unit 1 the dinner party課文翻譯大學(xué)英語二

1、UNIT1TheDinnerPartyIfirstheardthistaleinIndiawhereistoldasiftruethoughanynaturalistwouldknowitcouldntbe.LatersomeonetoldmethatthestyappearedinamagazineshtlybefetheFirstWldWar.ThatmagazinestythepersonwhowroteitIhaveneverb

2、eenabletotrackdown.ThecountryisIndia.Acolonialofficialhiswifearegivingalargedinnerparty.TheyareseatedwiththeirguestsofficerstheirwivesavisitingAmericannaturalistintheirspaciousdiningroomwhichhasabaremarblefloopenraftersw

3、ideglassdosopeningontoavera.Aspiriteddiscussionspringsupbetweenayounggirlwhosaysthatwomenhaveoutgrownthejumpingonachairatthesightofamouseeraamajwhosaysthattheyhavent.“Awomansreactioninanycrisis“themajsays“istoscream.whil

4、eamanmayfeellikeithehasthatouncemeofcontrolthanawomanhas.thatlastounceiswhatreallycounts.“TheAmericandoesnotjoinintheargumentbutwatchestheotherguests.Ashelooksheseesastrangeexpressioncomeoverthefaceofthehostess.Sheisstar

5、ingstraightaheadhermusclescontractingslightly.Shemotionstothenativeboystingbehindherchairwhisperssomethingtohim.Theboyseyeswiden:hequicklyleavestheroom.OftheguestsnoneexcepttheAmericannoticesthisseestheboyplaceabowlofmil

6、kontheverajustoutsidetheopendos.TheAmericancomestowithastart.InIndiamilkinabowlmeansonlyonethingbaitfasnake.Herealizestheremustbeacobraintheroom.Helooksupattheraftersthelikeliestplacebuttheyarebare.Threecnersoftheroomare

7、emptyinthefourththeservantsarewaitingtoservethenextcourse.Thereisonlyoneplaceleftunderthetable.Hisfirstimpulseistojumpbackwarntheothersbutheknowsthecommotionwouldfrightenthecobraintostriking.Hespeaksquicklythetoneofhisvo

8、icesocommingthatitsilenceseveryone.“Iwanttoknowjustwhatcontroleveryoneatthistablehas.Iwillcountthreehundredthatsfiveminutesnotoneofyouistomoveamuscle.Thosewhomovewillffeit50rupees.Ready“The20peoplesitlikestoneimageswhile

9、hecounts.Heissaying“...twohundredeighty...“whenoutofthecnerofhiseyeheseesthecobraemergemakefthe碗牛奶爬去。在他跳起來把通往陽臺的門全都砰砰地牢牢關(guān)上時(shí)，室內(nèi)響起了一片尖叫聲?！澳銊偛耪f得很對，少校！”男主人大聲說。一個(gè)男子剛剛為我們顯示了從容不迫、鎮(zhèn)定自若的范例。”“且慢”，那位美國人一邊說著一邊轉(zhuǎn)向女主人。溫茲太太，你怎么知道那條眼鏡蛇是在