现代大学英语精读4(第二版)-部分课文及短语重点翻译
精读四
Unit 1
1.猛然敲门bang the door
2.向国王陛下欢呼cheer His Majesty
3.凝视那雕像contemplate the statue
4.设计/发明一种新方法devise a new way
5.获得一种名声gain a reputation
6.鼓舞人民inspire the people
7.低下头sink one’s head
8.象征/代表国家symbolize the nation
9.暖和双手warm one’s hands
10.毁了某人的健康ruin one’s health
11.扮演重要的角色play an important role/part in
12.解决这个问题settle the issue
1.永恒的真理the eternal truth
2.档案柜 a filing cabinet
3.无稽之谈utter nonsense
4.有违法倾向的行为delinquent behavior
5.常客 a frequent visitor
6.新鲜空气fresh air
7.格调很高的独白high-minded monologue
8.一个固定的观点 a settled view
9.语言障碍 a speech impediment
10.可怕的风 a hideous wind
11.使人兴奋的爱国热情heady patriotism
12.无情的入侵者the remorseless invaders
13.首相the Prime Minister
14.思维过程 a mental process
15.国际联盟the League of Nations
16.一篇有条理的文章 a coherent article
17.一位口译好手 a proficient interpreter
18.一个不可避免的趋势an irresistible trend
19.腐烂的苹果rotten apples
20.点头之交 a nodding acquaintance
（前五）
1. 他因收受贿赂而正在接受调查。
He is being investigated for receiving bribes.
2. 政府开始向被洪水围困的地区空投食品。
The government started airdropping food to areas being cut off by the flood.
3. 人们十分关注善款现在是如何使用的。
People are much concerned about how the charity money is being used.
4. 出于安全的原因，这些实验室的具体地址保密。
The exact locations of the laboratories are being kept secret for reasons of security.
5. 吉姆今天是怎么回事？我觉得他相当粗鲁，一反常态。
What’s the matter with Jim today? I think he’s being rather rude, not his usual self.
6. 当地的公安局因对白领犯罪手软而受到批评。
The local public security bureau is being criticized for being soft on white-collar crime.
7. 汽车事故调查者受到指责说他偏向肇事者。
The car accident investigator is accused of being one-sided, favoring the offender.
8. 项目协调人抱怨说他几乎一半时间都花在开会和写报告上。
The project coordinator complains that almost half of his time is being spent on meetings and reports.
9. 他最近写的小说正被改编成电视剧。这部小说已上《纽约时报》畅销书榜42周。
His latest novel being adapted for TV has been on the New York Times best-seller list for 42 weeks.
10. 发言人断然否定了当前流行的关于总统健康问题的种种谣言。
The spokesman flatly denied all rumors being circulated at the momen t about the president’s health.
Unit 3
1.1将这些动物归类classify these animals
2.2持不同看法hold a different view
3.3引申该词的意思extend the meaning of this word/term
4.4建立一种新理论establish a new theory
5.5放弃他的信念abandon his conviction
6.6把这个过程颠倒过来reverse the process
7.7珍惜他们的尊敬value their respect
8.8质疑它的真理性question/doubt/challenge its truth
9.9轻视他们的意见belittle their views
10.10接受/采取一种新的思路adopt a new thought pattern/way of thinking
11.11把……考虑在内make allowance for sth
12.12证明结果完全相反demonstrate the opposite
13.13怀有/心存种种乌托邦思想entertain all kinds of utopian ideas
14.14鹦鹉学舌/重复他人parrot other people
1.非理性因素non-rational factors
2.社会地位social position
3.过去的好日子the good old days
4.思维方式thought patterns
5.怀疑的余地room for doubt
6.老掉牙的趣闻轶事stock anecdotes
7.一个教条的观点 a dogmatic view
8.一个鲜明的对照 a striking contrast
9.长期的斗争age-long struggle
10.矛盾冲突的想法conflicting ideas
11.一场恶吵 a bitter quarrel
12.根深蒂固的观念deeply-rooted convictions
13.毫无根据的意见groundless opinions
14.仅仅是断言；完全是强词夺理bare assertion
（前五句）
1. 我们改革开放政策的结果是经济的快速增长，但是我们不要忘记这个政策又是人民思想大解放的结果。Our reform and open policy resulted in rapid economic growth. But we must not forget that the policy in turn resulted from the great emancipation/liberation of people’s minds.
