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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1 Huck in trouble
You don't know about me if you haven't read a book called The Adventures of Tom Sawyer．Mr Mark Twain wrote the book and most of it is true．In that book robbers stole some money and hid it in a very secret place in the woods．But Tom Sawyer and I found it，and after that we were rich．We got six thousand dollars each-all gold．
In those days I never had a home or went to school like Tom and all the other boys in St Petersburg．Pop was always drunk，and he moved around a lot，so he wasn't a very good father．But it didn't matter to me．I slept in the streets or in the woods，and I could do what I wanted，when I wanted．It was a fine life．
When we got all that money，Tom and I were famous for a while．Judge Thatcher，who was an important man in our town，kept my money in the bank for me．And the Widow Douglas took me to live in her house and said I could be her son．She was very nice and kind，but it was a hard life because I had to wear new clothes and be good all the time．
In the end，I put on my old clothes and ran away．But Tom came after me and said that I had to go back，but that I could be in his gang of robbers．So，I went back，and the widow cried and I had to put on those new clothes again．I didn't like it at all．Her sister，Miss Watson，lived there too．She was al-ways saying，'Don't put your feet there，Huckleberry，'and 'Don't do that，Huckleberry．'It was terrible．
When I went up to bed that night，I sat down in a chair by the window．I sat there a good long time，and I was really unhappy．But just after midnight I heard 'mee－yow！mee－yow！
'outside．Very softly，I answered，'mee－yow！mee－yor！' Quietly，I put out the light and got out through the window．In the trees，Tom Sawyer was waiting for me．
We went through the trees to the end of the widow's garden．Soon we were on top of a hill on the other side of the house．Below us we could see the river and the town．One or two lights were still on，but everything was quiet．We went down the hill and found Joe Harper，Ben Rogers and two or three more of the boys．Then Tom took us down the river by boat to his secret place，which was a cave deep in the side of a hill．When we got there，Tom told us all his plan．
'Now，we'll have this gang of robbers，'he said，'and we'll call it Tom Sawyer's Gang．If somebody hurts one of us，the others will kill him and his family．And if a boy from the gang tells other people our secrets，we'll kill him and his family，too．'
We all thought this was wonderful，and we wrote our names in blood from our fingers．Then Ben Rogers said，'Now，what's the gang going to do？'
'Nothing，'replied Tom．'Just rob and kill．We stop people on the road，and we kill them，and take their money and things．But we can keep a few of the people，and then their friends can pay money to get them back．That's what they do in the stories in books．'
But Ben wasn't happy．'What about women？'he asked．' Do we kill them，too?'
'Oh，no，'Tom answered．'We're very nice to them，and they all love us，and they don't want to go home．'
'Then the cave will be full of women，and people waiting，and we'll have to watch them all night…'
'We'll all go home now，'Tom said，'and we'll meet next week，and we'll kill somebody and rob somebody．'
Ben wanted to begin on Sunday，but the others said no．It was bad to kill and rob on a Sunday．
My clothes were very dirty and I was very tired when I got back．Of course，the next morning Miss Watson was angry with me because of my dirty clothes，but the widow just looked unhappy．Soon after that we stopped playing robbers because we never robbed people and we never killed them．
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Time went on and winter came．I went to school most of the time and I was learning to read and write a little．It wasn't too bad，and the widow was pleased with me．Miss Watson had a slave，an old man called Jim，and he and I were good friends．I often sat talking to Jim，but I still didn't like living in a house and sleeping in a bed．
Then，one morning，there was some new snow on the ground and outside the back garden I could see footprints in the snow．I went out to look at them more carefully．They were Pop's footprints！
A minute later，I was running down the hill to Judge Thatcher's house．When he opened the door，I cried，'Sir，I want you to take all my money．I want to give it to you．'
He looked surprised．'Why，what's the m atter？'
'Please，sir，take it！Don't ask me why！'
In the end he said，'Well，you can sell it to me，then．'And he gave me a dollar and I wrote my name on a piece of paper for him．
That night when I went up to my room，Pop was sitting there，waiting for me！I saw that the window was open，so that was how he got in．
He was almost fifty and he looked old．His hair was long and dirty and his face was a terrible white colour．His clothes were old and dirty，too，and two of his toes were coming through his shoe．He looked at me all over for a long time，and then he said，' Well，just look at those Clean，tidy clothes！And they say you can read and write now．Who said you could go to school？'
'The widow…'I began．
'Oh，she did，did she？Well，you can forget about school．I can't read and your mother couldn't read；no one in our family could read before they died，so who do you think you are？Go on，take that book and read to me！'
I began to read，but he hit the book and it flew out of my hand，across the room．Then he shouted，'They say you're rich—how's that？'
'It isn't true！'
'You give me that money！I want it．Get it for me tomorrow！'
I haven't got any money．Ask Judge Thatcher．He'll tell you．I haven't got any money．'
'Well，give me what you've got in your pocket now．Come on，give it to me！'
'I've only got a dollar，and I want that to…'
'Give it to me，do you hear？'
He took it，and then he said he was going out to get a drink．When he was outside the window，he put his head back in and shouted，'And stop going to that school，or you know what you'll get！'
