Great Sentences 037: 川普过堂的描写


今天跟你分享的句子摘自最新的《大西洋月刊》杂志关于川普被法庭传唤的一篇文章。作者对川普在法庭上的侧写很细致,值得把玩学习。

*arraign 传唤、传讯、控告
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He shuffled quietly into the courtroom and took his seat at the defense table. He looked strangely small sitting there flanked by lawyers—his shoulders slumped, his hands in his lap, his 6-foot-3-inch frame seeming to retreat into itself.
When he spoke—“Not guilty”—it came out hoarse, almost a whisper. Pundits and reporters had spent weeks trying to imagine what this moment would look like.
How would a former president—especially one who prided himself on showmanship—behave while under arrest? Would he act smug? Defiant? Righteously indignant? 
- McKay Coppins, The Atlantic

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