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  • The harder Tom tried to fasten his mind on his book, the more his ideas wandered. So at last, with a sigh and a yawn1, he gave it up. It seemed to him that the noon recess2 would never come. The air was utterly3 dead. There was not a breath stirring. It was the sleepiest of sleepy days. The drowsing murmur4 of the five and twenty studying scholars soothed5 the soul like the spell that is in the murmur of bees. Away off in the flaming sunshine, Cardiff Hill lifted its soft green sides through a shimmering6 veil of heat, tinted7 with the purple of distance; a few birds floated on lazy wing high in the air; no other living thing was visible but some cows, and they were asleep. Tom’s heart ached to be free, or else to have something of interest to do to pass the dreary8 time. His hand wandered into his pocket and his face lit up with a glow of gratitude9 that was prayer, though he did not know it. Then furtively10 the percussion-cap box came out. He released the tick and put him on the long flat desk. The creature probably glowed with a gratitude that amounted to prayer, too, at this moment, but it was premature11: for when he started thankfully to travel off, Tom turned him aside with a pin and made him take a new direction.

    Tom’s bosom12 friend sat next him, suffering just as Tom had been, and now he was deeply and gratefully interested in this entertainment in an instant. This bosom friend was Joe Harper. The two boys were sworn friends all the week, and embattled enemies on Saturdays. Joe took a pin out of his lapel and began to assist in exercising the prisoner. The sport grew in interest momently. Soon Tom said that they were interfering13 with each other, and neither getting the fullest benefit of the tick. So he put Joe’s slate14 on the desk and drew a line down the middle of it from top to bottom.

    “Now,” said he, “as long as he is on your side you can stir him up and I’ll let him alone; but if you let him get away and get on my side, you’re to leave him alone as long as I can keep him from crossing over.”

    “All right, go ahead; start him up.”

    The tick escaped from Tom, presently, and crossed the equator. Joe harassed15 him awhile, and then he got away and crossed back again. This change of base occurred often. While one boy was worrying the tick with absorbing interest, the other would look on with interest as strong, the two heads bowed together over the slate, and the two souls dead to all things else. At last luck seemed to settle and abide16 with Joe. The tick tried this, that, and the other course, and got as excited and as anxious as the boys themselves, but time and again just as he would have victory in his very grasp, so to speak, and Tom’s fingers would be twitching17 to begin, Joe’s pin would deftly18 head him off, and keep possession. At last Tom could stand it no longer. The temptation was too strong. So he reached out and lent a hand with his pin. Joe was angry in a moment. Said he:

    “Tom, you let him alone.”

    “I only just want to stir him up a little, Joe.”

    “No, sir, it ain’t fair; you just let him alone.”

    “Blame it, I ain’t going to stir him much.”

    “Let him alone, I tell you.”

    “I won’t!”

    “You shall—he’s on my side of the line.”

    “Look here, Joe Harper, whose is that tick?”

    “I don’t care whose tick he is—he’s on my side of the line, and you sha’n’t touch him.”

    “Well, I’ll just bet I will, though. He’s my tick and I’ll do what I blame please with him, or die!”

    A tremendous whack19 came down on Tom’s shoulders, and its duplicate on Joe’s; and for the space of two minutes the dust continued to fly from the two jackets and the whole school to enjoy it. The boys had been too absorbed to notice the hush20 that had stolen upon the school awhile before when the master came tiptoeing down the room and stood over them. He had contemplated21 a good part of the performance before he contributed his bit of variety to it.

    When school broke up at noon, Tom flew to Becky Thatcher22, and whispered in her ear:

    “Put on your bonnet23 and let on you’re going home; and when you get to the corner, give the rest of ’em the slip, and turn down through the lane and come back. I’ll go the other way and come it over ’em the same way.”

    So the one went off with one group of scholars, and the other with another. In a little while the two met at the bottom of the lane, and when they reached the school they had it all to themselves. Then they sat together, with a slate before them, and Tom gave Becky the pencil and held her hand in his, guiding it, and so created another surprising house. When the interest in art began to wane24, the two fell to talking. Tom was swimming in bliss25. He said:

    “Do you love rats?”