The next day he was drunk，and he went to Judge Thatcher to get my money．The judge wouldn't give it to him．But Pop didn't stop trying and every few days I got two or three dollars from the judge to stop Pop from hitting me．But when Pop had money，he got drunk a gain and made trouble in town．He was always coming to the widow's house，and she got angry and told him to stay away．Then Pop got really angry and one day he caught me and took me a long way up the river in a boat．I had to stay with him in a hut in the woods and I couldn't go out by myself．He watched me all the time．The widow sent a man to find me and bring me home，but Pop went after him with a gun，and the man ran away．
2 Huck escapes and finds a friend
Mostly it was a lazy，comfortable kind of life，but after about two months Pop began to hit me too much with his stick．He often went away into town too，and then he always locked me in the hut．Once he was away for three days and I thought I was never going to get out again．
When he came back that time，he was drunk and angry．He wanted my money，but Judge Thatcher wouldn't give it to him．The judge wanted to send me to live with the widow again，Pop told me．I wasn't very pleased about that．I didn't want to go back there．
So I decided to escape and go down the river and live in the woods somewhere．When Pop was out，I began to cut a hole in the wooden wall of the hut．In a few days，when the hole was bigger，I could take the wood cut，escape through the hole，and put the wood back．
One morning Pop sent me down to the river to catch some fish for breakfast．To my surprise，there was a canoe in the water and there was no one in it．Immediately，I jumped into the river and
brought the canoe to the side．It was lucky that Pop didn't see me，and I decided to hide the canoe under some trees and use it when I escaped．
That afternoon，Pop locked me in and went off to town．'He won't be back tonight，'I thought，so I began to work hard at my hole．Soon I could get out through it，and I carried food and drink and Pop's gun down to the canoe．Then I put back the wood to hide the hole，took the gun and went into the woods．There I shot a wild pig and took it back to the hut with me．Next，I broke down the door with an axe．I carried the pig into the hut and put some of its blood on the ground．Then I put some big stones in a sack and pulled it along behind me to the river．Last of all，I put some blood and some of my hair on the axe．I left the axe in a corner of the hut and I took the pig down to the river．
'They won't know it's only a pig in the river，'I said to myself．'They'll think it's me．'
Then I took the canoe and went down the river to Jackson's Island．By then it was nearly dark，so I hid the canoe under some trees and went to sleep．
It was after eight o'clock when I woke up the next day and the sun was high in the sky．I was warm and comfortable and I didn't want to get up．Suddenly，I heard a noise up the river．Carefully，I looked through the trees，and I saw a boat full of people．There was Pop，Judge Thatcher，Tom Sawyer and his Aunt Polly and his brother Sid，and lots of others．They were looking for my body in the river．I watched them，but they didn't see me，and in the end th ey went away．I knew that nobody was going to come and look for me again．I found a good place under the trees to sleep and to put my things．Then I caught a fish and cooked it over a fire．
I lived like that for three days，and then I decided to have a look round the island．So I went into the woods．'This is my island，'I thought．'I'm the only person on it．'
Suddenly，just in front of me，I saw a fire，and it was still smoking．There was somebody on my island！I didn't wait．I turned and went straight back．But I couldn't sleep．After a time，I said to myself，'I can't live like this．I must find out who it is．'
Silently, I moved along the river in my canoe，under the darkness of the trees．And then I stopped．Through the trees I could see the light of a fire．Afraid，I left my canoe and went nearer．There was a man lying by the fire．Suddenly，he sat up and I saw that it was Jim，Miss Watson's slave！I was really happy to see him！'Hello，Jim，' I cried，and I jumped out from behind the tree．
Jim fell to his knees．'Please don't hurt me！' he cried．'I've always been good to dead people！'
'It's all right，Jim．I'm not dead，' I said．'But why are you here on the island？' I asked．
'Well，Huck，' he began．'Old Miss Watson wanted to sell me．A man came into town and told Miss Watson that he'd buy me for eight hundred dollars．She couldn't say no，so I ran away．I ran down to the river to hide，but everybody in the town was there．They said you were dead，Huck．I had to wait all day to get away．When it was dark，I got on to a big boat and hid．When we came near this island，I jumped into the water and swam here．'
Jim finished his story and then we both carried all our things into a cave and hid the canoe under some trees．We were just in time because then the rains came．It rained for days，and the river got higher and higher．All kinds of things came down the river and one night there was a little wooden house，lying half on its side．We got the canoe out and went to take a look．Through the window we could see a bed，two old chairs and some old clothes．There was something lying in the corner and we thought it looked like a man．Jim went in to see，but he said，'He's dead．Someone shot him in the back．Don't look at his face，Huck．It's terrible！'
I didn't want to see the dead man's face，so I didn't look．We just took the old clothes and a few other things，and went back to our cave on the island．
Another night，when we were out looking for things on the river，we found a raft．It was made of good，strong wood，and was about four metres by five metres．'This could be useful，'I said to Jim，so we pulled it back to the island behind the canoe，and tied it up under the trees．
3 Huck and Jim travel south
