Day20 Chapter12～15复习 20.1 Chapter12～15复习

20.1 Chapter 12~15复习

一、故事大纲

《夏洛的网》12~15章中，Wilbur和Fern这两条线索交织出现。Wilbur这边，神迹再度出现，Wilbur名气越来越大，似乎拯救工作即将大功告成，但还有最重要最艰巨的一项任务才能解锁免死金牌。Fern这条线是暗线，在下面的章节里，依据Fern的生活这条线索，我们会看到动物们是怎样完成这个最艰巨的任务的。与此同时，Fern的感情会出现怎样的转变呢？

二、精彩片段

片段1——如何说服一只老鼠

“Look,” said the old sheep, “next time you go to the dump, Templeton, bring back a clipping from a magazine. Charlotte needs new ideas so she can write messages in her web and save Wilbur's life.”

“Let him die,” said the rat. “I should worry.”

“You'll worry all right when next winter comes,” said the sheep. “You'll worry all right on a zero morning next January when Wilbur is dead and nobody comes down here with a nice pail of warm slopes to pour into the trough. Wilbur's leftover food is your chief source of supply, Templeton. You know that. Wilbur's food is your food; therefore Wilbur's destiny and your destiny are closely linked. If Wilbur is killed and his trough stands empty day after day, you'll grow so thin we can look right through your stomach and see objects on the other side.”

Templeton's whiskers quivered.

翻译

“听着，”老羊说，“坦普尔顿，下次你去垃圾堆，记得找一份剪报带回来，夏洛需要新点子，她好织在网上，救威尔伯的性命。”

“让他死吧，”老鼠说，“我才不操心呢。”

“当冬天来临，你就会操心了，”老羊说，“来年一月份冰冷的清晨，威尔伯死了，也就没人会送来一桶美味的泔水倒进猪槽了。威尔伯的剩饭是你主要的食物来源，坦普尔顿，你是知道的。威尔伯的饭就是你的饭，所以他的命运跟你的命运密切相连。如果威尔伯被宰了，他的猪槽一天天地空着，你也会瘦得皮包骨、瘦得透亮”。

坦普尔顿的胡子抖了几下。

赏析

虽然作者是个文学家，但也很会做思想工作，懂得抓住对方的需要说服对方。作者借老羊之口，为我们演示了如何说服一只自私自利的老鼠为别人工作。

听完老羊语重心长、刻骨铭心的话，Templeton第二天专程跑了垃圾堆一趟。老羊的谈判技巧是站在对方的角度想问题，让对方觉得他的利益和你的利益紧密相连。试想如果老羊只知道说一些高风亮节的话，比如“老鼠呀，你不能眼睁睁地见死不救，要做一只善良的老鼠”，估计Templeton会立刻掉头就走。

片段2——如何用好玩的方式表达焦虑

The sheep heard the crickets, and they felt so uneasy they broke a hole in the pasture fence and wandered up into the field across the road. The gander discovered the hole and led his family through, and they walked to the orchard and ate the apples that were lying on the ground. A little maple tree in the swamp heard the cricket song and turned bright red with anxiety.

翻译

羊群听到蟋蟀的歌声，感到非常不安，它们在草场篱笆上打个洞，穿过马路走进草场。鹅爸爸发现了那个洞，领着一家人穿过去，走到果园里吃掉落在地上的苹果。沼泽地里的一棵小枫树听到了蟋蟀的歌声，焦虑得脸都红了。

赏析

羊群不是本来就要吃草吗?鹅不是本来就要吃苹果吗？枫叶在秋天不是本来就要变红吗？怎么到了这里通通都是因为焦虑呢！但我们读到这儿并不觉得奇怪，反而觉得一切都非常可爱。不知道同学们读到这里，是不是也觉得White大作家的脑洞大得叫人忍俊不禁呢？

1. Charlotte在网上第三次织的字是什么？（  ）

A. SOME PIG

B. WILBUR

C. RADIANT

2. Zuckerman要带Wilbur去哪里？（  ）

A. country

B. countryside

C. county fair