    “No! I hate them!”

    “Well, I do, too—live ones. But I mean dead ones, to swing round your head with a string.”

    “No, I don’t care for rats much, anyway. What I like is chewing-gum.”

    “Oh, I should say so! I wish I had some now.”

    “Do you? I’ve got some. I’ll let you chew it awhile, but you must give it back to me.”

    That was agreeable, so they chewed it turn about, and dangled26 their legs against the bench in excess of contentment.

    “Was you ever at a circus?” said Tom.

    “Yes, and my pa’s going to take me again some time, if I’m good.”

    “I been to the circus three or four times—lots of times. Church ain’t shucks to a circus. There’s things going on at a circus all the time. I’m going to be a clown in a circus when I grow up.”

    “Oh, are you! That will be nice. They’re so lovely, all spotted27 up.”

    “Yes, that’s so. And they get slathers of money—most a dollar a day, Ben Rogers says. Say, Becky, was you ever engaged?”

    “What’s that?”

    “Why, engaged to be married.”

    “No.”

    “Would you like to?”

    “I reckon so. I don’t know. What is it like?”

    “Like? Why it ain’t like anything. You only just tell a boy you won’t ever have anybody but him, ever ever ever, and then you kiss and that’s all. Anybody can do it.”

    “Kiss? What do you kiss for?”

    “Why, that, you know, is to—well, they always do that.”

    “Everybody?”

    “Why, yes, everybody that’s in love with each other. Do you remember what I wrote on the slate?”

    “Ye—yes.”

    “What was it?”

    “I sha’n’t tell you.”

    “Shall I tell you?”

    “Ye—yes—but some other time.”

    “No, now.”

    “No, not now—to-morrow.”

    “Oh, no, now. Please, Becky—I’ll whisper it, I’ll whisper it ever so easy.”

    Becky hesitating, Tom took silence for consent, and passed his arm about her waist and whispered the tale ever so softly, with his mouth close to her ear. And then he added:

    “Now you whisper it to me—just the same.”

    She resisted, for a while, and then said:

    “You turn your face away so you can’t see, and then I will. But you mustn’t ever tell anybody—will you, Tom? Now you won’t, will you?”

    “No, indeed, indeed I won’t. Now, Becky.”

    He turned his face away. She bent28 timidly around till her breath stirred his curls and whispered, “I—love—you!”

    Then she sprang away and ran around and around the desks and benches, with Tom after her, and took refuge in a corner at last, with her little white apron29 to her face. Tom clasped her about her neck and pleaded:

    “Now, Becky, it’s all done—all over but the kiss. Don’t you be afraid of that—it ain’t anything at all. Please, Becky.” And he tugged30 at her apron and the hands.

    By and by she gave up, and let her hands drop; her face, all glowing with the struggle, came up and submitted. Tom kissed the red lips and said:

    “Now it’s all done, Becky. And always after this, you know, you ain’t ever to love anybody but me, and you ain’t ever to marry anybody but me, ever never and forever. Will you?”

    “No, I’ll never love anybody but you, Tom, and I’ll never marry anybody but you—and you ain’t to ever marry anybody but me, either.”

    “Certainly. Of course. That’s part of it. And always coming to school or when we’re going home, you’re to walk with me, when there ain’t anybody looking—and you choose me and I choose you at parties, because that’s the way you do when you’re engaged.”

    “It’s so nice. I never heard of it before.”

    “Oh, it’s ever so gay! Why, me and Amy Lawrence—”

    The big eyes told Tom his blunder and he stopped, confused.

    “Oh, Tom! Then I ain’t the first you’ve ever been engaged to!”

    The child began to cry. Tom said:

    “Oh, don’t cry, Becky, I don’t care for her any more.”

    “Yes, you do, Tom—you know you do.”

