快來聽我講故事系列 |《弗蘭肯斯坦》（叁）

　　前言

　　歲月匆匆，力邁中美國際高中的“閱讀時光”已經陪伴我們走過兩年的美好時光了。在當下這個信息媒介高速發(fā)達、思想碎片化的時代，我們堅持閱讀，不斷創(chuàng)新。因為，閱讀對我們的精神世界建構和生命成長具有獨特的價值和意義。在每周的“閱讀時光”中，我們可以與古往今來的先賢智者對話，含英咀華。通過閱讀，我們變得更加智慧，離夢想更近一步，從而增加生命的厚度。書籍，是最高級的化妝品，在經年累月中，改變我們的品味和氣韻。“閱讀時光”——“快來聽我講故事”欄目正式上線了。每一期的故事都由力邁國際高中的同學們精心錄制。同學們通過聲音，向大家傳遞字里行間蘊含的溫度和情意。快讓我們聽聽都有哪些有趣的、難忘的、令人受益的經典語錄，一起分享出去吧～

　　NO.1　含英咀華

　　你們中的一些人將成為明天的科學家。你們必須努力學習并且去揭示你們所能揭示的事物。這就是上帝為什么給了你們智慧——去幫助他人。

　　Some of you will become the great scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can. That is why God made you intelligent--to help other people.

　　上周的“閱讀時光”，我們閱讀了《弗蘭肯斯坦》第二章。點擊鏈接回顧。本周，我們將閱讀第三章，一起來聽聽吧。

　　母親臨死前，給“我”和伊麗莎白說了什么話?

　　教授說了哪些富有啟發(fā)性的話?

　　“我”為什么在實驗室上方立起一個什么樣的桿子?

　　READING HOUR

　　NO.2　奇文共賞

　　在17 年的生命歷程中我都很幸福。后來第一件悲傷的事發(fā)生了。我母親病得很厲害，不久她便知道自己將不久于人世。就在她去世之前，她把伊麗莎白和我叫到她的房間。她抓住我們的手說道：

　　“孩子們，你們彼此相愛并且將會結婚，我因此非常高興。家里的每個人都很愛你，伊麗莎白。你愿意取代我在家中的位置嗎，親愛的?如果你在我走后能照顧他們，我將會走得很幸福。”

　　我母親死了，我們都非常傷心，因為我們非常愛她。伊麗莎白很勇敢并幫著我們;她那甜美的微笑在母親死后的那些不快的日子里給我們帶來了一些快樂。

　　到了我該上大學的時候了。我不想離開我那悲傷的家，可我們都知道我應該去。離別也是很難的，因為我的好朋友克勒沃的父母不讓他和我一起去上大學。這樣我只能獨自一人去了。

　　大學的第一天我遇到了我的老師沃得曼教授，他是世界上最偉大的科學家之一。他給我們所有開始大學生活的學生做了一次精彩的演講。他在結束講話時說：“你們中的一些人將成為明天的科學家。你們必須努力學習并且去揭示你們所能揭示的事物。這就是上帝為什么給了你們智慧——去幫助他人?！?/p>

　　讀書破萬卷

　　下筆如有神

　　教授演講過后，我進行了非常認真的思考。我想起了我15歲時的那場暴風雨。我記得那次的閃電是如何摧毀了那棵樹的。我想利用電去幫助人們，我還想去揭示生命的奧秘。我決心去從事這兩項工作。我當時沒有想到我的工作會毀了我還有我所愛的人們。

　　第二天我就開始了工作。我工作非常努力，我和沃得曼教授不久便意識到我可以通過學習成為一名出色的科學家。

　　教授幫了我很多的忙，那些教授的朋友、重要的科學家們也幫助過我。我對我的工作很感興趣，在接下來的兩年里我沒有休過一天假。我沒有回過家，給家里寫的信也非常短。

　　兩年后我發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多的事物并建造了一臺比大學里的任何機器都好的科學機器。我的機器能幫助我回答最重要的問題。生命是如何開始的?可以把生命注入無生命的東西中去嗎?要回答有關生命的這些問題我首先得了解死亡。我得從他們剛死、滾熱的生命離開人體的那一剎那起進行觀察。在醫(yī)院里和大學里，我觀察著垂死的人和已死的人。日復一日、月復一月，我都在跟蹤死亡。那是黑暗和恐懼的日子。

　　后來有一天我得到了答案。我突然間確信自己懂得了生命的奧秘。我知道我能將生命注入一個無生命的身體中去。

　　現(xiàn)在我工作越來越努力。每天晚上我只睡很短的時間，吃的東西也很少。我給家里寫的信更加少了。但是家里的人愛我，他們沒有停止給我寫信。他們說他們理解我有多忙。他們不想讓我停止工作而去給他們寫信或是去看望他們。他們愿意等到我有時間的時候再說。他們希望很快見到我。

