(
课件网) 名著选萃 Escape Excerpt from Charlotte's Web 在朱克曼家的谷仓里，小猪威尔伯和蜘蛛夏洛建立了 真挚的友谊。柔弱的夏洛付出了生命的代价拯救了威尔伯， 而威尔伯带着感恩的心抚养了夏洛的孩子。 “How does it feel to be free ” asked the goose. “I like it，” said Wilbur. “That is, I guess I like it.” Actually, Wilbur felt queer① to be outside his fence, with nothing between him and the big world②. “Where do you think I'd better go？” “Anywhere you like, anywhere you like，” said the goose. “Go down through the orchard (果园), root up③ the sod (草皮)! Go down through the garden, dig up the radishes (萝卜)! Root up everything! Eat grass! Look for corn! Look for oats④！ Run all over! Skip⑤ and dance, jump and prance (腾跃)! Go down through the orchard and stroll (漫步) in the woods! The world is a wonderful place when you're young.” “I can see that，” replied Wilbur. He gave a jump⑥ in the air⑦， twirled⑧， ran a few steps, stopped, looked all around, sniffed the smells of afternoon, and then set off⑨ walking down through the orchard. Pausing⑩ in the shade of an apple tree, he put his strong snout (鼻子) into the ground and began pushing, digging, and rooting. He felt very happy. He had plowed up quite a piece of ground before anyone noticed him. Mrs. Zuckerman was the first to see him. She saw him from the kitchen window, and she immediately shouted for the men. “Ho-mer！” she cried. “Pig's out! Lurvy! Pig's out! Homer! Lurvy! Pig's out. He's down there under that apple tree.” “Now the trouble starts，” thought Wilbur. “Now I'll catch it.” The goose heard the racket (吵闹声) and she, too, started hollering (喊叫). “Run—run—run downhill, make for the woods, the woods！” she shouted to Wilbur. “They'll never—never—never catch you in the woods.” The cocker spaniel (可卡犬) heard the commotion (喧闹) and he ran out from the barn to join the chase . Mr. Zuckerman heard, and he came out of the machine shed where he was mending a tool. Lurvy, the hired man, heard the noise and came up from the asparagus (芦笋) patch where he was pulling weeds . Everybody walked toward Wilbur and Wilbur didn't know what to do. The woods seemed a long way off, and anyway, he had never been down there in the woods and wasn't sure he would like it. “Get around behind him, Lurvy，” said Mr. Zuckerman, “and drive him toward the barn! And take it easy—don't rush him! I'll go and get a bucket of slops (泔水).” The news of Wilbur's escape spread rapidly among the animals on the place. Whenever any creature broke loose on Zuckerman's farm, the event was of great interest to the others. The goose shouted to the nearest cow that Wilbur was free, and soon all the cows knew. Then one of the cows told one of the sheep, and soon all the sheep knew. The lambs learned about it from their mothers. The horses, in their stalls in the barn, pricked up their ears when they heard the goose hollering; ... ...
