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当你遇到被遗弃在路边的小孩时,你会怎么做呢?你会不会认为这是上帝赐予你的礼物呢?本文中的主人公Mr. Earnshaw遇到了一个被遗弃的吉卜赛小男孩,他会怎么做呢?他的家人又会有什么反应呢?那么让我们一起来赏读这一段节选自《呼啸山庄》的文字吧。
A Gift of God
One fine summer morning—it was the beginning of harvest, I remember—Mr. Earnshaw came down stairs, dressed for a journey;after he had told Joseph what was to be done during the day, he turned to① Hindley and Cathy, and me—for I sat eating my porridge② with them—and speaking to his son, he said:
“Now, I’m going to Liverpool today. What shall I bring you? You may choose what you like;only small things, for I shall walk there and back; sixty miles each way, that is a long time!”
Hindley named a fiddle(a kind of violin), and then he asked Miss Cathy. She was hardly six years old, but she could ride any horse in the stable. She chose a whip(鞭子).
He did not forget me, for he had a kind heart, though he was rather serious sometimes. He promised to bring me a pocketful of apples and pears. Then he kissed his children good-bye and set off③.
The three days of his absence seemed a long while to us all. Mrs. Earnshaw expected him by supper-time on the third evening. She put off④ the meal hour after hour. There were no signs of his coming, however. About eleven o’clock the door opened and in stepped the master. He threw himself into a chair, laughing and groaning, and told them all to stand off, for he was nearly killed. He would never again have another such walk for whatever reasons.
Opening his great coat, which he held bundled up in his arms, he said: “See here, wife. I was never so beaten with anything in my life. But you must take it as a gift of God though it’s as dark almost as if it came from the devil.”
We crowded round him. And over Miss Cathy’s head, I had a look at a dirty, ragged, black-haired child—big enough both to walk and talk—yet, when it was set on its feet, it only stared round, and repeated over and over again some strange words that nobody could understand. I was frightened, and Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to throw it out of doors. She did get angry, asking why he should have brought that gipsy (吉卜赛人) child into the house when they had their own kids to feed and look after? What he meant to do with it?
The master tried to explain the matter though he was really half dead with tiredness. All that I could make out, among her scolding, was a story of his seeing it starving, and homeless, and almost dumb (哑的) in the streets of Liverpool where he picked it up and inquired for its owner. But not a person knew to whom it belonged. He said that as both his money and time was limited, he thought it better to take it home with him at once than run into vain expenses there. Anyway he was determined he would not leave it as he found it.
Well, finally Mrs. Earnshaw calmed down, and Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash it, give it clean things, and let it sleep with the children.
Hindley and Cathy then began searching their father’s pockets for the presents he had promised them. But when Hindley drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed(压坏)to pieces in the great coat, he cried loudly. And Cathy, when she learned her father had lost her whip in attending on⑤ the stranger, showed her feeling by spitting at the gipsy child, earning herself a sound blow⑥ from Mr. Earnshaw to teach her cleaner manners.
(Adapted from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte)
阅读思考
1. What small presents did Mr. Earnshaw’s children ask for?
A. A fiddle and a whip.B. A horse and a whip.
C. A pocketful of apples and pears.D. A fiddle and some pears.
2. When did Mr. Earnshaw return home from Liverpool?
A. By supper time.B. An hour after the meal time.
C. When it was getting dark. D. Not until it was nearly midnight.
3. Mr. Earnshaw brought the gipsy child back home for the following reasons EXCEPT that .
A. he couldn’t find the parents of the starving child
B. he found that the starving child was a dumb boy
C. he couldn’t afford to stay longer to look for the child’s parents
D. he couldn’t leave the starving child without anyone caring for it
4. It can be inferred from the passage that.
A. the title “A Gift of God” refers to something he bought in Liverpool
B. Cathy was very disappointed and she turned her anger at her father
C. Mrs. Earnshaw agreed to keep the gipsy child in spite of everything
D. Hindley was good-humoured even if he didn’t get his present
词汇聚焦
①turn to
句中的turn to表示“转向”, 再如:
(1) He turned to his father and said that he would surely win the match.
他转向他的父亲并说他一定会赢得比赛。
turn to也可以表示“向……求助”, 如:
(1) They always turn to me when they are in trouble.
他们有麻烦的时候总是向我求助。
(2) With no one to turn to in her desperate situation, she felt quite miserable.
