最新典范英语黑骏马Black Beauty

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黑骏马(牛津书虫中英文双版本)

简介“我还想要什么呢？”黑骏马描述他愉快的家和好心的主人时说。

“自由！在我生命的头4年，我曾拥有那么广阔的田野，我可以在那儿全速奔驰——没有缰绳，没有嚼口，也没有眼罩。

现在，除了有活儿干的时候，我得日夜呆在马厩里”。

在19世纪70年代，有很多活儿要马来干——在各种天气中，拉着各种车子穿过拥挤的城市，走过乡村的小道。

黑骏马受过良好的训练。

他知道他永不能踢、咬或是逃跑，永远都得服从命令，不管多累多饿。

他总是举止得体，但是当他从一个主人被卖到另一个主人，他懂得了一匹马的一生是多么艰难，某些人又是多么愚蠢和多么冷酷……安娜·塞维尔于1820年生于诺福克，于1878年去世。

出于对虐待动物的强烈不满，她写下了《黑骏马》，以说服人们对马仁慈一些。

这是她身染重病的时候花了6年的时间写的，也是她写的唯一的一本书。

本书出版后不久她就去世了，从那时以来这本书销售了3，000多万本。

1 My first homeThe first place I can remember well was a pleasant field with a pond of clear water in it．Trees made shadows over the pond，and water plants grew at the deep end．On one side was another field，and on the other side we looked over a gate at our master's house，which stood by the roadside．At the top of our field were more tall trees，and at the bottom was a fast-running stream．While I was young，I lived on my mother's milk，but as soon as I was old enough to eat grass，my mother went out to work during the day and came back in the evening．There were six other young horses in me field，although they were older than I was．We all galloped together round the field，and had great fun．But sometimes the others would kick and bite．'They are young farm horses and haven't learned how to behave，'my mother told me．'You are different．Your father is well known，and your grandfather twice won the most important race at Newmarket．Your grandmother was quiet and gentle，and you have never seen me kick or bite，have you？I hope you will grow up to be gentle and a willing worker，and never bite or kick．'I have never forgotten my mother's advice．She was a clever and sensible old horse．Her name was Duchess，but our master often called her Pet．He was a good，kind man，and my mother loved him very much．Whenever she saw him at the gate，she trotted across．He used to pat her and say，'Well，old Pet，and how is your little Darkie？'I was a dull black colour，so he called me Darkie．He sometimes brought a piece of bread for me，or a carrot for my mother，and I think we were his favourites．When I was two years old，something happened which I have never forgotten．It was early spring，and there was a light mist over the trees and fields．I and the other young horses were feeding at the lower end of the field when we heard the distant cry of dogs．The oldest among us lifted his head to listen．'There are the hounds！'he said，and immediately raced off．The rest of us followed him to the top of the field，where we could see several fields beyond．My mother and another old horse were standing near．'They've found a hare，'said my mother，'and if they come this way，we shall see the hunt．' Soon the dogs were all racing down the field next to ours，making a loud'yo-yo-yo-yo！'sound at the top of their voices．After them came men on horses，some in green coats，and all galloping as fast as they could．Suddenly，the dogs be-came silent and ran around with their noses to the ground．'They've lost the smell of the hare，'said the old horse．'Perhaps it will escape．' But the dogs began their'yo-yo-yo-yo！'again and came at full speed towards our field．Just then a hare，wild with fear，ran towards the trees．The dogs jumped over the stream and ran across the field，followed by the huntsmen．Six or eight jumped their horses over the stream，close behind the dogs．Be-fore the hare could getaway，the dogs were upon her with wild cries．We heard a terrible scream，and that was the end of the hare．One of the men picked her up and held her by the leg．She was covered in blood，but all the huntsmen seemed pleased．I was so greatly surprised that at first I did not see what was happening by the stream，but when I did look，I saw a sad sight．Two fine horses were down，one in the stream and the other on the grass．One rider，who seemed unhurt，was climb-ing out of the water，but the other lay quite still．'His neck is broken，'said my mother．'I can't understand why men are so fond of this sport．They quite often hurt them-selves and ruin good horses，all for one hare that they could get more easily some other way．But we are only horses，and don't know why men do these things．'They carried the dead rider to our master's house，and I heard afterwards that it was George Gordon，the only son of a local landowner，and a fine young man．A man from the village came to look at the black horse on the grass．The animal was in great pain and one of his legs was broken．The man began to feel the horse all over，then he shook his head．Someone ran to our master's house and came back with a gun．Soon after，there was a loud bang and a terrible cry，then all was still．The black horse did not move again．My mother was very unhappy．'I've known that horse for years，'she said．'His name was Rob Roy．He was a good brave horse．'She never went near that end of the field again．Not many days after，we heard the church bell and saw a long，strange black carriage，pulled by black horses．they were taking the body of young George Gordon to the churchyard to bury him．He would never ride again．I never knew what they did with Rob Roy，but it was all for one little hare．1 我的第一个家我记忆中的第一个地方是一大片美丽的田野和一个清澈的池塘。

