The call of the wild 野性的呼唤Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、Buck lived in Mr. Millers big house in the sunny Santa Clara valley. There were large gardens and fields of fruit trees around the house and a river nearby. In a big place like this of course there were many dogs. There were house dogs and farm dogs but they were not important. Buck was chief（首领）dog

2、, he was born here and this was his place. He was four years old and weighed sixty kilos. He went swimming with Mr Millers sons and walking with his daughters. He carried the grandchildren on his back and he sat at Mr Millers feet in front of the fire in winterBut this was 1897 and Buck did not know

3、 that men and dogs were hurrying to north-west Canada to look for goldAnd he did not know that Manuel-one of Mr Millers gardeners, needed money for his large family. One day when Mr Miller was out Manuel and Buck left the garden together. It was just an evening walk. Buck thought. No one saw them go

4、 and only one man saw them arrive at the railway stationThis man talked to Manuel and gave him some money. Then he tied（系）a piece of rope（绳子）around Bucks neckBuck growled（咆哮） and was surprised when the rope was pulled hard around his neckHe jumped at the manThe man caught him and suddenly Buck was o

5、n his back with his tongue （舌头）out of his mouth. For a few moments he was unable to move and it was easy for the two men to put him into the trainWhen Buck woke up, the train was still moving. The man was sitting and watching him but Buck was too quick for him and he bit the mans hand hardThen the r

6、ope was pulled again and Buck had to let go（放开）. That evening the man took Buck to the back room of a bar in San Francisco. The barman looked at the mans hand and trousers covered in blood（血）.How much are they paying you for this？he askedI only get fifty dollars And the man who stole himhow much did

7、 he get？ asked the barmanA hundred He wouldnt take less That makes a hundred and fifty. Its a good price for a dog like him. Here help me to get him into this. They took off Bucks rope and pushed him into a wooden box He spent the night in the box in the back room of the bar His neck still ached wit

8、h pain from the rope and he could not understand what it all meant. What did they want with him, these strange men？ And where was Mr Miller？The next day Buck was carried in the box to the railway station and put on a train to the north. For two days and nights the train travelled north， and for two

9、days and nights Buck neither ate nor drank Men on the train laughed at him and pushed sticks at him through the holes in the box. For two days and nights Buck got angrier and hungrier and thirstier His eyes grew red and he bit anything that movedIn Seattle four men took Buck to a small, high-walled

10、back garden where a fat man in an old red coat was waiting Buck was now very angry indeed and he jumped and bit at the sides of his box.The fat man smiled and went to get an axe and a clubAre you going to take him out now？ asked one of the men Of course， answered the fat man and he began to break th

11、e box with his axe（斧子）. Immediately the four other men climbed up onto the wall to watch from a safe placeAs the fat man hit the box with his axe, Buck jumped at the sides， growling and biting, pulling with his teeth at the pieces of broken wood. After a few minutes there was a hole big enough for B

12、uck to get out. Now， come here, red eyes said the fat man, dropping his axe and taking the club（木棍） in his right handBuck jumped at the man，sixty kilos of anger，his mouth wide open ready to bite the mans neck Just before his teeth touched the skin， the man hit him with the clubBuck fell to the groun

13、dIt was the first time anyone had hit him with a club and he did not understandHe stood up and jumped againAgain the club hit him and he crashed to the groundTen times he jumped at the man， and ten times the club hit him Slowly he got to his feet， now only just able to standThere was blood on his no

14、se and mouth and earsThen the fat man walked up and hit him again，very hard，on the noseThe pain was terribleAgain Buck jumped at the man and again he was hit to the groundA last time he jumped and this time when the man knocked him down, Buck did not moveHe knows how to teach a dog a lesson， said on

15、e of the men on the wall. Then the four men jumped down and went back to the stationHis name is Buck，said the fat man to himself reading the letter that had come with the boxWell， Buck, my boy，he said in a friendly voice，weve argued a little and I think the best thing to do now is to stopBe a good d

16、og and well be friendsBut if youre a bad dog，Ill have to use my club againUnderstand？As he spoke he touched Buck s head and although Buck was angry inside，he did not moveWhen the man brought him water and meat，Buck drank and then ate the meat， piece by piece from the mans handBuck was beaten（he knew

