1、Hills Like White ElephantsBy Ernest HemingwayThe hills across the valley of the Ebro1 were long and white. On thie there was no shade and notrees and the sion was betn two lines of railshe sun. Close against the side of the sion there was thewarm shadow of the building and a curtain, made of strings

2、 of bamboo beads,g across the open doorothe bar, to keep out fs. The American and the girl with him saa tablehe shade, outside the building. Itwas very hot and the express fromBarcelona would come in forty minutes. It stopped at this junction for two minutes and went to Madrid2. What should we drink

3、? the girl asked. She had taken off her hat and put it on the table.Its pretty hot, the man said. Lets drink beer.Dos cervezas3, the man saido the curtain.Big ones? a woman asked from the doorway. Yes. Two big ones.The woman brought two glasses of beer and two felt pads. She put the felt pads and th

4、e beer glass on thetable and looked at the man and the girl. The girl was looking o and the country was brown and dry.They look like white elephants, she said.t the line of hills. They were whitehe sunIve never seen one, the man drhis beer.No, you wouldnve.ve doesnt prove anything.4I mighve, the man

5、 said. Just because you say I wouldnThe girl looked at the bead curtain. Theyve pa Anis del Toro. Its a drink.Could we try it?ed something on it, she said. What does it say?5The man called Listen through the curtain. The woman came out from the bar. Four reales6.We want two Anis del Toro. With water

6、?Do you want it with water?I dont know, the girl said. Is it good with water?Its.You want them with water? asked the woman. Yes, with water.It tastes like licorice, the girl said and put the glass down.ts the way with everything.Yes, said the girl. Everything tastes of licorice. Espelly all the thin

7、gs youve waited so long for,like abshe.Oh, cut it out. You started it, the girl said. I was being amused. I was having a fine time. Well, lets try and have a fine time. I was trying. I said the mountains looked like white elephants. Wasntt bright?t was bright.1 The Ebro is a river in northern Spain2

8、 What does the setting (a train sion) suggest about the theme?3 dos is Spanish and means two & cerveza means beer4 What do you think about the communication betn the man and the girl? What does it show about their relationship?5 Whanguage does the girl speak? Whanguages does the mnow?6 reales were S

9、panish coins used at the timeI wanted to try this new drink.ts all we do, isnt it look at things and try new drinks?7 I guess so.The girl looked across at the hills.Theyre lovely hills, she said. They dont really look like white elephants. I just meant the colouringof their skhrough the trees.Should

10、 we have another drink?.The warm wind blew the bead curtain against the table. The beers nice and cool, the man said.Its lovely the girl said.Its really an awfully simple operation, Jig, the man said. Its not really an operation at all.The girl looked at the ground the table legs rested on8.I know y

11、ou wouldnt mind it, Jig. Its really not anything. Its just to let the air in9. The girl did not say anything.Ill go with you and Ill stay with you all the time. They just let the air in and then its all perfectly natural.Then what will we do afterwards?Well be fine afterwards. Just like we were befo

12、re. What makes you think so?ts the only thingt bothers us. Its the only thingts made us unhappy.The girl looked at the bead curtain, put her hand out and took hold of two of the strings of beads.And you think then well beand be happy.I know we will. You donve to be afraid. Ive known lots of peopleve

13、 done it.So have I, said the girl. And afterwards they were all so happy10.Well, the man said, if you dont want to you don want to. But I know its perfectly simple.11And you really want to?I think its the best thing to do. But I dont want you tove to. I wouldnve yout if you didntt if you dont really

14、 want to.And if It youll be happy and things will be like they were and youll love me?I love you now. You know I love you.I know. But if It, then it will be nice again if I say things are like white elephants, and youll likeit?Ill love it. I love it now but I just cant think about it. You know how I

15、 get when I worry.If It you wont ever worry?I wont worry aboutt because its perfectly simple.Then Illt. Because I dont care about me.12 What do you mean?I dont care about me. Well, I care about you.Oh, yes. But I dont care about me. And Illt and then everything will be fine.I dont want you tot if yo

