1级-《汤姆·索亚历险记》第7课

前情提要 

暑假来了，汤姆、乔和哈克划船驶向杰克逊岛，过上了无忧无虑的日子。这时，水面上传来许多船的声音，究竟是怎么回事？

故事原文 

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer L7

汤姆·索亚历险记 L7

'What are they doing?' asked Joe.

“他们要干吗？”乔说。

'They're looking for a dead body. I think,' said Huck. 'They did that last summer when Bill Turner fell in the river and drowned.'⑴

“我想，他们是来找尸体的吧。”哈克说，“去年夏天，比尔·特纳掉进河里淹死的那次，他们也是这么干的。”

'Who's dead, do you think?' asked Joe.

“你们说这回是谁死了？”乔问。

The boys watched the boats. Suddenly Tom cried. 'I know who's dead! It's us! They're looking for us!'

男孩子们看着船队。突然，汤姆叫了起来：“我知道谁死了！是我们，他们是来找我们的！”

This was wonderful. Tom looked at his friends. 'We're famous!' he said. 'Everybody in St Peters-burg is talking about us. And they all feel sorry for us!'

这真是太棒啦。汤姆看看伙伴们。“咱们出名了！”他说，“圣彼得斯堡的每个人都在议论我们。他们都在为我们难过呢。”

Night came, and the boys went to sleep. But Tom did not sleep, and when morning came, he wasn't there!

夜晚来临，小伙伴们都睡觉了。但是汤姆没有睡，天亮的时候，他不见了！

'Huck, where's Tom?' cried Joe.

“哈克，汤姆在哪儿？”乔叫道。

'I don't know,' Huck began, 'but--Look! There he is.⑵ He's swimming across to the island now. Hey, Tom!'

“我不知道。”哈克说，“但是——你看！他在那儿，正往岛上游呢。嗨，汤姆！”

At breakfast Tom told his story. 'I went home last night,' he said, 'and listened at the window. Joe, your mother was there, too, and she and Aunt Polly cried and cried. I heard some very interesting things. On Sunday there's going to be a big funeral at the church--for us!⑶ And listen--I've got a wonderful idea.'

吃早餐的时候，汤姆讲了自己的故事。“我昨晚回家了。”他说，“我在窗户外面偷听。乔，你妈妈也在那儿，她和波莉姨妈一直不停地哭。我听到些非常有趣的事。星期天在教堂会举行一个很大的葬礼——是为我们举行的！听着——我有个好主意。”

Huck and Joe listened and laughed, and yes, it was a wonderful idea.

哈克和乔一边听一边笑，是啊，这真是个好主意。

That night the boys cooked some more fish, and after dinner Huck got out his pipe and began to smoke.

那个晚上，小伙伴们又烤了些鱼。晚饭后哈克拿出了他的烟斗，开始抽起烟来。

'Can we smoke, too?' asked Tom. 'I want to learn.'

“我们能抽一口吗？”汤姆问，“我想学学。”

So Huck made pipes for Tom and Joe, and the three boys sat and smoked.

于是哈克给汤姆和乔都做了个烟斗，三个男孩儿坐下来一起抽。

'Hey, I like smoking,' said Tom. 'It's easy!'

“嘿，我喜欢抽烟。”汤姆说，“这挺容易的！”

'It's nothing!' said Joe. 'I'm going to smoke every day.'

“这太容易了！”乔说，“我以后每天都要抽烟。”

But after ten minutes Tom and Joe got quieter and quieter and their faces went an interesting colour.⑷

可是十分钟后，汤姆和乔就越来越安静了，两个人的脸色非常有趣。

'I'm going for a little walk now,' said Tom.⑸ He stood up, carefully, and walked away into the trees.

“我要去走一走。”汤姆说。他小心翼翼地站起来，走进了树林里。

'Me too,' said Joe, quickly.

“我也是。”乔很快也跟着说。

The two boys came back an hour later. But they didn't smoke their pipes again.

一个小时以后，两个男孩儿回来了，但是他们以后再也没有抽过烟斗。

（原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1.drown 溺水；淹没

例句：She fell in the river and drowned.

           她不慎掉入河中溺亡了。

           A train blew its whistle and drowned his voice.

           他的声音被火车的轰鸣声掩盖住了。

2.There he is. （=He is there.）他在那儿。

以there、here、now 等开头，倒装的目的主要是引起对方注意。

例句：There goes the bell. 铃响了。

           Here comes the bus. 公交来了。

3.church 教堂

当church作为机构指代时，前面不加冠词the。

当church作为具体的建筑物时，要用the church。

school，jail 等词与church的用法相同。

例句：They’re at church.

           他们正在参加教堂的活动。

拓展：the Christian church 基督教堂

4.go （+形容词）变得……

例句：I felt my face go red.

           我觉得我的脸红了。

           Her hair is starting to go grey.

           她的头发开始变白了。

           The bread's gone bad.

           面包变质了。

5.go for a walk 散步

   go for a ride 开车兜风

   go for a trip 去旅游

   go for a jog 慢跑