《初中英語雙語閱讀猴爪素材2》

1、the monkey's paw by w.w. jacobs 猴爪 / 雅各布斯 著 簡介你可以許三個愿，你可以要世界上存在的三樣?xùn)|西，你的愿望將變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實。你會說，“這在現(xiàn)實世界是不可能發(fā)生的?！蹦敲?，好好想想吧。你能要什么？你想要什么？當(dāng)你許愿的時候，這僅僅是個開始。當(dāng)你改變了一樣?xùn)|西，接著你會改變世界上的每一樣?xùn)|西。一個變化引起另一個變化。誰又能知道這些變化又將在哪里結(jié)束？在這個故事中，懷特一家可以許三個愿，但他們犯了一個小小的錯誤。他們的第一個愿望變成了現(xiàn)實。接著，頃刻間，他們的生活陷入了一場可怕的惡夢雅各布斯（18631943）是一位短篇小說作家。猴爪是他的最有名的小說之一。

2、 chapter 1it was cold and dark out in the road and the rain did not stop for a minutebut in the little livingroom of number 12 castle road it was nice and warmold mr white and his son， herbert， played chess and mrs white sat and watched them the old woman was happy because her husband and her son we

3、re good friends and they liked to be together'herbert's a good son，' she thought'we waited a long time for him and i was nearly forty when he was born， but we are a happy family' and old mrs white smiledit was trueherbert was young and he laughed a lot， but his mother and his fat

4、her laughed with him they had not got much money， but they were a very happy little familythe two men did not talk because they played carefully the room was quiet， but the noise of the rain was worse now and they could hear it on the windows suddenly old mr white looked up'listen to the rain！&#

5、39; he said'yes， it's a bad night，' herbert answered'it's not a good night to be out but is your friend， tom morris，coming tonight？''yes， that's right he's coming at about seven o'clock，'the old man said'but perhaps this rain'mr white did not finis

6、h because just then the young man heard a noise'listen！'herbert said'there's someone at the doornow''i didn't hear a noise，' his father answered， but he got up from his chair and went to open the front door mrs white got up too and began to put things awaymr white sai

7、d，'come in， come in， tom it's wonderful to see you again what a bad night！ give me your coat and then come into the livingroom it's nice and warm in there'the front door was open， and in the living-room mrs white and herbert felt the cold then mr white came back into the livingroom w

8、ith a big，red-faced man'this is tom morris，' mr white told his wife and son 'we were friends when we were young we worked togetherbefore tom went to india tom， this is my wife and this is our son， herbert''pleased to meet you，' tom morris said'pleased to meet you， mr morr

9、is，' mrs white answered'please come and sit down''yes， come on， tom，' mr white said'over hereit's nice and warm''thank you，'the big man answered and he sat down'let's have some whisky，'old mr white said'you need something to warm you on a cold

10、night' he got out a bottle of whisky and the two old friends began to drink and talk the little family listened with interest to this visitor from far away and he told them many strange stories 1外面的馬路上又冷又黑，雨一直下個不停。但城堡路12號的一間小客廳里卻滿暖和。老懷特先生和他的兒子赫伯特在下象棋，懷特太太坐在一旁看著他們。老婦人因她的丈夫和兒子是好朋友并樂于在一起而高興?！昂詹厥且粋€

11、好孩子，我們等了很長時間才要到的孩子，他出生的時俟我都快四十歲了，但我們的家庭很幸福?！崩蠎烟靥胫⑾胫?，臉上露出了笑容。這是事實，赫伯特年輕又愛笑，他的母親和父親也總跟著樂。他們并沒有很多錢，但他們有一個幸福的小家庭。兩個男人無言地下著棋。房間里很安靜，但雨聲現(xiàn)在更大了，他們能聽到雨點打在窗上的聲音。突然，老懷特先生抬起頭說，“聽聽雨聲！”“是的，這是一個糟糕的夜晚，”赫伯特答道，“這樣的夜晚不宜外出，但你的朋友湯姆·莫里斯今晚不是要來嗎？”“是的，你說得對。他將在7點鐘左右到，但也許這雨”老漢說。懷特先生沒有說下去，因為就在這時，年輕人聽到了一種聲音。“聽！”赫伯特說，“現(xiàn)在

