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The Three Pirates
Excerpt from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
聪明顽皮的汤姆·索亚与好友们扮演成海盗,为摆脱枯
燥无味的功课、虚伪的教义和呆板的生活环境而离家出走。
他们在杰克逊岛上追逐、嬉戏打闹的情景,充分展现了他们
对自由自在、无拘无束的生活的向往。
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Tom now felt hopeless① again. He felt that no one cared about② him anymore. He didn't want to be a bad boy; it's just that people gave him no choice③. How can someone be good without love? So Tom decided that it wasn't his fault④ that he was the way he was. It was everyone else's fault.
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He left the village, imagining⑤ that he would never return. After walking quite a long way, he found his good friend, Joe Harper. Joe seemed to be feeling pretty⑥ terrible himself. When Tom told him that he was planning on travelling the world looking for new and exciting adventures⑦, Joe said that he had had the same idea.
He was angry because his mother had hit him for no reason. He didn't feel that she loved him or wanted him anymore, so he ran away.
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The boys decided that since⑧ they had both lost their families, they would have to be a family now. Just the two of them: Tom and Joe, friends and brothers forever. So, now they had to plan what⑨ they would do next.
After a few moments, they agreed to become pirates⑩. Near the village, at the widest part of the Mississippi River (密西西比河), was a small island, about one mile wide.⑪ Tom and Joe decided to make this their new home. It was totally empty of⑫ people and there were lots of trees, so no one would be able to see them from the shore⑬. It was the perfect secret hiding place for pirates.
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While looking at the island⑭, they met Huckleberry Finn who⑮ agreed to join them. They planned to meet at 12 o'clock that night and take a small boat over to the island. Tom brought some meat, a compass⑯, and his knife with him. He waited for his friends up on a hill above the river. It was a very quiet night, so he started to whistle⑰. Then he heard someone whistle the same song somewhere down the hill, saying: “Hey! Who's that?”
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“I'm Tom Sawyer, the famous Black Pirate! And who am I talking to?”
“Huck Finn, the Red-Handed and Joe Harper, the Destroyer of the Seas.”
“Do you know the secret word?”
“Blood!”
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“OK, wait for me, I'm coming down.” Tom said as⑱ he started walking down the hill. Once they were together, they looked at what everyone had brought. Joe had some meat with him and Huck had brought his tobacco⑲.
Then to build a fire, they decided to steal⑳ some firewood from one of the riverboats, but just in case㉑ someone had stayed behind to guard㉒ the boat, they were very careful when they went aboard㉓. Once they had the firewood, the pirates got on the little boat. At one
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point they could see the village they would leave forever㉔. Tom was happy to be leaving it. A couple of hours later, they landed on the shore of the island. The first thing they did was hide㉕ their boat and find a place to keep their food safe from the animals. They decided not to build a shelter㉖ for themselves, as㉗ they liked the idea of sleeping outside, like real pirates. Later that evening, after dinner, they relaxed
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around a fire. Huck took out his tobacco and started rolling a cigarette㉘. Huck lay back and began to smoke. After a couple of minutes of silence, he asked: “So, what exactly㉙ do pirates do?” Tom was the first to answer: “Well, Huck. They steal treasure㉚ from ships and kill the sailors, except for㉛ the women.”
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Soon they all became tired, but the only person to really sleep was Huckleberry. The other two pirates were feeling a little guilty㉜ about having stolen the meat, the boat, and the firewood. They agreed never to take anything of anybody else's in the future.
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①hopeless adj.绝望的
②care about关心
③choice n.选择
④fault n.错误
⑤此处为v.-ing形式作状语。
⑥pretty [熟词生义] adv.相当
⑦adventure n.冒险;奇遇
⑧此处为since引导原因状语从句。
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⑨此处为what引导宾语从句。
⑩pirate n.海盗
⑪本句为介词短语置于句首的完全倒装句。
⑫be empty of缺少
⑬shore n.岸
⑭此处为状语从句的省略。
⑮此处为who引导定语从句。
⑯compass n.指南针
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⑰whistle v.吹口哨
⑱此处为as引导时间状语从句。
⑲tobacco n.烟草
⑳steal v.偷盗
㉑in case以防万一
㉒guard v.看守,保卫
㉓go aboard上船
㉔此处为省略关系词的定语从句。
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㉕此处为省略to的动词不定式作表语。因为前面出现了do的某种形式,所以hide前可以省略to。
㉖shelter n.庇护所
㉗此处为as引导原因状语从句。
㉘roll a cigarette卷烟
㉙exactly adv.确切地
㉚treasure n.财宝
㉛except for 除了……以外
㉜guilty adj.内疚的
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