B1 Unit 7 Text 1 英汉对照(原Unit9)

1、.text onethe call of the wildby jack london1 buck, a large dog, used to live in the south. but this was 1897, when men and dogs were hurrying to north-west canada to look for gold. buck was stolen and taken to the north, which was entirely new to him, being so close to the dangerous wilderness. how

2、did buck manage to adapt himself to the new life? please read the following selection from jack londons famous novel simplified by nick bullard. 2 buck lived in mr. millers big house in the sunny santa clara valley. there were large gardens and fields of fruit trees around the house, and a river nea

3、rby. in a big place like this, of course, there were many dogs. there were house dogs and farm dogs, but they were not important. buck was chief dog; he was born here, and this was his place. he was four years old and weighed sixty kilos. he went swimming with mr. millers sons, and walking with his

4、daughters. he carried the grandchildren on his back, and he sat at mr. millers feet in front of the fire in winter. 3 but this was 1897, and buck did not know that men and dogs were hurrying to north-west canada to look for gold. and he did not know that manuel, one of mr. millers gardeners, needed

5、money for his large family. one day, when mr. miller was out, manuel and buck left the garden together. it was just an evening walk, buck thought. no one saw them go, and only one man saw them arrive at the railway station. this man talked to manuel, and gave him some money. then he tied a piece of

6、rope around bucks neck. 4 buck growled, and was surprised when the rope was pulled hard around his neck. he jumped at the man. the man caught him and suddenly buck was on his back with his tongue out of his mouth. for a few moments he was unable to move, and it was easy for the two men to put him in

7、to the train. 5 when buck woke up, the train was still moving. the man was sitting and watching him, but buck was too quick for him and he bit the mans hand hard. then the rope was pulled again and buck had to let go. 6 that evening, the man took buck to the back room of a bar in san francisco. he t

8、ook off bucks rope and pushed him into a wooden box. the next day buck was carried in the box to the railway station and put on a train to the north. for two days and nights the train traveled north, and for two days and nights buck neither ate nor drank. for two days and nights buck got angrier and

9、 hungrier and thirstier. his eyes grew red and he bit anything that moved. 7 in seattle four men took buck to a small, high-walled back garden, where a fat man in an old red coat was waiting. buck was now very angry indeed and he jumped and bit at the sides of his box. the fat man smiled and went to

10、 get an ax and a club. as the fat man hit the box with his ax, buck jumped at the sides, growling and biting, pulling with his teeth at the pieces of broken wood. after a few minutes there was a hole big enough for buck to get out. 8 now, come here, red eyes, said the fat man, dropping his ax and ta

11、king the club in his right hand. 9 buck jumped at the man, sixty kilos of anger, his mouth wide open, ready to bite the mans neck. just before his teeth touched the skin, the man hit him with the club. buck fell to the ground. it was the first time anyone had hit him with a club and he did not under

12、stand. he stood up, and jumped again. again the club hit him and he crashed to the ground. there was blood on his nose and mouth and ears. then the fat man walked up and hit him again, very hard, on the nose. the pain was terrible. again, buck jumped at the man and again he was hit to the ground. at

13、 last when he jumped, the man knocked him down and he did not move. 10 his name is buck, said the fat man to himself, reading the letter that had come with the box. well, buck, my boy, he said in a friendly voice , weve argued a little, and i think the best thing to do now is to stop. be a good dog

14、and well be friends. but if youre a bad dog, .11 as he spoke, he touched bucks head, and although buck was angry inside, he did not move. when the man brought him water and meat, buck drank and then ate the meat, piece by piece, from the mans hand. 12 buck was beaten (he knew that) but he was not br

15、oken. he had learnt that a man with a club was stronger than him. every day he saw more dogs arrive, and each dog was beaten by the fat man. buck understood that a man with a club must be obeyed, although he did not have to be a friend. 13 one day a short, dark man came and looked at buck. thats a g

16、ood dog! he cried. how much do you want for him?14 three hundred dollars. its a good price, perrault, said the fat man.15 perrault smiled and agreed that it was a good price. he knew dogs, and he knew that buck was an excellent dog. one in ten thousand, perrault said to himself. 16 buck saw money pu

17、t into the fat mans hand, and he was not surprised when he and another dog called curly were taken away by perrault. he took them to a ship , and later that day buck and curly stood and watched the coast get further and further away. they had seen the warm south for the last time. 17 perrault took b

18、uck and curly down to the bottom of the ship. there they met another man, franois. perrault was a french-canadian, but franois was half-indian, tall and dark. buck learnt quickly that perrault and franois were fair men, calm and honest. and they knew everything about dogs. 18 there were two other do

19、gs on the ship. one was a big dog called spitz, as white as snow. he was friendly to buck at first, always smiling. he was smiling when he tried to steal bucks food at the first meal. franois was quick and hit spitz before buck had time to move. buck decided that this was fair, and began to like fra