2. 一般说来，喜欢某一个人会使你倾向于同时也喜欢他的观点
Generally speaking, the fact that you like a person will dispose you to like his ideas, too.
3. 我们难以预料是否有朝一日能找到处理核废料的百分之百安全的方法。可能的话，我们应该换成别的能源。
It is doubtful if we can ever find a way to dispose of nuclear waste that is 100 percent secure. If possible, we should shift to other energy.
4. 我到处寻找一套适合摆在我那小起居室的家具，却发现这种家具正脱销。
I searched around for a set of furniture that would fit in my small sitting room. But I found them out of stock at the moment.
5. 那个客栈老板在照看那个客人的时候，发现他的长相和警察要找的谋杀犯嫌疑相符合。
When serving the customer, the innkeeper found that the man fit the descriptions of the wanted murder suspect.
6. 当有人问他怎样才能保持健康时，他就会提些老套的建议：坚持良好的饮食习惯，意思就是：无盐、无糖、无脂肪。
When ask how to keep fit, he would always give his stock advice: Stick to a good eating habit—meaning: No salt, no sugar, no fat.
7. 那水游泳都不行，更不要说饮用了。正因为如此，那地区很多人都病倒了。
As a result of the fact that the water was unfit for swimming, let alone drinking, many people in the region got sick.
8. 我以为他听到这事会发脾气，但他没有。相反，他突然忍不住大笑起来。
He did not lose his temper when he heard this as I thought he would. On the contrary, he was suddenly seized by a fit of laughter.
9. 完工时这条地铁将延长至覆盖整个城市。
When completed, this subway will be extended to cover the whole city.
10. 股市似乎对经济的繁荣没有反应，这一点让每个人都不解。怪不得人们都决定持股观望。
That the stock market did not seem to respond to the economic boom puzzled everybody. No wonder people decided to hold their stocks.
Unit 4
1.回避某物stay away from sth
2.蜿蜒而上直达山顶wind its way up to the mountain
3.从窗户窥视peek through the window
4.对大学生发表讲话address university student
5.抓住某人的胳膊garb out one’s arms
6.朝某地出发set out for a place
7.避免目光接触avoid eye contact
8.加快脚步pick up one’s pace
9.抢钱包snatch purse
10.练习瑜伽doing yoga
11.始终低着头keep one’s head down
12.划船row a boat
13.逃避惩罚escape punishment
14.迷失方向lost one’s bearings
15.打开睡袋unroll sleeping bag
16.急速转身whip round
17.拽出肠子rip out one’s intestines
18.露营camp out
1.一件花格子衬衫 a plaid shirt
2.矿泉水mineral water
3.角质镜架的眼镜horn-rimmed glasses
4.公园创建时期的主管founding commissioners
5.享有特权的人的土地the domain of the privileged
6.老年公民 a senior citizen
7.拦路强盗 a high way robber
8.娱乐中心 a recreation center
9.一帮男孩 a gang of kids
10.一条供人跑步的小路 a running track
11.密不透风的树叶impenetrable foliage
12.帝国大厦the Empire State Building
13.方向感 a sense of direction
14.在伸手可及的地方within arm’s reach
15.野蛮、缺乏教养的人rough elements
16.一次美的体验an aesthetic experience
17.横冲直撞on a rampage
18.从不间断写日记的人the indefatigable diarist
19.供游人骑马的小道 a bridle path
（前三句）
1. 我家乡的气候挺宜人的，除了一月和八月之外。
The climate of my hometown is pleasant except in January and August.
2.除了不舒服的气候，王宁每天都要慢跑约40分钟。
Except when he is unwell, Wang Ning spends about 40 minutes a day jogging.
