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　　As she stood clutching her drink in the cocktail lounge next to the airplane cockpit,Celeste was no longer cognitive of her actions.She was so drunk now that she was convinced the hands of the clock weren't spinning clockwise anymore!And the men looking at her with certainly impure thoughts didn't offend her as they would have before this last week.
　　Despite her drunkenness, however,she did know for sure that it was no coincidence that her husband and that Marilyn Monroe clone had stepped out of that closet together.And no one could coax her anymore into believing that they were just clowning around.Now it was obvious that Celeste's view of her marriage had just collided with reality.Her husband was having an affair!
　　All of his attempts at a coherent explanation still clogged her mind.First he said that that was the only place where they could have a private collaboration about an upcoming coalition meeting to disarm cluster bombs in Iraq.Hah!That was ridiculous.She had almost thrown her coconut flavored drink in his face.And his friends didn't tell the truth,either;they were all in collaboration together!
　　Then he said that someone slipped some cocaine into his food and he couldn't control himself.Well,that wasn't a cohesive argument,either.Now she had set up a meeting where he could just “coincide” with her lawyer about the whole thing.But she wasn't interested in him anymore,he could die tomorrow of colon cancer for all she cared!
　　记单词
　　clockwise 顺时针方向地(的)
　　clog vt.塞满，阻塞n.[常pl.]木屐
　　clone n.1.无性繁殖系(的个体)，克隆2.复制品，翻版v.(使)无性繁殖，克隆
　　closet n.橱，壁橱a.私下的，隐蔽的vt.把…引进密室会谈
　　clown n.1.小丑，丑角2.举止滑稽可笑的人，傻瓜vi.扮小丑，装傻
　　cluster n.1.(果实、花等的)串，簇2.(人、物等的)群，组vi.群集，丛生vt.使群集，集中
　　cluster bomb榴霰弹，子母弹
　　clutch vi.(at)企图抓住vt.抓紧，紧握n.1.(汽车、机器等的)离合器
　　2.[常pl.]掌握，控制3.把握，抓紧
　　coalition n.1.结合体，同盟
　　2.结合，联合
　　coax v.劝诱，哄
　　cocaine n.可卡因，古柯碱
　　cockpit n.(飞行员等的)座舱，(赛车)驾驶座
　　cocktail n.1.鸡尾酒2.餐前开胃小吃3.混合物
　　cocktail lounge(在俱乐部、旅馆及机构等处)供应鸡尾酒等饮料的休息室，酒吧间
　　coconut n.椰子，椰子肉
　　cognitive a.认知的，认识能力的
　　coherent a.1.条理清楚的，连贯的2.一致的，协调的
　　cohesive a.黏合性的，有结合力的
　　coincide vi.1.同时发生2.相符，相一致3.位置重合，重叠
　　coincidence n.1.巧合，巧事2.(意见、爱好等的)一致，符合
　　collaboration n.1.合作，协作2.勾结
　　in collaboration with与…合作，与…勾结
　　collide vi.1.碰撞，互撞2.冲突，抵触
　　colon n.1.冒号2.结肠
　　当她在飞机座舱旁边的酒吧间紧握着饮料站在那里时，西莱斯特对自己的行为已经不再有认识能力了。她喝得烂醉，她认定钟的指针不再按顺时针方向走动!男人们不怀好意地看着她也没有像上周那样使她生气。
　　但是，尽管醉了，她还是清楚地知道她的丈夫与那个玛丽莲·梦露的翻版一起从壁橱走出来绝不是巧合。并且谁也不能再哄她让她相信他们只是在装扮小丑，以取悦于人。很显然，西莱斯特对自己的婚姻的看法与现实发生了冲突。她丈夫有外遇了!
　　丈夫力图做出一致的解释，所有这一切仍然塞满了她的大脑。他首先说那是他们进行私下合作的的地方，他们要讨论即将召开的联合会议以清除伊拉克的榴霰弹。啊哈!这太可笑了。她几乎想把她的椰子味饮料泼到他的脸上。他的朋友也没有说实话，他们原来是串通好的!
　　然后他说有人在他的食物中悄悄放了可卡因，所以他无法控制自己。这一说法也没有粘聚力。现在她安排了一次见面，他将与她的律师同时出现讲清楚整个事情。不过她已经不再对他感兴趣，他可以明天就死于结肠癌，她才不管呢!
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