TheStoryofanHour一個(gè)鐘頭的故事TheyknewthatLouiseMallardhadaweakheart.Sotheybrokethebadnewsgently.Herhusband,Brently,wasdead.“Therewasatrainaccident,Louise,”saidhersisterJosephine,quietly.Herhusband’sfriend,Richards,broughtthenews,butJosephinetoldthestory.Shespokeinbrokensentences.“Richards…wasatthenewspaperoffice.Newsoftheaccidentcame.Louise…Louise,Brently’snamewasonthelist.Brently…waskilled,Louise.”他們知道路易絲·馬拉德的心臟不太好，所以把壞消息告訴她時(shí)非常小心。她的丈夫布倫特里死了?！俺隽艘淮位疖囀鹿?，路易絲。”姐姐約瑟芬輕聲說(shuō)道。帶來(lái)消息的是她丈夫的朋友理查茲，但告訴她的是約瑟芬。約瑟芬在講述時(shí)語(yǔ)不成句?！袄聿槠澁?dāng)時(shí)正在報(bào)社，消息傳了過(guò)來(lái)。路易絲……路易絲，死者的名單上有布倫特里的名字。布倫特里……遇難了，路易絲。”Louisedidnothearthestorycalmly,likesomewomenwould.Shecouldnotclosehermindorherhearttothenews.Likeasuddenstorm,hertearsbrokeout.Shecried,atonce,loudlyinhersister’sarms.Then,justassuddenly,thetearsstopped.Shewenttoherroomalone.Shewouldnotletanyonefollowher.Infrontofthewindowstoodalarge,comfortablearmchair.Intothishersankandlookedoutofthewindow.Shewasphysicallyexhaustedafterhertears.Herbodyfeltcold;hermindandheartwereempty.Outsideherwindowshecouldseethetrees.Theairamelledlikespringrain.Shecouldhearsomeonesingingfaraway.Birdssangnearthehouse.Blueskyshowedbetweentheclouds.Sherested.路易絲聽到這個(gè)噩耗，沒有像有些婦女所可能表現(xiàn)的那樣平靜。她不可能做到無(wú)動(dòng)于衷。淚水像突如其來(lái)的暴雨，奪眶而出。她立時(shí)呼號(hào)起來(lái)，在姐姐的懷里放聲大哭。隨后她的淚水就像它們突然來(lái)時(shí)的那樣又突然止住了。她獨(dú)自走進(jìn)自己的房間，不讓任何人跟著進(jìn)去。窗前放著一把又大又舒適的扶手椅。她疲憊地坐到椅子上，向窗外望去。哭過(guò)之后，她筋疲力盡。她渾身冰涼，腦子里和心里一片空白。窗外，她能看到一片樹木，空氣聞起來(lái)就像春雨過(guò)后。她還能聽到遠(yuǎn)處有人在唱歌，房子附近也有鳥兒在歌唱，白云間露出一片片藍(lán)天。她平靜了下來(lái)。Shesatquietly,butafewweaktearsstillfell.Shewasyoungwithafair,calmfacethatshowedcertainstrength.Butnowtherewasadullstareinhereyes.Shelookedoutofthewindowatthebluesky.Shewasnotthinking,orseeing.Shewaswaiting.Therewassomethingcomingtoherandshewaswaitingforitwithfear.Whatwasit?Shedidnotknow.Itwastoosubtletoname.Butshefeltitcreepingoutofthesky.Itwasreachingherthroughthesound,thesmell,thecolorthatfilledtheair.Slowlyshebecameexcited,herbreathcamefast;herheartbeatfaster.Shewasbeginningtorecognizethethingthatwasapproachingtotakeher.Shetriedtobeatitbackwithherwill,butfailed.Hermindwasasweakashertwosmallwhitehands.Whenshestoppedfightingagainstit,alittlewordbrokefromherlips.她靜靜地坐著，又有幾滴淚水掉落下來(lái)。她很年輕，白皙安詳?shù)哪樕巷@露出一種毅力。但此時(shí)此刻，她的眼神中沒有一絲生氣。她望著窗外的藍(lán)天。她不是在想，也不是在看，而是在等待。什么東西正向她靠近，她恐懼地等待著。是什么呢？她不知道。那東西太微妙，說(shuō)不清楚。但是她感到它正從天邊而來(lái)，透過(guò)空氣中的聲音、氣息和顏色正在逼近她。