3.有关他的特别使命，他对家里人只字为提，只是说要出差一段时间。
About his special mission he told his family nothing except that he had to be away on business for some time.
4.他的父母知道除了让他呈现真实的自我之外，他们不必多做些什么。
His parents know that they don’t have to do much for their son except to let him be himself.
5.除了合法属于他们的东西之外，他们没有要求要其他任何东西。
They asked for nothing except what was rightfully theirs.
Unit 6
1.使墙体开裂 crack the walls
2.拯救灵魂 save souls
3.玩捉迷藏 play hide-and-seek
4.减慢流速成涓涓细流 show to a trickle
5.抓住某人的头发 grab sb. by the hair
6.谩骂某人 call sb. names
7.撕破她的衬衫 rip her shirt
8.泄露秘密 reveal the secret
9.拒绝进步 resist progress
10.进入视野 come into view
11.捡柴火 gather firewood
12.说服某人放弃做某事 talk sb out of doing sth
13.慢慢挤出人群wriggle one’s way out of c rowd
14.跑腿/出去办事 run errands
15.救某人于水火 deliver sb. from suffering
16.确保供应稳定 assure a steady supply
17.减轻某人的压力 take the pressure off sb
18.让他不至于添乱keep him out of one’s hair
19.梯田 terraced fields
20.多岩石的群山 rocky mountains
21.百日咳 whooping cough
22.周围的村庄 surrounding villages
23.林中的一块空地 a clearing in the wood
24.粉尘 fine dust
25.羊粪 goat dropping
26.黏糊糊的双手 sticky hands
27.精瘦强健的妇女sinewy women
28.旌旗如林 a forest of flags
29.第一手资料 firsthand information
30.漆黑的头发 jet-black hair
31.一位虔诚的天主教徒 a devout Catholic
32.家务事 household chores
33.一种让人感到在家般自在的声音 a reassuring homey sound
34.手卷香烟 hand-rolled cigarettes
35.有利可图/十分挣钱的生意 lucrative business
36.一家肉铺 a butcher-shop
37.它原来模样的空架子 a skeleton of its former self
38.一所教会学校 a missionary school
（后五句）
1. 听起来也许让人难以置信，我听说在机场一碗面要价40元
Incredible as it may sound, I hear that they charge 40 yuan for a bowl of noodles at the airport.
2. 孙权最后说服大家同意让陆逊——一个年轻书生——来负责这个决定性的战役
Sun Quan finally talked everybody into agreeing to put Lu Xun, a young scholar, in charge of this decisive battle.
3. 他因被指控犯有走私罪而被捕。但是依照法律，没有证据不能拘捕公民。He was arrested on the charge of smuggling, but in accordance with the law, no citizen can be arrested without evidence.
4. 她把盘子仍到地上，但它神奇地没有碎，连裂纹也没。
She dropped the plate on the ground, but it miraculously did not break, without so much as a crack.
5. 我向你保证，如果这里打的井足够深，肯定能找到水。如果大家不反对，我们就开始干
I can assure you that if we dig a well deep enough here, we will strike water. So if you guys have no objection, let’s get started.
6. 她喜欢不停地挪动房间里的桌子和椅子，好让房间有一个新面貌
She takes delight in shifting the tables and chairs in the room every now and then so as to give the room a new look.
7. 我们经济发展的重点已经从东部沿海地区转移到了中西部地区
The focus of your economic development has shifted from the coastal areas in the east to the central and western areas.
8. 他把车换到最高挡，一下子把所有其他车都甩到了后面
He shifted to the highest gear, thus leaving all the other cars far behind.
9. 我主张禁烟，但他反对。因为烟草工业是政府收入的一个重要来源
I maintained that smoking should be forbidden, but he disagreed, saying that the tobacco industry was an important source of government revenue.
10. 当地百姓强烈反对在这座美丽的山上装缆
The local people raised a strong objection to installing the cable car over this beautiful mountain.