For some days everything went along quietly，but we were getting bored．We wanted to know what was happening in town and so I decided to go and find out．Jim said，'Why don't you wear the old dress and the hat that we found in the house？People won't know you，then．They'll think you're a girl．' And so I did．
Just after it was dark，I got into the canoe and went up the river to the bottom of the town．There，I left the canoe and went on foot．Before long，I came to a little house which was always empty．Now there was a light on，and when I looked through the window，I saw a woman of about forty．She was a stranger and that was good because she didn't know me．So I knocked on the door．'I must remember that I'm a girl'I said to myself．
The woman opened the door．'Come in，' she said．She looked at me with her little bright eyes．'What's your name？'she asked．
'Sarah Williams，'I replied．'I'm going to see my uncle，on the other side of town．My mother's ill，you see，and she needs help．'
'Well，you can't go there by yourself now．It's too dark．My husband will be home in about an hour．Wait for him and he'll walk with you．'
And then she began to tell me about all her troubles．I was getting bored with all this until she said something about Pop and my murder．
'Who did it？'I asked．
'Well，'she replied，'some people say old Finn did it him-self；other people think it was a slave who ran away that night．His name was Jim．They'll give three hundred dollars to anybody who finds him——and they'll give two hundred dollars for old Finn．He got drunk and left town with two strangers．A lot of people think he killed his boy and he's going to come back one day，and get all Huck Finn's money．' 'And what about the slave？'I asked．
'Oh，they'll soon catch him．People want the three hundred dollars．I think he's on Jackson's Island，you know．I've seen smoke there．My husband's gone to get two of his friends and they're going over there with a gun later tonight．'
When I heard this，my hands began to shake．The woman looked at me strangely，but then she smiled and said kindly，'What did you say your name was？'
'M－Mary Williams．'
'Oh，' she said，'I thought it was Sarah．'
'Er… well，yes，it is．Sarah Mary Williams．Some people call me Sarah and some people call me Mary，you see．'
'Oh，do they？'She smiled again．'Come on，now—what's your real name？Bill？Bob？I know you're not really a girl．'
So then I had to tell her another story，with a different name，and I said I was running away．She said she wouldn't tell anybody，and gave me some food before I left．I hurried back to the island and Jim．
'Quick，Jim！'I cried，waking him up．'They're coming to get us！'
We got out the raft as fast as we could，put all our things on it，tied the canoe on behind，and moved off down the river．When it began to get light，we hid．When it was dark again，we travelled on．On the fifth night we passed St Louis，and we decided to go on down to Cairo in Illinois，sell the raft there and get a boat to Ohio．There are no slaves in Ohio．
We slept for most of that day and we began our journey again when it was dark．After some time，we saw lights on the Illinois side of the river and Jim got very excited．He thought it was Cairo．Jim got the canoe ready and I went off in it to take a look at those lights．But it wasn't Cairo．
After that，we went on down the river．It was very dark that night and it wasn't easy to see where we were going．Suddenly，a big steamboat came at us very fast，and the next minute it was right over us．Jim and I jumped off the raft into the water．The boat hit the raft and went on up the river．
When I came up out of the water，I couldn't see Jim any-where．I called out his name again and again，but there was no answer．'He's dead！' I thought．Slowly，I swam to the side of the river and got out．I saw that I was near a big old wood-en house．Suddenly a lot of very angry dogs jumped out at me．They made a terrible noise and someone called from the house，'Who's there？'
'George Jackson，'I answered quickly．'I've fallen off a river boat．'
Well，the people who lived in that house were very kind，and they took me in and gave me some new clothes and a good meal．I told them that my family were all dead，so they said I could stay with them as long as I wanted．It was a beautiful house and the food was good there，so I stayed．
A few days later one of the slaves in the house came to me and said，'Come with me！
'Together，we went down to some trees by the river．'In there！'he said and went away．
On the ground，I found a man，asleep．It was Jim！I was really pleased to see him．When the steamboat hit the raft，Jim told me，the raft didn't break up．Jim swam after it and caught it．Then he began to look for me．
We decided to leave at once．It's all right living in a house for a little while，but you feel more free and easy and comfort-able on a raft．
4 The Duke and the King
Two or three days and nights went by and nothing much happened．We travelled at night when it was dark and everybody was asleep．We didn't want anyone to see Jim and ask questions about him．
Then，one morning，just after it was light，I found a little canoe，so I got into it and went over to the side of the river．I was looking round，when，suddenly，two men ran through the trees．
'Help！' they cried．'There are men and dogs trying to catch us．But we've done nothing wrong！'
One of the men was about seventy years old；the other was about thirty，and they both had very old，dirty clothes．I said they could come with me，and we ran quickly back to the canoe．
Back on the raft we talked for a time and then the young man said，'My friends，I think I can tell you my secret now．I'm really a duke．My grandfather was the son of the Duke of Bridgewater，but he left England and came to America．When the old Duke died，my grandfather's younger brother stole everything and made himself the Duke of Bridgewater．'
Well，of course，we were all very unhappy for our friend the Duke，but he said，'I'll be happier if you do things for me．Bring me my dinner！'
So we did things for him，and he liked it．But the old man spoke very little and he looked unhappy，too．After a time he said，'You know，Bridgewater，I，too，have a secret．'And he began to cry．