慢慢地，她變得興奮起來(lái)，呼吸急促，心跳加快。她開始意識(shí)到正向她逼近要控制她的是什么東西。她試圖用自己的意志力把這種朦朧的意識(shí)打回去，但毫無(wú)用處。她的意志就像她那纖細(xì)白皙的雙手，脆弱無(wú)力，不能將其推開。當(dāng)她干脆任其自由發(fā)展時(shí)，從她的雙唇間蹦出一個(gè)詞?！癴ree,”shewhispered.“free,free,free!”thedullstareandlookoffearwentfromhereyes.Theystayedkeenandbright.Herheartbeatfast,andthebloodwarmedandrelaxedeveryinchofherbody.Asuddenfeelingofjoyheldher.Shedidnotaskifherjoywaswrong.Shesawherfreedomclearlyandcouldnotstoptothinkofsmallerthings.Sheknewthatshewouldweepagainwhenshesawherhusband’sbody.Thekindhands,nowdeadandstill.Thelovingface,nowfixedandgray.Butshelookedintothefutureandsawmanylongyearstocomethatwouldbelongtoheralone.Andnowsheopenedandspreadherarmsouttothoseyearsinwelcome.“自由了，”她低語(yǔ)道，“自由了，自由了，自由了！”茫然的目光和恐懼的神色一掃而光。她的目光又敏銳、閃亮起來(lái)。她的心跳加快，血液沸騰，全身輕松了下來(lái)。她感到一種突如其來(lái)的歡悅。她想都沒想這種歡悅的心情是否正當(dāng)。今后的自由清清楚楚地展現(xiàn)在她的面前，別的都是小事，無(wú)暇顧及。她知道她看到丈夫的遺體時(shí)還會(huì)哭。那親切的雙手再也不能揮動(dòng)，那可愛的臉龐變得呆滯而又蒼白。但她看到了未來(lái)，看到了將來(lái)長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的歲月，那只屬于她的歲月。她張開雙臂，歡迎那美好的歲月。Therewouldbenooneelsetoliveforduringthoseyears.Shewouldliveforherselfalone.Therewouldbenopowerfulwillbendinghers.Menandwomenalwaysbelievetheycantellotherswhattodoandhowtothink.SuddenlyLouiseunderstoodthatthiswaswrongandthatshecouldbreakawayandbefreeofit.Amdyet,shehadlovedhim----sometimes.Oftenshehadnot.Whatdidlovemeannow?nowsheunderstoodthatfreedomisstrongerthanlove.“Free!Bodyandsoulfree!”shekeptwhispering.HersisterJosephinewaswaitingoutsidethedoor.“Pleaseopenthedoor,”Josephinecried.“Youwillmakeyourselfsick.Whatareyoudoinginthere,Louise?Please,please,letmein!”“Goaway.Iamnotmakingmyselfsick.”No,shewasdrinkinginlifethroughthatopenwindow.在那些歲月里，她將不再為其他任何人而活著，只為她自己。那時(shí)再也沒有人使自己屈從于他的意志。人們總是認(rèn)為他們可以叫其他人做什么，叫其他人如何思考。路易絲突然明白這是錯(cuò)誤的，她完全可以從中擺脫出來(lái)。然而她曾經(jīng)愛過(guò)他——有的時(shí)候。更多的時(shí)候她又不愛他。愛到底意味著什么？現(xiàn)在她知道自由比愛情更加強(qiáng)烈，更加重要。“自由了！徹底自由了！”她不停地低聲說(shuō)道。姐姐約瑟芬在門外等著?！罢?qǐng)開門，”約瑟芬大聲喊道?！澳銜?huì)把自己弄病的。你到底在里面干什么，路易絲？請(qǐng)，請(qǐng)讓我進(jìn)去！”“走開。我不會(huì)把自己弄病的?！笔堑模粫?huì)。透過(guò)敞開的窗戶，她正在領(lǐng)略著窗外生命的氣息，體驗(yàn)著生命的美好。