Heart of Darkness黑暗之心
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本书记录了船长马洛在一艘停靠于伦敦外的海船上所讲的刚果河的故事，主要讲述了他在非洲认识的一个叫库尔兹的白人殖民者，从一个矢志将“文明进步”带到非洲的理想主义者，后来堕落成贪婪的殖民者的经过。“黑暗的心”本身含有双层寓意：既指地理意义上的黑色的非洲腹地，也指殖民者黑暗的内心。修辞手法的运用大大丰富了作品的意蕴，深化了小说的主题。
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flare/fle/vi.闪耀，烧旺
flicker/"flk/n.（火光的）闪烁
moor/m/v.使（船）停泊
hulk/hlk/n.笨重的船
appetite/"ptat/n.食欲，胃口
sheer//adj.纯粹的，十足的
fling/fl/v.用力扔
fortitude/"f：ttju：d/n.毅力
jabber/"db/n.快而不清楚的话
atrocious/"trs/adj.残忍的
sordid/"s：dd/adj.污秽的，肮脏的
savage/"svd/adj.野蛮的
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好英文娓娓动听Words and Expressions
There was a pause of profound stillness， then a match flared， and Marlow"s lean face appeared， worn， hollow， with downward folds and dropped eyelids， with an aspect of concentrated attention；and as he took vigorous draws at his pipe， it seemed to retreat and advance out of the night in the regular flicker of the tiny flame.The match went out.
“Absurd！”he cried.“This is the worst of trying to tell. Here you all are， each moored with two good addresses， like a hulk with two anchors， a butcher round one corner， a policeman round another， excellent appetites， and temperature normal-you hear-normal from year"s end to year"s end.And you say， Absurd！Absurd be-exploded！Absurd！AMy dear boys， what can you expect from a man who out of sheer nervousness had just flung overboard a pair of new shoes.Now I think of it， it is amazing I did not shed tears.BI am， upon the whole， proud of my fortitude.CI was cut to the quick at the idea of having lost the inestimable privilege of listening to the gifted Kurtz.Of course I was wrong.The privilege was waiting for me.Oh yes， I heard more than enough.And I was right， too.A voice.He was very little more than a voice.And I heard-him-it-this voice-other voices-all of them were so little more than voices-and the memory of that time itself lingers around me， impalpable， like a dying vibration of one immense jabber， silly， atrocious， sordid， savage， or simply mean， without any kind of sense.Voices， voices-even the girl herself-now—”
He was silent for a long time.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析Sentence Structures
A
My dear boys， what can you expect from a man who out of sheer nervousness had just flung overboard a pair of new shoes.
我亲爱的伙计们，对一个纯粹出于一时激动刚把一双新鞋扔到河里去的人，你们能指望他怎么样呢！。
out of nervousness 紧张地 例如："Oh！"said Carrie， closing one hand tightly out of sheer nervousness.“啊！”嘉莉说，因为过分紧张而握紧了一只拳头。
B
I am， upon the whole， proud of my fortitude.大体来说，我对自己的坚强毅力是很自豪的。
upon the whole 大体上 例如：Upon the whole， he would advise me to make it up with them.总而言之，他劝我跟他们妥协。
C
I was cut to the quick at the idea of having Lost the inestimable privilege of Listening to the gifted Kurtz.
当时一想到我已失去了倾听天才库尔茨讲话的百年难遇的机会，我真感到说不出的难过。
cut to the quick 触及痛处 例如：His letter cut her to the quick.他的信深深地伤了她的心。
The Return of the Native还乡
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《还乡》一书主要写尤斯塔西雅和约布赖特两个人幸福结合又走向悲惨破裂的一场悲剧。作为哈代的“性格与环境”小说中的一部，本书在景色描写上可谓是非常出色的。荒漠，侯鸟，一副苍凉的景致跃然纸上，同时也预示着后来的悲剧。
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solemn/"slm/adj.庄严的，隆重的
porch/p：t/n.门廊，入口处
listlessly/"listlisli/adv.无精打采，茫然无神地
endeavour/n"dev/v.努力，尽力，尝试
flutter/"flt/v.振翼，拍动翅膀飞
husky/"hsk/adj.沙哑的
chorus/"k：rs/n.合唱
enact/"nkt/v.上演
anon/"nn/adv.不久，以后
cleave/kli：v/v.穿过，通过
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好英文娓娓动听Words and Expressions
The wedding morning came.ANobody would have imagined from appearances that Blooms-End had any interest in Mistover that day.
A solemn stillness prevailed around the house of Clym"s mother， and there was no more animation indoors. Mrs.Yeobright， who had declined to attend the ceremony， sat by the breakfast table in the old room which communicated immediately with the porch， her eyes Listlessly directed towards the open door.BIt was the room in which， six months earlier， the merry Christmas party had met， to which Eustacia came secretly and as a stranger.The only living thing that entered now was a sparrow；and seeing no movements to cause alarm， he hopped boldly round the room， endeavoured to go out by the window， and fluttered among the pot-flowers.This roused the lonely sitter， who got up， released the bird， and went to the door.She was expecting Thomasin， who had written the night before to state that the time had come when she would wish to have the money and that she would if possible call this day.
Yet Thomasin occupied Mrs. Yeobright"s thoughts but slightly as she looked up the valley of the heath， alive with butterflies， and with grasshoppers whose husky noises on every side formed a whispered chorus.A domestic drama， for which the preparations were now being made a mile or two off， was but little less vividly present to her eyes than it enacted before her.She tried to dismiss the vision， and walked about the garden plot；but her eyes ever and anon sought out the direction of the parish church to which Mistover belonged， and her excited fancy clove the hills which divided the building from her eyes.CThe morning wore away.Eleven o"clock struck-could it be that the wedding was then in progress？It must be so.She went on imagining the scene at the church， in which he had by this time approached with his bride.She pictured the little group of children by the gate as the pony carriage drove up in which， as Thomasin had learnt， they were going to perform the short journey.Then she saw them enter and proceed to the chancel and kneel；and the service seemed to go on.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析Sentence Structures
A
Nobody would have imagined from appearances that Blooms-End had any interest in Mistover that day.
没人想像得到这一天花落村对迷雾冈那头的事会有任何兴趣。
have any interest in 与否定式连用表示没有兴趣。例如：I don’t have any interest in literature.我对文学没什么兴趣。
B
It was the room in which， six months earlier， the merry Christmas party had met， to which Eustacia came secretly and as a stranger.
六个月以前，圣诞庆祝晚会正是在这屋里举行的，当时尤斯塔西雅是作为一个陌生人偷偷来到这儿的。