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繁星·最后一课(轻松英语名作欣赏-中学版)(2级下)试读：
致读者
童年时代动人的童话故事和经典名著永远是人无法抹去的温情回忆。现在，你可以尽情沉浸在英文经典殿堂中，欣赏英文作品的原汁原味。“轻松英语名作欣赏”专为需要提高英语阅读及听力水平的各类读者而设计，系列中收录的都是大家耳熟能详的故事，简单而亲切。通过阅读和收听这套有声读物，你的英语阅读水平和理解能力都会得到明显的提高。
本系列分为五个级别，词汇量逐级扩大，“如何使用本书”和“如何提高英语阅读水平”提供了概括性的指导。另外，本系列还针对不同的故事内容设计了“你读懂了多少”（Comprehension Quiz），帮助你检测阅读理解的效果。“阅读准备”（Before You Read）以图文并茂的形式让读者对生词形成一定的感性认识，并在文中给出更详尽的注释。书后附有译文，帮助你更好地理解故事。本系列还配有精美的插图和“背景知识”（Understanding the Story），让你的阅读更加多姿多彩。
各书的内容由英语国家的专业编辑人员在标准美国英语的基础上，根据不同级别读者的语言水平进行改编，也可应用于英语课堂教学。
现在，让我们开始“轻松英语名作欣赏”听读的快乐体验吧！
关于故事和说故事的人
阿方斯·都德（1840～1897）Alphonse Daudet作者阿方斯·都德是法国19世纪著名的现实主义小说家。都德于1840年5月13日出生在法国南部普罗旺斯省的尼姆地区。他的父亲是个商人，母亲爱好文学，酷爱读书。都德自幼聪颖过人。1855年，由于父亲破产，家道中落，都德被迫辍学自谋生路。他15岁就到阿雷小学校任自习辅导员。两年之后，在哥哥的帮助之下，他来到巴黎，在贫困的境遇中开始了文学创作生活。
26岁时，都德发表了短篇小说集《磨坊书简》，描写了法国南方的自然风光和生活习俗。两年后他又出版了一部带有半自传体性的长篇小说《小东西》，揭露了资本主义社会中冷漠的人际关系，并因此而一举成名。普法战争爆发后，都德应征入伍。他以这次战争为背景，写了一组具有深刻爱国主义内容和卓越艺术技巧的短篇小说，结为《月曜日故事集》。其中，《最后一课》、《柏林之围》因典型的艺术手法和新颖别致的构思，成为世界短篇小说中的名篇。
都德一生创作了13部长篇小说、4部短篇小说集以及一些剧本和诗作。他善于用简洁的笔触描绘复杂的政治事件，其柔和幽默的风格、嘲讽现实的眼光和亲切动人的艺术力量广受读者喜爱。他的创作饱含真实与诗情、欢笑与泪痕、怒焰与悲苦，构成了区别于同时代其他作家的独特风格。《繁星》故事的主角是吕贝龙山上的一个牧羊人，他十分爱慕农庄主人的漂亮女儿，但他只能怀着这没有希望的恋情孤独地待在放牧的高山上。一个偶然的机会，主人的女儿来到高山上为他送粮食，突遇山洪暴发而不得不在高山牧场上过夜；牧羊人怀着对主人女儿的尊敬、爱慕和柔情，与这位自己心目中的仙女度过了一个星光灿烂、充满诗意的夜晚，而对这个夜晚的回忆成为了他最珍贵的财富。《最后一课》故事描写的是普法战争后，被割让给普鲁士的阿尔萨斯省一所乡村小学的学生们向祖国语言告别的最后一堂法语课。故事栩栩如生地刻画了爱国知识分子、法语教师韩麦尔先生的形象，同时通过对小弗朗士的心理活动的描写和对周围环境的渲染，表现了法国人民遭受异国统治的痛苦和对自己祖国的热爱。
如何使用本书
❶ 原汁原味的作品
英文简洁流畅，易于理解。
❷ 重点词汇（Key Words）
结合上下文给出了词性和词义。
❸ 一点通（One Point Lesson）
语法讲解简单明了。
如何提高英语阅读能力
第一步：避免不必要的阅读干扰，抓住关键词汇。
在阅读中，练习通过抓住句中关键词来把握整句的核心意义。如果你不认识某个单词，试着猜猜它的意思，不要马上就去查词典。培养根据上下文推测词义的能力非常关键，因为上下文是判断单词意思的重要途径。之后再通过查词典检查其释义。
第二步：切分长句。
本书的正文部分是由长句拆分成的短句构成，便于初学者阅读。当你发现自己开始不满足于不断分行的短句时，就说明你的阅读水平已经提高了，可以阅读更高级别的图书了。
第三步：经常性大量阅读。
想学好英语并没有捷径。只有那些进行大量阅读的学习者才能登上语言学习的顶峰。如果你经常大量地阅读英语作品，相信你的英语水平会有一个令人惊喜的提高。The Stars
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Before You Read阅读准备
第1章 令人愉快的来访者CHAPTER 1 A Welcome VisitorAt one point in my life, I was a shepherd at Luberon.
