81.High School English Reading Listening

When I was a boy, I belonged to the Boy Scouts so I used to go camping every summer, and once something happened which I have never been able to explain.
We were camping in a place above a river. After arriving, we all rushed down to the river and had a swim. Standing by the river, we noticed that it was surrounded(环绕) by cliffs(悬崖). If someone wanted to reach the river at this point, he had to walk past our camp.
Several days later, the scoutmaster had to be away for a day. That afternoon, we had supper early. We were sitting round the fire, eating and talking, when a man walked past and went down towards the river. We all felt that this man looked very strange, but, because each of us was afraid of looking very stupid, no one said anything.
We ate rather slowly, taking as long as possible. After finishing, we collected our plates together so that we could take them to the river where we always washed them. But no one moved towards the rivere stood looking at each other ashamed. Then all shouting at once, we began talking about the man who had walked past us. We agreed how strange he looked and we wondered what he could be doing by the river. We knew that he could only return by passing through our camp.
An hour passed. Then one of the boys suggested we should creep(悄悄移动) down by the river so that we could see what the man was doing. Moving very slowly and keeping in the shadow, we crept down towards the bank. One boy climbed a tree so that he could see everything clearly. He called to us that there was no one there, so we ran down to the bank, looking everywhere carefully. We could not understand where the man had gone.
When it got dark, we went back to our camp feeling bewildered. We told the scoutmaster what had happened in the evening. Smiling, he doubted that we had seen the man, but finally suggested we go and look again. We did, but there was no one there.
Many years have passed, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. What did we see? I do not know.
译文：
当我还是个孩子的时候，我属于童子军，所以我每年夏天都会去露营，有一次发生了一些事情，我一直无法解释。
我们在一条河上面的一个地方露营。到了之后，我们都冲到河边去游泳。站在河边，我们发现它被悬崖峭壁所包围。如果有人想在这时到达河边，他必须走过我们的营地。
几天后，童子军教官不得不离开一天。那天下午，我们很早就吃了晚饭。我们围坐在火堆旁，边吃边聊，这时有个人走过，向河边走去。我们都觉得这个人看起来很奇怪，但是，因为我们每个人都害怕看起来很愚蠢，所以没有人说什么。
我们吃得很慢，尽可能地延长了时间。吃完后，我们把盘子放在一起，以便把它们带到我们经常清洗的河边。但是没有人向河边走去，站在那里互相羞愧地看着对方。然后，所有的人一下子喊了起来，我们开始谈论那个从我们身边走过的人。我们一致认为他看起来很奇怪，我们想知道他在河边能做什么。我们知道，他只有经过我们的营地才能回来。
一个小时过去了。然后一个男孩建议我们应该在河边匍匐前进，这样我们就能看到那个人在做什么。我们非常缓慢地移动并保持在阴影中，向岸边爬去。一个男孩爬上了一棵树，这样他就能清楚地看到一切。他叫我们说那里没有人，于是我们跑到岸边，到处仔细寻找。我们不明白那个人去了哪里。
天黑后，我们回到了营地，感到很迷惑。我们把晚上发生的事情告诉了童子军团长。他微笑着说，他怀疑我们是否看到了那个人，但最后建议我们再去看看。我们照做了，但那里没有人。
许多年过去了，但我仍然记得那件事，仿佛就在昨天。我们看到了什么？我不知道。
重点词汇：
Boy Scouts 童子军 ; Boy Scout的复数
go camping 去野营 ; 去露营 ; 宿营
able to 可以 ; 有能力 ; 原来能够按时完成
down to 一直到
at this point 在…处 ; 在…地方 ; 在这时
walk past 走过
be away 离开，出发
went down 下跌 ; 平静