Unit 9
1.宣布放弃忠于某人renounce one’s allegiance
2.使某事物接受试验subject sth to the test
3.牵涉到好几个月的工作cover many month’s work
4.扔在那里任其腐烂leave sth to rot
5.满足其胃口appease one’s appetite
6.从某人那里骗走某物cheat sb out of sth
7.将侮辱牢记在心harbor insult
8.对所受伤害耿耿于怀brood over injury
9.报仇take revenge
10.家里妻妾成群keep harems
11.有做某事的时机或场合have an occasion to do sth
12.把它当一顿美餐吃了make a meal of sth
13.蓄某人为奴hold sb in bondage
14.铺平道路smooth path to
1.合法的所有者the rightful owner
2 四海之内皆兄弟/人类的博爱the universal brotherhood of man
3.道德败坏loose morals
4.肮脏的思想 a soiled mind
5.蛮力/暴力brute force
6.唯一可取的一点 a saving grace
7.极度渴望的rabid hunger
8 宗教狂 a religious zealot
9动物园zoological garden
10科学方法the scientific method
11食品的大量储存vast stores of food
12零碎物品odds and ends
13战争暴行war atrocities
14值得怀疑的口味选择questionable taste
15性格特点和气质traits and dispositions
16艰苦的努力painstaking work
（前五句）
1. 我明天得去看看牙医大夫，我的一颗门牙松了。
I have to go to the dentist tomorrow. One of my front teeth is loose.
2. 你翻译得太随意了，应该更加忠于原文才是。
Your translation is a bit too loose. You ought to be more faithful to the original.
3. 时尚总是变来变去的。几年前大家都穿紧身牛仔裤，但是现在宽松的衬衫和裤子再度流行。
Fashions come and go. A few years ago everybody was wearing tight jeans, but now loose shirts and plants are back.
4. 很多村民其实并不喜欢那些恐怖分子，但是他们不得不同意窝藏他们，因为他们知道，如果不那么做，他们就会遭到严厉的惩罚。
Many villagers actually did not like those terrorists, but they had to agree to harbor them because they knew if they didn’t, they would be severely punished.
5. 内战结束以后，很多黑人仍然遭受严重的种族歧视。他们仍然不能指望政府给他们帮助。
After the Civil War, many black people were still subjected to serious radical discrimination. They still could not count on the government to render assistance to them.
6. 传统上妇女都被禁锢在家里，被剥夺了就业的机会。但是在战争时期，很多妇女必须进工厂去代替男人工作，这就开始唤醒了她们的社会觉悟。
Traditionally women were confined to their homes, deprived of the opportunity to seek employment. But in the course of the war, many women were obliged to go to factories to replace men, and this began to awaken women’s social consc iousness.
7. 人是能在正确和错误之间做出道德区分的唯一动物。只有人才会梦想如何把现存的世界变成人间的天堂。
Man is the only animal that makes a moral distinction between right and wrong. Man alone is capable of dreaming about how to make a paradise on earth of the existing world.
8. 很多城镇都失去了它们传统的美，但平遥在这一点上是个例外。具有讽刺意味的是，它之所以能保持它的美是因为多年来它穷到没钱改造。
Many towns and cities have lost their traditional beauty. But Pingyao is an exception in this respect. Ironically, it has been able to retain its beauty because for years it was too poor to change.
9. 她是当代中国最重要的作家之一，发表过不少不同凡响的作品。但是相对来说她在国外仍然鲜为人知，在一定程度上是因为我们仍缺少能把她的作品翻译成漂亮外语的人才。
She is one of the most important writers in contemporary China. She has published many works of distinction. But she still remains relatively unknown to people outside China, partly because we do not have enough talented translators to render her works adequately.
