《汤姆索耶历险记》欣赏：烂漫在童年

概要："Say--I'mgoingina-swimming,Iam.Don'tyouwishyoucould?Butofcourseyou'ddruther11.WORK--wouldn'tyou?Courseyouwould!"Tomcontemplatedtheboyabit,andsaid:"Whatdoyoucallwork?""Why,ain'tTHATwork?"Tomresumedhiswhitewashing,andansweredcarelessly:"Well,maybeitis,andmaybeitain't.AllIknow,is,itsuitsTomSawyer.""Ohcome,now,youdon'tmeantoletonthatyouLIKEit?"Thebrushcontinuedtomove."Likeit?Wel

《汤姆索耶历险记》欣赏：烂漫在童年,标签：外国文学知识,http://www.laixuea.com
　　"Say--I'mgoingina-swimming,Iam.Don'tyouwishyoucould?Butofcourseyou'ddruther11.WORK--wouldn'tyou?Courseyouwould!"
　　Tomcontemplatedtheboyabit,andsaid:
　　"Whatdoyoucallwork?"
　　"Why,ain'tTHATwork?"
　　Tomresumedhiswhitewashing,andansweredcarelessly:
　　"Well,maybeitis,andmaybeitain't.AllIknow,is,itsuitsTomSawyer."
　　"Ohcome,now,youdon'tmeantoletonthatyouLIKEit?"
　　Thebrushcontinuedtomove.
　　"Likeit?Well,Idon'tseewhyIoughtn'ttolikeit.Doesaboygetachancetowhitewashafenceeveryday?"
　　Thatputthethinginanewlight12.Benstoppednibblinghisapple.Tomswepthisbrushdaintilybackandforth--steppedbacktonotetheeffect--addedatouchhereandthere--criticisedtheeffectagain--Benwatchingeverymoveandgettingmoreandmoreinterested,moreandmoreabsorbed.Presentlyhesaid:
　　"Say,Tom,letMEwhitewashalittle."
　　Tomconsidered,wasabouttoconsent;buthealteredhismind:
　　"No--no--Ireckonitwouldn'thardlydo,Ben.Yousee,AuntPolly'sawfulparticularaboutthisfence--righthereonthestreet,youknow--butifitwasthebackfenceIwouldn'tmindandSHEwouldn't.Yes,she'sawfulparticularaboutthisfence;it'sgottobedoneverycareful;Ireckonthereain'toneboyinathousand,maybetwothousand,thatcandoitthewayit'sgottobedone."
　　"No--isthatso?Ohcome,now–lemme13justtry.Onlyjustalittle--I'dletYOU,ifyouwasme,Tom."
　　"Ben,I'dliketo,honestinjun14;butAuntPolly--well,Jimwantedtodoit,butshewouldn'tlethim;Sidwantedtodoit,andshewouldn'tletSid.Nowdon'tyouseehowI'mfixed?Ifyouwastotacklethisfenceandanythingwastohappentoit--"
　　"Oh,shucks,I'llbejustascareful.Nowlemmetry.Say--I'llgiveyouthecoreofmyapple."www.laixuea.com
　　"Well,here--No,Ben,nowdon't.I'mafeard--"
　　"I'llgiveyouALLofit!"
　　Tomgaveupthebrushwithreluctanceinhisface,butalacrityinhisheart.AndwhilethelatesteamerBigMissouriworkedandsweatedinthesun,theretiredartistsatonabarrelintheshadecloseby,dangledhislegs,munchedhisapple,andplannedtheslaughterofmoreinnocents.Therewasnolackofmaterial;boyshappenedalongeverylittlewhile;theycametojeer,butremainedtowhitewash.BythetimeBenwasfaggedout15,TomhadtradedthenextchancetoBillyFisherforakite,ingoodrepair;andwhenheplayedout,JohnnyMillerboughtinforadeadratandastringtoswingitwith--andsoon,andsoon,hourafterhour.Andwhenthemiddleoftheafternooncame,frombeingapoorpoverty-strickenboyinthemorning,Tomwasliterallyrollinginwealth.Hehadbesidesthethingsbeforementioned,twelvemarbles,partofajews-harp,apieceofbluebottle-glasstolookthrough,aspoolcannon,akeythatwouldn'tunlockanything,afragmentofchalk,aglassstopperofadecanter,atinsoldier,acoupleoftadpoles,sixfire-crackers,akittenwithonlyoneeye,abrassdoor-knob,adog-collar--butnodog--thehandleofaknife,fourpiecesoforange-peel,andadilapidatedoldwindowsash.
　　Hehadhadanice,good,idletimeallthewhile--plentyofcompany--andthefencehadthreecoatsofwhitewashonit!Ifhehadn'trunoutofwhitewashhewouldhavebankruptedeveryboyinthevillage.
　　Tomsaidtohimselfthatitwasnotsuchahollowworld,afterall.Hehaddiscoveredagreatlawofhumanaction,withoutknowingit--namely,thatinordertomakeamanoraboycovetathing,itisonlynecessarytomakethethingdifficulttoattain.Ifhehadbeenagreatandwisephilosopher,likethewriterofthisbook,hewouldnowhavecomprehendedthatWorkconsistsofwhateverabodyisOBLIGEDtodo,andthatPlayconsistsofwhateverabodyisnotobligedtodo.Andthiswouldhelphimtounderstandwhyconstructingartificialflowersorperformingonatread-milliswork,whilerollingten-pinsorclimbingMontBlancisonlyamusement.TherearewealthygentlemeninEnglandwhodrivefour-horsepassenger-coachestwentyorthirtymilesonadailyline,inthesummer,becausetheprivilegecoststhemconsiderablemoney;butiftheywereofferedwagesfortheservice,thatwouldturnitintoworkandthentheywouldresign.www.laixuea.com

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