It was a very isolated place.
I would often spend weeks there without seeing a single person.
During those weeks, I would joyfully spend my time with my dog, tending my flocks of sheep.
At times when I did see another person, it was usually the loner who lived up on Mount Lure.
From time to time, he would come down, looking for some simple conversation and to hear some news of the outside world.
I also saw the odd coalmen.
They worked in the coal mines not too far from my fields.
All of these people were simple folk and did not care for the shallow wants of the world.
About once every two weeks, a person was sent to bring me supplies on a mule.
This person was usually a farmhand from the lowlands or an old woman who always wore a reddish-colored cap.
I heard all of the news from the lowlands from them.
However, the news that interested me the most was any word about my Master's daughter.
My Master's daughter was the prettiest girl in the surrounding area.
But I was just a lowly twenty-year-old shepherd who tended her father's flocks.
I always had to remind myself that there were many handsome young men in the lowlands.
They could provide better for her than what some poor shepherd could.
Being a vain girl, I knew that she would always have more interest in wealthier men.
I never even expected her to say hello to me.
Two weeks had passed since my last supplies had been delivered to me.
It was a Sunday, and I was waiting for the mule to arrive with my provisions.
I waited patiently, but no one came.
"It is the fault of my Master's house," I thought.
"They have forgotten to send me my provisions."
I waited until noon.
I watched for someone to come, but in the distance, I noticed there was a very dark storm.
"The storm has delayed the person from delivering me my necessities," I thought.
"I am sure that the roads are very bad now because of the storm."
Another three hours passed.
The storm had now passed.
I looked into the sky.
It was now a beautiful, clean, blue sky, and the sun was casting its warm rays over the hills.
The familiar sound of water running through the brook brightened my spirits.
Then I heard another familiar sound.
It was the sound of the bell ringing around the mule's neck.
I waited to see whether it was a farmhand or the old woman who wore the red cap.
I was greatly surprised.
It was neither the farmhand nor the old woman.
It was the young lady, my Master's daughter.
She rode up as I watched in amazement.
She climbed down from the mule and said,
"The farmhand is sick and the old woman is spending a holiday with her children.
So I came instead."
She also told me that she had lost her way.
However, when I looked into her face, her eyes danced.
It seemed like she was delayed because she had stopped to dance on the hills instead.
In that fresh afternoon air, she looked simply beautiful.
I could hardly take my eyes off her.
I had never stood so closely to her before.
I had only ever seen her from an admiring distance.
When I returned to the lowlands in the winter with the flocks, I went to the farm for my dinner.
At those times, I had seen her proudly walking through the rooms, not saying a word to any of the servants.
She had always appeared to be very proud at those moments.
Now she was standing directly in front of me.
I had her all to myself.
I watched as she took my provisions off the mule.
"So where is it that you sleep?" the girl asked me.
I showed her. My bed was a very simple place made only of straw and sheepskin.
Just above on the wall were my cape and stick.
She found it all very amusing.
"You poor shepherd!" she exclaimed.
"You live here?
You must always be so lonely and bored!
What do you do with your time?
What do you think about during your days?" she asked.
I wanted to reply, "I only think about you."
However, I didn't. In fact, I couldn't speak a word.
My Master's daughter realized my embarrassment.
She took great pleasure in it.
She started to tease me.
"And do the fairies come to visit you here?" she asked, laughing with a twinkle in her eyes.
I thought that she seemed as delicate and graceful as a fairy.
She quickly prepared to leave.
We said goodbye, and I watched her as she disappeared.
However, the sound of the mule's footsteps continued for a while longer.
