弗兰肯斯坦英文版文档格式.docx

弗兰肯斯坦英文版文档格式.docx

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因为当我们第一次读到它时，它就好像是出自我们梦中的记忆一样。

　　这是一个古老的故事，也是一个新的故事。

说它“古老”是因为它创作于一百五十多年以前，那时的科学发展才刚刚起步；

说它“新”是因为弗兰肯斯坦的问题也就是我们今天所面临的问题。

科学给予我们力量去改造世界，但这种力量也可能与我们作对并毁灭我们。

弗兰肯斯坦创造了一个新的人，他比任何其他人都要巨大和强壮——然而弗兰肯斯坦控制不了他，这个怪物毁灭了弗兰肯斯坦所爱的一切。

今天的科学家正在创造着巨大的机器、电脑和武器，他们声称这些东西对我们有益——但我们能够驾驭它们吗？

　　玛丽·

雪莱（1797—1851）是维多利亚时代的一位重要作家。

她的丈夫是英格兰最著名的诗人之一——珀西·

比希·

雪莱。

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‘Captain！

Somethingismovingontheice．Lookoverthere！

’

Thesailorstoodatthetopofthemast，highabovetheCaptain．Hishandpointedawayfromtheship，acrossthemilesoficethatcoveredthesea．

TheCaptainlookedtothenorth，wherethesailorwaspointing．Hesawsomethingcomingfasttowardstheshipacrosstheice．Heputhistelescopetohiseye，andthroughithecouldseetheshapesoftendogspullingasledgeovertheice．Hecouldalsoseethedriverofthesledge—ahugefigure，muchbiggerthanaman．

Thesledgecamenearerandnearertothesea．Soonitwasonlyaquarterofamilefromtheship．Nooneneededatelescopenowtoseethehugefigureofthedriver．

Suddenlythesledgewentbehindamountainoficeanddisappeared．Atthatmomentanothersledgeappeared．It，too，wasmovingfast，andwasclearlychasingthefirstsledge．Thisdriverwasasmallerfigure，morelikeanordinaryman．Fasterandfasterthedogsran；

thenthesecondsledgealsodisappearedbehindthemountainofice．

Twohourspassed．Thesledgesdidnotappearagain．Nothingmovedontheice．Soonnightcame，andinthenighttherewasastorm．Inthemorning，thesailorssawthatgreatpiecesoficewerefloatingroundtheship．Suddenlythesailoronthemastshoutedagain：

‘Captain，Icanseeamanontheice．’

Thesailorwaspointingtoapieceoficethatwasfloatingneartheship．Amanwassittingontheice，andnearhimwasabrokensledge．Themanwasnearlydeadfromcoldandcouldnotwalk．Thesailorscarriedhimcarefullyontotheship，andtookhimtotheCaptain，whosaid：

‘Welcometomyship．IamtheCaptainandmynameisRobertWalton．’

‘Thankyou，CaptainWalton，’themansaid．‘MynameisFrankenstein，VictorFrankenstein．’

Thenhefaintedandsaidnomore．

TwodayspassedbeforethemanwasstrongenoughtotalkandthentheCaptainaskedhimtotellhisstory．

‘Iamtryingtocatchsomeone，’saidFrankenstein．‘ThatiswhyIhavecomesofarnorthontheice．’

‘Wesawyoufollowingsomeone，’theCaptainsaid．‘Hewashuge，muchbiggerthanaman．Wesawhissledgejustinfrontofyouonthenightbeforethestorm．’

‘Iampleasedyouallsawthathugefigure，’Frankensteinsaid．‘Perhapsthatwillhelpyoutobelievemystory．’

Duringthedays，whiletheCaptainworkedontheship，Frankensteinwrotedownhisstory，andeacheveninghereadwhathehadwrittentotheCaptain．

HereisVictorFrankenstein'

sstory．

2

IwasborninSwitzerland，inthetownofGeneva．Myparentslovedeachotherverymuch，andIlearntfromtheexampleoftheirlove．Ilearntthattoloveandtobepatientarethemostimportantthingsintheworld．

MymotherhopedtohaveadaughterafterIwasborn，butforfiveyearsIwastheonlychild．Andthenmymotherfoundasisterforme．Shewashelpingafamilyinwhichtherewerefivechildren．Theywereverypoor，andthechildrenwerethinandhungry．Oneofthechildrenwasalittlegirl，withgoldenhairandblueeyesHernamewasElizabeth．Mymothertookthelittlegirlintoourfamily，andElizabethbecamethedaughterthatmymotherhadalwayswanted．AsIgrewolder，myloveforElizabethbecamestrongerallthetime．

Latermymotherhadtwoothersons，ErnestandWilliam．AyoungwomancalledJustinecametoliveinthehousetohelpmymotherwiththechildren．Welovedherasmuchasshelovedus．

Theyearspassedhappily，andwehadeverythingthatweneeded．AtschoolImetanotherveryfineperson．HisnamewasHenryClerval，andhewasveryclever．Myfamilyalsolikedhimverymuch，sohewasawelcomevisitortoourhouse．

Istudiedveryhardatschool．Iwantedtoknowthesecretsoflife，and，mostofall，Iwantedtoknowhowtomakelivingthings．IreadallthebooksthatIcouldfind．Oneday，some－thinghappenedthataddedanewideatotheideasthatIal－readyhad．Iwasfifteenatthetime，andwewereonholidayinthemountains．Therewasawildstorm，andwithitcamethemostfrighteningthunderandlightningthatIhadeverseeninmylife．Abouttwentymetresinfrontofourhousewasagreattree．Suddenlyahugeforkoflightninghitthetree．Afterafewseconds，therewasnothingleftofitexceptablackpieceofwoodtwometreshigh．Thelightninghaddestroyedit．

Isawhowstrongelectricitywas．IbegantoreadallthebooksthatIcouldfindaboutelectricityanditsterriblepower．

维克多的故事开始了

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Forseventeenyearsmylifewasveryhappy．Thenthefirstsadthinghappened．Mymotherbecameveryill，andsoonsheknew