16、u feelt way.7 What does this reveal about the lifestyle of the couple? 8 Why does the girl look at the ground and not the man? 9 What sort of operation do you think hes talking about?10 What tone of voice does the girl use when she says this? How do we know?11 What does the man think about his own k

17、nowledge?12 What does this sentenhow about the girls understanding of how the operation will affect her?The girl stood up and walked toof the sion. Across, on the other side, were fields of grain and the river, were mountains. The shadow of a cloud movedtrees along the bs of the Ebro. Far away,acros

18、s the field of grain and she saw the river through the trees.And we could have all this, she said. And we could have everything and every day we make it moreimsible.What did you say?I said we could have everything. We can have everything. No, we cant.We can have the whole world. No, we cant. We can

19、go everywhere.No, we cant. It isnt ours anymore. Its ours.No, it isnt. And once they take it away, you never get it back. But they havent taken it away.Well wait and see13.Come on backhe shade, he said. You musfeelt way.I dont feel any way, the girl said. I just know things.I dont want you to do any

20、thingt you dont want to do -Nor t isnt good for me, she said. I know. Could we have another beer?. But youve got to realize I realize, the girl said. Cant we maybe stop talking?They sat down at the table and the girl looked across at the hills on the dry side of the valley and theman looked at her a

21、nd at the table.Youve got to realize, he said, t I dont want you tot if you dont want to. Im perfectly willingto go through with it if it means anything to you.Doesnt it mean anything to you? We could get along.Of course it does. But I dont want anybody but you. I dont want anyone else. And I know i

22、tsperfectly simple.Yes, you know its perfectly simple.14Itsfor you to sayt, but I do know it.Would you do something for me now?Id do anything for you.Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?15He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the sion.

23、 There were labels on them from all the hos where they had spent nights.But I dont want you to, he said, I dont care anything about it. Ill scream, the girl said.The woman came out through the curtains with two glasses of beer and put them down on the d pads. The train comes in five minutes, she sai

24、d.What did she say? asked the girl.feltt the train is coming in five minutes.The girl sd brightly at the woman, tonk her.Id better take the bags over to the other side of the sion, the man said. She sd at him.13 What is the difference betn the mans understanding of everything and the girls?14 What d

25、oes the girl indicate about the difference bet15 Why does she want him to stop talking?n her knowledge and the mans knowledge?. Then come back and well finish the beer.Hcked upthe two heavy bags and carried them around the sion to the other tracks. He looked up the tracks bouldnot see the train. Com

26、ing back, he walked through the bar-room, where people waiting for the train were drinking. He dran Anis at the bar and looked at the people. They were all waiting reasonably16 for the train.He went out through the bead curtain. She was sitting at the table and sd at him.Do you feel better? he asked

27、.I feel fine, she said. Theres nothing wrong with me. I feel fine.17Source:Hemingway, Ernest. “Hills Like White Elephants.” The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. Eds.Cassill, R.V.and Richard Bausch. New York: Norton, 2000. 757-761. Pr.16 What does this word reasonably suggest about the mans poof vi

28、ew?17 How do youret the girls final words?在埃布羅又長又白。在這方面沒有樹蔭的站和兩條鐵路線之間的。緊靠著車站的旁邊是的建筑和窗簾溫暖的陰影，用竹珠串，掛在酒吧間敞開著的門口，以防。和他身邊的坐在樹蔭下的表，樓外。天氣很熱，表達(dá)巴塞羅那將四十分鐘后回來。它停在這個連接兩分鐘去馬德里?！霸撛趺春龋俊眴?。她脫掉帽子，把它放在桌子上。“熱得很，”說。“讓喝啤酒?！薄癉OS 瓶啤酒，”說成窗簾。“大的？”一個女人在門口問。 “是的。兩個大的。”她把兩杯啤酒和兩個毛氈墊。她把杯墊，桌上的一杯啤酒和看和。眺望遠(yuǎn)處群山的輪廓。他們在陽光下是白色的，國家是棕色和干?！?/p>