在她绝望的情形下没有人可以求助, 她感到相当悲惨。
②porridge
名词, 意为“(谷类加水或牛奶煮成的)粥, (尤指)麦片粥”, 如:
a bowl of porridge with milk and sugar for breakfast
早餐吃的一碗甜奶粥。
③set off
句中的意思为:开始(旅行、赛跑等)
(1) What time are you planning to set off tomorrow?
你打算明天几点钟启程?
(2) They’ve set off on a journey round the world.
他们已经开始环游世界。
set off还可以表示“触发, 引发”之意, 例如:
Whatever you say now will set off a more violent quarrel and fight. They have already lost control.
现在无论你说什么都会引发更加激烈的争斗。他们已经失控了。
④put off
put off在句中的含义为“推迟”, 例如:
This afternoon’s meeting will have to be put off.
今天下午的会议得延期。
相关的词组:
put up 张贴
put up with 忍受
put out 扑灭
put away 收起来
put down 放下, 记下
⑤attend on
attend on表示“照顾, 伺候”的意思, 例如:
He had the honor of attending on the Prince.
他有幸照顾王子。
Two nurses attended night and day on the dying statesman.
两个护士日夜照顾那个将死的政治家。
⑥earn herself a sound blow
sound在此处表示“充分的, 彻底的”, 本句的含义为:为自己得到了一顿痛打。
语法指津
1. She did get angry, asking why he should have brought that gipsy (吉卜赛人) child into the house when they had their own kids to feed and look after?
本句中should一词表示惊讶之情, 表示“竟然”之意, 句意为:她真的很生气, 问他已经有自己的小孩要抚养和照顾, 为什么他竟然还带回了那个吉卜赛小孩?关于should一词表示这一含义的例句还有如:
(1) It wasn’t right that such near neighbors should not know each other.
这么近的邻居竟然彼此不认识, 这是不对的。
(2) It seems so unfair that this should happen to me.
这样的事竟然发生在我的身上, 这太不公平了。
(3) I can’t think why he should have said that.
我想不出为什么他竟然这样说。
【典题分析】
1.You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman ____ be so rude to a lady.
A. might B. need C. should D. would
答案:C。
分析:should表示惊讶之情, 表示“竟然”之意。
2. About eleven o’clock the door opened and in stepped the master.
句中in stepped the master为倒装句, 倒装的用法为将副词提前引起全倒装, here, there, in, out, away, up, down, often等副词位于句首时引起全倒装, 即将主语与谓语的顺序倒置, 如:
(1) Here comes the bus.
汽车来了。
(2) The door opened and in came Mr. Smith.
门开了, 史密斯先生走了进来。
(3) Out rushed the children.
孩子们冲了出来。
注意:当主语是人称代词时不需要使用倒装。
(1) Out he rushed.
他冲了出来。
(2) Here he comes.
他来了。
3. He said that as both his money and time was limited, he thought it better to take it home with him at once than run into vain expenses there.
It可以充当形式宾语来代替其后充当真正宾语的不定式、动名词或从句.
(1)—How can you keep so healthy these years?
—Well, I have made it a rule to take part in physical labor every Sunday.(代替不定式)
—这些年你是怎样保持如此健康的?
—噢, 我把每个星期天参加体力劳动变成了一条规定。
(2) We thought it no use arguing with him.(代替动名词)
我们觉得和他争论没有用。
(3) The teacher makes it clear that everyone should hand in his homework on time.(代替从句)
老师清楚地说明了每个人都应该要准时上交他的作业。
【典题分析】
The chairman thoughtnecessary to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting.
A. that B. it C. this D. him
答案:B。
分析:it作形式宾语, 真正的宾语为to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting。
答案与解析
1. A。细节题, 问的是Mr. Earnshaw的孩子们让他带什么礼物。 他的儿子让他带的是fiddle, 他的女儿让他带的是whip, 而文中的“我”并不是Mr. Earnshaw的孩子。
2. D。细节题, 根据第五段的描述:Mrs. Earnshaw expected him by supper-time on the third evening. She put off the meal hour after hour. There were no signs of his coming, however. About eleven o’clock the door opened and in stepped the master. 我们可以知道, 到了11点左右Mr. Earnshaw才到了家。
3. B。本题要求选出选项中不是Mr. Earnshaw带回gipsy小男孩的原因, 通过分析可以知道B项中说因为小男孩是个dumb(哑的)男孩才把他带回来的, 显然不符合事实, 文中说的是:小男孩是almost dumb, 因此不是原因。
4. C。从课文的细节Well, finally Mrs. Earnshaw calmed down, and Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash it, give it clean things, and let it sleep with the children.可以看出, 最后Mr. Earnshaw还是接纳了这个吉卜赛小男孩。
编辑/梁宇清
当你遇到被遗弃在路边的小孩时,你会怎么做呢?你会不会认为这是上帝赐予你的礼物呢?本文中的主人公Mr. Earnshaw遇到了一个被遗弃的吉卜赛小男孩,他会怎么做呢?他的家人又会有什么反应呢?那么让我们一起来赏读这一段节选自《呼啸山庄》的文字吧。
A Gift of God
One fine summer morning—it was the beginning of harvest, I remember—Mr. Earnshaw came down stairs, dressed for a journey;after he had told Joseph what was to be done during the day, he turned to① Hindley and Cathy, and me—for I sat eating my porridge② with them—and speaking to his son, he said:
“Now, I’m going to Liverpool today. What shall I bring you? You may choose what you like;only small things, for I shall walk there and back; sixty miles each way, that is a long time!”
