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【導(dǎo)讀】在《金銀島》中，吉姆和他的朋友，鄉(xiāng)紳屈利勞尼、大夫李甫西一起去尋寶；航海的過程中充滿了千辛萬苦和千奇百怪的事。到底他們遭遇到了什么呢？閱讀下面的節(jié)選內(nèi)容，你會有所了解。TreasureIsland(excerpt)Afterlunch，thesquireandthedoctorsatbythecaptain'ssideandtalked.Then，alittlepastnoon，thedoctortookhishat，hispistolsandasword，putthemapinhispocket，andwalkedoffquicklythroughthetrees.IguessedhewasgoingtoseeBenGunn，andthoughtthedoctorwasluckytobewalkinginthecoolshadowsofthewood.Thehousewashotandsmeltofblood，andthereweredeadbodieslyingallaround.Suddenly，Iwantedtogetawayfromthatplace－andIhadanidea！IwouldgoandlookforBenGunn'sboat！Perhapswewouldneeditsometime.Thatwasmyexcusetomyself，althoughIknewitwaswrongofmetoleaveonlytwounwoundedmentoguardthestockade.Itwasalsowrongofmetoleavesecretly，butthatiswhatIdid.Ifilledmypocketswithbread，thentooktwopistolsandthepowderforthem.WhenGrayandMrTrelawneywerehelpingthecaptain，Iclimbedquicklyoutofthestockadeandranintothetrees.Imademywaytowardstheeastcoast.Itwaslateintheafternoon，butstillwarm.Sooncoolairbegantoreachme，andsuddenlytherewasthesea.Iwalkedalongtheedge，thenuptoasmallsand-coveredhill.BenGunnhadtoldmehisboatwashiddennearthewhiterock，andIfoundthatrockfartheralongthebeach.Thelittleboatwashiddeninthegrass—asmall，roughthing，madeofwoodandgoat-skins.IknewIshouldgobacktothestockadenow，butanideacametomeandIsatdowntowaitfordarkness.Asthelastofthedaydisappeared，thereweretwolightsintheblackness.Onecamefromagreatfireontheshorewherethepiratessatsinginganddrinking；theothercamefromtheHispaniolaoutatsea.Iputthesmallboatonmyshouldersandcarriedittotheedgeofthewater，thenIputitinthesea.Itwasaverysafeboat，butdifficulttocontrol.ItturnedeverywayexcepttheoneIwantedtogo!TheseacarriedmeouttotheHispaniola.IknewifIcuttheanchorropeatthewrongmoment，theHispaniolawouldmakeasuddenmoveouttosea，andmyboatmightbeknockedoutofthewater.SoItookmyknifeandcutalmostthroughtherope，thenwaited，listeningtothesoundoftwoloudvoicescomingfromthecabin.Bothmensoundeddrunk，andbothwereangry.AtlastthewindturnedtheshiptowardsmeandnowIcutallthewaythroughtherope.AsfastasIcould，Ipushedmylittleboatalongthesideoftheship，desperatetogetawaybeforetheshipcrashedintome.JustasIgavethefinalpush，myhandfoundaropeovertheendoftheship.Idon'tknowwhyItookholdoftherope，butIdid.Ipulledmyboatneartotheship，thenstooduptoseethroughthecabinwindow.Ihadwonderedwhythetwomenweren'tondeck，butonelookthroughthewindowgavememyanswer.ItwasIsraelHandsandthemanintheredcap，nowlockedinbattle，eachwithahandroundtheother'sneck.Idroppeddownintheboatagain，lookingovermyshoulderattheshore.Andthere，rightbehindme，wasthepirate'sfireonthebeach！Thenthewind，withsuddenviolence，turnedtheHispaniola，andmylittleboatwithit，andwewerebothsailingfastintotheopensea.《金銀島》節(jié)選午飯后，鄉(xiāng)紳和大夫在船長身邊坐下來商討軍情。時間剛過正午，大夫拿起帽子和槍，還有一把短劍，把地圖放在口袋里，迅速地消失在樹林里。我猜測他是去和本·葛恩碰頭的。我甚至羨慕他走在樹林的陰涼里。木屋里熱得很，周圍有那么多的血，橫著那么多尸體。忽然間我想逃離這地方——我有了主意！我去看看本·葛恩的小船。也許我們什么時候用得著它。這只是我自己的借口而已，我知道只留下兩個未受傷的人守衛(wèi)木屋是錯誤的。而且我這次擅自行動也是不合適的，但我還是這樣做了。我把兩只口袋裝滿了面包，然后拿了兩把手槍，帶上足夠的彈藥。鄉(xiāng)紳和葛雷正忙于照顧船長的時候，我迅速爬出木屋，跑進了樹林。我一直向東海岸走去。已經(jīng)是下午晚些時候了，還是那么熱。不久涼爽的風(fēng)陣陣襲來，我突然到了海邊。我沿著海邊走去，走上一個沙子覆蓋的小山。本·葛恩告訴過我他的小船藏在白巖石附近，我在遠處的海邊找到了那巖石。小船藏在草叢中——是木頭和山羊皮制成的船，又小又粗糙。我知道我應(yīng)該立刻回到寨子里去。但一種意念驅(qū)使我坐下來等著天黑。在落日的最后一絲余光消失之后，我只能看見兩點火光。一個是岸上海盜們巨大的篝火堆，海盜們圍著篝火喝酒，唱歌；另一個來自海面上的伊斯帕尼奧拉號。我把小船扛在肩上運到水邊，放在海里。這只船非常安全，但極難控制，它就是不朝我要去的方向前進！我在海上向伊斯帕尼奧拉號劃去。我知道如果我在錯誤的時刻砍斷繩索，伊斯帕尼奧拉號就會突然離岸，我的小船也勢必傾覆。因此我抽出刀來一股一股地割繩索，在繩索將斷時稍停片刻。我聽見船艙里有兩個人高聲談話。兩個人好像喝醉了，而且都怒氣沖沖的。終于又來了一陣風(fēng)，大船向我靠近了一些，于是我割斷了最后幾股繩索。我以最快的速度沿大船邊緣推動我的小船，急于在大船撞上來之前逃開。我剛推完最后一掌，我的手忽然碰到大船上掛下來的一條繩子。我自己也不知道為什么要抓住繩子，但我已經(jīng)這樣做了。我拉住繩子往大船邊靠，然后站起來從船艙的窗戶往里看。我原來不知道這兩個人為什么沒在甲板上，不過我只看這一眼就全明白了。伊斯萊爾·漢茲和那個戴紅帽的正打作一團，互相扭著對方的脖子。我又跳回到座板上，扭頭向岸上望去。就在我身后的海灘上是海盜們的篝火堆。忽然來了一陣大風(fēng)，大船和小船被一起拉到了寬闊的海面上。[知識積累]1．pistoln． 手槍2．makeone's