大學(xué)英語精讀2全部課文

1、大學(xué)英語精讀 大學(xué)英語精讀 2 全部課文 全部課文大學(xué)英語精讀 2 全部課文.txt 世上最珍貴的不是永遠(yuǎn)得不到或已經(jīng)得到的，而是你已經(jīng)得到并且隨時都有可能失去的東西！愛情是燈，友情是影子。燈滅時，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)周圍都是影子。朋友，是在最后可以給你力量的人。1.The dinner party I first heard this tale in India, where is told as if true -- though any na

2、turalist would know it couldn't be. Later someone told me that the story appeared in a magazine shortly before the First World War. That magazine story, and the person who wrote it, I have never been able to track do

3、wn.The country is India. A colonial official and his wife are giving a large dinner party. They are seated with their guests -- officers and their wives, and a visiting American naturalist -- in their spaciou

4、s dining room, which has a bare marble floor, open rafters and wide glass doors opening onto a veranda.A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl who says that women have outgrown the jumping-on-a-chai

5、r-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era and a major who says that they haven't.“A woman's reaction in any crisis,“ the major says, “is to scream. And while a man may feel like it, he has that ounce more of co

6、ntrol than a woman has. And that last ounce is what really counts.“The American does not join in the argument but watches the other guests. As he looks, he sees a strange expression come over the face of the h

7、ostess. She is staring straight ahead, her muscles contracting slightly. She motions to the native boy standing behind her chair and whispers something to him. The boy's eyes widen: he quickly leaves the roo

8、m. 有其事似的——盡管任何一位博物學(xué)家都知道這不可能是真的。后來有人告訴我，在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)之前不久，一家雜志曾刊登過這個故事。但登在雜志上的那篇故事以及寫那篇故事的人，我卻一直未能找到。故事發(fā)生在印度。某殖民地官員和他的夫人正舉行盛大的晚宴。筵席設(shè)在他們家寬敞的餐室里，室內(nèi)大理石地板上沒有鋪地毯；屋頂明椽裸露，寬大的玻璃門外便是走廊。跟他們一起就做的客人有軍官和他們的夫人，另外還有一位來訪的美國博物學(xué)家。席間，一位年輕的女士同一位少

9、校展開了熱烈的討論。年輕的女士認(rèn)為婦女已經(jīng)有所進(jìn)步，不再像過去那樣一見到老鼠就嚇得跳到椅子上，少校則不以為然。他說：“一遇到危急情況，女人的反應(yīng)便是尖叫。而男人雖然也可能想叫，但比起女人來，自制力卻略勝一籌。這多出來的一點自制力正是真正起作用的東西?！蹦莻€美國人沒有參加這場爭論，他只是注視著在座的其他客人。在他這樣觀察時，他發(fā)現(xiàn)女主人的臉上顯出一種奇異的表情。她兩眼盯著正前方，臉部肌肉在微微抽搐。她向站在座椅后面的印度男仆做了個手勢，對

10、他耳語了幾句。男仆兩眼睜得大大的，迅速地離開了餐室。在座的客人中除了那位美國人以外誰也沒注意到這一幕，也沒有看到那個男仆把一碗牛奶放在緊靠門邊的走廊上。那個美國人突然醒悟過來。在印度，碗中的牛奶只有一個意思——引蛇的誘餌。他意識到餐室里一定有條眼鏡蛇。他抬頭看了看屋頂上的椽子——那是最可能有蛇藏身的地方——但那上面空蕩蕩的。室內(nèi)的三個角落里也是空的，而在第四個角落里，仆人們正在等著上下一道菜。這樣，剩下的就只有一個地方了——餐桌下面。他