1级-《汤姆·索亚历险记》第2课

前情提要  

汤姆被波莉姨妈带大，他总是调皮捣蛋，姨妈有时管不住他。一天，汤姆正在刷栅栏，他的朋友乔走了过来。汤姆会让乔干什么？

故事原文  

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer L2

汤姆·索亚历险记 L2

Joe watched Tom for about five minutes. Tom painted very slowly and carefully. He often stopped, moved back from the fence and looked at his work with a smile.⑴ Joe began to get very interested, and said:

乔盯着汤姆看了差不多有五分钟。汤姆非常认真地慢慢刷着油漆。他时不时停下来，后退两步，看着自己的杰作微笑。乔开始感兴趣了，他问道：

'Tom, can I paint a little?'

“汤姆，我能刷一会儿吗?”

Tom thought for a second. 'I'm sorry, Joe. You see my aunt wants me to do it because I'm good at painting.⑵ My brother Sid wanted to paint, too, but she said no.'

汤姆想了一下。“对不起，乔。你知道吗，我姨妈让我来干这活儿是因为我刷得好。我弟弟锡德也想刷呢，但她不同意。”

'Oh. please, Tom, just a little. I'm good at painting, too. Hey, do you want some of my apple?'

“哦，求求你，汤姆，就一点儿成吗？我也刷得挺好的。嗨，你想来点儿我的苹果吗？”

'No, Joe, I can't--'

“不行，乔，我不能——”

'OK, you can have all my apple!'

“好吧，我把整个苹果都给你！”

Tom gave Joe the brush. He did not smile, but for the first time that day he was a very happy boy. He sat down and ate Joe's apple.

汤姆把刷子递给乔。他没有笑，但那是他那天第一次非常开心。他坐了下来，吃着乔的苹果。

More friends came to laugh at Tom, but soon they all wanted to paint, too. By the afternoon Tom had three balls, an old knife, a cat with one eye, an old blue bottle and a lot of other exciting things. He was the richest boy in St Peters-burg, and the fence--all thirty metres of it--was a beautiful white. He went back to the house.

更多的伙伴过来嘲笑汤姆，但不久他们就都想要刷油漆了。到下午时，汤姆已经有了三个球、一把旧的小刀、一只独眼猫、一个旧的蓝瓶子和其他许多稀奇玩意儿。现在他是圣彼得斯堡最富有的男孩儿了，而那道栅栏——整整30米长的栅栏——被涂上了美丽的白色。他走回屋子。

'Aunt Polly! Can I go and play now?'

“波莉姨妈！现在我能出去玩了吗？”

Aunt Polly came out of the house to look. When she saw the beautiful white fence. she was very pleased.⑶ She took Tom into the house and gave him an apple.

波莉姨妈走出屋来检查，当她看到漂亮的白色栅栏时，非常满意。她把汤姆带回屋里，给了他一个苹果。

'Well, you can go and play. But don' t come home late.'

“好，你现在可以去玩了，但是别回来得太晚。”

Tom quickly took a second apple and ran off.⑷

汤姆飞快地又拿了一个苹果，跑出去了。

On Monday morning Tom didn't want to go to school, but Aunt Polly got him out of bed, and then out of the house.⑸ In the street near the school he met his friend Huckleberry Finn. Huck had no mother, and his father drank whiskey all the time, so Huck lived in the streets. He didn't go to school, he was always dirty, and he never had a new shirt. But he was happy. The mothers of St Petersburg didn't like Huck, but Tom and his friends did.

星期一的早上，汤姆不想去上学，但是波莉姨妈把他揪下床，丢出了门。在学校附近的街上，他遇到了好朋友哈克贝利·费恩。哈克没有母亲，父亲成天喝酒，所以哈克就露宿街头了。他不上学，总是脏兮兮的，从来没穿过新衣服，但是他很快乐。圣彼得斯堡的妈妈们不喜欢他，但是汤姆和伙伴们都喜欢他。

'Hello, Huck!' said Tom. 'What have you got there?'⑹

“你好啊，哈克！”汤姆说，“你那是弄了个什么？”

'A dead cat.'

“一只死猫。”

'What're you going to do with it?' asked Tom.

“你要把它怎么样？”汤姆问。

'I'm going to take it to the graveyard tonight,' Huck said. 'At midnight. a dead cat can call ghosts out of their graves.'

“我打算今晚把它拿到坟场去。”哈克说，“在午夜的时候，一只死猫能把坟墓里的鬼魂召出来。”

'I never heard that,’ said Tom. 'Is it true?'

“我从来没听说过。”汤姆说，“是真的吗？”

'Well, I don't know,' said Huck. 'Old Mrs Hopkins told me. Come with me, and see. Or are you afraid of ghosts?'

“哦，我不知道。”哈克说，“是老霍普金斯太太告诉我的。跟我来看看吧，你就能知道了。你不会害怕鬼吧？”

'Of course not!' said Tom. 'Come and meow for me at my window at eleven o'clock.'

“当然不！”汤姆说，“11点钟到我窗口学猫叫叫我。”

After this, Tom was late for school, and the teacher looked at him angrily.

这之后，汤姆上学迟到了，老师生气地看着他。 

'Thomas Sawyer, why are you late again?' he said.

“托马斯·索亚，你怎么又迟到了？”他说。

Tom began to speak, and then stopped. There was a new girl in the schoolroom--a beautiful girl with blue eyes and long yellow hair. Tom looked and looked.

汤姆开始讲话，然而又停住了。教室里有个新来的女生——一个有着蓝眼睛、黄色长发的漂亮女孩子。汤姆打量个不停。

Oh, how beautiful she was! And in two seconds Tom was in love! He must sit next to her. But how?

哦，她长得多漂亮啊！短短两秒钟内，汤姆恋爱了！他必须坐在她旁边。但怎么做呢？

（原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点  

1.work 作品

拓展：work of art 艺术作品

           work of sculpture 雕塑作品

           work of paint 绘画作品

2.be good at... 擅长……

拓展：be good at doing sth. 擅长做某事

例句：Alex is very good at languages.

           Alex很擅长语言。

           Your parents are good at cooking.

           你的父母擅长做饭。

3.pleased （= happy）开心的；满意的

拓展：be pleased about sth. 对……开心

例句：I could tell they were pleased about the news.

           我看得出来他们听到这个消息很开心

           Her mother was pleased that she chose a college close to home.

           她母亲很高兴她选择了离家近的一所大学。

4.run off 逃跑；出走；离开

例句：Amy’s husband had run off and left her with two children to bring up.

           Amy的丈夫离家出走，留下她和两个孩子要抚养。

5.get sb. out of... 把某人从某种状态中解救出来

拓展：get him out of the room 把他从房间丢出去

           get him out of the danger 救他于危难之中

           get him out of the comfort zone 帮助他走出舒适区

6.What have you got? （英式英语）

=What do you have? （美式英语）

Do you have a pen? （美式英语）

=Have you got a pen? （英式英语）