UNIT3 赏名著·知识拓展（Word练习）-【拓展阅读】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第三册（人教版2019）

【导读】　《织工马南》(Silas Marner)的作者是乔治·艾略特，原名为玛丽·安·伊万斯。这个故事发生于18 世纪末 19世纪初的英国。 Silas Marner (excerpt) It was already seven o'clock in the evening, and there was a freezing wind.Molly did not know she was very near Raveloe.Her legs were tired and the gin was beginning to make her feel sleepy.She thought she would rest for a while, and, still holding her child, she lay down on the snow.She did not notice that the ground was cold.In a few moments the child woke up, crying, ‘Mummy！’.But the mother did not seem to hear.Suddenly, as the child fell gently out of its mother's arms onto the soft snow, it noticed a bright, dancing light on the white ground.Interested, the child stood up to see where the brightness came from, and followed the light to an open door, the door of Silas Marner's cottage.The little one toddled right in through the door and sat down by the bright fire.After a few minutes the child felt pleasantly warm, and fell asleep. But where was Silas while this was happening? In the evenings he sometimes used to open his door and look out.He had some idea that his money would come back, or that someone would come with information about the thief.Tonight was New Year's Eve，and the villagers had told him to stay awake until midnight, because it would bring him good luck if he saw the beginning of the new year.So tonight he was more restless than usual.He opened his door several times during the evening, and stared out，but he saw and heard nothing in the silent, freezing night.The last time, as he was standing at the door, he had one of his fits, and stood there completely unconscious，holding the door open. 《织工马南》(节选) 已经是晚上七点了，风冷得刺骨。莫丽不知道她已经离瑞福洛很近了。她的腿开始发沉，酒精也开始使她昏昏欲睡。她想应该歇一会儿，于是就抱着孩子，躺到了雪地上。她没有注意到地上是那么冷。一会儿孩子醒了，开始哭着喊妈妈。可这个妈妈好像没有听见。突然，当孩子从妈妈的臂中滑落到松软的雪地上时，他忽然看到白白的雪地上跳动着一点小小的亮光出于好奇，孩子站起来想看看光是从哪儿来的。向着亮光，孩子走到了一扇开着的门前，这是西拉斯·马南的小草屋。小家伙蹒跚着直接走进门里，在明亮的炉火前坐下。没过几分钟，孩子暖和过来，甜甜地睡着了。 但这时西拉斯在哪儿呢？他晚上有时会打开门看看外面，总觉得有一天他的金子会回来，或者什么人会给他带来关于贼的消息。今晚是新年夜，村里人告诉他今天午夜前不要睡觉，因为看着新的一年到来会给人带来好运。所以今晚他比平时更坐立不安。他几次打开门向外面看，可是在这个静静的寒冷的冬夜，他什么也看不见，什么也听不见。最后一次站到门口的时候，他又犯病了，站在那儿完全失去了知觉，门开着。 知识积累 toddle/'tɒdl/v.　　　　　　蹒跚行走 restless/'restləs/adj. 不安的 unconscious/ʌn'kɔnʃəs/adj. 昏迷的，不省人事的；无意识的 文化链接 　《织工马南》是英国作家乔治·艾略特创作的中篇小说，首次出版于1861年。 《织工马南》讲述织工马南曾受好友诬陷，对一切丧失了信任，后通过金币失窃、收养迷途孤女等事件，重新体会到了人间温暖和同情的故事。作者以细致的笔法刻画了不同人物的心理变化与历经的苦痛，以写实的笔触，揭露了当时的社会状况。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$