TheSnowsofKilimanjaro(英文完整版)Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、Ernest HemingwayKilimanjaro is a snow covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai Ngaje Ngai, the House of God. Close to the western summit there is the dired and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what th

2、e leopard was seeking at that altitude.The marvellous thing is that its painless, he said. Thats how you know when it starts.Is it really?Absolutely. Im awfully sorry about the odor though. That must bother you.Dont! Please dont.Look at them,Now is it sight or is it scent that brings them like that?

3、The cot the man lay on was in the wide shade of a mimosa tree and as he looked out past the shade onto the glare of the plain there were three of the big birds squatted obscenely, while in the sky a dozen more sailed, making quick-moving shadows as they passed.Theyve been there since the day the tru

4、ck broke down,Todays the first time any have lit on the ground. I watched the way they sailed very carefully at first in case I ever wanted to use them in a story. Thats funny now. I wish you wouldnt, she said.Im only talking,Its much easier if I talk. But I dont want to bother you.You know it doesn

5、t bother me, she said. s that Ive gotten so very nervous not being able to do anything. I think we might make it as easy as we can until the plane comes.Or until the plane doesnt come.Please tell me what I can do. There must be something I can do.You can take the leg off and that might stop it, thou

6、gh I doubt it. Or you can shoot me. Youre a good shot now. I taught you to shoot, didnt I?Please dont talk that way. Couldnt I read to you?Read what?Anything in the book that we havent read.I cant listen to it, he said. Talking is the easiest. We quarrel and that makes the time pass.I dont quarrel.

7、I never want to quarrel. Lets not quarrel any more. No matter how nervous we get. Maybe they will be back with another truck today. Maybe the plane will come.t want to move, the man said. There is no sense in moving now except to make it easier for you.s cowardly.Cant you let a man die as comfortabl

8、y as he can without calling him names? Whats the use of clanging me?Youre not going to die.t be silly. Im dying now. Ask those bastards. He looked over to where the huge, filthy birds sat, their naked heads sunk in the hunched feathers. A fourth planed down, to run quicklegged and then waddle slowly

9、 toward the others.They are around every camp. You never notice them. You cant die if you dont give up.Where did you read that? Youre such a bloody fool.You might think about some one else.For Christs sake, he said, thats been my trade.He lay then and was quiet for a while and looked across the heat

10、 shimmer of the plain to the edge of the bush. There were a few Tommies that showed minute and white against the yellow and, far off, he saw a herd of zebra, white against the green of the bush. This was a pleasant camp under big trees against a hill, with good water, and close by, a nearly dry wate

11、r hole where sand grouse flighted in the mornings.Wouldnt you like me to read? she asked. She was sitting on a canvas chair beside his cot. Theres a breeze coming up.No thanks.Maybe the truck will come.t give a damn about the truck.I do.You give a damn about so many things that I donNot so many, Harry.What about a drink?s supposed to be bad for you. It said in Blacks to avoid all alcohol.You shouldnt drink.Molo! he shouted.Yes Bwana.Bring whiskey-soda.s what I mean by giving up. It says itsbad for you. I know its bad for you.No,s good for me.So now it was all ov