The sounds of those footsteps stayed with me for a long time.
I wanted to keep hearing them over and over in my head.
They were a reminder of my very pleasant visitor.KEY WORDS
shepherd n. 牧羊人
isolated adj. 与世隔绝的
spend v. 度过
(spend-spent-spent)
single adj. 单个的
joyfully adv. 愉快地
tend v. 照料
flock n. 群
loner n. 独居者
from time to time 有时
conversation n. 谈话
odd adj. 临时的
coalman n. 运煤工人
coal mine 煤矿
folk n. 人们
care for 计较
shallow adj. 浅薄的
want n. [～s] 想望的事物
supplies n. 生活必需品
mule n. 骡子
farmhand n. 农场工人
lowland n. [～s] 低地
reddish-colored adj. 浅红色的
interest v. 使……感兴趣
master n. 主人
surrounding adj. 周围的
area n. 地区
lowly adj. 地位低下的
remind v. 提醒
provide for 养活
vain adj. 虚荣的
wealthy adj. 富有的
expect v. 期望
say hello to sb. 和某人打招呼
deliver v. 递送
provision n. 供应品（尤指食物及其他必需品）
patiently adv. 耐心地
fault n. 错误
forget v. 忘记
(forget-forgot-forgotten)
notice v. 看到
storm n. 暴风雨
delay v. 耽误
necessity n. 必需品
because of 因为
look into 观察
cast v. 投射（光、影等）
(cast-cast-cast)
ray n. 光线
familiar adj. 熟悉的
brook n. 小溪
brighten v. （使）愉快
spirit n. [～s] 情绪
ring v. 响
(ring-rang-rung)
ride v. 骑
(ride-rode-ridden)
amazement n. 惊诧
lose one's way 迷路
fresh adj. 清新的
take one's eyes off 把目光挪开
closely adv. 近地
admiring adj. 赞赏的
proudly adv. 高傲地
servant n. 佣人
moment n. 时刻
directly adv. 直接地
all to oneself 完全独用地
show v. 给……看
be made of 由……构成的
straw n. 稻草
sheepskin n. 羊皮
cape n. 斗篷
stick n. 手杖
amusing adj. 有趣的
exclaim v. 惊呼
bored adj. 无聊的
reply v. 回答
embarrassment n. 窘迫
take pleasure in 从……中得到乐趣
tease v. 戏弄
fairy n. 仙女
twinkle n. （眼睛的）闪亮
delicate adj. 娇柔的
graceful adj. 优雅的
prepare v. 准备
disappear v. 消失
footstep n. 脚步
continue v. 持续
stay with 跟……在一起
over and over 一遍又一遍地
reminder n. 起提醒作用的东西
pleasant adj. 令人愉快的One Point Lesson
Being a vain girl, I knew that she would always have more interest in the wealthier men.
我知道她是个虚荣的女孩，通常会对那些更富有的男子更感兴趣。“Being a vain girl”为现在分词做状语，修饰主句中的she。
e.g. Going for a walk, he met his teacher. (=As he went for a walk, ...)
他散步的时候遇到了自己的老师。
It was neither the farmhand nor the old woman.
来者既不是伙计也不是老妇人。
neither A nor B：既不是……也不是……
e.g. Neither you nor I can do it.
你我都干不了这事。
I had never stood so closely to her before.
以前我从没离她这么近过。
had＋过去分词：表示过去某个时间之前已经发生的事情。
e.g. She had left when I got there.
我到那儿的时候她已经走了。
She found it all very amusing.
她觉得一切都是那么有趣。
find＋宾语＋形容词：意思是“发现某物／某人……”。
e.g. I found him smart.
我发现他很聪明。CHAPTER 1第1章Comprehension Quiz你读懂了多少
A 用所给词语的正确时态填空。
look spend see live tend
I would often spend weeks there without ❶ ___________ a single person. During those weeks, I would joyfully ❷ ___________ my time with my dog, ❸ ___________ my flocks of sheep. At times when I did see another person, it was usually the loner who ❹ ___________ up on Mount Lure. From time to time, he would come down, ❺ ___________ for some simple conversation.
B 选择正确的答案。
❶ Who would usually bring the shepherd supplies?
(a) The Master's daughter.
(b) A coalman.
(c) A farmhand or an old woman.
❷ What did the shepherd usually think about?