20、nois a little. 19 dave, the other dog, was not friendly. he wanted to be alone all the time. he ate and slept and was interested in nothing. 20 one day was very like another, but buck noticed that the weather was getting colder. one morning, the ships engines stopped, and there was a feeling of exci

21、tement in the ship. franois leashed the dogs and took them outside. at the first step bucks feet went into something soft and white. he jumped back in surprise. the soft, white thing was also falling through the air, and it fell onto him. he tried to smell it, and then caught some on his tongue. it

22、bit like fire, and then disappeared. it was his first snow. 21 bucks first day at dyea beach was terrible. every hour there was some new, frightening surprise. and every minute there was danger, because these dogs and men were not town dogs and men. they knew only the law of club and tooth. 22 buck

23、had never seen dogs fight like these dogs; they were like wolves. in a few minutes he learnt this from watching curly. she tried to make friends with a dog. there was no warning. the dog jumped on curly, whose face was torn open from eye to mouth. thirty or forty more dogs ran up and made a circle a

24、round the fight, watching silently. curly tried to attack the dog who had bitten her; he bit her a second time , and jumped away. when she attacked him again, he knocked her backwards, and she fell on the ground. she never stood up again, because this was what the other dogs were waiting for. in a m

25、oment she was under a crowd of dogs. 23 it was all very sudden. buck saw spitz run out from the crowd with his tongue out of his mouth, laughing. then he saw franois with an ax, and two or three other men with clubs jump in among the dogs. two minutes later the last of the dogs was chased away. but

26、curly lay dead in the snow , her body torn almost to pieces. curlys death often came back to buck in his dreams. he understood that once a dog was down on the ground, he was dead. he also remembered spitz laughing, and from that moment he hated him. 24 then buck had another surprise. franois put a h

27、arness on him. buck had seen harnesses on horses, and now he was made to work like a horse with spitz and dave, who had worked in a harness before, and buck learnt by watching them. he also learnt to stop and turn when franois shouted. 25 those three are very good dogs, franois told perrault. buck p

28、ulls very well, and hes learning quickly.26 perrault had important letters and official papers to take to dawson city, so that afternoon he bought two more dogs, two brothers called billee and joe. 27 that night buck discovered another problem. where was he going to sleep? franois and perrault were

29、in their tent, but when he went in, they shouted angrily and threw things at him. outside it was very cold and windy. he lay down in the snow, but he was too cold to sleep. 28 he walked around the tents trying to find the other dogs. but, to his surprise, they had disappeared. suddenly, the snow und

30、er his feet fell in, and he felt something move. there, in a warm hole under the snow, was billee. 29 so that was what you had to do. buck chose a place, dug himself a hole and in a minute he was warm and asleep. he slept well, although his dreams were bad. 30 when he woke up, at first he did not kn

31、ow where he was. it had snowed in the night and the snow now lay thick and heavy above him. growling, he threw himself at the snow, and a moment later, he had jumped upwards into the daylight. 31 franois and perrault bought three more dogs that morning, and a quarter of an hour later all the dogs we

32、re in harness and on their way up the dyea canyon. buck was not sorry to be moving, and although it was hard work, he almost enjoyed it. 课文一野性的呼唤杰克伦敦1 巴克是一条大狗，过去生活在南方。时值1897年，一个人们带着狗匆匆赶往加拿大西北部探宝淘金的年头。巴克被人偷走，带到了北方。对它而言，这里过于靠近荒原，是一个完全陌生、充满危险的地方。巴克是怎样设法让自己适应这一新生活的？请阅读下面这篇课文，它选自杰克伦敦的著名小说，由尼克布拉德简写而成。2 巴克

33、与米勒一家人住在一起。米勒先生的房子很大，地处阳光明媚的圣克拉拉山谷。房屋四周是大花园和长满果树的田地。附近还有一条河流。在这样一个大地方，自然有许多狗。有家庭豢养的狗，也有农场上的狗。但它们都不重要。巴克是领头狗，它就在这儿出生，这儿就是它的地盘。它四岁，体重六十公斤。它跟米勒先生的儿子们一同去游泳，随他的女儿们一道去散步，它把那几个孙子孙女驮在背上。冬天的时候，它伏在米勒先生的脚边，依偎在炉火前。3 时值1897年。巴克不知道，有许多人，带着许多狗，正纷纷赶往加拿大西北部去淘金。它也不知道曼纽埃尔，也就是米勒先生的一个花匠，需要钞票来养活他那一大家子人。一天，米勒先生出去了。曼纽埃尔与巴克