'What do you mean？'the Duke asked．'What's your secret？'
And then the old man told us that he was really the first son of the King of France．He asked us all to go down on one knee when we spoke to him．we could call him 'Your Majesty'，too．So that was what we did，and they were both happy．Of course，I knew that they weren't really a duke and a king，but I didn't tell Jim．It's best if everybody is happy when you're living together on a raft．
The King and the Duke were very interested in Jim．'Is he a slave？'they wanted to know．'Is he running away？'
I had to tell them something，so I said that Jim belonged to my uncle and was taking me to my family in New Orleans．
'Well，we'll travel down river with you，then，'said the King．'We'll have a fine time together．'
So the four of us went on down the river，but Jim and I didn't like those two men．They were always getting drunk and making plans to get money out of people in every town．It's all right to take a chicken or something if you're hungry，but these men were really bad！Jim and I decided to get away from them as soon as we could．It wasn't easy because they wanted to be with us all the time．
Then one morning the King went off into a town and told us to wait for him．We waited all morning and he didn't come back，so the Duke and I went into town to look for him．We looked all afternoon and in the end we found him in a bar，drunk，and then he and the Duke began to fight about some money．
Now we can get away from them，I thought．I turned and ran back to the river．'Quick，Jim！' I shouted．'It's time to go！'But there was no answer．Jim wasn't there！
I ran into the woods，crying and shouting Jim's name．But there was still no answer．
Just then a boy came along．'Have you seen a slave？'I asked him，and I described Jim．
'Why，yes，'the boy replied．'He's a runaway slave．I heard all about it in town．A family called the Phelpses have got him now．An old man in a bar told Mr Phelps that there was a runaway slave on a raft down by the river．He said he hadn't got time to take the slave back himself．So Mr Phelps gave him forty dollars and they went down and caught the slave this afternoon．The Phelpses are going to take him back to his owner，and they'll get three hundred dollars for him！'
I knew those two men were bad！I asked the boy where the Phelpses lived and he said it was a big white house a little way down the river．
I began to make plans to get Jim back．First，I took the raft and went down to a little island．I hid the raft under the trees and lay down to sleep．Before it was light，I went off down the river in the canoe．When I thought I was near the Phelpses place，I stopped，got out of the canoe and went up to the house．Suddenly，a lot of dogs ran out．They came from everywhere and they made a terrible noise．
A woman about fifty years old ran out of the house，with some little children behind her．She was smiling all over her face and she took me by the hands and cried，'It's you，at last，isn't it？'
I didn't stop to think．'Yes，ma'am，'I said．
'Well，what took you so long？We thought you were coming two days ago．Your Uncle Silas goes to town every day to meet you．He's there now，but he'll be back soon．'She didn't stop talking and I couldn't tell her that she was making a mistake．' Tell us all about them，'she cried．'Tell me everything．'
I knew then that I had to tell her… but just then she cried，'Here he is！Quick，hide！'and she pushed me inside the house and behind the front door．Then her husband came in a nd she asked him，'Has he come？'
'No，'her husband replied．
'Look！'she shouted，and then she pulled me out from be-hind the door．
'Why，who's that？'Mr Phelps cried，surprised．
'It's Tom Sawyer！'she laughed．
5 The plan to free Jim
When I heard that，I nearly fell through the floor，but it was a big piece of luck．It was easy for me to be Tom Sawyer because Tom was my best friend．He and his brother Sid lived with their Aunt Polly up in St Petersburg，and I knew all about them．Now I learnt that Aunt Polly had a sister，who was Mrs Phelps．She and her husband were Tom's Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas．And Tom was coming down south by boat to stay with them for a bit．
We all sat there talking and I could answer all their questions about the Sawyer family．I was feeling really happy about this when suddenly I heard a boat on the river．'Tom could be on that
boat，'I thought，'and he's going to walk in here and call out my name before I can stop him．I've got to go and meet him．'
So I told the Phelpses that I would go into town to get my bags，which were at the boat station．I hurried up the road and before I was halfway to town，there was Tom Sawyer coming along．
When he saw me，his mouth fell open and he looked a bit white in the lace．'Aren't you dead？'he said．'Everybody said that you were murdered！'
'I'm not dead yet，'I said，'but listen…'I told him about my adventures，and Tom loved all that．Then I told him about the Phelpses and that they thought I was Tom Sawyer．'What shall we do？'I asked him．
Tom thought for a bit，and then he said，'I know．You take my bags and say they're yours．I'll come to the house in about half an hour．'
'All right，'I said，'but there's another thing．You know old Miss Watson's slave Jim，who ran away？Well，he's a prisoner here，and I'm going to help him escape．'
'Jim？'Tom said．'But he's—'Then he stopped and thought．'Right．I'll help，too，I'll make a really good plan．'He looked very excited．
So I went back to the house with the bags，and Tom came along half an hour later．He knocked on the door and when his Aunt Sally opene d it，he said he was Sid，Tom's brother．He wanted his visit to be a surprise for his dear old Aunt Sally，he said．
Well，Aunt Sally was very pleased to see Tom and Sid．She thought it was wonderful．She and Uncle Silas were really nice people．
When we were alone later，Tom and I talked about Jim's escape．I said I had a plan，and Tom listened to it．
'It's a good plan，'he said when I finished．'But it's too easy！It's got to be a real escape，like a real adventure in a sto-ry-book．So we want something difficult and dangerous．Now，listen to this…'
