M6 阅读导引 100年前，在一个遥远的地方，有三个喜欢听故事的小姑娘，她们缠着一个年轻的叔叔，要他给她们讲故事。年轻的叔叔边想边讲，结果就编出了一部让孩子和科学家都着迷的《爱丽丝漫游仙境》……一个多世纪以来，它陪伴无数人度过了欢乐的童年时光。 美文欣赏 CHAPTER I-- DOWN THE RABBIT-HOLE Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peep into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and what is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversations?' So she was considering, in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late! (when she thought it over afterwards it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but, when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.
In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again. The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down what seemed to be a very deep well. Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her, and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything: then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves: here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed: it was labeled ORANGE MARMALADE but to her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it. Well! thought Alice to herself After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down-stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house! Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? 生词注释 1. peep n. 窥看, 隐约看见 2. daisy-chain n. 雏菊花环 3. hedge n. 灌木树篱 4. peg n. 钉子 5. marmalade n. 果酱 6. tumble vi. 摔下来 难句解析 1. So she was considering, …, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. 解析：sb. was doing sth. when…这是一个并列句的句型，意思是“某人正在做某事突然发生了某事”，when为并列连词。中间插入一个以whether引导的让步状语从句。参考译文如下：“天气很闷热，艾丽斯非常困，甚至有点迷糊了，但是她还是很认真地盘算着，是否值得站起来花点力气采些雏菊花做个花环？就在这时，突然有一只长着粉红色眼睛的白兔子，贴着她身边跑了过去。” 2. When she thought it over afterwards it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural. 解析：该句为主从复合句。when引导时间状语从句；it occurred…that..是形式主语从句。It occurs to sb. “被某人想到…”的意思；ought to have wondered at sth.“本该对某事感到奇怪”。参考译文如下：“虽然事后回想起来，她认为应该对这件事感到奇怪，可当时这一切好像是很自然的事。” 3. In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again. 解析：down went Alice after it是完全倒装句；never considering…现在分词短语充当伴随方式状语。in another moment“说时迟那时快”；in the world“到底、究竟”，通常放在特殊疑问词后表强调。参考译文如下：“不管三七二十一，艾丽丝也跟着跳了进去，她想都没想跳下去后怎么出来。” 4. She did not like to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it. 解析：for fear of (doing) sth. “为了避免、害怕”。as she fell past it引导时间状语从句。参考译文如下：“她不敢把空罐头扔下去，怕砸到下面的人，因此在继续慢慢往下掉的时候，她小心地把空罐头放到另一个碗橱里去了。” 阅读操练（配4-5道选择题；或任务型阅读，10空，每空1词） 1. What was Alice’s sister doing on the bank of a river? A. She was beginning to be tired of Alice. B. She was taking a peep at whether Alice was sitting by her. C. She was reading an interesting book without any pictures or conversations. D. She was considering whether to share her younger sister with her book. 2. This charming story mainly happened__________. A. in a rabbit hole B. on the bank of a river C. in a waistcoat pocket D. under a hedge 3. Which word in the passage has the same meaning as “underground”? A. cupboard B. bookshelf C. well D. tunnel 4. From which sentence can we judge this is a fairy tale? A. I have nothing to do but make a daisy-chain. said Alice. B. Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late! the Rabbit said to itself. C. The ORANGE MARMALADE is empty. said Alice disappointedly. D. What is the use of a book without pictures or conversations? thought Alice.