34、一道儿离开了花园。巴克以为这不过是一次傍晚的遛跶。他们离开时没有一个人看到，而他们到达火车站时也只有一个人见到他们。这个人同曼纽埃尔说了几句话，给了他一些钱，然后将一根绳索套在巴克的脖子上。4 巴克咆哮着。当颈部的绳子被勒紧时，它惊慌地跳起来，扑向那个人。那个人抓住了它。突然之间巴克便到了那个人的背上，舌头也伸了出来。有那么一会儿，它根本无法动弹。那两个人轻而易举就把它塞进了火车。 5 巴克醒来时，火车仍在行驶。那个人坐在一边，盯着巴克。巴克迅速扑向他，狠狠地咬那个人的手。但这时绳索又被勒紧了，巴克只好松口。 6 当天晚上，那个人将巴克带到旧金山一间酒吧的里屋中，解下巴克身上的绳索，然后把它推

35、进一只木箱子里。第二天巴克随着那只箱子被抬到火车站，装上了开往北方的火车。火车向北一直开了两天两夜。而这两天两夜里，巴克既没进食也没饮水。两天两夜里，巴克怒火中烧，又饿又渴。它双眼充血，见到移动的东西就咬。 7 到了西雅图之后，四个男子把巴克带到一个面积不大、围墙高高的后院。一个身穿红色旧外套的胖子正等在那儿。巴克此时已怒不可遏，它扑腾撕咬着木箱的四侧。那胖子笑了一下，去拿了一把斧子和一根棍棒回来。他用斧子砸木箱的时候，巴克扑向壁板，咆哮着，咬啮着，用牙齿撕扯着断木碎屑。不一会儿，豁口大得足以让巴克跳出去了。8 “来呀，到这儿来，红眼儿，”胖子说道。他丢下斧子，右手操起了棒子。 9 巴克以六十

36、公斤的愤怒之躯扑向胖子。它的嘴大张着，要去咬断他的喉颈。然而，它的利齿马上就要挨到胖子皮肤时，他用棍棒猛揍了它一下。巴克倒落在地。这是它第一次遭人棒打，它一时弄不明白是怎么回事儿。它立起身来，再次扑上前去。棍棒又一次打中了它。它瘫倒在地。嘴上、鼻子上、耳朵上都是血。接着胖子走上前来，又狠狠一记打在巴克鼻子上。一阵巨痛。一次又一次，巴克扑向胖子；一次又一次，它被打倒在地。终于，当巴克又扑过去的时侯，那人把它一棒打翻在地。它不再动弹了。 10 “它叫巴克，”胖子一边读着随箱子一起送来的信，一边自语道。“嗯，巴克，我的好孩子，”他以友好的口气说道：“我们刚才发生了一点小争执。我想我们现在最好停战。你

37、做一条好狗，我们就会成为好朋友。不过，你要是不听话”11 他一边说，一边抚摸着巴克的头。巴克尽管怒火中烧，却没有动弹。胖子给它拿来水和肉。巴克喝了水，然后开始一块一块地从胖子手中叼肉来吃。12 巴克挨打了（它对此很明白），但是它并没有被打垮。它已经懂得：一个手执棍棒的人比它来得强大。每天都有狗被带到这里，并且每一条狗都遭到那个胖子的棍棒。看到这些，巴克明白了：必须顺从一个手持棍棒的人，而此人并非一定要是朋友。 13 一天，一个皮肤黝黑、个子矮小的男子来到这里。他打量着巴克。“这可是条好狗！”他大声说道：“你要多少钱？”14 “三百元。这可是个好价钱，佩罗特，”那个胖子说道。 15 佩罗特笑着赞

38、同道，那确实是个好价钱。他了解狗，也很清楚巴克的确是条出色的狗。“万里挑一，”佩罗特自忖道。16 巴克看到钞票被放到了胖子的手里。所以，当它和另一条名叫柯莉的狗被佩罗特带走时，它并不感到奇怪。佩罗特带它们上了一艘船。那天晚些时候，巴克与柯莉站在船上，眼看着海岸线变得越来越远。这是它们最后一次见到温暖的南方。 17 佩罗特将巴克与柯莉带到底舱。在那儿，它们见到了弗朗索瓦。佩罗特是一个法裔加拿大人，而弗朗索瓦则有一半印地安血统。他高个子，皮肤黧黑。巴克很快就明白佩罗特与弗朗索瓦是好人，沉稳而正派。他们对狗无所不知。 18 船上还有两条狗，其中那条浑身雪白的大狗叫斯皮兹。起初它对巴克很友好，总是面带微笑。开第一顿饭的时候，它就企图偷吃巴克的食物。当时，它就是这样微笑着。巴克还没来得及有所动作，弗朗索瓦就敏捷地打了斯皮兹一下。巴克认定这样做是公道的，便开始有点喜欢弗朗索瓦了。19 另一条狗戴夫显得不友善。它总是想自个儿独处。它吃了睡，睡了吃，对任何事情都不感兴趣。 20 每天的生活大同小异。不过，巴克发现天气变得冷起来了。一天上午，轮船的引擎停