江苏省响水中学高中英语美文阅读 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.docx

1、江苏省响水中学高中英语美文阅读 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn江苏省响水中学高中英语美文阅读 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1 Huck in trouble You dont know about me if you havent read a book called The Adventures of Tom SawyerMr Mark Twain wrote the book and most of it is trueIn that book robbers stole some money and hid i

2、t in a very secret place in the woodsBut Tom Sawyer and I found it，and after that we were richWe got six thousand dollars each-all gold In those days I never had a home or went to school like Tom and all the other boys in St PetersburgPop was always drunk，and he moved around a lot，so he wasnt a very

3、 good fatherBut it didnt matter to meI slept in the streets or in the woods，and I could do what I wanted，when I wantedIt was a fine life When we got all that money，Tom and I were famous for a whileJudge Thatcher，who was an important man in our town，kept my money in the bank for me And the Widow Doug

4、las took me to live in her house and said I could be her son She was very nice and kind，but it was a hard life because I had to wear new clothes and be good all the time In the end，I put on my old clothes and ran awayBut Tom came after me and said that I had to go back，but that I could be in his gan

5、g of robbersSo，I went back，and the widow cried and I had to put on those new clothes againI didnt like it at allHer sister，Miss Watson，lived there tooShe was al-ways saying，Dont put your feet there，Huckleberry，and Dont do that，HuckleberryIt was terrible When I went up to bed that night，I sat down in

6、 a chair by the window I sat there a good long time， and I was really unhappyBut just after midnight I heard meeyow！meeyow！outsideVery softly，I answered，meeyow！meeyor！ Quietly，I put out the light and got out through the windowIn the trees， Tom Sawyer was waiting for me We went through the trees to t

7、he end of the widows gardenSoon we were on top of a hill on the other side of the houseBelow us we could see the river and the townOne or two lights were still on，but everything was quiet We went down the hill and found Joe Harper， Ben Rogers and two or three more of the boysThen Tom took us down th

8、e river by boat to his secret place，which was a cave deep in the side of a hillWhen we got there， Tom told us all his plan Now，well have this gang of robbers，he said，and well call it Tom Sawyers GangIf somebody hurts one of us，the others will kill him and his family And if a boy from the gang tells

9、other people our secrets，well kill him and his family，too We all thought this was wonderful，and we wrote our names in blood from our fingersThen Ben Rogers said，Now， whats the gang going to do？ Nothing，replied TomJust rob and kill We stop people on the road，and we kill them，and take their money and

10、thingsBut we can keep a few of the people，and then their friends can pay money to get them backThats what they do in the stories in books But Ben wasnt happyWhat about women？he asked Do we kill them，too? Oh，no，Tom answeredWere very nice to them， and they all love us， and they dont want to go home Th

11、en the cave will be full of women， and people waiting，and well have to watch them all night Well all go home now，Tom said，and well meet next week， and well kill somebody and rob somebody Ben wanted to begin on Sunday，but the others said noIt was bad to kill and rob on a Sunday My clothes were very d

12、irty and I was very tired when I got backOf course，the next morning Miss Watson was angry with me because of my dirty clothes，but the widow just looked unhappySoon after that we stopped playing robbers because we never robbed people and we never killed them * * * Time went on and winter cameI went t

13、o school most of the time and I was learning to read and write a littleIt wasnt too bad，and the widow was pleased with meMiss Watson had a slave，an old man called Jim，and he and I were good friendsI often sat talking to Jim，but I still didnt like living in a house and sleeping in a bed Then，one morn

14、ing，there was some new snow on the ground and outside the back garden I could see footprints in the snow I went out to look at them more carefullyThey were Pops footprints！ A minute later，I was running down the hill to Judge Thatchers house When he opened the door，I cried，Sir，I want you to take all

15、my moneyI want to give it to you He looked surprisedWhy，whats the matter？ Please，sir，take it！ Dont ask me why！ In the end he said，Well，you can sell it to me，thenAnd he gave me a dollar and I wrote my name on a piece of paper for him That night when I went up to my room，Pop was sitting there， waiting