29、它們看上去象一群白象，”她說。“我從來沒有見過一個，”喝他的啤酒?！安唬悴粫?。”“我會的，”說?！本鸵驗槟阏f我不可能并不能證明什么?！蓖楹??！彼麄冊谏厦娈嬃藮|西的，”她說。“它說什么了？” “無論刪除。它是一種飲料?！薄翱梢栽囋嚕俊蹦莻€叫“聽”通過窗簾。這個女人從酒吧出來?！八膫€?！薄跋胍獌蓜h除之?！?“有水嗎？”“你想讓它有水嗎？”“我不知道，”說。”這是好水？” “沒事?！薄澳阆Ｍ麄冇兴畣幔俊迸藛?。 “是的，有水。”“它嘗起來像，”說，放下?！斑@一切的方式?！薄笆堑模闭f。”一切有。尤其是那些你已經(jīng)等了這么長時間，喜歡苦艾酒。”“哦，砍了它?！薄笆悄阆乳_始的，”說?！蔽冶欢簶?。

30、我有一個美好的時光?！薄班牛尪冗^一段美好的時光?！薄八械臋?quán)利。我嘗試了。我說這些山看起來像白色的大象。不亮？”“那是光明的?！薄皣L試新的飲料。這就是是這樣?！蓖鴮γ娴纳?。要做的一切，不是嗎看的東西和嘗試新的飲料嗎？”“這些山美極了，”她說?！八麄儾皇钦娴目雌饋硐癜咨拇笙蟆Ｒ馑际钦f他們皮膚的顏色穿過樹林?！薄皯?yīng)該再來一杯嗎？”“好的。”溫暖的風(fēng)吹簾珠在桌子上。“啤酒很涼快，”說?！罢婵蓯邸闭f?！斑@真是一個非常簡單的操作，夾具，”地面，桌腿上休息?！拔抑滥悴粫诤醯?，夾具。真的沒什么都沒說。說。”它不是一個真正的工作在所有?！贝蟛涣恕＿@只是為了讓空氣進(jìn)來。”“我會和你一起去，我會和你在一

31、起的所有時間。他們只是讓空氣，然后就一切都自然完美?！薄澳侵笠趺醋瞿兀俊薄皶]事的。就像以前?！薄澳阍趺磿@么想？”“這是唯一讓。這是唯一的，使不?！敝楹煟焓肿テ饍纱樽??！澳阏J(rèn)為 “我知道“我也是，”“好吧，”會沒事的，是的。”會的。你不必害怕。我知道，做了很多人?！闭f?！比缓笏麄兌己芨吲d。”說，“如果你不想你不需要。我不會讓你做你不想。但我知道它非常簡單?！薄澳阏娴南耄俊薄拔艺J(rèn)為這是最好的事情。但我不想你如果你真的不想這樣做?！薄叭绻胰プ隽耍銜吲d，事情又會象從前那樣，你會愛我嗎？”我愛你現(xiàn)在你知道我愛你?！薄拔抑?。但如果我這樣做，那么這將是很好的如果我說的東西，就像白色的大象，你會喜歡它嗎？”“我會喜歡的。我喜歡現(xiàn)在的 “如果我做你不會擔(dān)心嗎？”“我不擔(dān)心，因為它非常簡單?！?“我會做的。因為我不在乎我。” “你是什么意思？”“我不在乎我?！薄班?，我關(guān)心你?！辈幌胨Ｄ阒牢耶?dāng)我擔(dān)心。”“哦，是的。但我不在乎我。我會做的，一切都會好的。”“我不想讓你如果你覺得那樣做。”站起來走到終點站。在，在另一邊，是戰(zhàn)場的糧食和樹木沿埃布羅河樹林看到河。遠(yuǎn)處，在河的那一邊，