大学英语精读第三版第二册课后答案
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第一单元 1.她砰地关上门，一声不吭地走了，他们之间 那场争执就此结束。 Their argument ended when she slammed the door and left without a word. 2. 出席晚宴的客人对那个美国人威严的语气 感到有点意外。 The guests at the dinner party were slightly surprised at the commanding tone of the American. 3. 约翰尼已长大成熟，不再害怕独自呆在家里了。 Johnny has outgrown the fear of staying at home alone. 4. 当全部乘客都向出口处(exit) 走去时，他却独自留在座位上，好像不愿意离开这架飞机似的。 While all the other passengers made for the exit, he alone remained in his seat as if unwilling to leave the plane. 5. 这封信必须交给威尔逊博士本人。 The letter is to be handed to Dr. Wilson himself. 6. 南希虽然很想参加辩论，但腼腆得不敢开口。 While she felt like joining in the argument, Nancy was too shy to open her mouth. 7. 你觉得什么时候最有可能在家里找到他？ What do you think is the likeliest time to find him at home? 8. 猎人一看见有只狐狸从树丛中出现并向他设下(lay) 的陷阱(trap) 方向跑去，脸上顿时闪出了兴奋的表情。 The hunter’s face lit up with excitement as soon as he saw a fox emerge from among the bushes and run in the direction of / make for the trap he had laid 第二单元 1) 会上有人建议任命一个十一人委员会来制定新章程。 It was suggested at the meeting that a committee of eleven be appointed to make a new constitution. 2) 这些青年科学家通过现场观察，获得了研究工作所需的第一手资料。 By making on-the-spot observations, the young scientists obtained first-hand information they needed in their research work. 3) 他很可能会因视力不好而被拒收入伍。 It is very likely that he will be rejected by the army because of his bad eyesight. 4) 委员会成员在新机场最佳选址(location) 这一问题上持有不同意见。 The committee members have conflicting opinions as to the best location of the new airport. 5) 亨利创作的艺术品在许多方面比他兄弟的要好。 Henry's works of art are superior in many respects to those of his brother's. 6) 我们产品质量的稳步提高在很大程度上是由于设备有所改进。 The steady rise in the quality of our products owes much to the improvement of our equipment. 7) 吉姆本想按照自己的判断行事，但他没有这样做，因为作为军人他得服从命令。Jim would have preferred to act on his own judgment, but he didn't because as a soldier he had to obey the order.
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UNIT1 又一学年——为了什么？ 约翰·切阿迪 1.给你们讲讲我刚当老师时候的一次失败经历吧。那是1940年的1月，我从研究生院 毕业不久，在堪萨斯城大学开始第一学期的教学工作。一个瘦高，长得就像顶上有毛的豆角架一样的男学生走进我的课堂，坐下，双臂交叉放在胸前，看着我，好像在说：“好吧，教我一些东西。”两周后我们开始学习《哈姆雷特》。三周后他双手叉腰走进我的办公室，“看，”他说，“我来这是学习当药剂师的。我为什么必须读这个？”由于没有随身带着自己的书，他就指着桌子上放着的我的那本。 2.虽然我是位新老师，我本来可以告诉这个家伙许多事情的。我本来可以指出，他考 入的不是制药技工培训学校而是大学，而且他在毕业时，应该得到一张写有理学学士而不是“合格的磨药工”的学位证书。这证书会证明他专修过药剂学，但它还能进一步证明他曾经接触过一些人类发展史上产生的思想。换句话说，他上的不是技能培训学校而是大学，在大学里学生既要得到培训又要接受教育。 3.我本来可以把这些话都告诉他，但是很明显，他不会待很长时间，说了也没用。 4.但是，由于我当时很年轻而且责任感也很强，我尽量把我的意思这样表达出来：“在 你的余生中，”我说，“平均每天24小时左右。谈恋爱时，你会觉得它有点短；失恋时，你会觉得它有点长。但平均每天24小时会保持不变。在其余的大约8个小时的时间里，你会处于睡眠状态。 5.“然后在每个工作日8个小时左右的时间里，我希望你会忙于一些有用的事情。假 设你毕业于一所药科大学——或工程大学，法学院，或者其他什么大学——在那8个小时时间里，你将用到你的专业技能。作为一个药剂师，你要确保氯化物没有和阿斯匹林混在一起；作为一个工程师，你要确保一切都在你的掌控之中；作为一个律师，你要保证你的当事人没有因为你的无能而被处以电刑。这些都是有用的工作，它们涉及到的技能每个人都必须尊重，而且它们都能给你带来基本的满足。无论你还干些什么，这些技能都很可能是你养家糊口的本领。它们会给你带来收入；但愿你的收入总能够用。” 6.“但完成一天的工作后，剩下的8小时你做什么呢？比如说你可以回家，和你的家 人待在一起。你所供养的是一个什么样的家庭呢？孩子们在家里能接触到一点还算是精辟的思想吗？你主持的家庭中有民主气息吗？家里有书吗？有那种一般敏感的人看了不会发怵的画吗？孩子们会听到巴赫的音乐吗？” 7.这差不多就是我所说的，但这个讨厌鬼不感兴趣。“看，”他说，“你们教授用你 们的方法培养孩子；我会以我自己的方式抚养我自己的孩子。我呀，我会尽一切努力挣钱的。” 8.“我希望你能赚很多，”我告诉他，“因为你在开支票的余暇会愁没事干的。” 9.14年后的今天，我仍然在教书，在此我要告诉你们，大学的职责并不只是在于培训 你，它还要使你接触人类思想的精髓。如果你没时间看莎士比亚的作品，没时间看哲学入门，没时间欣赏艺术的存续，也没时间学习我们称之为历史的人类发展的课