4级2-04黑骏马Black Beauty10-13

10 A London cab horseJerry Barker was a small man，but well－made and quick in all his movements．He lived in London and was a cab driver．Jerry's wife，Polly，was a little woman with smooth dark hair and dark eyes．His son，Harry，was nearly twelve years old， and was a tall，good－tempered boy．His daughter，Dolly，was eight，and she looked just like her mother．Jerry had his own cab and two horses，which he drove and groomed himself．His other horse was a tall，white animal called Captain．The next morning，Polly and Dolly came to see me．Harry had helped his father since early that morning and had already decided that I would be a good horse．Polly brought me a piece of apple and Dolly brought me some bread．'We'll call him Jack，after the old one，'said Jerry．'Shall we，Polly？''Yes，'she said．'I like to keep a good name going．'Captain went out in the cab all morning and I went out in the afternoon．Jerry took a lot of care to make sure that my col－lar and bridle were comfortable——and there was no bearing rein！We went to the cab stand where the other cabs were waiting for passengers，and took our place at the back of the last cab．Several of the other drivers came to look at me．'Too handsome，'saia one．'You'll find something wrong with him one morning．'Then a man in a grey coat and grey hat came up．His name was Grant，and he looked a happy，sensible kind of man．He had been longer on the cab stand than any of the other men，so they let him through to have a look at me，and waited for his opinion．He looked me all over very carefully，then said：'He's the right kind for you，Jerry．I don't care what you paid for him，he'll be worth it．'My first week as a cab horse was very hard．I was not used to London—the noise，the hurry，the crowds of horses，carts and carriages．But Jerry was a good driver and soon discovered that I was willing to work and do my best．He never used the whip on me，and we soon understood each other as well as a horse and man can do．Jerry kept his horses clean and gave us plenty of food and fresh water，and on Sundays werested．I never knew a better man than my new master．He was kind and good-tempered，like John Manly．Harry was clever at stable work and always wanted to do what he could．Polly and Dolly came in the morning to brush out the cab，and to wash the glass，while Jerry gave Captain and me a grooming．There was a lot of laughing and fun between them，which all helped to keep Captain and me happy． The family came early in the morning because Jerry did not like lateness．It always made him angry when people wanted him to drive hard because of their own lateness．One day，two wild-looking young men called to him．'Cabby！Hurry up，we're late for our train at Victoria．Get us there in time for the one o'clock train and we'll pay you double！''I will take you at the usual speed，gentlemen，'said Jerry．'Extra money doesn't pay for extra speed．'Larry's cab was standing next to ours．He opened the door and said，'I'm your man，gentlemen！My horse will get you there all right．'And as he shut them in，with a smile at Jerry，he said，'He always refuses to go faster than a trot！'Then，whipping his horse hard，he went off as fast as he could．Jerry patted me on the neck．'Extra money won't pay for that kind of thing，will it，Jack？'he said．Although he was against hard driving to please careless peo－ple，he always went at a fair speed and was not against going faster if there was a good reason．I remember one morning we were on the stand waiting for a passenger when a young man carrying a large suitcase went by．He stepped on a piece of apple which lay in the road，and fell down heavily．Jerry ran across the road and helped him up，then took him into a shop to sit him down．Some time later，the young man，looking white and ill，came out again and called Jerry，so we went across the road．'Can you take me to the South－Eastern Railway？'he said．'My fall has made me late，and it's very important that I don't miss the twelve o'clock train．I'll pay you extra if you can get me there in time．''We'll do our best，sir，'said Jerry，and helped him into the cab．It was always difficult to drive fast in the city in the middle were used to it，and no one was faster at getting through the carriages and carts，all moving at different speeds，going this way and that way．In and out，in and out we went，as fast as a horse can do it．And we got to the station just as the big clock showed eight minutes to twelve．'We're in time！'said the young man，happily．'Thank you，my friend，and your good horse，too．Take this extra money—''No，sir，said Jerry．'Thank you，but it isn't necessary．I'm glad we were in time—now hurry and catch your train．'When we got back to the cab stand，the other men were laughing because Jerry had driven hard to the train．'How much extra did he pay you，Jerry？'said one driver．'Nothing，'said Jerry．'He offered me extra but I didn't take it．If Jack and I choose to have a quick run now and then，that's our business and not yours．''You'll never be a rich man then，'said Larry．'Perhaps not，'said Jerry，'but I'll be a happy one！''And you，Larry，'added Mr Grant，'will die poor，because you spend too much money on new whips，beating your poor horse until it's exhausted—and then you have to buy another one．''well，I've never had good luck with my horses，'said Larry．'And you never will，'said Mr Grant．'Good Luck is very careful who she travels with，and mostly chooses those who are kind and sensible．That's my experience，anyway．'He turned round again to his newspaper，and the other men went back to their cabs．* * *Winter came early，with snow，rain or strong winds almost ev－ery day for weeks．Jerry sometimes went to a coffee－shop near the cab stand，and sometimes Dolly came with some hot soup that Polly had made for him．One cold windy day，Dolly was waiting for Jerry to finish his soup when a gentleman came towards us．Jerry started to give the soup bowl back to Dolly and was just goingto take off my warm cloth when the man said，'No，no，finish your soup，my friend．I can wait in the cab until you've finished．'Jerry thanked him，then came back to Dolly．'That's a real gentleman'Dolly，'he said．'He has time and thought for the comfort of a poor cab driver．'Jerry finished his soup，then we took the man to Clapham．After that，he took our cab several times，and often came to pat me．It was very unusual for anyone to notice a cab horse，and I was grateful．Another day，the gentleman saw a cart with two horses standing in the street．The driver was not with them and I don't know how long they had been standing there．However，they decided to move on a few steps．Suddenly，the cart driver ran out of a building and caught them．He seemed very angry and began to whip the horses hard，even beating them around the head．Our gentleman saw him and walked quickly across．'Stop that at once，or I'll call the police！'he said．The driver was drunk and he began to shout，but he stopped whipping the horses．Meanwhile，our gentleman wrote down the name and address that was on the side of the cart．'Why do you want that？'shouted the driver．Our gentleman didn't answer．He came back to the cab．'Many people have thanked me fof telling them how their horses have been used，'he told Jerry．'I wish there were more gentlemen like you，sir，said Jerry．'They're needed in this city．'10 在伦敦拉出租马车杰利·巴克尔是个小个儿男人，但他结实、健壮、动作敏捷。