    Tom tried to put his arm about her neck, but she pushed him away and turned her face to the wall, and went on crying. Tom tried again, with soothing31 words in his mouth, and was repulsed32 again. Then his pride was up, and he strode away and went outside. He stood about, restless and uneasy, for a while, glancing at the door, every now and then, hoping she would repent33 and come to find him. But she did not. Then he began to feel badly and fear that he was in the wrong. It was a hard struggle with him to make new advances, now, but he nerved himself to it and entered. She was still standing34 back there in the corner, sobbing35, with her face to the wall. Tom’s heart smote36 him. He went to her and stood a moment, not knowing exactly how to proceed. Then he said hesitatingly:

    “Becky, I—I don’t care for anybody but you.”

    No reply—but sobs37.

    “Becky”—pleadingly. “Becky, won’t you say something?”

    More sobs.

    Tom got out his chiefest jewel, a brass38 knob from the top of an andiron, and passed it around her so that she could see it, and said:

    “Please, Becky, won’t you take it?”

    She struck it to the floor. Then Tom marched out of the house and over the hills and far away, to return to school no more that day. Presently Becky began to suspect. She ran to the door; he was not in sight; she flew around to the play-yard; he was not there. Then she called:

    “Tom! Come back, Tom!”

    She listened intently, but there was no answer. She had no companions but silence and loneliness. So she sat down to cry again and upbraid39 herself; and by this time the scholars began to gather again, and she had to hide her griefs and still her broken heart and take up the cross of a long, dreary, aching afternoon, with none among the strangers about her to exchange sorrows with.