16、 for me！I saw that the window was open，so that was how he got in He was almost fifty and he looked oldHis hair was long and dirty and his face was a terrible white colourHis clothes were old and dirty，too，and two of his toes were coming through his shoeHe looked at me all over for a long time，and th

17、en he said， Well，just look at those Clean，tidy clothes！And they say you can read and write now Who said you could go to school？ The widowI began Oh， she did， did she？ Well， you can forget about schoolI cant read and your mother couldnt read；no one in our family could read before they died，so who do

18、you think you are？ Go on，take that book and read to me！ I began to read， but he hit the book and it flew out of my hand，across the roomThen he shouted，They say youre richhows that？ It isnt true！ You give me that money！I want itGet it for me tomorrow！ I havent got any moneyAsk Judge ThatcherHell tell

19、 youI havent got any money Well， give me what youve got in your pocket nowCome on， give it to me！ Ive only got a dollar， and I want that to Give it to me，do you hear？ He took it，and then he said he was going out to get a drinkWhen he was outside the window， he put his head back in and shouted，And st

20、op going to that school， or you know what youll get！ The next day he was drunk，and he went to Judge Thatcher to get my moneyThe judge wouldnt give it to himBut Pop didnt stop trying and every few days I got two or three dollars from the judge to stop Pop from hitting meBut when Pop had money， he got

21、 drunk again and made trouble in townHe was always coming to the widows house，and she got angry and told him to stay awayThen Pop got really angry and one day he caught me and took me a long way up the river in a boatI had to stay with him in a hut in the woods and I couldnt go out by myselfHe watch

22、ed me all the time The widow sent a man to find me and bring me home，but Pop went after him with a gun， and the man ran away 2 Huck escapes and finds a friend Mostly it was a lazy，comfortable kind of life，but after about two months Pop began to hit me too much with his stickHe often went away into t

23、own too，and then he always locked me in the hutOnce he was away for three days and I thought I was never going to get out again When he came back that time，he was drunk and angryHe wanted my money，but Judge Thatcher wouldnt give it to himThe judge wanted to send me to live with the widow again，Pop t

24、old meI wasnt very pleased about thatI didnt want to go back there So I decided to escape and go down the river and live in the woods somewhere When Pop was out，I began to cut a hole in the wooden wall of the hut In a few days，when the hole was bigger，I could take the wood cut， escape through the ho

25、le，and put the wood back One morning Pop sent me down to the river to catch some fish for breakfastTo my surprise， there was a canoe in the water and there was no one in itImmediately，I jumped into the river and brought the canoe to the side It was lucky that Pop didnt see me，and I decided to hide t

26、he canoe under some trees and use it when I escaped That afternoon，Pop locked me in and went off to townHe wont be back tonight，I thought， so I began to work hard at my holeSoon I could get out through it，and I carried food and drink and Pops gun down to the canoeThen I put back the wood to hide the

27、 hole，took the gun and went into the woodsThere I shot a wild pig and took it back to the hut with meNext，I broke down the door with an axeI carried the pig into the hut and put some of its blood on the ground Then I put some big stones in a sack and pulled it along behind me to the riverLast of all

28、，I put some blood and some of my hair on the axeI left the axe in a corner of the hut and I took the pig down to the river They wont know its only a pig in the river，I said to myselfTheyll think its me Then I took the canoe and went down the river to Jacksons Island By then it was nearly dark， so I

29、hid the canoe under some trees and went to sleep It was after eight oclock when I woke up the next day and the sun was high in the skyI was warm and comfortable and I didnt want to get upSuddenly，I heard a noise up the riverCarefully，I looked through the trees，and I saw a boat full of peopleThere wa

30、s Pop，Judge Thatcher，Tom Sawyer and his Aunt Polly and his brother Sid， and lots of others They were looking for my body in the river I watched them， but they didnt see me， and in the end they went awayI knew that nobody was going to come and look for me againI found a good place under the trees to

31、sleep and to put my thingsThen I caught a fish and cooked it over a fire I lived like that for three days， and then I decided to have a look round the island So I went into the woodsThis is my island，I thoughtIm the only person on it Suddenly，just in front of me，I saw a fire，and it was still smokingThere was somebody on my island！I didnt wait I turned and went straight backBut I couldnt sleepAfter a time，I said to myself，I cant live like