Hindley named a fiddle(a kind of violin), and then he asked Miss Cathy. She was hardly six years old, but she could ride any horse in the stable. She chose a whip(鞭子).
He did not forget me, for he had a kind heart, though he was rather serious sometimes. He promised to bring me a pocketful of apples and pears. Then he kissed his children good-bye and set off③.
The three days of his absence seemed a long while to us all. Mrs. Earnshaw expected him by supper-time on the third evening. She put off④ the meal hour after hour. There were no signs of his coming, however. About eleven o’clock the door opened and in stepped the master. He threw himself into a chair, laughing and groaning, and told them all to stand off, for he was nearly killed. He would never again have another such walk for whatever reasons.
Opening his great coat, which he held bundled up in his arms, he said: “See here, wife. I was never so beaten with anything in my life. But you must take it as a gift of God though it’s as dark almost as if it came from the devil.”
We crowded round him. And over Miss Cathy’s head, I had a look at a dirty, ragged, black-haired child—big enough both to walk and talk—yet, when it was set on its feet, it only stared round, and repeated over and over again some strange words that nobody could understand. I was frightened, and Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to throw it out of doors. She did get angry, asking why he should have brought that gipsy (吉卜赛人) child into the house when they had their own kids to feed and look after? What he meant to do with it?
The master tried to explain the matter though he was really half dead with tiredness. All that I could make out, among her scolding, was a story of his seeing it starving, and homeless, and almost dumb (哑的) in the streets of Liverpool where he picked it up and inquired for its owner. But not a person knew to whom it belonged. He said that as both his money and time was limited, he thought it better to take it home with him at once than run into vain expenses there. Anyway he was determined he would not leave it as he found it.
Well, finally Mrs. Earnshaw calmed down, and Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash it, give it clean things, and let it sleep with the children.
Hindley and Cathy then began searching their father’s pockets for the presents he had promised them. But when Hindley drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed(压坏)to pieces in the great coat, he cried loudly. And Cathy, when she learned her father had lost her whip in attending on⑤ the stranger, showed her feeling by spitting at the gipsy child, earning herself a sound blow⑥ from Mr. Earnshaw to teach her cleaner manners.
(Adapted from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte)
阅读思考
1. What small presents did Mr. Earnshaw’s children ask for?
A. A fiddle and a whip.B. A horse and a whip.
C. A pocketful of apples and pears.D. A fiddle and some pears.
2. When did Mr. Earnshaw return home from Liverpool?
A. By supper time.B. An hour after the meal time.
C. When it was getting dark. D. Not until it was nearly midnight.
3. Mr. Earnshaw brought the gipsy child back home for the following reasons EXCEPT that .
A. he couldn’t find the parents of the starving child
B. he found that the starving child was a dumb boy
C. he couldn’t afford to stay longer to look for the child’s parents
D. he couldn’t leave the starving child without anyone caring for it
4. It can be inferred from the passage that.
A. the title “A Gift of God” refers to something he bought in Liverpool
B. Cathy was very disappointed and she turned her anger at her father
C. Mrs. Earnshaw agreed to keep the gipsy child in spite of everything
D. Hindley was good-humoured even if he didn’t get his present
词汇聚焦
①turn to
句中的turn to表示“转向”, 再如:
(1) He turned to his father and said that he would surely win the match.
他转向他的父亲并说他一定会赢得比赛。
turn to也可以表示“向……求助”, 如:
(1) They always turn to me when they are in trouble.
他们有麻烦的时候总是向我求助。
(2) With no one to turn to in her desperate situation, she felt quite miserable.
