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关键词：Heathcliff
/希斯克里夫，Wuthering Heights / 呼啸山庄 |
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目录：Classics/名著 |
话题：爱情小说，经典 |
类型：记叙文 |
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难度级别：初级 |
词汇要求：1000 |
文章词数：570 |
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He I think he is
proud,
and also unhappy.
他我想他很高傲，
但是不快乐。 |
Wuthering Heights
《呼啸山庄》
CHAPTER 1
第一章
Mr Lockwood visits Wuthering Heights
洛克伍德先生造访呼啸山庄
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作者：Emily Brontë [英国] |
改编：Clare West |
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日期：2008-5-6 |
责编：Emma |
[1801] I have just returned from
a visit to my landlord, Mr Heathcliff. I am delighted with the
house I am renting from him. Thrushcross Grange is miles away
from any town or village. That suits me perfectly. And the
scenery here in Yorkshire is so beautiful!
Mr Heathcliff, in fact, is my only neighbour, and I think
his character is similar to mine. He does not like people
either.
'My name is Lockwood,' I said, when I met him at the gate to
his house. 'I'm renting Thrushcross Grange from you. I just
wanted to come and introduce myself.'
He said nothing, but frowned, and did not encourage me to
enter. After a while, however, he decided to invite me in.
'Joseph, take Mr Lockwood's horse!' he called. 'And bring up
some wine from the cellar!' Joseph was a very old servant, with
a sour expression on his face. He looked crossly up at me as he
took my horse.
'God help us! A visitor!' he muttered to himself. Perhaps
there were no other servants, I thought. And it seemed that Mr
Heathcliff hardly ever received guests.
His house is called Wuthering Heights. The name means 'a
windswept house on a hill', and it is a very good description.
The trees around the house do not grow straight, but are bent by
the north wind, which blows over the moors every day of the
year. Fortunately, the house is strongly built, and is not
damaged even by the worst winter storms. The name 'Earnshaw' is
cut into a stone over the front door.
Mr Heathcliff and I entered the huge main room. It could
have been any Yorkshire farmhouse kitchen, except that there was
no sign of cooking, and no farmer sitting at the table. Mr
Heathcliff certainly does not look like a farmer. His hair and
skin are dark, like a gipsy's, but he has the manners of a
gentleman. He could perhaps take more care with his appearance,
but he is handsome. I think he is proud, and also unhappy.
We sat down by the fire, in silence.
'Joseph!' shouted Mr Heathcliff. No answer came from the
cellar, so he dived down there, leaving me alone with several
rather fierce-looking dogs. Suddenly one of them jumped angrily
up at me, and in a moment all the others were attacking me. From
every shadowy corner in the great room appeared a growling
animal, ready to kill me, it seemed.
'Help! Mr Heathcliff! Help!' I shouted, trying to keep the
dogs back. My landlord and his servant were in no hurry to help,
and could not have climbed the cellar steps more slowly, but
luckily a woman, who I supposed was the housekeeper, rushed into
the room to calm the dogs.
'What the devil is the matter?' Mr Heathcliff asked me
rudely, when he finally entered the room.
'Your dogs, sir!' I replied. 'You shouldn't leave a stranger
with them. They're dangerous.'
'Come, come, Mr Lockwood. Have some wine. We don't often
have strangers here, and I'm afraid neither I nor my dogs are
used to receiving them.'
I could not feel offended after this, and accepted the wine.
We sat drinking and talking together for a while. I suggested
visiting him tomorrow. He did not seem eager to see me again,
but I shall go anyway. I am interested in him, even if he isn't
interested in me.
Discussion/讨论：
What did Mr
Lockwood think of Mr Heathcliff?
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