人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT6-3

Once, in a dream, a boy called Chris Everyman took the advice of a wise man to go on a journey. The wise man pointed¹ his finger across the land and told him to go through the gate at the end of the fields to enter the City of Happiness. Chris said he could not see the gate, to which the other replied that the gate was where the bright sunshine shone in a golden² mist³.
 
      So Chris set out on this journey. He had not travelled far from home when he came to a pond filled with mud⁴ and dirt, and as he was not careful, he fell in. The name of this pond was Depression⁵. He moved around in it for a time, and became covered with dirt. Though he was able to move towards the bank, he was unable to climb out. Luckily a man came by whose name was Help. He gave him his hand and pulled him out. Chris thanked him and went on his way.
 
      He had not gone far when he entered a very narrow passage between two mountains. He stopped and was afraid to go on, as on each side, he saw two lions. A shepherd⁶ told Chris not to fear the lions and to keep to the middle of the path. When Chris saw that the lions were tied to the rocks with chains, he realised that this was to test his courage. Though trembling⁷ with fear, he walked on. The lions roared⁸ and " pulled on their chains, but they were so short that the lions could not attack and harm Chris.
 
      In the evening, Chris made himself a small shelter⁹ and fell asleep. Now, not far from the place where he lay there was a castle, called Doubting Castle. The King of the castle was Giant Despair¹⁰. When he saw Chris, he shook him and asked what he was doing. Chris said that he had lost the way, but Giant Despair did not listen. He drove¹¹ Chris to the castle and put him in a very dark prison, together with a man called Hope. For four days they were kept in this prison, without food or water. The next day Giant Despair beat them without mercy¹². He told them that the only end to their hardship¹³ would be to choose their own death. To this Hope answered that although their situation was terrible, no man should murder, nor take his own life.
 
      The whole night Chris and Hope talked of escape. Hope reminded Chris of the courage he had shown in the first part of his journey, and the hardship he had gone through. They sat together and prayed. A little before dawn Chris suddenly, as if talking to himself, said what a fool he was to lie in that smelly¹⁴ prison while holding the key to freedom in his heart. Hope asked him what he was talking about, to which Chris answered that the key in his heart, called Promise, could open any lock in Doubting Castle. Hope said that that was good news and told him to take it out and try.
 
      In less than ten minutes Chris opened the great prison door and the heavy iron¹⁵ gate, although that was not easy. When they saw that Giant Despair was not following them, they were happy and sang this song:
                                                           Out of the way we went and found
                                                  What it was to walk on forbidden ground
                                           Let him who comes after us remember this thing:
                                                      To stay away from that Giant King
                               Whose name is Despair, and whose castle's called Doubting!

1 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

2 golden   

adj.金的，含金的，可贵的，金色的，贵重的，繁盛的

参考例句：

• My teacher is an Englishman with golden hair.我的老师是一个金黄色头发的英国人。
• It's a balmy evening,the golden time for lovers.这是一个暖和的夜晚，是恋人们的黄金时光。

3 mist   

n.雾，迷蒙，朦胧不清；vt.使...模糊，蒙上雾；vi.使...模糊，下雾

参考例句：

• She saw his face through a mist of tears.她泪眼朦胧地望着他的脸。
• There is a film of mist over the land.大地上笼罩着一层薄雾。

4 mud   

n.泥，泥浆

参考例句：

• The swimming pool is filled up with mud.游泳池里全是泥。
• A car ran past,spotting my coat with mud.一辆汽车驶过，给我的外衣溅上了泥点。

5 depression   

n.压抑，抑制，沮丧；萧条，衰退

参考例句：

• During a depression money circulates slowly.在商业萧条时期，货币流通滞缓。
• He suffers from acute depression.他患有严重的忧郁症。

6 shepherd   

n.牧羊者，牧师，指导者；v.看守，领导，指导

参考例句：

• The shepherd boy waited for his sheep to drink.牧童等羊喝水。
• The shepherd and his dog gathered in the sheep.牧羊人和牧羊狗把羊群赶到一块。

7 trembling   

n.发抖adj.发抖的v.发抖( tremble的现在分词 )；焦虑；颤动；轻轻摇晃

参考例句：

• My legs were trembling with fear. 我吓得双腿直发抖。
• Daddy was trembling with anxiety as to how the talks would go. 爸爸为那些商谈的进展而焦虑不安。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 roared   

v.咆哮( roar的过去式和过去分词 )；大笑；大哭；熊熊燃烧

参考例句：

• A log fire roared in the open hearth. 柴火在敞开着的壁炉里熊熊燃烧。
• Vroom! A sports car roared past. 呜的一声，一辆跑车疾驶而过。

9 shelter   

n.掩蔽，掩蔽处，避身处；庇护所，避难所，庇护；vt.庇护，保护，隐匿；vi.躲避

参考例句：

• We took shelter from the rain in a cave.我们在一个山洞里避雨。
• Trees are a shelter from the sun.树木可以遮挡阳光。

10 despair   

vi.灰心丧气，感到沮丧绝望；n.绝望，沮丧

参考例句：

• If you are in the depths of despair,you will be extremely unhappy.如果你彻底地失望，你会十分不开心。
• Don't despair;things will get better soon.不必绝望，事情不久就会好起来。

11 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

12 mercy   

n.仁慈，宽恕，怜悯

参考例句：

• Mercy to the enemies means cruelty to the people.对敌人的仁慈就意味着对人民的残忍。
• It is a mercy that you did not go.你幸好没有去。

13 hardship   

n.受苦，吃苦；苦难，困苦

参考例句：

• He was willing to face any hardship in fulfillment of his duty.他愿意面对任何困难去履行他的职责。
• If other people can endure hardship,why can't I?人家能吃苦，我就不能？

14 smelly   

adj.(口)有臭味的，发出臭气的

参考例句：

• The river was smelly today.今天这条河散发着一股臭味。
• The toilets in that restaurant were horribly smelly.那个餐馆的卫生间气味难闻。

15 iron   

n.铁，熨斗，坚强，烙铁，镣铐；vt.烫平，熨，用铁包；vi. 烫衣服

参考例句：

• The iron has lost its magnetic force.这块铁已失去了磁力。
• We need an electrician to mend the iron.我们要请电工修理熨斗。