快來(lái)聽(tīng)我講故事系列 |《弗蘭肯斯坦》（叁）

　　前言

　　歲月匆匆，力邁中美國(guó)際高中的“閱讀時(shí)光”已經(jīng)陪伴我們走過(guò)兩年的美好時(shí)光了。在當(dāng)下這個(gè)信息媒介高速發(fā)達(dá)、思想碎片化的時(shí)代，我們堅(jiān)持閱讀，不斷創(chuàng)新。因?yàn)椋喿x對(duì)我們的精神世界建構(gòu)和生命成長(zhǎng)具有獨(dú)特的價(jià)值和意義。在每周的“閱讀時(shí)光”中，我們可以與古往今來(lái)的先賢智者對(duì)話，含英咀華。通過(guò)閱讀，我們變得更加智慧，離夢(mèng)想更近一步，從而增加生命的厚度。書(shū)籍，是最高級(jí)的化妝品，在經(jīng)年累月中，改變我們的品味和氣韻。“閱讀時(shí)光”——“快來(lái)聽(tīng)我講故事”欄目正式上線了。每一期的故事都由力邁國(guó)際高中的同學(xué)們精心錄制。同學(xué)們通過(guò)聲音，向大家傳遞字里行間蘊(yùn)含的溫度和情意。快讓我們聽(tīng)聽(tīng)都有哪些有趣的、難忘的、令人受益的經(jīng)典語(yǔ)錄，一起分享出去吧～

　　NO.1　含英咀華

　　你們中的一些人將成為明天的科學(xué)家。你們必須努力學(xué)習(xí)并且去揭示你們所能揭示的事物。這就是上帝為什么給了你們智慧——去幫助他人。

　　Some of you will become the great scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can. That is why God made you intelligent--to help other people.

　　上周的“閱讀時(shí)光”，我們閱讀了《弗蘭肯斯坦》第二章。點(diǎn)擊鏈接回顧。本周，我們將閱讀第三章，一起來(lái)聽(tīng)聽(tīng)吧。

　　母親臨死前，給“我”和伊麗莎白說(shuō)了什么話?

　　教授說(shuō)了哪些富有啟發(fā)性的話?

　　“我”為什么在實(shí)驗(yàn)室上方立起一個(gè)什么樣的桿子?

　　READING HOUR

　　NO.2　奇文共賞

　　在17 年的生命歷程中我都很幸福。后來(lái)第一件悲傷的事發(fā)生了。我母親病得很厲害，不久她便知道自己將不久于人世。就在她去世之前，她把伊麗莎白和我叫到她的房間。她抓住我們的手說(shuō)道：

　　“孩子們，你們彼此相愛(ài)并且將會(huì)結(jié)婚，我因此非常高興。家里的每個(gè)人都很愛(ài)你，伊麗莎白。你愿意取代我在家中的位置嗎，親愛(ài)的?如果你在我走后能照顧他們，我將會(huì)走得很幸福。”

　　我母親死了，我們都非常傷心，因?yàn)槲覀兎浅?ài)她。伊麗莎白很勇敢并幫著我們;她那甜美的微笑在母親死后的那些不快的日子里給我們帶來(lái)了一些快樂(lè)。

　　到了我該上大學(xué)的時(shí)候了。我不想離開(kāi)我那悲傷的家，可我們都知道我應(yīng)該去。離別也是很難的，因?yàn)槲业暮门笥芽死瘴值母改覆蛔屗臀乙黄鹑ド洗髮W(xué)。這樣我只能獨(dú)自一人去了。

　　大學(xué)的第一天我遇到了我的老師沃得曼教授，他是世界上最偉大的科學(xué)家之一。他給我們所有開(kāi)始大學(xué)生活的學(xué)生做了一次精彩的演講。他在結(jié)束講話時(shí)說(shuō)：“你們中的一些人將成為明天的科學(xué)家。你們必須努力學(xué)習(xí)并且去揭示你們所能揭示的事物。這就是上帝為什么給了你們智慧——去幫助他人?！?/p>

　　讀書(shū)破萬(wàn)卷

　　下筆如有神

　　教授演講過(guò)后，我進(jìn)行了非常認(rèn)真的思考。我想起了我15歲時(shí)的那場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)雨。我記得那次的閃電是如何摧毀了那棵樹(shù)的。我想利用電去幫助人們，我還想去揭示生命的奧秘。我決心去從事這兩項(xiàng)工作。我當(dāng)時(shí)沒(méi)有想到我的工作會(huì)毀了我還有我所愛(ài)的人們。

　　第二天我就開(kāi)始了工作。我工作非常努力，我和沃得曼教授不久便意識(shí)到我可以通過(guò)學(xué)習(xí)成為一名出色的科學(xué)家。

　　教授幫了我很多的忙，那些教授的朋友、重要的科學(xué)家們也幫助過(guò)我。我對(duì)我的工作很感興趣，在接下來(lái)的兩年里我沒(méi)有休過(guò)一天假。我沒(méi)有回過(guò)家，給家里寫(xiě)的信也非常短。

　　兩年后我發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多的事物并建造了一臺(tái)比大學(xué)里的任何機(jī)器都好的科學(xué)機(jī)器。我的機(jī)器能幫助我回答最重要的問(wèn)題。生命是如何開(kāi)始的?可以把生命注入無(wú)生命的東西中去嗎?要回答有關(guān)生命的這些問(wèn)題我首先得了解死亡。我得從他們剛死、滾熱的生命離開(kāi)人體的那一剎那起進(jìn)行觀察。在醫(yī)院里和大學(xué)里，我觀察著垂死的人和已死的人。日復(fù)一日、月復(fù)一月，我都在跟蹤死亡。那是黑暗和恐懼的日子。

