 Make sure the sockets in your house are fingerproof. 確保你房中的插座是防觸電的。 來自超越目標(biāo)英語 第4冊
6 devoid
adj.全無的，缺乏的
參考例句：
He is completely devoid of humour.他十分缺乏幽默。 The house is totally devoid of furniture.這所房子里什么家具都沒有。
7 membranes
n.（動物 或植物體內(nèi)的）薄膜( membrane的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；隔膜；（可起防水、防風(fēng)等作用的）膜狀物
參考例句：
The waste material is placed in cells with permeable membranes. 廢液置于有滲透膜的槽中。 來自辭典例句 The sarcoplasmic reticulum is a system of intracellular membranes. 肌漿網(wǎng)屬于細(xì)胞內(nèi)膜系統(tǒng)。 來自辭典例句
8 remains
n.剩余物，殘留物；遺體，遺跡
參考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.殘羹剩飯喂狗了。
9 random
adj.隨機(jī)的；任意的；n.偶然的(或隨便的)行動
參考例句：
The list is arranged in a random order.名單排列不分先后。 On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.經(jīng)抽查，發(fā)現(xiàn)肉變質(zhì)了。
10 joints
接頭( joint的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )； 關(guān)節(jié)； 公共場所（尤指價格低廉的飲食和娛樂場所） （非正式）； 一塊烤肉 （英式英語）
參考例句：
Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各種各樣的伸縮接頭被安裝在煤氣的總管道上了。 Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各種各樣的伸縮接頭被安裝在蒸氣管道上了。
11 veins
n.紋理；礦脈( vein的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；靜脈；葉脈；紋理
參考例句：
The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血從毛細(xì)血管流回靜脈。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》 I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝過酒后我渾身的血都熱烘烘的，感到很舒服。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
12 translucent
adj.半透明的；透明的
參考例句：
The building is roofed entirely with translucent corrugated plastic.這座建筑完全用半透明瓦楞塑料封頂。 A small difference between them will render the composite translucent.微小的差別,也會使復(fù)合材料變成半透明。
13 bloody
adj.非常的的；流血的；殘忍的；adv.很；vt.血染
參考例句：
He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。 He is a bloody fool.他是一個十足的笨蛋。
14 stump
n.殘株，煙蒂，講演臺；v.砍斷，蹣跚而走
參考例句：
He went on the stump in his home state.他到故鄉(xiāng)所在的州去發(fā)表演說。 He used the stump as a table.他把樹樁用作桌子。
15 tattered
adj.破舊的，衣衫破的
參考例句：
Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣爛衫絲毫沒有影響她的美貌。 Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他們襤褸的衣服和破爛的家具顯出他們的貧窮。
16 scrambling
v.快速爬行( scramble的現(xiàn)在分詞 )；攀登；爭奪；（軍事飛機(jī)）緊急起飛
參考例句：
Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起頭發(fā)，沖出房去。 來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》 She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
17 randomly
adv.隨便地，未加計(jì)劃地
參考例句：
Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼熱的氣體燃燒室內(nèi)，分子在各個方向上作無規(guī)運(yùn)動。 來自辭典例句 Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 轉(zhuǎn)化細(xì)胞則不大貼壁、圓縮并呈雜亂分布。 來自辭典例句
18 flailed
v.鞭打( flail的過去式和過去分詞 )；用連枷脫粒；（臂或腿）無法控制地亂動；掃雷坦克
參考例句：
The boys flailed around on the floor. 男孩子們在地板上任意地動來動去。 The prisoner's limbs flailed violently because of the pain. 那囚犯因?yàn)樘弁矗闹珓×业囟秳又?來自《簡明英漢詞典》
19 sobbing
<主方>Ⅰ adj.濕透的
參考例句：
I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我聽見有個孩子在嗚嗚地哭。 Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因剛哭過而發(fā)紅。
20 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
參考例句：
Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地癱倒在地板上。 The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房頂在雪的重壓下突然坍塌下來。
21 fluorescent
adj.熒光的，發(fā)出熒光的
參考例句：
They observed the deflections of the particles by allowing them to fall on a fluorescent screen.他們讓粒子落在熒光屏上以觀察他們的偏移。 This fluorescent lighting certainly gives the food a peculiar color.這螢光燈當(dāng)然增添了食物特別的色彩。
22 inspector
n.檢查員，監(jiān)察員，視察員
參考例句：
The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.視察員對有關(guān)學(xué)校的一切都感興趣。 The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票員打著手電筒查看車票。
23 crimson
n./adj.深(緋)紅色(的)；vi.臉變緋紅色
參考例句：
She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得滿臉通紅。 Maple leaves have turned crimson.楓葉已經(jīng)紅了。
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