Unit 2
Activity 2 Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 1.阅读文章并检查你在活动1中的答案。
A book review of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
《汤姆·索耶历险记》的书评
One of my favourite great books is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,by Mark Twain.The story is set in the town of St Petersburg, Missouri, in the US, in the nineteenth century. It tells some exciting stories about a boy who has many adventures.
我最喜欢的名著之一是马克·吐温写的《汤姆·索耶历险记》。小说以19世纪美国密苏里州圣彼得斯堡镇为背景。它讲述了一个经历了许多冒险的男孩的一些令人激动的故事。
Tom,the hero of the book, lives with his aunt Polly. He is a lively and clever boy. He does not like people telling him what to do, so he always gets into trouble. He and his best friend, Huck Finn, run away to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River. Tom has more trouble because a bad man named Injun Joe is looking for him. Later, Tom escapes from a cave with another friend, Becky. He also finds Injun Joe's treasure box and takes it away.
书的主人公汤姆和他的波莉阿姨一起生活。他是一个活泼聪明的男孩。他不喜欢人们告诉他做什么,所以他总是遇上麻烦。他和他最好的朋友哈克·芬恩逃到密西西比河中部的一个岛上。汤姆遇上更多的麻烦,因为一个名叫印第安人乔的坏人正在找他。后来,汤姆和另一位朋友贝基逃出山洞。他还找到了印第安人乔的宝盒并把它带走了。
My favourite part of the book is when Tom and Huck start their adventures on the island in the Mississippi River. At first,they are happy. But when they hear that everyone thinks they are dead, they feel very sorry, so they come back home. They hide and watch for a time when they see their family and neighbours coming to their funeral in the church. Then, Tom and Huck suddenly appear. Everyone is surprised to see them at first,but very pleased to find that they are alive.
韦中我最喜欢的部分是汤姆和哈克开始在密西西比河岛上的冒险。起初,他们很高兴。但是当他们听说大家都以为他们死了时,他们感到很难过,所以他们回家了。当他们看到他们的家人和领居们来到教堂的葬礼上时,他们藏起来看了一会儿。然后,汤姆和哈克突然出现。刚开始,大家看到他们都很惊讶,但是发现他们还活着(每个人都)很高兴。
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a great book. It is more than an adventure story. Mark Twain wrote it in 1876. It describes people's lives in the southern states of America at that time. It tells how young people grow,how people love each other and how bad people pay for their actions . It is written in everyday English,and the dialogues sound especially real. Today,it is still read and loved by people all over the world, and it is thought to be one of the greatest American stories.
《汤姆·索耶历险记》是一部伟大的著作。它不仅仅是一部冒险小说。马克·吐温是在1876年写的。它描述了那时美国南部各州人们的生活。它讲述了年轻人如何成长,人们如何彼此关爱以及坏人如何为他们的行为付出代价,它是用日常英语写成的,对话听起来特别真实。如今,它仍被全世界的人阅读和喜爱,并且它被认为是最伟大的美国小说之一。