Black Beauty(黑骏马)

Black BeautyBlack Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she was confined to her house as an invalid.The novel became an immediate bestseller, with Sewell living just long enough (five months) to see her first and only novel become a success. This story is about a horse that is sold from place to place. On his way, he meets many different horses, each of which have different personalities. He also meets lots of owners that treat him differently. Each chapter talks about a different incident in Black Beauty's life, and they all contain a lesson related to the treatment of horses.Although not originally intended as a children's novel, but for people who work with horses, it quickly became a children's classic. With fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time.While outwardly teaching animal welfare, it also contains allegorical lessons about how to treat people with kindness, sympathy and respect. Despite recollections to the contrary, there is no evidence that this book was ever banned in South Africa.Crippled and unable to walk since a young child, Anna Sewell began learning about horses early in life, spending many hours driving her father to and from the station from which he commuted to work. Sewell's introduction to writing began in her youth when she helped edit the works of her mother, Mary Wright Sewell (1797-1884), a deeply religious, popular author of juvenile best-sellers. By telling the story of a horse's life in the form of an autobiography and describing the world through the eyes of the horse, Anna Sewell broke new literary ground.Sewell said that her purpose in writing the novel was "to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses"—an influence she attributed to an essay on animals she read earlier by Horace Bushnell (1802-1876) entitled "Essay on Animals".Her sympathetic portrayal of the plight of working animals led to a vast outpouring of concern for animal welfare and is said to have been instrumental in abolishing the cruel practice of usng the checkrein (or "bearing rein", a strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck).Black Beauty also contains two pages about the use of blinders (calling them blinkers) on horses, concluding that this use is likely to cause accidents at night due to interference with "the full use of" a horse's ability to "see much better in the dark than men can.""There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to other animals as well as humans, it is all a shame."—Black Beauty, Chapter 13, last paragraph.The book describes conditions among London horse-drawn taxicab drivers, including the financial hardship caused to them by high licence fees and low legally-fixed fares. A page footnote in some editions says that soon after the book was published, the difference between 6-day taxicab licences (not allowed to trade on Sundays) and 7-day taxicab licences (allowed to trade on Sundays) was abolished and the taxicab licence fee was much reduced.“Animals deserve our kindness, sympathy and understanding,”that is what Anna Sewell －the author of Black Beauty－wanted to convince her readers. Thanks to Sewell, I now think about the animal－human relationship from both the human and the animal’s point of view.The inspiration for Anna Sewell’s novel was drawn from her own relationship with horses. Anna Sewell was born on March 20th, 1820 in Norfolk, England and was crippled while still very young. Due to her disability, she relied on horse-drawn carriages and grew to love horses as a result. She also became appalled by the careless and cruel treatment horses often received fromhumans and determined to write a book.. In the second year of work on the book, she was told that she had only eighteen months to live, but she persevered in order “to induce kindness, sympathy and an understandi ng [of the ] treatment of horses.” Five years later, she was still working on Black Beauty, her only book. Unfortunately, Sewell died a few months after publication and never learned of the book’s huge success. Black Beauty formed an impassioned plea for a nimal rights at a time when such a notion had been dismissed as ridiculous.The novel portrayed the real condition of working horses living in Britain during the Victorian Era. In that time period, the