So he told me his plan．I knew it would be a good one be-cause Tom's plans are always crazy and exciting．
And we sure had a lot of fun with that plan！We knew that Jim was locked up in a hut outside the house．Every night we got out through our bedroom window and dug a hole right under the wall of the hut．It took us a week，and it was hard work．We talked to Jim secretly and told him about the plan，and he was really pleased．
We also wrote secret letters to everybody．Tom said that people always do this in books．We wrote that there was a gang of slave-thieves coming up from the south．They wanted to steal Jim and get the three hundred dollars from his owner．Well，the Phelpses and their friends got very excited，and on the night of the escape I went into the sitting-room，and there was a crowd of men in there—all with guns！
I ran and told Tom，and he s aid that this was really good．'It's a real adventure now，all right，'he said，very excited．'Perhaps they'll come after us，and shoot，and we'll all get killed！'
Well，there wasn't time to think about it because it all happened so quickly．We got Jim out through the hole under the wall，and began to run down to the river．But the men heard us and came after us．They began to shoo t，and so we ran as fast as we could to the canoe．We got in it and went over to Spanish Island．My raft was there，and our plan was to escape on that and go on down river．
'Now，Jim，'I cried，'you're a free man！'We were all very happy，but Tom was the happiest of all，because he had a bullet in his leg．
When Jim and I heard that，we weren't so happy．Tom wanted the adventure to go on，but Jim and I said that a doctor must look at Tom's leg．Tom was getting angry about this，but Jim said：
'You listen to me，Tom Sawyer．You say I'm a free man now，and perhaps I am．But old Jim is not going to run away and leave one of his friends with a bullet in his leg！So I'm staying right here until a doctor comes．'
I knew Jim would say that．He was a good，true friend，and you can't say that about many people．
Well，that was the end of the adventure，really．I went and found a doctor in the town．He was a kind old man，and he said he would go over to the island．But Tom's leg got very bad，and the next day the doctor and some other men carried Tom home to the Phelpses' house．They brought Jim too，and they locked him up in the hut again．But the doctor said，'Be kind to him，because he didn't run away and he stayed to help me with the boy．'
They took Tom up to bed because his leg was really bad，and Aunt Sally sat with him while he slept．I didn't want to answer any questions so I kept out of everybody's way．
When Tom woke up the next day，he felt better．I was in the room and he said to me，'Jim's all right，isn't he？'
I didn't know what to say because Aunt Sally was listening，and before I cou ld stop him，Tom went on：
'We did it，Aunt Sally．Me and Tom here．We helped Jim escape．'He told her all about the digging and everything，and Aunt Sally's mouth was opening and closing like a fish．Then she got really angry with Tom．
'That slave is locked up again and he's going to stay there．And if I catch you again—'
Tom suddenly sat up in bed．'You can't do that！'he cried．'Jim was old Miss Watson's slave，but she died two months ago．Before she died，she wrote that she wanted Jim to be free，and not a slave any more．Jim's a free man，not a slave！
Well，that was a surprise to me and Aunt Sally！She thought Tom was crazy．'But Sid，why did you help him to escape，if he was free already？'she said．
'I wanted the adventure，of course！'said Tom．'We made a really exciting plan and… Oh my！…AUNT POLLY！'
We turned round，and there was Tom's Aunt Polly in the doorway！That was the second big surprise．Aunt Sally was really pleased to see her sister，and jumped up to put her arms round her．I got under the bed as fast as I could．There was trouble coming for me and Tom，that was for sure．
Then Aunt Polly said to Tom，'You always were a terrible boy，Tom Sawyer，and I want to know—'
'But Polly dear，'said Aunt Sally，'this isn't Tom．It's Sid．Tom was here a minute ago．Where is he？'
'Where's Huck Finn，you mean，' replied Aunt Polly．'Come out from under that bed，Huck Finn．'
So Tom and I had to explain everything．Aunt Polly said that Aunt Sally wrote and told her that Tom and Sid were there．She knew that it wasn't true，so she decided to come and find out what was happening．But she said that it was true about Miss Watson and that Jim was a free man now．
We got Jim out of the hut and Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas were really nice to him．Later，Tom，Jim and I had a long talk by ourselves．Tom talked and talked，and then he said，'Let's all three of us run away one night，and go and have ad-ventures in the wild country down south．'
It sounded like a good plan to me．'The only thing is，'I said，'I haven't got any money to buy the right clothes and things．All my money back in St Petersburg will be in Pop's pockets by now．'
'No，'said Tom．'Your money's all there．Your Pop never came back．'
'No，and he won't come back，Huck，'Jim said．'You remember that dead man on the river，when I said“Don't look at his face”？Well，that was your Pop．You can get your money when you w ant．'
Tom's leg is almost better now，and I haven't got any more to write about．I'm really pleased about that because it was very difficult to write a book and I won't do it again．But I think I'm going to have to run away before the others，because Aunt Sally wants me to live with her．I'll have to sleep in a bed and wear clean clothes and learn to be good，and I can't do that again．I've done it once already．
The End
Yours Truly
Huck Finn
