九年级课文原文u2-lesson4-2

?Unit 2
第二单元
block 2 Work in groups of three.Each read a passage.Then ask and answer the questions.
2 三个人一个小组，每人阅读一段，然后提问和回答问题。
1 Tom Sawyer first appeared in Mark Twain's book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
1 汤姆·索亚首次出现在马克·吐温的书《汤姆·索亚历险记》中。
He also appears in three other books by Twain .
他也出现在马克·吐温的其他三本书中。
Tom is a orphan.
汤姆是个孤儿。
His curiosity and friendship with a boy named Huckleberry Finn often get him into trouble with his serious Aunt Polly.
他的好奇心和与一个叫哈克贝利·费恩的男孩的友谊经常给他严肃的阿姨波莉惹来麻烦。
The book includes dialogues that show how language was spoken at the time.
这本书包含了对话，展示了当时的语言是如何说的。
At that time it was published,people weren't used to this and it upset some people.
当时它被出版，人们还不习惯这一点，它使一些人不安。
However,it has remained a popular and important book since it was first published in 1876.
然而，自从它在1876年第一次出版，它一直是一本流行和重要的书。
2 The silly creatures in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland were created by Lewis Carroll.
2 在爱丽丝梦游仙境历险记中愚蠢的动物是由刘易斯·卡洛尔创造的。
In the 1865 book,a young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit hole and drops into a strange land.
在1865年的书中，一个叫爱丽丝的小女孩掉下一个兔子洞，然后落入到一个奇怪的地方。
As she travels through the land,she meets many characters,solves puzzles and tries to avoid the awful Queen of Hearts.
当她穿过这片土地,她遇到了许多人物,解决谜题并尝试避开可怕的红桃皇后。
Carroll was very bright and he had a degree in maths from Oxford.
卡罗尔非常聪明，他有一个牛津大学的数学学士学位。
When he wrote the book,he also added maths puzzles to the story.
写这本书的时候,他还添加了一些数学谜题到故事中。
As they were so well hidden,many readers today still enjoy trying to find and solve these puzzles.
由于它们隐藏得很好，今天仍然有许多读者喜欢尝试着寻找和解决这些谜题。
3 Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding.
3 《蝇王》是由威廉·戈尔丁写的。
The book is about a group of young boys.
这本书是关于一群年轻男孩的。
They are forced to stay on an island together after their plane has an accident.
在他们的飞机发生了事故之后，他们被迫在一个岛上呆在一起。
As they wait for help,they try to live off the land and build a small society.
在他们等待救援的期间，他们试图靠土地生存，并建立了一个小型社会。
However,the boys don't get along,and have trouble keeping the peace.
然而，男孩们相处得不好，难以保持和平。

The book was published in 1954.
这本书出版于1954年。
Although it was not a great success at first,it became popular later.
虽然在一开始时没有取得巨大的成功，但它在后来很受欢迎。
By the early 1960s,it was taught in many schools in Britain.
在20世纪60年代早期，英国的许多学校都将它用于教导中。
Two films have also been made of the story.
有两部电影也改编自这个故事。