31.High School English Reading Listening

It must have been around nine O’clock when I drove back home from work because it was already dark. As I came near to the gates I turned off the headlamps of the car so as to prevent the beam(光荣) from swinging(摇摆)in through the window and waking Jack, who shared the house with me. But needn’t have done so, I noticed that his light was still on, so he was awake anyway--- unless he had fallen asleep while reading. I put the car away and went up the steps, Then I opened the door quietly and went to Jack’s room. He was in bed awake but he didn’t even turn towards me.
　　“What’s up, Jack?” I said.
　　“For God’s sake(看在上帝面上), don’t make a noise,” he said.
　　The way he spoke reminded me of someone in pain who is afraid to talk in case he does himself a serious injury(伤害).
　　“Take your shoes off, Neville,” Jack said.
　　I thought that he must be ill and that I had better humour (迁就)him to keep him happy, “There’s a snake here” he explained, “It’s asleep between the sheets. I was lying on my back reading when I saw it. I knew that moving was out of the question. I couldn’t have moved even if I’d wanted to .” I realized that he was serious. “I was relying on you to call a doctor as soon as you came home.” Jack went on.” It hasn’t bitten me yet but I daren’t do anything to upset it. It might wake up. I’m sick of this,” he said, ：” I took it for granted that you would have come home an hour ago.”
　　There was no time to argue or apologize for being late. I looks at him as encouragingly as I could and went out to telephone the doctor.
译文：
我下班开车回家时，一定是九点左右，因为天已经黑了。当我走到大门附近时，我关掉了汽车的大灯，以防止光荣的光束从窗户晃进来，吵醒与我同住一屋的杰克。但不必这样做，我注意到他的灯还亮着，所以他还是醒着的---除非他在看书时睡着了。我把车放好，走上台阶，然后我悄悄地打开门，来到杰克的房间。他在床上醒着，但他甚至没有朝我转身。
　　"怎么了，杰克？" 我说。
　　"看在上帝的份上，别出声，"他说。
　　他说话的方式让我想起了一个痛苦中的人，他不敢说话，因为他怕自己受到严重伤害。
　　"把你的鞋子脱掉，纳威，"杰克说。
　　我想他一定是生病了，我最好幽默一下，让他高兴一下。"这里有一条蛇，"他解释说，"它在床单之间睡觉。我看到它的时候，我正躺在床上看书。我知道，移动是不可能的。即使我想动，我也不能动." 我意识到，他是认真的。"我还指望你一回家就叫医生呢。" 杰克接着说。" 它还没有咬我，但我不敢做任何事来扰乱它。它可能会醒过来。我受够了，"他说，"" 我认为你一小时前就会回家是理所当然的。"
　　没有时间争论或为迟到道歉。我尽可能鼓励地看着他，然后出去给医生打电话。
重点词汇：
near to 接近于，靠近于
so as to 为了 ; (= in order to) 以便 ; 为使
摇摆 sway ; swing ; rock ; vacillate
have done 现在完成时 ; 所做的每一件事 ; 表示做了不必做的事
went up 上升 ; 上大学 ; 腾贵 ; 烧起来
went to 相当于 ; 付出
in bed 在床上