12、門外有人?！彼母赣H答道，“我沒有聽到聲音?！钡€是從椅子上起來去開門，懷特太太也站起來開始收拾東西。懷特先生說，“湯姆，快請進，快請進。又見到你真高興。多么糟糕的夜晚！把外套給我，到客廳里去，那兒暖和。”前門打開了，客廳里的懷特太太和赫伯特感覺到一陣寒氣。懷特先生領(lǐng)著一位高大的紅臉漢子回到了起居室?！斑@是湯姆·莫里斯，”懷特先生告訴他的太太和兒子，“我們年輕的時候是好朋友，在湯姆去印度之前我們在一起工作過。湯姆，這是我太太，這是我兒子，赫伯特。”“很高興見到你們，”湯姆·莫里斯說?！拔覀円埠芨吲d見到你，莫里斯先生?！睉烟靥鸬溃罢堖^來坐下吧?！薄皩?，過來，湯姆，到這

13、兒來，這兒舒服暖和一點?！睉烟叵壬f。“謝謝你。”高大的漢子答應(yīng)著坐下了?！拔覀兒纫稽c威士忌吧，”老懷特先生說，“這樣寒冷的夜晚，你需要一點東西暖和暖和身子?！彼贸鲆黄客考?，兩位老朋友邊喝邊談。這個小家庭饒有興趣地傾聽著這位來自遠方的造訪者告訴他們許多離奇的故事。 chapter 2after some time tom morris stopped talking and mr white said to his wife and son，'tom was a soldier in india for twenty-one years india is a wonderful c

14、ountry''yes，'herbert said'i'd like to go there''oh， herbert！' his mother cried she was afraid because she did not want to lose her son'i wanted to go to india too，'her husband said， 'but''it's better for you here！' the soldier said quickly&

15、#39;but you saw a lot of strange and wonderful things in india i want to see them too one day，' mr white saidthe soldier put down his whisky'no！' he cried'stay here ！'old mr white did not stop'but your stories were interesting， 'he said to tom morris'what did you begi

16、n to say about a monkey's paw？''nothing！' morris answered quickly'wellnothing important''a monkey's paw？' mrs white said'come on， mr morris！ tell us about it，' herbert saidmorris took his whisky in his hand， but suddenly he put it down againslowly he put h

17、is hand into the pocket of his coat and the white family watched him'what is it？ what is it？' mrs white criedmorris said nothing he took his hand out of his pocketthe white family watched carefullyand in the soldier's hand they saw something little and dirtymrs white moved back， afraid，

18、but her son，herbert，took it and looked at it carefully'well，what is it？'mr white asked his friend'look at it，' the soldier answered'it's a little pawa monkey's paw''a monkey's paw！'herbert saidand he laughed'why do you carry a monkey's paw in your

19、pocket，mr morris？' he asked the old soldier'well，you see，' morris said，'this monkey's paw is magic！'herbert laughed again， but the soldier said，'don't laugh，boyremember， you're youngi'm old now and in india i saw many strange things' he stopped talking for

20、 a minute and then he said，'this monkey's paw can do strange and wonderful things an old indian gave the paw to one of my friends my friend was a soldier too this paw is magic because it can give three wishes to three people''wonderful！'herbert said'but these three wishes don

21、't bring happiness，'the soldier said'the old indian wanted to teach us somethingit's never good to want to change things''well， did your friend have three wishes？' herbert asked the old soldier'yes，'morris answered quietly'and his third and last wish was to di

22、e！'mr and mrs white listened to the story and they felt afraid， but herbert asked，'and did he die？''yes， he did，' morris said' he had no family， so his things came to me when he died the monkey's paw was with his things， but he told me about it before he died，' tom mo

23、rris finished quietly'what were his first two wishes， then？' herbert asked 'what did he ask for？''i don't know he didn't want to tell me，' the soldier answeredfor a minute or two everybody was quiet， but then herbert said，' and you， mr morris ：did you have three w

24、ishes？''yes， i did，' morris answered'i was young i wanted many thingsa fast car， money 'morris stopped for a minute and then he said with difficulty，'my wife and my young son died in an accident in the car without them i didn't want the money， so， in the end， i wished to

