UNIT1 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四册（人教版2019）

【导读】　英国作家肯尼斯·格雷厄姆的作品《柳林风声》发表于1908年。它是以动物为主角的童话，书中塑造了几个可爱的动物形象：胆小怕事但又生性喜欢冒险的鼹鼠，热情好客、充满浪漫情趣的水鼠，侠义十足、具有领袖风范的老獾，喜欢吹牛、炫耀、追求时髦的蛤蟆，敦厚老实的水獭——他们生活在河岸或大森林里，有乐同享有难同当。 The Wind in the Willows (excerpt) The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring­cleaning his little home.First with brooms，then with dusters，then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms.Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.It was small wonder, then, that he suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said “Bother！” and “O blow！” and also “Hang spring­cleaning！” and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat.Something up above was calling him imperiously, and he made for the steep little tunnel which answered in his case to the gravelled carriage­drive owned by animals whose residences are nearer to the sun and air.So he scraped and scrabbled and scrabbled and then he scrabbled again and scratched and scraped, working busily with his little paws and muttering to himself, “Up we go！Up we go！” till at last, pop! his snout came out into the sunlight, and he found himself rolling in the warm grass of a great meadow. “This is fine！” he said to himself, “This is better than whitewashing！” The sunshine struck hot on his fur, soft breezes caressed his heated brow, and after the seclusion of the cellarage he had lived in so long the carol of happy birds fell on his dulled hearing almost like a shout.Jumping off all his four legs at once, in the joy of living and the delight of spring without its cleaning, he pursued his way across the meadow till he reached the hedge on the further side. 《柳林风声》(节选) 整个上午，鼹鼠都在勤奋地干活，为他小小的家进行春季大扫除，先用扫帚扫，再用掸子掸然后登上梯子、椅子什么的，拿着刷子，提着灰浆桶，刷墙，直干到灰尘呛了嗓子，迷了眼，全身乌黑的毛皮溅满了白灰浆，腰也酸了，臂也痛了。春天的气息，在他头上的天空里吹拂，在他脚下的泥土里游动，在他周围飘荡。春天那奇妙的追求、渴望的精神，甚至钻进了他那阴暗低矮的小屋，怪不得他猛地把刷子往地下一扔，嚷道：“烦死人了！”“去他的！”“什么春季大扫除，见鬼去吧！”连大衣也没顾上穿，就冲出家门了。上面有种力量在急切地召唤他，于是他向着陡峭的地道奔去。这地道，直通地面上的碎石子天车道，而这车道是属于那些住在通风向阳的居室里的动物的。鼹鼠又掏又挠又爬，又爬又挠又掏，小爪子忙个不停，嘴里还不停地念叨：“咱们上去啰！咱们上去啰！”末了，噗的一声，他的鼻尖钻出了地面，伸到了阳光里，跟着，身子就在一块大草坪暖暖的软草里打起滚来。 “太棒了！他自言自语地说，可比刷墙有意思！”太阳晒在他的毛皮上，暖烘烘的，微风轻抚着他发热的额头，在洞穴里蛰居了那么久，听觉都变得迟钝了，连小鸟儿欢快的鸣唱，听起来都跟大声喊叫一样。生活的欢乐，春天的愉悦，又加上免了大扫除的麻烦，他乐得纵身一跳，腾起四脚向前飞跑，横穿草坪，一直跑到草坪尽头的篱笆前。 知识积累 splash /splæʃ/ n.　　溅上的液体 penetrate /'penətreɪt/ v. 穿过；穿透 bolt /bəʊlt/ v. (突然)逃离 imperiously /ɪm'pɪəriəsli/ adv. 蛮横地 pursue /pə'sjuː/ v. 追求；追捕 So he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and then he scrabbled again and scratched and scraped, working busily with his little paws and muttering to himself. 【分析】　该句为and连接的并列句，现在分词在句中作伴随状语；并使用了拟人、对偶与排比的修辞手法，多个动词的连续使用表现了鼹鼠的忙碌与兴奋。 文化链接 　　《柳林风声》是适合围坐在暖暖的火炉边、大家一起听的故事：当在雪地里冷得直打哆嗦的鼹鼠和水鼠终于进到獾先生舒适的家，钻进带着肥皂香味的被窝；当他们第二天起床看见餐桌旁吃着荞麦粥的两只小刺猬时，当癞蛤蟆先生跳上令他心弛神往的那辆豪华汽车，“轰隆”一声发动引擎，然后扬长而去的那一刻。我们听着故事的眼睛都会迸出光芒，几乎想立刻跳进那个童话世界。《柳林风声》不仅带读者经历动物主角们随着季节变化的生活故事，还生动地刻画了柳林中萦绕的友谊与温情。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$