Shethoughtjoyfullyofallthosedaysbeforeher.Springdays,summerdays.Allkindsofdaysthatwouldbeherown.Shebegantohopelifewouldbelong.Itwasonlyyesterdaythatlifeseemedsolong!Afterawhileshegotupandopenedthedoor.Hereyeswerebright;hercheekswerered.Shedidn’tknowhowstrongandwellshelooked---sofullofjoy.Theywentdownstairs,whereRichardswaswaiting.Someonewasopeningthedoor.ItwasBrentlyMallard,whoentered,lookingdirtyandtired,carryingasuitcaseandanumbrella.Hewasnotkilledintheaccident.Hedidn’tevenknowtherehadbeenone.HestoodsurprisedatJosephine’ssuddencry.Hedidn’tunderstandwhyRichardsmovedsuddenlybetweenthem,tohideLouisefromherhusband.ButRichardswastoolate.Whenthedoctorscame,theysaidshehaddiedofheartdisease----ofjoythatkills.她高興地想著以后的日子。春天，夏天，所有屬于她自己的日子。她開始渴望長(zhǎng)壽，而就在昨天她還嫌生命漫長(zhǎng)，看不到盡頭！過(guò)了一會(huì)，她起身把門打開。她的眼睛炯炯有神，她的臉頰很紅潤(rùn)。她不知道她的身體看起來(lái)是多么地健康——充滿了喜悅。她們下了樓，理查茲在樓下等著。有人在開門。進(jìn)來(lái)的是布倫特里·馬拉德，他滿面風(fēng)塵，手提著一只旅行箱并拿著把雨傘。他沒有在事故中遇難，他甚至不知道發(fā)生了車禍。他愣在那里，對(duì)約瑟芬的驚叫感到詫異。他不理解理查茲為什么突然站到他們中間，把路易絲擋起來(lái)。但是理查茲太晚了。當(dāng)醫(yī)生趕到時(shí)，他們說(shuō)她死于心臟病——死于心臟承受不了的喜悅。注釋A.詞匯（Vocabulary）1.break:vt,vi1）（causeto）separateintopartswithsuddennessorviolence,butnotbycuttingortearing打破；擊破；（使）破裂；（使）破碎；斷Hebrokeawindow.他打破了一扇窗。Theropebrokewhentheywereclimbing.他們向上爬時(shí)，繩索斷了。Theglassbrokeintopieces.玻璃破成碎片。Alargepieceoficebrokeawayfromthemainmass.一大塊冰從冰堆上斷裂開來(lái)。2）（causeto）becomeunusablebydamagetooneormoreparts（弄）壞；損壞；（使）破損Hebrokehiswristwatchbydroppingit.他把手表掉在地上，摔壞了。Thismachineisbrokenandmustberepaired.這臺(tái)機(jī)器壞了，得修理一下。3）（causeto）becomesuddenlyorviolently（使）突然變?yōu)門heprisonerbrokeloose.犯人突然掙脫逃跑了。Theboxbrokeopenwhenitfell.盒子掉下來(lái)時(shí)，蓋子一下子摔開了。4）nottokeep(alaw,etc.);goactivelyagainst違反；違背（法律等）Ifyoudothis,youwillbebreakingthelaw.如果你這樣做，就會(huì)違反法律。Hebrokethespeedlimitbydrivinghiscarat80mph.他以八十英里的時(shí)速開車，違反了車速限制的規(guī)定。5)tell,makeknown,reveal告訴；使知道Someonemustbreakthebadnewstoher.一定得有人將壞消息告訴她。2.exhausted和exhaustive的區(qū)別exhausted的意思是“筋疲力盡”；exhaustive看起來(lái)與exhausted很相近，但意思完全不一樣，它是“全面而徹底的；詳盡無(wú)遺的”的意思。例如：Theexhaustedmenfellontheroadandsleptwheretheylay.那些筋疲力盡的人躺倒在路上，就地睡著了。Thisisanexhaustivestudyofthesubject.這是有關(guān)該題目的一個(gè)詳盡的研究。3.subtle:adj.1)delicate,hardlynoticeable,andesp.pleasant難以捉摸的；微妙的Therearesubtledifferencesbetweenthetwothings.這兩者之間有著微妙的關(guān)系。It’sasubtletaste.那是一種無(wú)法形容的味道。2)cleverinarrangement精巧的；巧妙的That’sasubtleplan.那是一個(gè)巧妙的計(jì)劃。4.creep:vi.(pt,ppcrept)1)moveslowly,quietlyorsecretlywiththebodytotheground（身體貼近地面而且悄悄地）爬行；匍匐前進(jìn)Thecatcreptsilentlytowardsthemouse.貓悄悄地向老鼠爬過(guò)去。2)(oftime,age,etc.)comeongradually（指時(shí)間，年齡等）不知不覺地而來(lái)Oldagecreepsupononeunawares.不知不覺地老年就來(lái)臨了。3)(ofplants,etc)growalongthegroundoverthesurfaceofawall,etc.