(a) His flocks of sheep.
(b) His Master's daughter.
(c) His supplies.
C 根据故事内容，将下列句子重新排序。
❶ The Master's daughter teased the shepherd.
❷ The shepherd watched the Master's daughter as she disappeared.
❸ The shepherd was waiting for his provisions.
❹ The shepherd showed the Master's daughter where he slept.
❺ The Master's daughter arrived on the mule.
______⇨______⇨______⇨______⇨______
D 选择适当的词语填空。
graceful bored proud surprised familiar
❶ The Master's daughter looked very ______________ in her house.
❷ The shepherd was ______________ to see the Master's daughter.
❸ The Master's daughter was as ______________ as a fairy.
❹ Finally, the shepherd heard the ______________ sound of bell ringing.
❺ The Master's daughter thought the shepherd must be ______________ with his simple life.答案
A ❶ seeing
❷ spend
❸ tending
❹ lived
❺ looking
B ❶ (c)
❷ (b)
C ❸⇨❺⇨❹⇨❶⇨❷
D ❶ proud
❷ surprised
❸ graceful
❹ familiar
❺ bored第2章 天空中的珠宝CHAPTER 2 Jewels in the Sky
After she left, I went about my work.
Night time came very quickly, and I prepared for the evening.
I brought the flocks of sheep to the fields that were close to where I slept.
As I was finishing my chores, I heard a voice come from below near my dwelling.
My Master's daughter had returned and she was shaking, cold, and wet.
In a trembling voice, she said,
"On the way to the lowlands, there is the river as you know.
Well, the water from the storm has flooded the river.
I tried to get across, but I feared I would drown.
I didn't know what to do.
I knew I could not get across the river.
So I just returned here."
She was in a terrible situation.
I thought, "No one will come here searching for her.
And I cannot leave the flocks to take her home."
I was very worried. I didn't know what to do.
It wasn't right for her to spend the night on the mountain.
But then I thought, "The nights in July are short.
It is only one night."
I very quickly lit a fire so that she could dry her feet and dress.
I also prepared some food and milk.
But she was not interested in eating or getting dry.
She burst into tears and I almost felt like crying, too.
It was completely dark outside now.
There was not even a hint of sunset left in the sky.
I urged my Master's daughter to go into the dwelling and rest.
I put down a new sheepskin for her to rest on.
We said goodnight, and I went outside.
I sat down in the front door entrance.
I tried to think of things other than the young lady who was resting in my house.
I felt proud that I had been given the great responsibility of watching over such a precious person.
She was more valuable than any of the creatures that I was entrusted to watch over.
I was happy, and I thought, "The stars look more beautiful than ever tonight."
Just as I finished my thought, the young lady appeared behind me.
"I cannot sleep," she told me.
"The animals are quite noisy outside.
I think that I would like to sit by the fire."
She sat down by the fire, and I gave her the goatskin which I had wrapped around me.
I stirred the embers of the fire, and it quickly became very warm.
We sat by the fire in silence.
It was a much more beautiful night because a beautiful star sat beside me.
That night, every creature seemed to come alive.
Perhaps they wanted to witness the beautiful star, too.
The frogs and the insects sang so much louder.
The light of the fire shone even more brilliantly in the pond.
There was an unmistakable freshness to the night.
Perhaps it was because of the storm.
But I wanted to believe it was because the Master's daughter was there with me that night.
I looked at her, and I noticed that she was shivering.
Some noises in the night frightened her, and she moved closer to me.
In the distant sky, we saw the most beautiful shooting star.
It darted through the sky and quickly vanished.
"What was that?" the young lady asked me.
"It is a soul which has just been taken to heaven," I told her.
"You are very different from other young men," she said.
"I am sure I am just like other ordinary men.
But my life is very different here.
I live very closely to the stars.
I know more about what happens up there than I do about what happens on the plains."
The young lady looked at me with her head in her hand.
The goatskin was wrapped around her.
She looked like a divine shepherd!
"There is another one," she exclaimed, pointing to another shooting star.
"I have never seen so many beautiful stars in my life.
Do you know the names of the stars?"
"Indeed I do, mistress!" I replied.
"Look up there! Can you see that?
That is the Milky Way. And look at that.
Let's imagine that is France!
You can see that it goes all the way to Spain.
Many military men have used the stars to help them find their way to battle.
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