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My Uncle
Excerpt from A Journey to the Center of the Earth
一个坚定果敢、具有献身精神的科学探险家同他的
侄儿和向导汉恩斯按照前人的指引,在地底经过整整三
个月的艰辛跋涉,进行科学探险。
Looking back to all that has occurred to① me since that eventful② day, I am scarcely③ able to believe in the reality of my adventures. They were truly so wonderful that④ even now I am bewildered⑤ when I think of them.
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My uncle was a German, having married my mother's sister, an Englishwoman. Being⑥ very much attached to⑦ his fatherless nephew⑧, he invited me to study under him in his home. My uncle is a professor of philosophy⑨, chemistry⑩, geology⑪, mineralogy (矿物学), and many other ologies (学科).
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One day, after passing some hours in the laboratory, I suddenly felt the necessity⑫ of eating, and was about to⑬ wake up our old French cook, when my uncle, Professor Von Hardwigg, suddenly opened the street door, and came rushing⑭ upstairs.
“Harry—Harry—Harry—”
I hastened⑮ to obey, but before I could reach his room, jumping⑯ three steps at a time, he was stamping⑰ his right foot upon the landing.
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“Harry!” he cried, in a frantic (疯狂的) tone, “Are you coming up?”
To be frank⑱, at that moment I was far more interested in our dinner than in any problem of science. But my uncle was not a man to be kept waiting; so I presented myself before him.
He was a very learned⑲ man. My excellent uncle, Professor Hardwigg, he studied, he consumed the midnight oil (开夜车), he pored over⑳ heavy tomes (大部头书), and digested㉑ huge books.
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There was a reason why my uncle objected to㉒ displaying his learning: he stammered㉓; and when intending to explain the phenomena㉔ of the heavens, he was in such a vague㉕ way that㉖ few were able to comprehend his meaning.
In sciences, there are many almost unpronounceable (拗口的) names—names very much resembling㉗ those of Welsh villages, which㉘ added to his difficulty. He would finally give up and swallow㉙ his frustration㉚—in a glass of water.
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I was bound㉛ to him by the double ties㉜ of affection㉝ and interest. I took deep interest in all his doings, and hoped some day to be almost as learned as him. It was a rare thing for me to be absent from㉞ his lectures. Like him, I preferred mineralogy to all the other sciences.
My uncle Hardwigg was once known to classify six hundred different geological specimens㉟ by their weight, hardness㊱, fusibility (可溶性), sound, taste, and smell.
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He corresponded with㊲ all the great, learned, and scientific men of the age㊳. I was, therefore, in constant communication with, Sir Humphry Davy, Captain Franklin, and other great men.
But before I state the subject on which㊴ my uncle wished to discuss with me, I must say a word about his personal appearance. My uncle was fifty years old; tall, thin, and wiry㊵. Large spectacles hid, to a certain extent, his vast, round, and goggle (瞪住的) eyes, while his nose was irreverently (不逊地) compared to a thin file.
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The truth being told, however, the only article㊶ really attracted to my uncle's nose was tobacco. Another peculiarity (特点) of his was, that he always stepped a yard and clenched his fists (握紧拳头) as if he were going to hit you.
It is further necessary to observe that he lived in a very nice house in that very nice street. Though lying㊷ in the center of a town, it was half wood, half bricks and with old-fashioned gables (山墙)—one of the few old houses spared㊸ by the great fire of 1842.
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My uncle was rich; his house was his own property㊹, while he had a considerable private income. To my notion the best part of his possessions was his god-daughter, Gretchen. And the old cook, the young lady, the Professor and I were the sole inhabitants.
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I loved mineralogy, I loved geology. And if my uncle had been in a little less of a fury㊺, we should have been the happiest of families. To prove the excellent Hardwigg's impatience, I solemnly㊻ declare that, for example, once when the flowers in the drawing-room pots began to grow, he rose every morning at four o'clock to make them grow quicker by pulling the leaves㊼.
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①occur to被想到;
出现在头脑中
②eventful adj.多事故的
③scarcely adv.几乎不
④此处为“so...that...”句型,意为“如此……以至于……”。
⑤bewilder v.使……不知所措
⑥此处为v.-ing作状语。
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⑦be attached to喜爱
⑧nephew n.侄子
⑨philosophy n.哲学
⑩chemistry n.化学
⑪geology n.地质学
⑫necessity n.需要
⑬be about to do即将做
⑭此处为v.-ing作状语。
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⑮hasten v.赶快
⑯此处为v.-ing作状语。
⑰stamp [熟词生义] v.跺脚
⑱to be frank坦率地说
⑲learned adj.知识渊博的
⑳pore over钻研
㉑digest v.理解,领悟
㉒object to反对
㉓stammer v.结巴
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㉔phenomena n.现象
㉕vague adj.含糊的
㉖此处为“such...that...”句型,意为“如此……以至于……”。
㉗resemble v.相似
㉘此处为which引导的非限制性定语从句,which在从句中作主语。
㉙swallow [熟词生义] v.默默忍受
㉚frustration n.沮丧
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㉛bind (bound, bound) v.绑;缚
㉜tie n.结;联系
㉝affection n.喜爱之情
㉞be absent from缺席
㉟specimen n.标本
㊱hardness n.硬度
㊲correspond with...
与……通信
㊳age [熟词生义] n.时代
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㊴此处为“介词+关系代词”引导定语从句。
㊵wiry adj.瘦而结实的
㊶article [熟词生义] n.物品
㊷此处为让步状语从句的省略。
㊸spare [熟词生义] v.幸免
㊹property n.财产
㊺fury n.愤怒
㊻solemnly adv.郑重地
㊼此处为方式状语。
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