25、lose it but it was too latemy wife and my child were dead'the room was very quiet the white family looked at the unhappy face of the old soldierthen mr white said，'why do you want the paw now？you don't need it you can give it to someone''how can i give it to someone？'the sold

26、ier said'the monkey's paw brings unhappiness with it''well， give it to me，' mr white said'perhaps this time it''no！' tom morris cried'you're my friend i can't give it to you'then，after a minute，he said，'i can't give it to you，but，of course

27、you can take it from mebut rememberthis monkey's paw brings unhappiness！'old mr white did not listen and he did not thinkquickly， he put out his hand， and he took the pawtom morris looked unhappy，but mr white did not want to wait'what do i do now？' he asked his friend'yes， come o

28、n， father， herbert said'make a wish！' and he laughedthe soldier said nothing and mr white asked him again，'what do i do now？'at first the old soldier did not answer， but in the end he said quietly，'ok but remember！ be careful！ think before you make your wish，''yes， yes，&#

29、39; mr white said'take the paw in your right hand and then make your wish， but'tom morris began'yes， we know，' herbert said'be careful！'just then old mrs white stood up and she began to get the dinner her husband looked at herthen he smiled and said to her，'come onhelp me

30、 ！what can i wish for？ we need money，of course'mrs white laughed， but she thought for a minute and then she said，'well， i'm getting old now and sometimes it's difficult to do everythingperhaps i need four hands and not two yes， ask the paw to give me two more hands''ok， then，

31、' her husband said， and he took the monkey's paw in his right handeverybody watched him and for a minute he waited then he opened his mouth to make his wishsuddenly tom morris stood up'don't do it！'he criedthe old soldier's face was white herbert and his mother laughed， but m

32、r white looked at tom's faceold mr white was afraid and he put the monkey's paw into his pocketafter a minute or two they sat down at the table and began to have dinner the soldier told the family many strange and wonderful stories about indiathey forgot the monkey's paw， and because the

33、 soldier's stories were interesting，they asked him many questions about india when tom morris stood up to leave， it was very late'thank you for a very nice evening，' morris said to the family'and thank you for a very good dinner， 'he said to mrs white'it was a wonderful eveni

34、ng for us， tom，' old mr white answered'your stories were very interesting our life isn't very exciting and we don't have the money to visit india， so please come again soon you can tell us some more stories about india'then the old soldier put on his coathe said goodbye to the wh

35、ite family， and went out into the rain 2不知過了多長時間，湯姆·莫里斯停止了交談。懷特先生告訴他太太和兒子，“湯姆到印度服兵役有21年了。印度是一個非常有趣的國家?！薄笆堑?，”赫伯特說，“我喜歡去那兒?！薄安唬詹?！”他母親驚叫起來。她非常害怕，因為她不想失去兒子。“我也想去印度，”她的丈夫說，“不過”“對你來說，這兒很不錯！”老兵很快地說?！澳阍谟《瓤吹搅四敲炊嗥婀钟钟腥さ臇|西，我想有一天也能去看看?！睉烟叵壬f。老兵放下威士忌。“不！”他嚷道，“別說了！”老懷特先生并沒有停下，“你的故事很有趣，”他對湯姆·莫里斯說，“關(guān)于猴爪的

36、事你想告訴我們什么？”“沒什么！”莫里斯很快地回答，”真的，無關(guān)緊要。”“猴爪？”懷特太太驚問?！袄^續(xù)給我們講講吧，莫里斯先生?！焙詹卣f。莫里斯用手拿起他的威士忌，但突然又把它放下，然后慢慢地把手伸進他的外套口袋。懷特一家看著他?！澳鞘鞘裁礀|西？那是什么東西？”懷特太太叫道。莫里斯什么也沒說，他把手拿出口袋。懷特一家仔細地看著在老兵手里他們看到了一個又小又臟的東西。懷特太太害怕地縮了回來，但她的兒子赫伯特卻把那東西拿過來仔細地看?！拔?，那是什么？”懷特先生問他的朋友。“看看吧，”老兵答道，“它是一只小爪子啊一只猴子的爪子。”“猴子的爪子！”赫伯特說著大笑起來。“為什么你在口袋里帶著猴爪，莫里