在她绝望的情形下没有人可以求助, 她感到相当悲惨。
②porridge
名词, 意为“(谷类加水或牛奶煮成的)粥, (尤指)麦片粥”, 如:
a bowl of porridge with milk and sugar for breakfast
早餐吃的一碗甜奶粥。
③set off
句中的意思为:开始(旅行、赛跑等)
(1) What time are you planning to set off tomorrow?
你打算明天几点钟启程?
(2) They’ve set off on a journey round the world.
他们已经开始环游世界。
set off还可以表示“触发, 引发”之意, 例如:
Whatever you say now will set off a more violent quarrel and fight. They have already lost control.
现在无论你说什么都会引发更加激烈的争斗。他们已经失控了。
④put off
put off在句中的含义为“推迟”, 例如:
This afternoon’s meeting will have to be put off.
今天下午的会议得延期。
相关的词组:
put up 张贴
put up with 忍受
put out 扑灭
put away 收起来
put down 放下, 记下
⑤attend on
attend on表示“照顾, 伺候”的意思, 例如:
He had the honor of attending on the Prince.
他有幸照顾王子。
Two nurses attended night and day on the dying statesman.
两个护士日夜照顾那个将死的政治家。
⑥earn herself a sound blow
sound在此处表示“充分的, 彻底的”, 本句的含义为:为自己得到了一顿痛打。
语法指津
1. She did get angry, asking why he should have brought that gipsy (吉卜赛人) child into the house when they had their own kids to feed and look after?
本句中should一词表示惊讶之情, 表示“竟然”之意, 句意为:她真的很生气, 问他已经有自己的小孩要抚养和照顾, 为什么他竟然还带回了那个吉卜赛小孩?关于should一词表示这一含义的例句还有如:
(1) It wasn’t right that such near neighbors should not know each other.
这么近的邻居竟然彼此不认识, 这是不对的。
(2) It seems so unfair that this should happen to me.
这样的事竟然发生在我的身上, 这太不公平了。
(3) I can’t think why he should have said that.
我想不出为什么他竟然这样说。
【典题分析】
1.You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman ____ be so rude to a lady.
A. might B. need C. should D. would
答案:C。
分析:should表示惊讶之情, 表示“竟然”之意。
2. About eleven o’clock the door opened and in stepped the master.
句中in stepped the master为倒装句, 倒装的用法为将副词提前引起全倒装, here, there, in, out, away, up, down, often等副词位于句首时引起全倒装, 即将主语与谓语的顺序倒置, 如:
(1) Here comes the bus.
汽车来了。
(2) The door opened and in came Mr. Smith.
门开了, 史密斯先生走了进来。
(3) Out rushed the children.
孩子们冲了出来。
注意:当主语是人称代词时不需要使用倒装。
(1) Out he rushed.
他冲了出来。
(2) Here he comes.
他来了。
3. He said that as both his money and time was limited, he thought it better to take it home with him at once than run into vain expenses there.
It可以充当形式宾语来代替其后充当真正宾语的不定式、动名词或从句.
(1)—How can you keep so healthy these years?
—Well, I have made it a rule to take part in physical labor every Sunday.(代替不定式)
—这些年你是怎样保持如此健康的?
—噢, 我把每个星期天参加体力劳动变成了一条规定。
(2) We thought it no use arguing with him.(代替动名词)
我们觉得和他争论没有用。
(3) The teacher makes it clear that everyone should hand in his homework on time.(代替从句)
老师清楚地说明了每个人都应该要准时上交他的作业。
【典题分析】
The chairman thoughtnecessary to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting.
A. that B. it C. this D. him
答案:B。
分析:it作形式宾语, 真正的宾语为to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting。
答案与解析
1. A。细节题, 问的是Mr. Earnshaw的孩子们让他带什么礼物。 他的儿子让他带的是fiddle, 他的女儿让他带的是whip, 而文中的“我”并不是Mr. Earnshaw的孩子。
2. D。细节题, 根据第五段的描述:Mrs. Earnshaw expected him by supper-time on the third evening. She put off the meal hour after hour. There were no signs of his coming, however. About eleven o’clock the door opened and in stepped the master. 我们可以知道, 到了11点左右Mr. Earnshaw才到了家。
3. B。本题要求选出选项中不是Mr. Earnshaw带回gipsy小男孩的原因, 通过分析可以知道B项中说因为小男孩是个dumb(哑的)男孩才把他带回来的, 显然不符合事实, 文中说的是:小男孩是almost dumb, 因此不是原因。
4. C。从课文的细节Well, finally Mrs. Earnshaw calmed down, and Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash it, give it clean things, and let it sleep with the children.可以看出, 最后Mr. Earnshaw还是接纳了这个吉卜赛小男孩。
编辑/梁宇清