wealthy thought that their horses were treated well because they never stepped into the stable. In order to call people’s attention to horses’ hard life, Sewell tells the story through the first-person narrative voice of a horse. This innovative personification of an animal made the book a real success. Re aders heard the stories straight from the horse’s mouth, literally, as an animal spoke of extremes of joy and suffering. People were shocked by the truth exposed by the novel and changed their attitudes towards animals.Sewell formed the novel with three kinds of characters: Black Beauty, Ginger and other farm animals. Through their different experiences, I saw similarly painful lives led by the animals. This method made the earnest appeal for animal rights become more and more persuasive.As a domestic animal, Black Beauty was continuously sold from one family to another. Over the years Beauty enjoyed good masters but also endured mean ones. Sometimes, he was cared for and at other times tortured. In the end, everything turns out all right in a story that is so tender and yet meaningful. His story was so vivid that caught the readers’ heart. The novel brought people laughter and tears and also enlightened them to understand animals at the same time.Animals cannot speak so understanding is significant to them. Once, for example, Beauty was drawing the carriage to a wooden bridge. The bridge was flooded out in the river and John, the groom, was not aware that it was cracked. But the quickly realized that something was wrong because o f Beauty’s abnormal behavior. Momentarily, a man shouted to them, “Stop! Stop!…The bridge is broken in the middle. If you come across, you’ll fall in the river!” Beauty had saved John. However, if John had not tried to understand what Beauty wanted to tell him, there would definitely have been an accident. I learnt from the story that understanding animals is not only essential to them but is also beneficial to us ourselves.。

英文经典阅读《黑骏马》试题(附答案)

英文经典阅读《黑骏马》试题（附答案）I was beginning to grow handsome. My coat was bright and black, I had one white foot and a pretty white star on my forehead. When I was four, Squire Gordon decided to buy me. Then Farmer Grey began to break me in.Like all horses that have grown up, I had to wear gears （用具）. The first is a bit and bridle. I hated wearing a bit in my mouth. It was horrible, like a metal finger between my teeth. The saddle was not so bad. One morning, my master rode me round the meadow. I was proud to carry him, and I soon got used to it. But I didn' t like the iron shoes. They were very stiff and heavy on my feet. But in time I got used to that too.My mother told me, There are good men like our master, but there are bad men too. I hope you have good masters. But remember；always do your best.”Early in May, a man came to take me away to Squire Gordon1 s house, in the village of Birtwick. My new stable （马厩）was large and comfortable. There was a little fat grey pony next to me. His name was Merrylegs. And I also found a tall chestnut horse at the corner of the stable, quiet.“That' s Ginger, ,r Merrylegs told me. "She bites. One day she bit James, the groom （马夫）.She says no one was kind to her before. But James and John, our grooms, are very good to us, andSquire Gordon doesn11 whip （鞭打）his horses, so I think she1 s going to like it here.The next morning John took me for a ride. On the way back, we met Squire Gordon and Mrs. Gordon."Well, John, how does he go?” the Squire asked.u Excellent, sir. John answered.Mrs. Gordon said, "He's a beauty. Let r s call him Black Beauty.1.The underlined phrase "break in" in Paragraph 1 means D― in Chinese.A.出售B.奖励C.骑D.驯I服2.To grow up, Black Beauty had to wear B gears.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five3.What r s the aim of mother1s words in Paragraph 3?BA.To warn Black Beauty to follow his masters.B.To encourage Black Beauty to keep hope.C.To ask Black Beauty to fight against others.D.To remind Black Beauty to find freedom.4 . Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?―C―A.Black Beauty is named after his mother.B.Merrylegs doesn't like his grooms.C.Ginger is new in the village of Birtwick.D.Squire Gordon often whips his horses.【答案】1. D2. B3. B4. C【分析】本文主要讲黑骏马被卖Squire Gordon购买了后在被驯服和送往Squire Gordon家时的情况及其心理变化。