37、斯先生？”他問老兵。“你要明白，這個猴爪是有魔力的！”莫里斯說。赫伯特又笑了，但老兵認真地說，“孩子，別笑了，記住，你還年輕，可我現(xiàn)在老啦，我曾在印度見到了很多奇怪的事情。”他停了一會兒，接著說，“這個猴爪能做奇怪而又奇妙的事情，一個印度老人把這個猴爪給了我的一位朋友，我的朋友也是一個當(dāng)兵的。這猴爪有魔力是因為它能滿足三個人每人提出的三個愿望?！薄疤盍耍　焙詹卣f。“但這三個愿望并不能帶來幸福。”老兵提醒說，“印度老人想告訴我們想改變現(xiàn)實并不一定是好事?！薄澳敲?，你的朋友也有三個愿望嗎？”赫伯特問老兵?！笆堑模蹦锼轨o靜地回答，“并且他的第三個也是最后一個愿望就是去死！”懷特先生和懷特太太

38、聽了這個故事感到有些害怕，赫伯特問，“他死了嗎？”“是的，他死了，”莫里斯說，“他沒有家，所以他死的時候把他的東西全給了我，猴爪是這些東西的附帶品，不過他死之前就告訴過我有關(guān)猴爪的故事。”湯姆·莫里斯靜靜地說?！澳敲?，他的頭兩個愿望是什么？”赫伯特追問，“他要求什么？”“我不知道，他不想告訴我。”老兵回答說。一兩分鐘里大家都沉默著，然而赫伯特又問，“莫里斯先生，你有三個愿望嗎？”“是的，我有過，”莫里斯問答說，“我年輕時，我想要很多東西一輛跑車，還有錢”莫里斯頓了一會兒，然后很艱難地說，“我的妻子和我年輕的兒子在一次事故中喪生，沒有了他們我不再想要錢，以至到最后，我希望一無所有，但為

39、時已晚，我的妻子和孩子并不能死而復(fù)生。”房子里很靜，懷特一家看著老兵苦楚的臉。接著，懷特先生問，“為什么你現(xiàn)在還要這個爪子呢？你不需要它，你可以把它送給別人。”“我怎么能送給別人呢？”老兵說，“猴爪會給擁有它的人帶來痛苦?！薄澳敲?，給我吧，”懷特先生說，“也許這次它”“不！”湯姆·莫里斯叫道，“你是我的朋友，我不能把它給你?！边^了一會兒，他說，“我不能把它給你，但你可以從我身邊把它拿走，不過要記住猴爪會給你帶來痛苦！”老懷特沒有聽進去也沒有仔細想，很快地伸出手拿走了猴爪。湯姆·莫里斯看起來不高興，但懷特先生等不及了?！拔椰F(xiàn)在能做什么？”他問他的朋友?！皩?，這樣吧，父親，”赫

40、伯特說，“許個愿吧！”赫伯特笑了。老兵什么也不說，懷特先生又問他，“我現(xiàn)在能做些什么呢？”開始，老兵什么也不回答，最后他靜靜地說，“好吧，但記住要小心，在你許愿之前要考慮好?！薄靶?，行?！睉烟叵壬f。“把猴爪拿在你右手，然后許愿，但是”湯姆·莫里斯又開始了他那一套。“行了，我們知道。”赫伯特說，“要小心！”這時懷特太太站起來去做晚飯。她的丈夫看著她，并笑著對她說，“過來幫幫我，我能許一個什么愿呢？當(dāng)然，我們需要錢?！睉烟靥α似饋?，她想了一會兒說，“是的，我開始變老啦，有時做事情很吃力?？赡芪倚枰闹皇侄皇莾芍皇?，那么好吧，讓猴爪多給我兩只手。”“好吧，”她的丈夫說，他把猴爪放在