17、 that） but he was not broken He had learnt that a man with a club was stronger than himEvery day he saw more dogs arrive, and each dog was beaten by the fat manBuck understood that a man with a club must be obeyed（服从） , although he did not have to be a friendMen came to see the fat man and to look a

18、t the dogsSome-times they paid money and left with one or more of the dogs. One day a short dark man came and looked at BuckThats a good dog！ he criedHow much do you want for him？ Three hundred dollars Its a good price， Perrault，said the fat manPerrault smiled and agreed that it was a good priceHe k

19、new dogs and he knew that Buck was an excellent dogOne in ten thousand， Perrault said to himselfBuck saw money put into the fat mans hand and he was not surprised when he and another dog called Curly were taken away by Perrault. He took them to a ship and later that day Buck and Curly stood and watc

20、hed the coast get further and further away. They had seen the warm south for the last timePerrault took Buck and Curly down to the bottom of the ship. There they met another man, Francois. Perrault was a FrenchCanadian but Francois was halfIndian，tall and darkBuck learnt quickly that Perrault and Fr

21、ancois were fair men，calm and honest. And they knew everything about dogsThere were two other dogs on the shipOne was a big dog called Spitz， as white as snow. He was friendly to Buck at first， always smiling He was smiling when he tried to steal Buck s food at the first meal Francois was quick and

22、hit Spitz before Buck had time to moveBuck decided that this was fair and began to like Francois a little. Dave，the other dog，was not friendly. He wanted to be alone all the time. He ate and slept and was interested in nothingOne day was very like another but Buck noticed that the weather was gettin

23、g colder. One morning， the ships engines stopped and there was a feeling of excitement in the ship. Francois leashed（拴住） the dogs and took them outside At the first step Bucks feet went into something soft and white He jumped back in surprise The soft， white thing was also falling through the air an

24、d it fell onto him. He tried to smell it and then caught some on his tongue. It bit like fire and then disappeared. He tried again and the same thing happened. People were watching him and laughing and Buck felt ashamed（害羞） although he did not know why. It was his first snow.2 The law of club and to

25、oth Bucks first day at Dyea Beach was terrible. Every hour there was some new，frightening surprise. There was no peace，no restonly continual（持续的） noise and movementAnd every minute there was danger，because these dogs and men were not town dogs and menThey knew only the law of club and toothBuck had

26、never seen dogs fight like these dogs；they were like wolvesIn a few minutes he learnt this from watching CurlyShe tried to make friends with a dog，a big one，although not as big as she was. There was no warningThe dog jumped on Curly，his teeth closed together then he jumped away and Curlys face was t

27、orn（ tear 动词原形，撕扯）open from eye to mouthWolves fight like this，biting and jumping away，but the fight did not finish thenThirty or forty more dogs ran up and made a circle （圆圈）around the fight， watching silently Curly tried to attack the dog who had bitten her； he bit her a second time and jumped awa

28、y. When she attacked him again, he knocked her backwards and she fell on the groundShe never stood up again，because this was what the other dogs were waiting for. They moved in， and in a moment she was under a crowd of dogsIt was all very sudden. Buck saw Spitz run out from the crowd with his tongue

29、 out of his mouth， laughing Then he saw Francois with an axe and two or three other men with clubs jump in among the dogs Two minutes later the last of the dogs was chased （追逐） awayBut Curly lay dead in the snow，her body torn almost to piecesCurlys death often came back to Buck in his dreamsHe under

30、stood that once a dog was down on the ground, he was dead. He also remembered Spitz laughing and from that moment he hated himThen Buck had another surprise. Francois put a harness（马具） on him Buck had seen harnesses on horses and now he was made to work like a horse, pulling Francois on a sledge（雪橇）

31、 into the forest and returning with wood for the fire Buck worked with Spitz and DaveThe two other dogs had worked in a harness before， and Buck learnt by watching themHe also learnt to stop and turn when Francois shouted. Those three are very good dogs，Francois told PerraultThat Buck pulls very well， and hes learning quicklyPerrault had important letters and official papers （官方文件）to take to Dawson City，so that afternoon he bought two more dogs，two brothers called Billee and JoeBillee was very frie