1级-《汤姆·索亚历险记》第6课

前情提要 

打斗中，印江·乔杀死了医生，之后把刀放进了一旁昏迷的穆夫·波特手里，让穆夫以为是他误杀了人。第二天，穆夫被逮捕，汤姆和乔永远也忘不了那个可怕的夜晚。因为害怕杀人犯印江，这件事他们谁都不敢说……

故事原文 

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer L6

汤姆·索亚历险记 L6

The summer holidays came, and there was no school. Tom didn't want to think about Muff Potter and Injun Joe, but it wasn't easy. At night, when he was in bed, he saw Injun Joe's face in the dark, and he couldn't sleep. But he couldn't talk to anyone about it.

暑假到了，不用上学啦。汤姆不愿去想穆夫·波特和印江·乔，但那并不容易。每到夜里，当他躺在床上，就会在黑暗中看到印江·乔的脸，以致无法人睡。但是他却不能告诉任何人。

One hot summer's day he and Joe Harper were down by the Mississippi River.⑴ They sat and watched the boats, and fished and talked.

一个炎热的夏日，他和乔·哈珀来到密西西比河边。两个孩子坐下来，看着往来的船只，一边钓鱼一边聊天。

'Let's get away from here!' said Tom, suddenly.⑵ 'Let's go and do something exciting somewhere.'⑶

“我们离开这儿吧！”汤姆突然说，“我们去别的地方找点儿乐子。”

'OK,' said Joe. 'But what? And where?'

“好啊，”乔说，“可是去干吗啊？去哪儿呢？”

'I know,’ Tom said. 'Let's run away. Let's go and live on Jackson's Island. We can sleep out, under the trees.'

“我心里有数。”汤姆说，“我们离开这儿，去杰克逊岛过日子。我们可以在露天在大树底下睡觉。”

Jackson's Island was in the Mississippi, three miles south of St Peters-burg. Nobody lived there.

杰克逊岛在密西西比河上，离圣彼得斯堡南面三英里的地方，没有人在那儿居住。

'Let's ask Huck Finn, too,' said Tom. 'But don't tell your mother or father or anyone. Go home and get some things to eat, and meet me here at midnight.'

“我们再问问哈克·费恩。”汤姆说，“但是别告诉你爸妈和其他人啊。回家拿点儿吃的，午夜的时候在这儿见。”

So that night three boys in a small boat went down the river to Jackson's Island. They had some bread and some meat, and Huck had his pipe, too. When they got there, they carried everything on to the island and made a fire, under a big old tree.⑷ Then they cooked some of the meat over the fire, and oh, that meat was good--the best dinner in the world! Soon, they stopped talking, their eyes closed, and they slept.

当天晚上，三个男孩儿划着一只小船，顺流来到杰克逊岛。他们带了些面包和肉，哈克还带着他的烟斗。到了那里，他们把所有东西都搬到岛上，然后在一棵古老的大树下生起了火。他们在火上烤了些肉，哎呀，肉真香啊——这真是世界上最好的晚餐！很快，他们就不再聊天了，闭上眼睛睡着了。

The next morning Tom woke up with the sun on his head and a smile on his face. Then Huck and Joe woke up, and the three boys ran down to the river to swim. After that, they fished, and soon they had about six big fish for their breakfast. They cooked the fish on their fire and ate them all. They were very hungry.

第二天早上，汤姆醒过来，阳光照在他的头上，微笑挂在他的脸上。哈克和乔也都醒了，三个男孩儿跑到河里去游泳，然后钓鱼，很快就钓到了六条大鱼来当早餐。他们在火上把鱼烤熟，然后吃得干干净净。他们都饿极了。

'That,' said Joe happily, 'was a wonderful breakfast!'

“这个，”乔兴高采烈地说，“真是顿丰盛的早餐啊！”

After breakfast they walked through the island, swam some more, talked, fished, and swam again. They came back to their fire in the afternoon. Suddenly, Tom looked up and said, 'Listen. Can you hear boats?'

早餐之后，他们在岛上漫步，又游了会儿泳，然后聊天，钓鱼，接着再游泳。下午的时候，他们回到了火堆边。突然，汤姆抬起了头，说道：“听！你们听见船的声音了吗？”

They listened, and then ran across the island to look down the river. There were twenty or more boats on the water. Every boat in St Peters-burg was out.⑸

他们竖起了耳朵，然后跑着穿过小岛，向河上望去。水面上驶来了二十多只船，圣彼得斯堡所有的船都出动了。

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核心语言点 

1.down 去不远的地方

例句：I saw her down at the subway station this morning.

           今天早上我在地铁站看到她了。

           I’m going down to the shop to buy some milk during the class break.

           在课间休息时，我要去商店买点牛奶。

2.get away from... 从……离开/走开/摆脱

例句：Sometimes you need to get away from the pressures of study and work.

           有时候你需要从学习和工作的压力中解脱出来。

           I’ll get away from it all for a couple of weeks this summer.

           到夏天我会抽出一些时间好好放松一下。

3.something +形容词……的事

拓展：something interesting 有趣的事

           something dangerous 危险的事

           something wrong 出问题

例句：I think there’s something wrong with my phone.

           我想我的手机出问题了。

4.carry on 继续

例句：After he left I just tried to carry on as normal.

          他走后，我只是像平常一样继续生活。

          Sorry, I interrupted you. Please carry on.

          不好意思，打断了您。您继续。

5.out 不在

例句：Did anyone call while I was out?

           我出门的时候有人给我打电话吗？

           I came around to see you this morning, but you were out.

           今天上午我来拜访你，可是你不在。