（指植物等）沿地面、墻壁的表面等而蔓延；攀爬Ivyhadcreptovertheruinedcastlewalls.常春藤已爬滿了那荒堡殘?jiān)?)(oftheflesh)havethefeelingthatthingsarecreepingoverit(astheresultoffear,repugnance,etc.)（指肌膚）有蟲爬的感覺（如由于恐懼、嫌惡等之結(jié)果）；起雞皮疙瘩Thesightofthecold,dampprisoncell,withratsrunningabout,madeherfleshcreep.看見那冰冷陰濕的牢房，還有老鼠在里面跑來(lái)跑去，她渾身起雞皮疙瘩。5.will:n.1)mentalpowerbywhichapersoncandirecthisthoughtsandactions,andinfluencethoseofothers意志Hehasthewilltolive;he‘llrecover.他有活下去的決心；他會(huì)康復(fù)的。2）controlexercisedoveroneself,one’simpulses意志力，自制力Heshowedastrengthofwillthatovercameallobstacles.他表現(xiàn)出堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的意志力，克服了所有的障礙。3）determination;desireorpurpose決心；意向；欲望；目的Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.有志者，事竟成。6.weep:vi.vt1)esp.formal&literarytocry流淚；哭泣Helostcontrolofhisfeelingsandbegantoweep.他控制不住自己的感情，流起眼淚來(lái)。Sheweptbittertears.她流下了傷心的眼淚。2）toput(oneself)intoacertainstatebyweeping哭得使（處于某種狀態(tài)）Sheweptherselfsilly.她哭得死去活來(lái)。7.spread:vt.vi1)stretchorextendinspaceortime（空間上）擴(kuò)展；伸開；分散（在一段時(shí)間里）Inthelasthundredyears,thecityhasspreadalot.在近一百年里，這個(gè)城市擴(kuò)展了許多。Hestoodupandspreadhisarms.他站起來(lái)，伸開了雙臂。HisvisitstoCanadawerespreadoverfiveyears.他的幾次加拿大之行是分散在五年中進(jìn)行的。2）put(acovering)on(asurface)涂在…的表面上Shespreadbutteronthebread.她在面包上涂了黃油。8.bend:vt.vi.(pt,ppbent)1)cause(sth.rigid)tobeoutofastraightlineorsurface使（硬的東西）彎曲Leadbendseasily.鉛容易彎曲。2）bow;stoop彎腰；屈身Shebentovertolookatthestones.她彎腰去看那些石塊。3）direct使朝向Alleyesarebentonme.大家都在看著我。4）submit屈從，服從Thepeopleinthecountryarebenttotheirking‘swill.這個(gè)國(guó)家的人民服從國(guó)王的意志。9.stay:vi.1)nottomove,go,come,etc.停留；逗留Yougo;I’llstayheretillyoucomeback.你走吧，我會(huì)待在這里等你回來(lái)。Shestayedwhereshewas.她待在原地不動(dòng)。Mycarstaysinthegaragemostoftheweek.一周大部分時(shí)間我的車都停放在車庫(kù)里不用。2）continuetobe(inanunchangedstate)保持（不變狀態(tài)）Ihopethesoupwillstaywarmtilltheycomeback.我希望在他們回來(lái)之前湯不會(huì)涼。Theroomhasstayedthesamesincehedied;noonehaschangedanything.他死后，房間一直保持原狀；誰(shuí)也沒有動(dòng)過(guò)任何東西。10.approachvt.vi.1）move,come,orgonear走近；接近；臨近Heapproachedthemslowly.他慢慢走近他們。Springisapproaching.春天臨近了。2）comeorgoto(someone)totalkabout,suggest,askfor（something）與…打交道；找…商量；向…接洽、查詢Heapproachedmeaboutthislastweek.上星期他找我商談這件事。Canyouapproachthemonthematterforme?你能找他們替我查詢一下這件事情嗎？B.短語(yǔ)、句型（SetPhrasesandSentencePatterns）1.keepdoingsth.:continuedoingsth.;doingsth.frequentlyorrepeatedly繼續(xù)做某事；老是做某事Alicekeptwavingtous.