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    1 yawn [jɔ:n] NfBwL   第7级
    n.呵欠;vi.打呵欠,vt.张开;打着呵欠说
    参考例句:
    • He got up with a stretch and a yawn. 他站起来伸伸懒腰,打个呵欠。
    • Her yawn suggests that she is sleepy. 她打哈欠表示她很困了。
    2 recess [rɪˈses] pAxzC   第8级
    n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处)
    参考例句:
    • The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess. 会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
    • Parliament was hastily recalled from recess. 休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。
    3 utterly ['ʌtəli:] ZfpzM1   第9级
    adv.完全地,绝对地
    参考例句:
    • Utterly devoted to the people, he gave his life in saving his patients. 他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
    • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled. 她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
    4 murmur [ˈmɜ:mə(r)] EjtyD   第7级
    n.低语,低声的怨言;vi.低语,低声而言;vt.低声说
    参考例句:
    • They paid the extra taxes without a murmur. 他们毫无怨言地交了附加税。
    • There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall. 大厅里有窃窃私语声。
    5 soothed [su:ðd] 509169542d21da19b0b0bd232848b963   第7级
    v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 );抚慰;使舒服;减轻痛苦
    参考例句:
    • The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。
    • The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    6 shimmering ['ʃɪmərɪŋ] 0a3bf9e89a4f6639d4583ea76519339e   第9级
    v.闪闪发光,发微光( shimmer的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The sea was shimmering in the sunlight. 阳光下海水波光闪烁。
    • The colours are delicate and shimmering. 这些颜色柔和且闪烁微光。 来自辞典例句
    7 tinted [tɪntid] tinted   第9级
    adj. 带色彩的 动词tint的过去式和过去分词
    参考例句:
    • a pair of glasses with tinted lenses 一副有色镜片眼镜
    • a rose-tinted vision of the world 对世界的理想化看法
    8 dreary [ˈdrɪəri] sk1z6   第8级
    adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的
    参考例句:
    • They live such dreary lives. 他们的生活如此乏味。
    • She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence. 她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事。
    9 gratitude [ˈgrætɪtju:d] p6wyS   第7级
    adj.感激,感谢
    参考例句:
    • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him. 我向他表示了深切的谢意。
    • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face. 她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
    10 furtively ['fɜ:tɪvlɪ] furtively   第9级
    adv. 偷偷地, 暗中地
    参考例句:
    • At this some of the others furtively exchanged significant glances. 听他这样说,有几个人心照不宣地彼此对望了一眼。
    • Remembering my presence, he furtively dropped it under his chair. 后来想起我在,他便偷偷地把书丢在椅子下。
    11 premature [ˈpremətʃə(r)] FPfxV   第7级
    adj.比预期时间早的;不成熟的,仓促的
    参考例句:
    • It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue. 预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
    • The premature baby is doing well. 那个早产的婴儿很健康。
    12 bosom [ˈbʊzəm] Lt9zW   第7级
    n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的
    参考例句:
    • She drew a little book from her bosom. 她从怀里取出一本小册子。
    • A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom. 他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。
    13 interfering [ˌɪntəˈfɪərɪŋ] interfering   第7级
    adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词
    参考例句:
    • He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事!
    • I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预,让我自己拿主意。
    14 slate [sleɪt] uEfzI   第9级
    n.板岩,石板,石片,石板色,候选人名单;adj.暗蓝灰色的,含板岩的;vt.用石板覆盖,痛打,提名,预订
    参考例句:
    • The nominating committee laid its slate before the board. 提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
    • What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触变色木和石板呢?
    15 harassed [ˈhærəst] 50b529f688471b862d0991a96b6a1e55   第9级
    adj. 疲倦的,厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词
    参考例句:
    • He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
    • harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们
    16 abide [əˈbaɪd] UfVyk   第7级
    vi.遵守;坚持;vt.忍受
    参考例句:
    • You must abide by the results of your mistakes. 你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
    • If you join the club, you have to abide by its rules. 如果你参加俱乐部,你就得遵守它的规章。
    17 twitching ['twɪtʃɪŋ] 97f99ba519862a2bc691c280cee4d4cf   第9级
    n.颤搐
    参考例句:
    • The child in a spasm kept twitching his arms and legs. 那个害痉挛的孩子四肢不断地抽搐。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • My eyelids keep twitching all the time. 我眼皮老是跳。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    18 deftly [deftlɪ] deftly   第8级
    adv.灵巧地,熟练地,敏捷地
    参考例句:
    • He deftly folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope. 他灵巧地将打有字的纸折好重新放回信封。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • At last he had a clew to her interest, and followed it deftly. 这一下终于让他发现了她的兴趣所在,于是他熟练地继续谈这个话题。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    19 whack [wæk] kMKze   第11级
    vt.敲击,重打,瓜分;vi.重击;n.重击,重打,尝试,一份
    参考例句:
    • After years of dieting, Carol's metabolism was completely out of whack. 经过数年的节食,卡罗尔的新陈代谢完全紊乱了。
    • He gave me a whack on the back to wake me up. 他为把我弄醒,在我背上猛拍一下。
    20 hush [hʌʃ] ecMzv   第8级
    int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静
    参考例句:
    • A hush fell over the onlookers. 旁观者们突然静了下来。
    • Do hush up the scandal! 不要把这丑事声张出去!
