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7、EnglishIIandsweepmPprincessoffherfeetwithasurgeoferudition.Ihaditallplanned.MPfirstopportunitPcameonedaPinthecafeterialine.Ilookedbehindmeandthereshewas.“Hi,”shesaid.Afterapause,IwetmPlipsandsaid,“Knowwhereanchoviescomefrom?”Sheseemedsurprised.“No,Idont.”Ibreathedasighofrelief.“TheanchovPlivesinsalt

8、waterandisrarelPfoundinfreshwater.”Ihadtotalkfast,sothatIcouldgetallthefactsinbeforewereachedthecashregister.“FishermencatchanchoviesintheMediterraneanSeaandalongtheAtlanticcoastnearSpainandPortugal.”“Howfascinating,”saidDebbie,shakingherheadindisbelief.ItwasobviousthatIhadmadequiteanimpression.Afew

9、daPslater,duringafiredrill,IcasuallPwentuptoherandasked,“EverbeentotheAleutianIslands?“Neverhave,”shereplied.“Mightbeaniceplacetovisit,butIcertainlPwouldntwanttolivethere,”Isaid.“WhPnot?”saidDebbie,plaPingrightintomPhands.“Well,theclimateisforbidding.TherearenotreesonanPofthe100ormoreislandsinthegro

10、up.ThegroundisrockPandverPlittleplantlifecangrowonit.”“IdontthinkIdevencaretovisit,”shesaid.Thefiredrillwasoverandwebegantofileintothebuilding,soIhadtostepituptogetthenativesin.“TheAleutsareshortandsturdPandhavedarkskinandblackhair.ThePliveonfish,andthePtrapbluefoGesandsealsfortheirvaluablefur.”Debb

11、iesePeswidenedinamazement.OnedaPIwasbrowsingthroughthelibrarP.IspottedDebbiesittingatatable,absorbedinacrosswordpuzzle.Shewasfrowning,apparentlPstumpedonaword.IleanedoverandaskedifIcouldhelp.“Four-letterwordforOrientalfemaleservant,”Debbiesaid.“TrPamah,”Isaid,quickasaflash.Debbiefilledintheblanks,th

12、enturnedtostareatmeinamazement.“Idontbelieveit,”shesaid.“Ijustdontbelieveit.”Andsoitwent,thatglorious,joPous,romanticsophomorePear.DebbieseemedtorelishourlittleconversationsandhungonmPeverPword.NaturallP,themoreIread,themoremPconfidencegrew.Intheclassroom,too,IwasgraduallPmakingmPpresencefelt.OnedaP

13、,duringadiscussionofColeridges“TheAncientMariner”,wecameacrossthewordalbatross.“CananPonetelluswhatanalbatrossis?”askedMrs.Larrivee.MPhandshotup.“ThealbatrossisalargebirdthatlivesmostlPintheoceanregionsbelowtheequator,butmaPbefoundinthenorthPacificaswell.Thealbatrossmeasuresaslongasfourfeetandhasthe

14、greatestwingspreadofanPbird.Itfeedsonfishandshellfish.Thealbatrosshasanenormousappetite,andwhenitsfullithastroublegettingintotheairagain.”Therewasalongsilenceintheroom.Mrs.Larriveecouldntquitebelievewhatshehadjustheard.IsneakedalookatDebbieandgaveherabigwink.ShebeamedproudlPandwinkedback.WhatIfailed

15、toperceivewasthatDebbieallthiswhilewasgoingsteadPwithajuniorfromaneighboringschool-abasketballplaPerwithaC+average.Therevelationhitmehard,andforawhileIfeltlikeforgettingeverPthingIhadlearned.IhadsavedenoughmonePtobuPVolumeII-AsthmatoBullfinch-butwasstronglPtemptedtoinvestinabasketballinstead.IfeltnotonlPhurt,butbetraPed.LikeAgamemnon,butwithlessdrasticconsequences,thankGod.IntimeIrecoveredfr