愛麗絲不停地向我們揮手。Theykeptwateringthefieldsuntiltheygotagoodharvest.他們不斷澆地，直到獲得了好收成。Manyproblemskeptcroppingupinhismind.他腦中不斷出現(xiàn)許多問(wèn)題。2.drinkin:(fig)takeineagerlythroughthesensesorwithpleasure(喻)欣賞Theboydrankineverywordofthesailor‘sstoryofhisadventures.這小男孩全神貫注地傾聽著那水手?jǐn)⑹鏊半U(xiǎn)故事的每一句話。Theystoppedforamomenttodrinkinthebeautyofthescenery.他們逗留了一會(huì)兒，欣賞周圍的美麗景色。3.stoptodosth.:stopdoingwhatisbeingdoneandstarttodoanotherthing停下來(lái)去某事HestoppedtospeaktoMartin.他停下來(lái)和馬丁講話。Theystoppedtolisten,buttherewasnomoresound.他們停下來(lái)去聽，但已沒有聲音了。Onmyreturnjourney,Istoppedtoseetwofactoriesthathadjustbeenbuilt回去的途中，我停下來(lái)參觀了剛建起來(lái)的兩座工廠。Cf.stopdoingsth.:stopdoingwhatoneisdoing停止做某事Hasitstoppedraining?雨停了嗎？Stoptalking.不要講話了。Helpneverstoppedcomingfromthedayshefellill.從她生病的那一天起，各方面的幫助就沒停過(guò)。4.breakout:(offire,disease,war,rioting)appear,start,suddenly（指火災(zāi)，疾病，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng),暴亂）突然發(fā)生Afirebrokeoutduringthenight.夜間突然發(fā)生火災(zāi)。TheSecondWorldWarbrokeoutinSeptember1939.第二次世界大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)于1939年。5.belongto:beownedby屬于Thisbookbelongstohim;it’shis.這本書屬于他，是他的。Whodoesthatcarbelongto?那輛車是誰(shuí)的？6.breakaway:freeoneselffrom脫離；擺脫Hehasbrokenawayfromhisoldhabits.他戒除了舊習(xí)。Startledbythesuddenwhistleofthetrain,thehorsebrokeaway.火車突然鳴笛，那匹馬受驚脫逃。C.難句理解（SentenceComprehension）1.Sotheybrokethebadnewsgently.——Sotheytoldthebadnewsinasoftway.因此他們倆委婉地告訴了那壞消息。breakthebadnewsgently:revealthenewsinsuchawaythatitseffectislessofashock把一個(gè)壞消息非常委婉地告訴某人2.Louisedidnothearthestorycalmly,likesomewomenwould.——Louisewasnotascalmassomewomenwoulddowhensheheardthestory.路易絲聽到這個(gè)消息，不象有些女人那樣平靜。該句中l(wèi)ike做連詞用，意思是“象，如”，一般認(rèn)為這種用法不正確，但實(shí)際上許多知名作家也這樣用。又如：Shecan‘tcooklikehermotherdoes.她烹飪的技術(shù)不如她的母親。3.Shecouldnotclosehermindorherhearttothenews.——Itwasimpossibleforhertoremainunmovedatthenews.他不可能做到無(wú)動(dòng)于衷。closeone’smindto:nottobeaffected,remainunmoved不受影響；無(wú)動(dòng)于衷4.Likeasuddenstorm,hertearsbrokeout.——Likeasuddenstorm,hertearscameoutimmediately.她的淚水就像突如其來(lái)的暴雨，奪眶而出。likeasuddenstorm是一種比喻用法，這種修辭手法常用于文學(xué)作品中，使描寫更加形象生動(dòng)。又如：AndthenDellaleapeduplikealittlesingedcatandcried:“Oh,Oh!”接著，黛拉像挨燙的小貓一樣跳起來(lái)，喊叫著說(shuō)：“啊，??！”5.Intothisshesankandlookedoutofthewindow.——Shesatdowninthelargeandcomfortablearmchair,andlookedoutofthewindow.她疲憊地坐下來(lái)，向窗外望去。這是一個(gè)倒裝句，使該句與上句之間更加連貫。句