41、右手。每個人都看著他，他等了一會兒然后張開嘴開始許愿。突然，湯姆·莫里斯站起來?！安灰@樣！”他喊道。老兵的臉變白了。赫伯特和他的母親笑了起來，但懷特先生卻看著湯姆的臉。老懷特先生害怕了，他把猴爪放進了口袋。一兩分鐘后，他們坐在桌旁開始吃晚飯。老兵告訴這一家許多有關(guān)印度的新奇的故事。他們暫時忘了猴爪，因為老兵的故事很有趣，他們問了許多有關(guān)印度的問題。當(dāng)湯姆·莫里斯起來要走時，天色已經(jīng)很晚了?！案兄x有這么一個美好的夜晚，”莫里斯對這一家人道謝，“感謝有這樣一頓美好的晚餐，”他對懷特太太說。“湯姆，對我們來說這也是一個美好的夜晚，”老懷特先生回答道，“你的故事很有趣。我們的生活

42、很平淡，我們沒有錢去印度，所以請你盡快再來，你可以告訴我們更多關(guān)于印度的故事?！苯又媳┥弦路?，和懷特一家道別后，他就消失在雨中。 chapter 3it was nearly midnightin their warm living-room， the two old people and their son sat and talked about the soldier's stories'india is a wonderful country，' mr white said'what exciting stories！ it was a good e

43、vening'mrs white stood up to take some things into the kitchen， but she stopped and listened to herbert and his father'yes，'herbert said' morris told some interesting stories， but， of course， some of them weren't true ''oh herbert！'mrs white said'well， mother， tha

44、t story about the monkey's paw wasn't true a dirty little monkey's paw isn't magic！ but it was a good story' and herbert smiled'well，i think you're right， herbert，' his mother said'i don't know，' mr white said quietly'perhaps the story was true strange

45、 things can happen sometimes'mrs white looked at her husband'did you give some money to tom morris for that paw？' she asked'we don't have money to give away for nothing！' mrs white was angry now'well，yes，'her husband answered'i did， but not much， and at first he d

46、idn't want to take it he wanted the monkey's paw''well，he can't have it，'herbert laughed'it's our paw now and we're going to be rich and happycome on， fathermake a wish！'old mr white took the paw from his pocket'ok，herbert， but what am i going to ask for？

47、i have everythingyou， your mother what do i need？''money，of course，'herbert answered quickly'we need money！ you're always thinking about money that's be cause we haven't got very much of it with money you can pay for this house it can be your house！ go on， father， wish fo

48、r thirty thousand pounds！'herbert stopped talking and his old father thought for a minute the room was quiet and they could hear the rain on the windowsthen mr white took the monkey's paw in his right hand he was afraid， but he looked at his wife and she smiled at him'go on，' she sai

49、dslowly and carefully mr white said，'i wish for thirty thousand pounds'suddenly he gave a cry and mrs white and herbert ran to him'what's the matter， father？' herbert asked'it moved！' mr white cried'the monkey's pawit moved！'they looked at the paw it was now o

50、n the floor and not in the old man's hand the family watched it， and they wait edbut it did not move againso the little family sat down again and they waited nothing happened the noise of the rain on the windows was worse now and their little livingroom did not feel nice and warmmrs white said，&

51、#39;it's cold let's go to bed'mr white did not answer and in the end herbert said， 'well，there's no money，father your friend's story wasn't true'but mr white did not answer he sat quietly and said nothingafter some time mrs white said to her husband，'are you ok ？&

52、#39;'yes，yes，' the old man answered，'but for a minute or two i was afraid''well， we needed that money，' mrs white said，'but we aren't going to get it i'm tired i'm going to bed'after mrs white went to bed， the two men sat and smoked for some timethen herbe

53、rt said，'well，father，i'm going to bed too perhaps the money is in a bag under your bed！good night， father'and herbert laughed and went out of the roomold mr white sat in the cold livingroom for a long time the candle died and it was dark suddenly， the old man saw a face at the window qui

54、ckly， he looked again， but there was nothing there he felt afraid slowly he stood up and left the cold， dark room 3已經(jīng)快半夜了。在他們溫暖的客廳里，兩位老人和他們的兒子在談?wù)撝媳墓适隆！坝《仁且粋€神奇的國家，”懷特先生說，“多么激動人心的故事！多么美好的夜晚?！睉烟靥酒饋硪脰|西進廚房，但她卻停下來聽赫伯特和他父親談話。“是的，”赫伯特說，“莫里斯講了一些有趣的故事，但是，有些東西不一定是真實的?！薄芭?，赫伯特！”懷特太太說?！笆堑?，母親，有關(guān)猴爪的故事不是真的。一只臟的