高中英语阅读理解题型及解题技巧 纵观近几年的高考英语试题，我们不难看出，阅读理解能力是高考考查的重点，自始至终占主导地位，并且有逐年增加的趋势。做好阅读理解，是获得高考英语高分的关键。 阅读理解能力测试的主要要求是： 1．阅读材料，理解材料的主旨大意，以及用以说明主旨大意的事实和细节。 2．既理解具体的事实，也理解抽象的概念。 3．既理解文章的字面意思，也理解深层含义，包括作者的态度、意图等。 4．既理解某句、某段的含义，也理解全篇的逻辑关系，并据此进行推理和判断。 5．既能根据所提供的信息去理解，也能结合中学生应具有的常识去理解判断。 根据这五项要求，我们可将阅读理解多项选择题归纳为以下几种题型：主题主旨大意，细节理解题，综合推理题，概括归纳题，观点归纳题，人物评价题，词义句义理解题，指代关系题，内容排序题等。下面结合自己平时教学中的经验体会，谈一谈做英语阅读理解题的技巧与策略。 一．主旨大意题 阅读理解首先要做到的就是掌握所读材料的主旨和大意，它是全文的概括与总结。能否抓住这个中心，取决于读者的总结能力。每篇短文都有其主题思想，而作者表现主题思想的手法各不相同。这就需要我们挖掘相同点，寻找解题的方法。 常见题型 1．主题型：What’s the main idea of this passage ? What does this passage mainly discuss? What’s the topic of this passage ? 2．标题型：What’s the best title? The best title for this text is (to tell ) ______. 3．目的型：The main purpose of this text is ________. The author’s purpose of writing this text is to _______. What’s the main purpose of the passage? 解题指导 1．抓住主题句。它们一般位于文章的开头或结尾。同时，也可以贯穿各段中心句进行总结。 2．抓住文章逻辑线索，理清发展脉络。作者往往会采取举例、比较、分类、归纳等不同方法来组织文章。 3．把握文章的体裁，分清文体，确定思维方向。 4．体会作者的写作意图和所要表达的思想感情，辨清褒贬态度。 二．词义理解题 词义理解是阅读理解能力的重要指标。无论一个人的词汇量有多大，都会在阅读中碰到生词。对词义的理解往往会影响到对全文的准确把握。阅读过程中，
短文填词 A Father and I left early．These shopping trips used to be．Mother’s business，so it was (不寻常的)for us to go into town 1．together．We waited for over an hour before the bus d up 2 finally．Father was polite and stood (旁边)while others 3． all climbed ohto it，so the time we got on，there were no 4．seats．We had to all the way into town．At last we arrived，5． cold and (疲惫)．“I’m hungry，”I said．Father took me to 6． a r for lunch．We were preparing to visit my grandmother，7． who lived in a cold (北方的)province．So we decided 8 ． to get some clothes．We’went from shop to shop，b shoes．9． It was very late we visited the last shop for my coat．10． B With the social development and progress, TV has become a necessity for people at home Nowadays，almost every family has a TV set，and a______ 1. ____________ everyone likes watching TV．TV has become ________ of our life． 2 ____________ TV has many _______，for example，it informs us of the 3. ____________ _____(最新的) news that is happening in the world；it can open our 4. ____________ eyes，e _____ our knowledge and also help us to see more 5. ____________ about the world．____ (然而) ，it also has some disadvantages．People 6. ____________ waste too much time _______ watching TV and their normal life 7. ____________ and work are _______(影响)．To the children who spend too 8. ____________ much time in watching TV，it can do ______ to their sight 9 ____________ and health．So we should ______ (控制) the time of watching TV．10.______________ C. At 3:00 this afternoon, the teachers and students in Senior Three as well as our parents a_______ the grown-up ceremony 56. ___ __ held in the school hall, ____ theme is “Growth and responsibility”. 57. ___ ___ ____, we made an oath(宣誓), and then a student, representing all of us, 58. ___ made a speech, ____(表达)our thanks to not only our parents but also 59. ____ __ our teachers and talking about our g____ ideals. After that, 60. ___ some teachers and parents offered us their_______(祝贺) and 61. ______ expressed their expectations for our f_____. Finally, we watched 62. _____ wonderful performances p__ on by students from different classes. 63. _______ The ceremony was over, but it has made me _____ that I 64. __ __ have ______（成长）up and I am supposed to shoulder the responsibility 65. ___ ___ D With the development of agriculture and industry, more and more people are pouring into big cities, ________ causes so much 56．___________ trouble.__________the growth of the population, city problems 57．___________
高中优秀英语美文摘抄 试着训练自己的思想朝好的一面看，这样你就会汲取实现目标的动力，而不会因为消极沉沦停滞不前。 一旦变换看问题的角度，你的生活会豁然开朗，幸福快乐会接踵而来。 别交出掌握命运的主动权，也别指望局面会不可思议的好转。 你必须与内心希望与热情步调一致。 建立自信，敢于与困难短兵相接，而非绕道而行。 记住，力量不是驾驭局势的法宝，无坚不摧的能力才是最重要的。 请坚信，美好的降临并非不可能，失误也许是成功的前奏。 将惶恐化作信任，学会超越担忧和疑虑。 让“诚惶诚恐的时光变得“富有成效。 不要挥霍浪费精力，将它投到有意义的事情中去。 当你下意识品尝生命的欢愉时，美好就会出现。 当你积极地看待生活，并以此作为你的日常准则时，你就会找到快乐的真谛。 该研究的主要作者、美国印第安纳州诺特丹大学的心理学家杰西卡?佩恩认为，在学完新东西后打个盹就像把要记住的东西“告诉睡眠中的大脑。 她和同事一起对207名学生进行了研究，这些学生习惯每晚至少睡六个小时。
参与者被随机分配到几个学习小组，学习内容是陈述性知识，包括语义相连或不相连的词组。 学习时间在早上9点或晚上9点。 学完后他们在30分钟、12小时或24小时后回来做测试。 陈述性记忆指的是有意识地记忆事实和事件的能力，可以分为情节记忆(对事件的记忆)和语义记忆(对事实类知识的记忆)。 人们每天都会例行运用这两种记忆——回想今天我们把车停在了哪里或了解一个同事喜欢别人怎么称呼他。 在12小时后再次进行测试时，总体来看睡了一夜的人相比还没睡觉的人记忆效果更好。 在24小时后再度测试时，所有的实验对象都睡了一整夜，也在清醒中度过了一个白天。 这次，那些在学习后不久就入睡的人比那些学习后过了一整个白天才睡觉的人记忆效果更好。 佩恩说：“我们的研究证实，在学习新东西后马上睡觉对记忆有帮助。 这项研究的创新之处在于，我们试图通过对语义相连和不相连的词组的记忆研究来揭示睡眠对于两种陈述性记忆的影响。 “我们发现在学习之后很快就睡觉对两种记忆都有帮助，这意味着在上床睡觉前温习你要记忆的东西将很有好处。 在某种意义上，你可能在‘告诉’睡眠中的大脑需要巩固强化的记忆。
【晨读英语美文100篇】晨读英语美文中英对照版英语晨读365 116 Virtue 美德 Sweet day,so cool,so calm,so bright! 甜美的白昼，如此凉爽、安宁、明媚！ The bridal of the earth and sky- 天地间完美的匹配----- The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; 今宵的露珠儿将为你的消逝而落泪； For thou must die. 因为你必须离去。 Sweet rose,whose hue angry and brave, 美丽的玫瑰，色泽红润艳丽， Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, 令匆匆而过的人拭目而视，Thy root is ever in its grave, 你的根永远扎在坟墓里， And thou must die. 而你必须消逝。 Sweet spring,full of sweet days and roses, 美妙的春天，充满了美好的日子和芳香的玫瑰， A box where sweets compacted lie, 如一支芬芳满溢的盒子， My music shows ye have your closes, 我的音乐表明你们也有终止， And all must die, 万物都得消逝。 Only a sweet and virtuous soul, 唯有美好而正直的心灵， Like season'd timber,never gives; 犹如干燥备用的木料，永
不走样； But though the whole world turn to coal, 纵然整个世界变为灰烬， Then chiefly lives. 它依然流光溢彩。 英语晨读365 115 Equipment 装备 Figure it out for yourself, my lad. You have got all that the great have had: two arms, two legs, two hands, two eyes, and a brain to use if you'd be wise. With this equipment they all began, so start for the top and say" I can". Look them over the wise and the great. They take their food from a common plate. With similar knives and forks they use; with similar laces they tie their shoes. The world considers them brave and smart, but you know--- you have got all they had when they made their start. You can triumph and come to skill; you can be great if you only will. You are well equipped for the fight you choose you have arms and legs and brains to use. And people who have risen, great deeds to do started their lives with no more than you. You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You must say where you want to go, and how much you will study the truth to know. God has equipped you for life, but he lets you decide what you want to be.