　　后來(lái)有一天我得到了答案。我突然間確信自己懂得了生命的奧秘。我知道我能將生命注入一個(gè)無(wú)生命的身體中去。

　　現(xiàn)在我工作越來(lái)越努力。每天晚上我只睡很短的時(shí)間，吃的東西也很少。我給家里寫(xiě)的信更加少了。但是家里的人愛(ài)我，他們沒(méi)有停止給我寫(xiě)信。他們說(shuō)他們理解我有多忙。他們不想讓我停止工作而去給他們寫(xiě)信或是去看望他們。他們?cè)敢獾鹊轿矣袝r(shí)間的時(shí)候再說(shuō)。他們希望很快見(jiàn)到我。

　　教授們意識(shí)到我在從事一項(xiàng)重要的工作，因而給了我一間實(shí)驗(yàn)室。實(shí)驗(yàn)室的上面有一個(gè)小的套房，我就住在里面;有時(shí)候我一個(gè)星期都呆在那座建筑物里不出去。

　　我在實(shí)驗(yàn)室的上方建起了一個(gè)很高的桿子。它有 150 米高，比全城最高的建筑物都要高。那個(gè)桿子能夠“捕獲”閃電并把電送到我實(shí)驗(yàn)室的機(jī)器上。我從未忘記摧毀那棵樹(shù)的閃電。那次閃電中的電曾有那么大的力量。我相信我可以利用電給無(wú)生命的東西注以生命。

　　我不想再多說(shuō)什么了。我的機(jī)器的秘密必須隨我一起消亡。我是個(gè)很聰明的科學(xué)家，可我那時(shí)沒(méi)有意識(shí)到我在犯多么可怕的錯(cuò)誤。

　　For seventeen years my life was very happy. Then the first sad thing happened. My mother became very ill, and soon she knew that she was dying. Just before she died,she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room. She held our hands and said:

　　"My children, I am very happy because you love each other, and because one day you will get married. Everyone in the family loves you, Elizabeth. Will you take my place in the family, my dear? I can die happily if you will look after them when I have gone."

　　My mother died,and we were very sad, because we loved her dearly. Elizabeth was brave and helped us: her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother's death.

　　The time came for me to go to university. I did not want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that I should go. lt was hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry Clerval would not let him go to university with me. And so l had to go alone.

　　On my first day at the university I met my teacher, Professor Waldman, who was one of the greatest scientists in the world. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students who were starting at the university. He ended his talk by saying: "Some of you will become the great scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can. That is why God made you intelligent---to help other people.’

　　After the professor's talk, I thought very carefully. l remembered the storm when l was fifteen. I remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree. I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life. I decided to work on these two things. I did not know then that my work would destroy me and the people that I loved.

　　I started work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized that I could learn to be a very good scientist.

　　The professor helped me very much, and other important scientists who were his friends helped me, too. I was interested in my work and l did not take one day's holiday during the next two years. I did not go home, and my letters to my family were very short.

　　After two years I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was better than anything in the university. My machine would help me answer the most important question of all. How does life begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death. l had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them. ln the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead. Day after day, month after month, I followed death. lt was a dark and terrible time.

　　Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life. I knew that I could put life into a body that was not alive.

　　I worked harder and harder now. I slept for only a short time each night, and l did not eat much food. I wrote to my family less often. But they loved me and did not stop writing to me. They said they understood how busy I was. They did not want me to stop work to write or to see them. They would wait until I had more time. They hoped to see me very soon.

　　The professors realized that I was doing very important work, and so they gave me my own laboratory. There was a small flat where l lived above the laboratory, and sometimes I stayed inside the building for a week and did not go out.

　　Above the laboratory I built a very tall mast. lt was 150 metres high, and higher than the tallest building in the city. The mast could catch lightning and could send the electricity down to my machine in the laboratory. I had never forgotten the lightning that had destroved the tree. There had been so much power in the electricity of that lightning. I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead.

　　I will say no more than that. The secret of my machine must die with me. I was a very clever scientist, but I did not realize then what a terrible mistake I was making.

　　READING HOUR

　　NO.3　精彩賞析

　　本章講述了母親去世后，伊麗莎白負(fù)責(zé)照顧家庭。不久，“我”去上大學(xué)，遇到沃得曼教授，在老師的教導(dǎo)和自己的努力下，立志成為科學(xué)家。兩年后我發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多的事物并建造了一臺(tái)比大學(xué)里的任何機(jī)器都好的科學(xué)機(jī)器。這臺(tái)機(jī)器能解答很多問(wèn)題;我了解到生命的奧秘;在實(shí)驗(yàn)室的上方建起了一個(gè)能捕獲閃電的桿子，并將電送到“我”實(shí)驗(yàn)室的機(jī)器上。

　　讀完上面的章節(jié)，快來(lái)嘗嘗“餐后水果”——判斷題。

　　1、Mrs Frankenstein hoped that Victor would marry Justine. 弗蘭克斯坦夫人希望維克多嫁娶賈斯汀。

　　2、Frankenstein wanted to use electricity to help people.弗蘭克斯坦想用電幫助人們。

　　3、Frankenstein wanted everyone to know the secret of this machine.弗蘭肯斯坦想讓所有人都知道這臺(tái)機(jī)器的秘密。

　　上期答案:不是。

　　關(guān)于“閱讀時(shí)光”

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