课外阅读《秘密花园》&《黑骏马》导读单2023-2024学年牛津译林版英语八年级上册

方巷中学英语经典阅读 初二卷 The Secret Garden 秘密花园 黑布林名著阅读《秘密花园》 一、主要人物 【玛莉Mary Lennox】 【迪肯Dickon】 【科林Colin Craven】 因为缺少父母的关爱，小小的玛莉刁蛮、任性，是一个以自我为中心(self-centered)的大小姐，但来到米索思斯韦特庄园后善良纯朴的女仆玛莎Martha，以及她贤良的母亲和可爱的12个兄弟姐妹，让玛莉逐渐变成了一个热爱自然的阳光(sunny; outgoing)女孩。 　　她可以跳着绳从一个花园跳到另一个花园，她也可以在花园忙活了一整天之后不顾形象地狼吞虎咽。她身上充满的了年轻的活力(energetic)，也因此感染了沉睡在黑暗中的科林，让他摆脱了阴郁悔，埃比尼泽人性中美好的一面逐渐复苏。 一个整日穿梭在沼泽地的小男孩，有一群动物朋友和他形影不离，他了解每一种动物的习性，也会栽培各种各样的植物，他家的一快不大的菜地被他打理得井井有条(well-organized)，还细心地(careful)在围起的石墙上栽种了小花，充满情趣(funny; exquisite)。 迪肯虽然是一个穷人家的孩子，但是呢很善良，他帮助玛丽改掉了很多坏毛病，让玛丽变得健康，开朗(healthy, out-going)。给玛丽讲许许多多有趣的东西，和玛莉一起装扮秘密花园，让花园重现生机。 一个抑郁的小男孩，经历很不幸。他一出生，母亲就去世了。父亲经受不住这种打击，从此变得心灰意冷(downhearted)，终年在国外游历，几乎把他忘记了。 　　由于他体弱多病(weak; unhealthy)，长到十岁时竟还不能单独行动，整日被关在屋里看不到外面的世界。整天不出房门，甚至不下床塌半步，虽然有专门的医生、护士、女仆照顾他的身体和起居生活，虽然他在家有绝对的权力，但他面黄肌瘦，郁郁寡欢，感受不到爱，甚至不知道春机昂然是怎样一种感觉，眼里满是并非他这个年龄应有的绝望(desperate)。在痛苦的煎熬中，他无视一切，唯我独尊，甚至丧失了生活的信心。 二、故事简介 General Introduction: A girl born in rich family in India was brought back to England by her uncle after the death of her parents. In her uncle's big house, the girl got to know someone else, including two boys, one of whom was the younger brother of a maid and the other of whom, the child of her uncle, was her cousin. But it seemed that the uncle didn't love his son and the boy had a bad health. After a period of time, the girl began to play with the two boys and they began to be happy. Then they found there was a secret garden in the house. No one was admitted to go into that garden. The three children were very curious and found the way to go into the garden where they played happily. At last, the secret that the children played in the secret garden was found by the uncle. At last, the children learned that the uncle closed the garden because his wife was dead in that garden, which made him very sad. Of course, the girl's cousin became healthy and got the love from his father again. 三、习题练习 （A篇） When Mary came to the Manor to live with her u