高中英语阅读理解的答题方法和技巧 一、先看题干，带着问题读文章。 即先看试题，再读文章。阅读题干，首先要掌握问题的类型，分清是客观信息题还是主观判断题。客观信息题可以从文章中直接找到答案；而主观判断题考查的是对文章的感情基调，作者未加陈述的观点以及贯穿全文的中心主旨的理解等，这类题必须经过对作者的态度、意图以及对整篇文章进行深一层的推理等。其次，了解试题题干以及各个选项所包含的信息，然后有针对性地对文章进行扫读，对有关信息进行快速定位，再将相关信息进行整合、甄别、分析、对比，有根有据地排除干扰项，选出正确答案。此法加强了阅读的针对性，提高了做题的准确率，节省了宝贵的时间。特别适用于对图形表格类题材的理解。 二、速读全文，了解大意知主题。 阅读的目的是获取信息。一个人的阅读能力的高低决定了他能否快速高效吸收有用信息。阅读能力一般指阅读速度和理解能力两个方面。阅读速度是阅读最基本的能力。没有一定的阅读速度就不能顺利地输入信息，更谈不上运用英语。近几年的高考阅读速度大约是每分钟40个词左右。考生必须在十分有限的时间内运用略读、扫读、跳读等技巧快速阅读，搜寻关键词、主题句，捕捉时空、顺序、情节、人物、观点，并且理清文章脉络，把握语篇实质。
抓主题句这是快速掌握文章大意的主要方法。主题句一般出现在文章的开头和结尾。用归纳法撰写的文章，都是表述细节的句子在前，概述性的句子居后。此时主题句就是文章的最后一句。通常用演绎法撰写的文章，大都遵循从一般到个别的写作程序，即从概述开始，随之辅以细说。这时，主题句就是文章的第一句。当然也有些文章没有主题句，需要读者自己去归纳。主题句往往对全文起提示、启迪、概括、归纳之作用，主旨大意题，归纳概括题，中心思想题往往直接可从主题句中找到答案。 三、详读细节，理顺思路与文章脉络。 文章绝不是互不相干的句子杂乱无章的堆砌。作者为文，有脉可循。如记叙文多以人物为中心，以时间或空间为线索，按事件的发生、发展、结局展开故事；论述体则包含论点、论据、结论三大要素，通过解释、举例来阐述观点。你可根据文章的特点，详读细节，以动词、时间、地点、事件、因果等为线索，找出关键词语，运用"画图列表法"，勾画出一幅完整清晰的文章主题和细节的认知图。 四、逻辑推理，做好深层理解题。 在实际阅读中，有时作者并未把意图说出来，阅读者要根据字面意思，通过语篇逻辑关系，研究细节的暗示，推敲作者的态度，理解文章的寓义。这就是通常所说的深层理解。深层理解主要包括归纳概括题（中心思想，加标题等）和推理判断题，是阅读理解中的难点。深层理解是一
（课外）高中英语阅读短文之《高考》 阅读短文并回答问题 The air crackles with expectation in China’s tiny eastern town of Maotanchang ahead of the“gaokao”,the annual national college entrance exam.More than9million students are taking this year. The town is famous for a middle school that puts students through strict14-hour days in preparation for the exam,which is usually spread over two days. This year about9.4million students will appear,the Xinhua state news agency said,roughly the same number since2014and down from a peak of10.5million in2010.The fiercely competitive test is seen as a key to social mobility and the best chance for school leavers to land a white-collar job. Just40percent of students are expected to enrol in undergraduate degrees subsequently,however,Xinhua said,citing the 2017enrolment plan of the education ministry. But the exception is Maotanchang Middle School,whose website says80percent to90percent of its students have won college acceptances since2010. “My mother gave up her job and came here to keep me company,”said Xiang Licheng,a20-year-old who came to Maotanchang to prepare for a second attempt at the exam.He said the school had taught him endurance,among other life skills.“Every time I don’t feel like studying,I will not relax,as I see the hardship my mother goes through in caring for me,”Xiang said. Restaurant owner Zhang Xunze said he moved to Maotanchang three years ago so his son could attend the school.“We thought life was too boring and had nothing to do.So we gathered some money and started this restaurant,”said49-year-old Zhang,whose business is a short walk from the school gate. In the lead-up to the exams,students took part in incense-burning ceremonies to pray for good luck.They also released into the sky floating lanterns with“gaokao”messages.
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阅读理解能力测试的主要要求是： 1．阅读材料，理解材料的主旨大意，以及用以说明主旨大意的事实和细节。2．既理解具体的事实，也理解抽象的概念。 3．既理解文章的字面意思，也理解深层含义，包括作者的态度、意图等。 4．既理解某句、某段的含义，也理解全篇的逻辑关系，并据此进行推理和判断。5．既能根据所提供的信息去理解，也能结合中学生应具有的常识去理解判断。 根据这五项要求，我们可将阅读理解多项选择题归纳为以下几种题型：主题主旨大意，细节理解题，综合推理题，概括归纳题，观点归纳题，人物评价题，词义句义理解题，指代关系题，内容排序题等。 下面结合自己平时教学中的经验体会，谈一谈做英语阅读理解题的技巧与策略。 一．主旨大意题 阅读理解首先要做到的就是掌握所读材料的主旨和大意，它是全文的概括与总结。能否抓住这个中心，取决于读者的总结能力。每篇短文都有其主题思想，而作者表现主题思想的手法各不相同。这就需要我们挖掘相同点，寻找解题的方法。 常见题型： 1．主题型： What’s the main idea of this passage ? What does this passage mainly discuss? What’s the topic of this passage ? 2．标题型： What’s the best title? The best title for this text is (to tell ) ————. 3．目的型： The main purpose of this text is ————. The author’s purpose o f writing this text is to ————. What’s the main purpose of the passage?