　　教授們意識到我在從事一項重要的工作，因而給了我一間實驗室。實驗室的上面有一個小的套房，我就住在里面;有時候我一個星期都呆在那座建筑物里不出去。

　　我在實驗室的上方建起了一個很高的桿子。它有 150 米高，比全城最高的建筑物都要高。那個桿子能夠“捕獲”閃電并把電送到我實驗室的機器上。我從未忘記摧毀那棵樹的閃電。那次閃電中的電曾有那么大的力量。我相信我可以利用電給無生命的東西注以生命。

　　我不想再多說什么了。我的機器的秘密必須隨我一起消亡。我是個很聰明的科學家，可我那時沒有意識到我在犯多么可怕的錯誤。

　　For seventeen years my life was very happy. Then the first sad thing happened. My mother became very ill, and soon she knew that she was dying. Just before she died,she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room. She held our hands and said:

　　"My children, I am very happy because you love each other, and because one day you will get married. Everyone in the family loves you, Elizabeth. Will you take my place in the family, my dear? I can die happily if you will look after them when I have gone."

　　My mother died,and we were very sad, because we loved her dearly. Elizabeth was brave and helped us: her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother's death.

　　The time came for me to go to university. I did not want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that I should go. lt was hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry Clerval would not let him go to university with me. And so l had to go alone.

　　On my first day at the university I met my teacher, Professor Waldman, who was one of the greatest scientists in the world. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students who were starting at the university. He ended his talk by saying: "Some of you will become the great scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can. That is why God made you intelligent---to help other people.’

　　After the professor's talk, I thought very carefully. l remembered the storm when l was fifteen. I remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree. I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life. I decided to work on these two things. I did not know then that my work would destroy me and the people that I loved.

　　I started work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized that I could learn to be a very good scientist.

　　The professor helped me very much, and other important scientists who were his friends helped me, too. I was interested in my work and l did not take one day's holiday during the next two years. I did not go home, and my letters to my family were very short.

　　After two years I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was better than anything in the university. My machine would help me answer the most important question of all. How does life begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death. l had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them. ln the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead. Day after day, month after month, I followed death. lt was a dark and terrible time.

　　Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life. I knew that I could put life into a body that was not alive.

　　I worked harder and harder now. I slept for only a short time each night, and l did not eat much food. I wrote to my family less often. But they loved me and did not stop writing to me. They said they understood how busy I was. They did not want me to stop work to write or to see them. They would wait until I had more time. They hoped to see me very soon.

　　The professors realized that I was doing very important work, and so they gave me my own laboratory. There was a small flat where l lived above the laboratory, and sometimes I stayed inside the building for a week and did not go out.

　　Above the laboratory I built a very tall mast. lt was 150 metres high, and higher than the tallest building in the city. The mast could catch lightning and could send the electricity down to my machine in the laboratory. I had never forgotten the lightning that had destroved the tree. There had been so much power in the electricity of that lightning. I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead.

　　I will say no more than that. The secret of my machine must die with me. I was a very clever scientist, but I did not realize then what a terrible mistake I was making.

　　READING HOUR

　　NO.3　精彩賞析

　　本章講述了母親去世后，伊麗莎白負責照顧家庭。不久，“我”去上大學，遇到沃得曼教授，在老師的教導和自己的努力下，立志成為科學家。兩年后我發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多的事物并建造了一臺比大學里的任何機器都好的科學機器。這臺機器能解答很多問題;我了解到生命的奧秘;在實驗室的上方建起了一個能捕獲閃電的桿子，并將電送到“我”實驗室的機器上。

　　讀完上面的章節(jié)，快來嘗嘗“餐后水果”——判斷題。

　　1、Mrs Frankenstein hoped that Victor would marry Justine. 弗蘭克斯坦夫人希望維克多嫁娶賈斯汀。

　　2、Frankenstein wanted to use electricity to help people.弗蘭克斯坦想用電幫助人們。

　　3、Frankenstein wanted everyone to know the secret of this machine.弗蘭肯斯坦想讓所有人都知道這臺機器的秘密。

　　上期答案:不是。

　　關于“閱讀時光”

　　為了幫助同學們養(yǎng)成自主閱讀的習慣，力邁國際高中從2019年起，啟動“閱讀能力培養(yǎng)計劃”。學校堅持“以學生為中心”的理念，按照不同年級、不同基礎，精心挑選相對應的英文閱讀材料，幫助同學們了解西方文化，擴大英文詞匯量，提高英語語言能力，營造良好的讀書氛圍，從而提高學生的文學素養(yǎng)。在閱讀中，我們見自己，見天地，見眾生!