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高中英语天天练Ⅱ·提升 A 166　　 素养提能(二) 　 　 【导读】 　 《格列佛游记》是英国作家乔纳森·斯威夫特创作的一部长篇游记体讽刺小说,首次出版于 1726 年。 作品以里梅尔·格列佛(又译为莱缪尔·格列佛)船长的口气叙述周游四国的经历。 通过格列佛在 利立浦特、布罗卜丁奈格、飞岛国、慧骃国的奇遇,反映了 18 世纪前半期英国统治阶级的腐败和罪恶。 还以较 为完美的艺术形式表达了作者的思想观念,作者用了丰富的讽刺手法和虚构的幻想写出了荒诞而离奇的情节, 深刻地反映了当时的英国议会中毫无意义的党派斗争,统治集团的昏庸腐朽和唯利是图,对殖民战争的残酷暴 戾进行了揭露和批判;同时它在一定程度上歌颂了殖民地人民反抗统治者的英勇斗争。 Gulliver􀆳s Travels (excerpt) I was born in Nottinghamshire and was the third of five sons. My father was not a rich man,but he was able to send me to Cambridge University,where I studied for three years. When I left college,I continued my studies and became a doctor. But I always wanted to travel,and so I made several voyages as a ship􀆳s doctor. When I married my wife Mary,however,I planned to stay at home for a while. But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients. I decided to go to sea again,and this time I joined a ship sailing to the islands in the South Pacific Ocean. We started our journey from Bristol on May 4th,1699. At first our voyage went well. We sailed across the Atlantic, round the coast of Africa and into the Indian Ocean. But before we could reach the Pacific,a violent storm hit us and drove us to the north-west of Tasmania. The wind drove our ship onto a rock,which broke the ship in half. Some of the sailors and I managed to get a boat into the water,and we rowed away to look for land. But when we were too tired to row any more,a great wave hit our small boat,and we all fell into the sea. I do not know what happened to my companions,but I suppose they were all drowned. The wind and waves pushed me along as I struggled to keep my head above water. I became very tired and soon felt I could not swim any more. Luckily,just then my feet touched the ground. I walked out of the sea and on to a beach,where there was no sign of any people or houses. I was so exhausted that I lay down and went to sleep. 【译文】 《格列佛游记》 (节选) 我出生在诺丁汉郡,在五个儿子中排行第三。 父亲并不富裕,不过还是能送我上剑桥大学,在那儿我学了 三年。 我离开大学后继续学习,当了名医生。 可是我总想去旅行,就当了