    21 contemplated ['kɒntəmpleɪtɪd] d22c67116b8d5696b30f6705862b0688   第7级
    adj. 预期的 动词contemplate的过去分词形式
    参考例句:
    • The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform. 医生仔细地考虑他所要做的棘手的手术。
    • The government has contemplated reforming the entire tax system. 政府打算改革整个税收体制。
    22 thatcher ['θætʃə(r)] ogQz6G   第10级
    n.茅屋匠
    参考例句:
    • Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher. 汤姆 - 索亚和撒切尔法官同乘一条小艇。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
    • Mrs. Thatcher was almost crazed; and Aunt Polly, also. 撒切尔夫人几乎神经失常,还有波莉姨妈也是。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
    23 bonnet [ˈbɒnɪt] AtSzQ   第10级
    n.无边女帽;童帽
    参考例句:
    • The baby's bonnet keeps the sun out of her eyes. 婴孩的帽子遮住阳光,使之不刺眼。
    • She wore a faded black bonnet garnished with faded artificial flowers. 她戴着一顶褪了色的黑色无边帽,帽上缀着褪了色的假花。
    24 wane [weɪn] bpRyR   第8级
    n.衰微,亏缺,变弱;v.变小,亏缺,呈下弦
    参考例句:
    • The moon is on the wane. 月亮渐亏。
    • Her enthusiasm for him was beginning to wane. 她对他的热情在开始减退。
    25 bliss [blɪs] JtXz4   第8级
    n.狂喜,福佑,天赐的福
    参考例句:
    • It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed. 整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
    • He's in bliss that he's won the Nobel Prize. 他非常高兴,因为获得了诺贝尔奖金。
    26 dangled [ˈdæŋgəld] 52e4f94459442522b9888158698b7623   第9级
    悬吊着( dangle的过去式和过去分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口
    参考例句:
    • Gold charms dangled from her bracelet. 她的手镯上挂着许多金饰物。
    • It's the biggest financial incentive ever dangled before British footballers. 这是历来对英国足球运动员的最大经济诱惑。
    27 spotted [ˈspɒtɪd] 7FEyj   第8级
    adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
    参考例句:
    • The milkman selected the spotted cows, from among a herd of two hundred. 牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
    • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks. 山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
    28 bent [bent] QQ8yD   第7级
    n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的;v.(使)弯曲,屈身(bend的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • He was fully bent upon the project. 他一心扑在这项计划上。
    • We bent over backward to help them. 我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
    29 apron [ˈeɪprən] Lvzzo   第7级
    n.围裙;工作裙
    参考例句:
    • We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron. 招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
    • She stitched a pocket on the new apron. 她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
    30 tugged [tʌɡd] 8a37eb349f3c6615c56706726966d38e   第7级
    v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention. 她拽了拽他的袖子引起他的注意。
    • A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角带一丝苦笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    31 soothing [su:ðɪŋ] soothing   第12级
    adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的
    参考例句:
    • Put on some nice soothing music. 播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
    • His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing. 他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。
    32 repulsed [rɪˈpʌlst] 80c11efb71fea581c6fe3c4634a448e1   第9级
    v.击退( repulse的过去式和过去分词 );驳斥;拒绝
    参考例句:
    • I was repulsed by the horrible smell. 这种可怕的气味让我恶心。
    • At the first brush,the enemy was repulsed. 敌人在第一次交火时就被击退了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    33 repent [rɪˈpent] 1CIyT   第8级
    vi. 后悔;忏悔 vt. 后悔;对…感到后悔 adj. [植] 匍匐生根的;[动] 爬行的
    参考例句:
    • He has nothing to repent of. 他没有什么要懊悔的。
    • Remission of sins is promised to those who repent. 悔罪者可得到赦免。
    34 standing [ˈstændɪŋ] 2hCzgo   第8级
    n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
    参考例句:
    • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
    • They're standing out against any change in the law. 他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
    35 sobbing ['sɒbɪŋ] df75b14f92e64fc9e1d7eaf6dcfc083a   第7级
    <主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的
    参考例句:
    • I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
    • Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。
    36 smote [sməʊt] 61dce682dfcdd485f0f1155ed6e7dbcc   第11级
    v.猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去式 )
    参考例句:
    • Figuratively, he could not kiss the hand that smote him. 打个比方说,他是不能认敌为友。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    • \"Whom Pearl smote down and uprooted, most unmercifully.\" 珠儿会毫不留情地将这些\"儿童\"踩倒,再连根拔起。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
    37 sobs ['sɒbz] d4349f86cad43cb1a5579b1ef269d0cb   第7级
    啜泣(声),呜咽(声)( sob的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
    • She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。
    38 brass [brɑ:s] DWbzI   第7级
    n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器
    参考例句:
    • Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band. 许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
    • Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc. 黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
    39 upbraid [ʌpˈbreɪd] jUNzP   第10级
    vt.斥责,责骂,责备
    参考例句:
    • The old man upbraided him with ingratitude. 那位老人斥责他忘恩负义。
    • His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children. 他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。

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