55、猴爪哪會有魔力！但這個故事很好。”赫伯特笑著說?！拔蚁肽闶菍Φ?，赫伯特?！彼赣H說?！拔也恢溃睉烟叵壬届o地說，“也許這個故事是真的。怪事有時也會發(fā)生?！睉烟靥粗恼煞?。“你從莫里斯那兒拿來猴爪給他錢了嗎？”她問。“我們沒有多余的錢去為無價值的東西付出！”懷特太太現(xiàn)在發(fā)怒了。“是的，”她丈夫回答說，“我付錢了，但不多。開始他不想要錢，他要他的猴爪?！薄昂美?，莫里斯不再擁有猴爪了，”赫伯特笑了起來?！昂镒ΜF(xiàn)在屬于我們，我們將變得富有幸福。來吧，父親。許個愿！”老懷特先生從口袋里拿出猴爪?！昂冒?，赫伯特，但我還要什么呢？我擁有一切你，你母親。我需要什么呢？”“當(dāng)然是錢，”赫伯特迅速回答，

56、“我們需要錢！你總是為錢而費盡心思，那是因為我們沒有錢。有錢你能買房子。真正屬于你的房子！來吧，父親，許愿吧，愿咱們有30 000英鎊。”赫伯特停止了講話，他的父親思考了一會兒。房子里很安靜，他們能夠聽到雨點打在大窗戶上的聲音。接著懷特先生拿出猴爪放在右手。他很害怕，他看著妻子；他的妻子沖他微笑?！罢f吧?！彼f。懷特先生緩慢而又小心地說，“我希望有 30 000英鎊?！蓖蝗?，他發(fā)出一聲尖叫，懷特太太和赫伯特向他跑過去。“發(fā)生什么事了，父親？”赫伯特問?！八鼊悠饋砹?！”懷特先生喊道。“那猴爪它動起來了！”他們看著爪子。爪子現(xiàn)在不在老人手里而在地板上。這一家看著，等著，但猴爪已不再動了。于是，這個

57、小家庭又坐下來等。但什么也沒有發(fā)生。雨聲現(xiàn)在變得更急，他們的小客廳已感覺不到暖和。懷特太太說，“天冷了，我們睡覺吧?！睉烟叵壬淮鹪?，最后赫伯特說，“瞧，沒有錢出現(xiàn)，父親，你朋友講的故事不是真的?！钡珣烟叵壬€是不答話，他靜靜地坐著一言不發(fā)。一會兒過后，懷特太太問她丈夫，“你沒事吧？”“是的，是的，”老人回答道，“但有一兩分鐘我很害怕?！薄安诲e，我們需要錢，”懷特太太說，“但我們不會憑空拿到錢。我累了，我要睡覺?！睉烟靥洗菜X之后，兩個男人坐著吸了一會兒煙。赫伯特說，“父親，我也要睡覺了。也許錢就在你床下的一個袋子里，晚安，父親?！焙詹匦χ叱隽朔块g。老懷特先生在寒冷的客廳里呆了很長時間

58、。蠟燭滅了，天黑了。突然，老人看見窗戶上有一張臉。很快，他又看了一眼，但那兒什么也沒有。他很害怕，他慢慢地站起來，離開了寒冷、漆黑的房間。 chapter 4the next morning the winter sun came through the window and the house felt nice and warm again mr white felt better and he smiled at his wife and son the family sat down to have breakfast and they began to talk about the

59、daythe monkey's paw was on a little table near the window， but nobody looked at it and nobody thought about it'i'm going to the shops this morning，' mrs white said 'i want to get something nice for dinnerare you going to come with me？' she asked her husband'no， i'm go

60、ing to have a quiet morning i'm going to read，' her husband answered'well， i'm not going to go out this evening，'herbert said，'so we can go to bed early tonightwe were very late last night''and we aren't going to have stories about monkey's paws！'mrs white said she was angry'why did we listen to your friend？' she asked her husband'a monkey's paw can't give you things！'she stopped but the two men did not answer her'thirty thousand pounds！' she sa