典范英语黑骏马BlackBeauty

a horse or a little animal.
We just regard them as
pets or tools which can
please or help us. But Anna
Sewell narrates the story
in the first person to show
persevere and brave will we go
further. Actually, success and
surprise are coming to you when
you think it is the end of life.(牛琪龙
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Good comment 4
Although Black Beauty finally lived
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Good beginnings
Variety of thoughts flooded in
my mind after I finished
reading the book named Black
Beauty. It is an amusing but
didn’t do anything wrong but
lived a miserable life. Their
suffering were all brought by
human beings, which ought to let
us rethink ourselves.. Owing to
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a quiet life, the pain of those dark

黑骏马.英文版

rein
n.缰绳
tremble
v.发抖,哆嗦
stable
n.马厩
groom
n.马夫
pony
n.小马，驹
go off
v.(枪)想起，被发射
pull up
v.停下
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“Black Beauty is a heartbreaking story,” I thought when my mother read it to me when I was a child. As a child I was haunted by the described cruelty to those horses. Now I deeply hope, in the future, we will be able to tell our children that because of the book, and others like it, such mistreatment of animals no longer exists. And they just need to enjoy the novel as a beautiful historical documentary recording the progress of upholding animal rights. At that time, the dream of the author will have come true and her hard work will have been rewarded.
Blount calls Black Beauty “the first real animal novel,” “the most famous and best-loved animal book of all time,” and “perhaps the last of the moral tales” Susan Chitty calls it “probably the most successful animal story ever written” with more than 30 million sold However, she points out that the book was not written for children so much as for working-class folk who handled horses.

(完整版)典范英语黑骏马BlackBeauty

We are born people. None of us know the whole life of a horse or a little animal. We just regard them as pets or tools which can please or help us. But Anna Sewell narrates the story in the first person to show us joys and sorrows of a horse.(田紫维)
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The life of Black Beauty is like that of us humans. As the horse was once mistreated and insulted, we would suffer from unexpected things such as illnesses and failure in our daily life. However, it is essential for us to experience the suffering for the reason that one will become much stronger after disasters. When placed in a negative situation, we should spare no efforts to adapt to the surroundings.(陈逸文)
The main character is a horse. Even so, I tend to believe that he is more like a human because he has emotions and feelings. He is considerate, brave and good-tempered .He had a pleasing childhood and had been taken good care of. But everything changed after a fire. He was sold to different families and suffered bad treatment.(李晨雨)

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Good comment 5
What made me unforgettable most is that he was saved by his owner in a fire, which shows the friendship between human and animals. Animals regard their owners as their friends. However, they are just toys or tools to us. If we were animals, we would feel ignored and unfair. What’s more, what we have done decides how much love we get. So don’t lessen your love to your pets(姜思维) _______________________________________
considerate, brave and good-
tempered .He had a pleasing
childhood and had been taken good
care of. But everything changed after
a fire. He was sold to different
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Good comment 1
The main character is a horse. Even
so, I tend to believe that he is more
like a human because he has
emotions and feelings. He is
Black Beauty
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Good beginnings
Variety of thoughts flooded in my mind after I finished reading the book named Black Beauty. It is an amusing but philosophical fiction about a horse. The leading character of this novel is a handsome black horse called Black
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Good comment 4
Although Black Beauty finally lived a quiet life, the pain of those dark times would never vanish. This is the third book about cruelty to animals. From Black Dan to White Fang, then to Black Beauty, they didn’t do anything wrong but lived a miserable life. Their suffering were all brought by human beings, which ought to let us rethink ourselves. Owing to _______________________________________
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As everyone’s life is similar to Black Beauty, we will never know what will happen. But if a horse can be brave enough to face the unknown future, why can’t we be positive to the life? Only if we are persevere and brave will we go further. Actually, success and surprise are coming to you when you think it is the end of life.(牛琪龙)
families and suffered bad
treatment.(李晨雨)

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Good comment 2
The life of Black Beauty is like that of us humans. As the horse was once mistreated and insulted, we would suffer from unexpected things such as illnesses and failure in our daily life. However, it is essential for us to experience the suffering for the reason that one will become much stronger after disasters. When placed in a negative situation, we should spare no efforts to adapt to the _______________________________________
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We are born people. None of us know the whole life of a horse or a little animal. We just regard them as pets or tools which can please or help us. But Anna Sewell narrates the story in the first person to show us joys and sorrows of a _______________________________________