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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?在埃布罗又长又白。在这方面没有树荫的站和两条铁路线之间的。紧靠着车站的旁边是的建筑和窗帘温暖的阴影，用竹珠串，挂在酒吧间敞开着的门口，以防。和他身边的坐在树荫下的表，楼外。天气很热，表达巴塞罗那将四十分钟后回来。它停在这个连接两分钟去马德里。“该怎么喝？”问。她脱掉帽子，把它放在桌子上。“热得很，”说。“让喝啤酒。”“DOS 瓶啤酒，”说成窗帘。“大的？”一个女人在门口问。 “是的。两个大的。”她把两杯啤酒和两个毛毡垫。她把杯垫，桌上的一杯啤酒和看和。眺望远处群山的轮廓。他们在阳光下是白色的，国家是棕色和干。“

29、它们看上去象一群白象，”她说。“我从来没有见过一个，”喝他的啤酒。“不，你不会的。”“我会的，”说。”就因为你说我不可能并不能证明什么。”望着珠帘。”他们在上面画了东西的，”她说。“它说什么了？” “无论删除。它是一种饮料。”“可以试试？”那个叫“听”通过窗帘。这个女人从酒吧出来。“四个。”“想要两删除之。” “有水吗？”“你想让它有水吗？”“我不知道，”说。”这是好水？” “没事。”“你希望他们有水吗？”女人问。 “是的，有水。”“它尝起来像，”说，放下。“这一切的方式。”“是的，”说。”一切有。尤其是那些你已经等了这么长时间，喜欢苦艾酒。”“哦，砍了它。”“是你先开始的，”说。”我被逗乐。

30、我有一个美好的时光。”“嗯，让度过一段美好的时光。”“所有的权利。我尝试了。我说这些山看起来像白色的大象。不亮？”“那是光明的。”“尝试新的饮料。这就是是这样。”望着对面的山。要做的一切，不是吗看的东西和尝试新的饮料吗？”“这些山美极了，”她说。“他们不是真的看起来像白色的大象。意思是说他们皮肤的颜色穿过树林。”“应该再来一杯吗？”“好的。”温暖的风吹帘珠在桌子上。“啤酒很凉快，”说。“真可爱”说。“这真是一个非常简单的操作，夹具，”地面，桌腿上休息。“我知道你不会在乎的，夹具。真的没什么都没说。说。”它不是一个真正的工作在所有。”大不了。这只是为了让空气进来。”“我会和你一起去，我会和你在一

31、起的所有时间。他们只是让空气，然后就一切都自然完美。”“那之后要怎么做呢？”“会没事的。就像以前。”“你怎么会这么想？”“这是唯一让。这是唯一的，使不。”珠帘，伸手抓起两串珠子。“你认为 “我知道“我也是，”“好吧，”会没事的，是的。”会的。你不必害怕。我知道，做了很多人。”说。”然后他们都很高兴。”说，“如果你不想你不需要。我不会让你做你不想。但我知道它非常简单。”“你真的想？”“我认为这是最好的事情。但我不想你如果你真的不想这样做。”“如果我去做了，你会高兴，事情又会象从前那样，你会爱我吗？”我爱你现在你知道我爱你。”“我知道。但如果我这样做，那么这将是很好的如果我说的东西，就像白色的大象，你会喜欢它吗？”“我会喜欢的。我喜欢现在的 “如果我做你不会担心吗？”“我不担心，因为它非常简单。” “我会做的。因为我不在乎我。” “你是什么意思？”“我不在乎我。”“嗯，我关心你。”不想它。你知道我当我担心。”“哦，是的。但我不在乎我。我会做的，一切都会好的。”“我不想让你如果你觉得那样做。”站起来走到终点站。在，在另一边，是战场的粮食和树木沿埃布罗河树林看到河。远处，在河的那一边，