英语背诵美文30篇 英文＋翻译 第一篇：Youth 青春 Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple1) knees; it is a matter of will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. Youth means a temperamental2) predominance3) of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting4) our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite5), so long are you young. When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism6) and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80. [Annotation:] 1）supple adj. 柔软的 2）temperamental adj. 由气质引起的 3）predominance n. 优势 4) desert vt. 抛弃 5) the Infinite上帝 6) cynicism n. 玩世不恭 青春 青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志、恢弘的想象、炙热的感情；青春是生命的深泉在涌动。
(A ) A coal-fire stove(炉灶)provided heating for Zhao Yaoqin's courtyard bungalow in a Beijing hutong all her life. This winter, however, the stove has disappeared from the 66-year-old's life, and an electric radiator takes its place beside her bed, a product of a government to use clean energy in the national capital. With the Olympics to be staged in Beijing next August, the city is determined to eliminate the use of coal within the Third Ring Road that circles the city before the Games. The project to replace the stoves with electric radiators has been part of the effort. When the city's four-month long heating season started on Thursday, coal-fired stoves, known as a big source of pollution in the big city, have disappeared from some 20,000 local households like Zhao's bungalow in the inner city "hutong" -- traditional alleyways(小巷) that date back centuries. "We used to boil water or bake bread on the stove," said Zhao, sounding sentimental(伤感) to the disappearance of the coal furnace from her life. Late in the 1990s, Beijing's air quality monitoring office found that the emissions(排放) of sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide from the hutong areas have been higher than the city's average in winter, mainly because of the coal stoves. With the project to switch to clean energy for heating launched in 1999, the emission level of the two poisonous substances decreased by 42 percent and 44 percent, respectively, this year from 2001 levels. Zhao said the fee for electrical heat for the entire winter was usually around 2,400 yuan (US$323) per household. With the government's subsidy（补贴）, however, she only needed to pay about 500 yuan, nearly the same price as that for coal. 1．Zhao Yaoqin’ example in the passage is to tell us that_______. A.people in Beijing using electric radiators to welcome the Olympics. B.people in Beijing are doing something to protect the environment. C.hutongs in Beijing have a long history. D.People pay more money to use electric radiators than before. 2. The underlined word eliminate probably means________ A. cut down. B. increase. C. get rid of. D. replace 3. We can infer from the passage that ______ A. Zhao Yaoqin has a strong and deep emotion with the use of coal-fire stove. B. The government will pay most of the fee. C. The air of Beijing has been badly polluted since 1990s. D. The people do not use coal eight months in one year. 4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. The clean air is important when the Olympics Games is held in Beijing. B. The success of the Olympics Games depends on the clean air. C. The government spare no effort to make the environment better. D. The emission level of poisonous substances will be low in 2008.
英语美文欣赏15 个性的价值被高估了 Have you ever thought about what your own personality is like? 你有没有想过，你自己的个性到底是怎样的？ If you are asked to describe yourself with three words, which three words would you choose? 如果让你用3个词来概括你自己，你会选择哪3个单词？ Or, do you actually have no idea what your own personality is like? 还是说，其实你自己并不清楚自己的个性是怎样的？ Are you actually a person with no personality? 或者你其实是个没有什么个性的人？ But then again, is personality really so important? 但是，话说回来，个性这个东西真的那么重要吗？ Kenya Hara, a leading design personality in Japan, once said: 日本的设计大师原研哉有一句名言： The value of personality, as well as the explicit expression of likes and dislikes, have been unnecessarily overestimated. 个性的价值，以及明确表达喜欢、不喜欢的态度，都被不必要地高估了。 It is a good thing that we live in a society where all people are free to express their desires. 我们身处一个所有人都能自由表达其欲望的社会，这是一件好事。 But freedom can also bring confusion. 但自由也会带来迷失。 What some people are really seeking is not to enjoy the freedom itself, but to force others to see their freedom. 有些人真正在寻求的已经不是享受自由本身，而是强行让别人看见自己的 自由。 For example, “I want to eat Mac Donald’s” and “Mac Donald’s will do mean to eat Mac Donald’s. 例如，“我想吃麦当劳”和“麦当劳就行”表达的本来都是去吃麦当劳。 But it seems that the former embodies a person’s independence, while the la reflects the lack of assertiveness. 但似乎前者体现了一个人的独立，而后者体现的是没主见。 However, is this really necessary? 然而，这样做真的有必要吗？ Is one’s daily performance of independence with a variety of acts not an
Situation Comedy A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on televi sion. Sitcoms usually consist of r ecurring characters in a format in whi ch there are one or more humorous story lines centred on a common environment, such as a family home or workplace.The situation comedy format seems to have originated in the old time radio era of the United States, but today they are produced around the globe. Many cou ntries, such as Britain, have embraced the form and so sitcoms have become among the most popular programmes on the schedule.history,The situation comedy format originated on radio in the 1920s. The first situation comedy is often said to be Sam and Henry which debuted on t he Chicago, Illinois clear-channel station WGN in 1926, and was partially inspired by the notion of bringing the mix of humor and continuity found in comic strips to the young medium of radio. The first network situation comedy was Amos & Andy which debuted on CBS in 1928, and was one of the most popular sitcoms through the 1930s.Situation comedies have been a part of the landscape of broadcast television since its early days. The first was probably Mary Kay and Johnny, a fifteen minute sitcom which debuted on the DuMont Television Network in November of 1947.This type of entertainment seemed to originate in the United States, which continues to be a leading producer of the genre, but soon spread to other natio ns.Characteristics Traditionally, situation comedies were largely self-contained, in that the characters themselves remained largely static and events in the sitcom resolved themselves by the conclusion of the show. One example of this is the animated situation comedy The Simpsons, where the characteristics of animation has rendered the characters unchanging in appearance forever?although the characters in the show ha ve sometimes made knowing references to this. Other sitcoms, though, use greater or lesser elements of ongoing storyli nes: Friends, a hugely popular US sitcom of the 1990s, contains soap opera elements such as regularly resorting to an end-of-season cliffhanger, and has gradually developed the relationships of the characters. Other sitcoms have veered into s ocial commentary. Examples of these are sitcoms by Norman Lear including All in the Family and Maude in the US, and the controversial Till Death Us Do Part in Britain. Most contemporary situation comedies are filmed with a multicamera setup in front of a live audience, then edited and broadcast days or weeks later. This practice has not always been universal, however, especially prior to the 1970s when it became