Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The author’s real
name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, but he preferred to use the pen-name “Lewis Carroll” when he wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and this is the name we remember him by.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865, when its author was 33 years old; it was followed by Through the Looking-Glass in 1871. Both books were written for a real girl called Alice, but they have been read by millions of children since they were first published. These stories are about a dream world in which Alice meets strange creatures and has interesting adventures . I’m sure you know this already, but if you don’t, you had better read the stories yourselves.
Task 4
【答案】
the Greeks, closed the gates of the city and stayed behind the walls, the Greeks, a huge wooden horse, hide inside it, the horse, they stopped, hid their ships, Greek prisoner, the horse, The Greek soldiers, the wooden horse 【原文】
Many, many years ago there was a war between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greek ships sailed up to the city of Troy. When the Trojans saw the Greek ships, they closed the gates of their city and stayed behind the walls. The Greeks attacked the city many times, but could not take it. Then one of the Greeks thought of a plan. The Greeks made a big wooden horse and had some soldiers hide inside the horse. In the morning the Greeks burned their camps and sailed away. Only the big wooden horse remained in front of the city gate.
But the Greek ships did not sail far. The Greeks stopped at a place near Troy, where the Trojans could not see them, and hid their ships. At first the Trojans wanted to burn the wooden horse, but a Greek prisoner said, \it into Troy. It will help you.\
The horse was very big, and the Trojans could not bring it in through the gate. They had to make a hole in the wall. Then they brought the wooden horse into the city. The next day was a holiday in Troy. At night all the Trojan soldiers fell asleep after a heavy festive drinking.
The Greek ships came back to Troy in the night. When everything was quiet, the Greek soldiers came out of the wooden horse and opened the gates of the city. The Greek army came into the city, killed many Trojans and took the city.
Task 5
【答案】 A. 1) c 2) a B.
1) All the animals thought that he was the king of beasts. Actually he was a coward. He was afraid of human beings and other big animals. He roared only to scare them away and never really hurt them.
2) Dorothy and her dog wanted to get back to Kansas. The Scarecrow wanted some brains and the Tinman wanted a heart. The Lion wanted to have courage. 【原文】
The following story has been taken from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum in 1900. The book is a modern fairy tale and is one of the great favorites of American children.
One day a tornado carried away Dorothy and her dog Toto from their home in Kansa sand landed them in the wonderful land of Oz. Here they made friends with two strange fellows, a scarecrow and a tin man. The four were now on their way to the Emerald City where the Great Oz lived.
Just as the Tinman spoke there came from the forest a terrible roar, and the
next moment a great Lion rushed into the road. With one blow of his paw he knocked the Scarecrow to the edge of the road, and then he hit the Tinman with his sharp claws. But, to the Lion's surprise, he could make no mark on the tin, though the Tinman fell over in the road and lay still.
Little Toto, now that he had an enemy to face, ran barking towards the Lion. The great beast had opened his mouth to bite the dog. Dorothy feared that Toto would be killed. She forgot all danger and rushed forward. She slapped the Lion upon his nose as hard as she could, and cried out:
\bite a poor little dog!\
\Dorothy had hit it.
\ \But how can I help it\
\don't know, I'm sure. But how can you hit a stuffed man like the poor Scarecrow\ \Scarecrow and set him upon his feet, while she patted him into shape again. \
\me to see him turn around so. Is the other one stuffed also\
\ \said the Lion. \it made a cold shiver min down my back. What is that little animal you are so kind to\
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\he made of tin, or stuffed\asked the Lion. \He's a meat dog,\said
the girl.
\one thinks of biting such a small, little thing except a coward like me,\continued the Lion sadly.
\makes you a coward\asked Dorothy. She looked at the great beast in wonder, for he was as big as a small horse.
\don't know,\replied the Lion. \suppose I was born that way. All the other animals in the forest expect me to be brave, for the Lion is everywhere thought to be the King of Beasts. I learned that if I roared very loudly every living thing was afraid and got out of my way. Whenever I've met a man I've been very much frightened; but I just roared at him, and he has always min away as fast as he could go. If the elephants, tigers and bears ever tried to fight me, I would run away — I'm such a coward; but just as soon as they hear me roar, they all try to get away from me, and of course I let them go.\
\Scarecrow.
\his tail. \there is danger, my heart begins to beat fast.\
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\you have,\continued the Tinman, \should be glad, for it proves you have a heart. For my part, I have no heart; so I can't have heart disease.\ \ \
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\am going to the great Oz to ask him to give me some,\remarked the Scarecrow, \
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\without courage.\
\the other wild beasts. I think they must be more cowardly than you if they allow you to scare them so easily.\
\long as I know myself to be a coward I shall be unhappy.\
So once more the little company set off upon the journey. The Lion walked at Dorothy's side. Toto did not like the Lion at first, because he could not forget how nearly he had been crushed between the Lion's great jaws; but after a time he became more at ease, and before long Toro and the Cowardly Lion became good friends.
Task 6
【答案】 A.
1) Civil War 2) first, equality 3) battlefields, bloodiest 4) ordinary B.
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