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大学英语精读第四册课后翻译答案 unit 1 1.我们接到通知，财政部长将于次日接见我们。 We were informed that the Minister of Finance was to meet us the next day. 2.我觉得很奇怪，他似乎不记得自己的生日。 I thought it odd that he didn’t seem to remember his own birthday. 3.学期论文最迟应在下星期二交来，可是大部分学生却至今几无进展。 Next Tuesday is the deadline for handing in the term papers, but most students have hardly made a dent in the work so far. 4.看到学生人数不断减少，校长心里很难受。 It pained the headmaster to find the number of students shrinking. 5.在那个国家一般用现金付账，但支票变得普通起来了，不久会代替现金作为人们结账的一种方式。 Cash is commonly used in paying bills in that country, but checks are becoming more popular and will, in a short while, replace cash as a way for people to settle their accounts. 6.该公司声称，这条河流的污染不是它造成的。 the company claims that it is not responsible for the pollution in river. unit2 1.比尔已是个成熟的小伙子，不再依赖父母替他作主。 Bill is a mature young man who is no longer dependent on his parents for decisions. 2.这个地区有大量肉类供应，但新鲜果蔬奇缺。 There are abundant supplies of meat in this region, but fresh fruit and vegetables are scarce. 3.工程师们依靠工人们的智慧，发明了一种新的生产方法，使生产率得以提高。
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The American does not join in the argument but watches the other guests. As he looks, he sees a strange expression come over the face of the hostess. She is s taring straight ahead, her muscles contracting slightly. She motions to the nat ive boy standing behind her chair and whispers something to him. The boy's eyes widen: he quickly leaves the room. Of the guests, none except the American notices this or sees the boy place a bo wl of milk on the veranda just outside the open doors. The American comes to with a start. In India, milk in a bowl means only one thi ng -- bait for a snake. He realizes there must be a cobra in the room. Unit2 Jefferson's courage and idealism were based on knowledge. He probably knew more than any other man of his age. He was an expert in agriculture, archeology, an d medicine. He practiced crop rotation and soil conservation a century before t hese became standard practice, and he invented a plow superior to any other in existence. He influenced architecture throughout America, and he was constantly producing devices for making the tasks of ordinary life easier to perform. Of all Jefferson's many talents, one is central. He was above all a good and ti reless writer. His complete works, now being published for the first time, will fill more than fifty volumes. His talent as an author was soon discovered, and when the time came to write the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in 1776, the task of writing it was his. Millions have thrilled to his words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…" Unit3 While I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fe aring as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience in teaching my chances of getting the job were slim. However, three days later a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an i nterview. It proved an awkward journey: a train to Croydon station; a ten-minut e bus ride and then a walk of at least a quarter to feel nervous. Unit 4 As a boy and then as an adult,I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein .He was the only person i knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him .He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this :to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning .He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach .but this did not frustrate him .He was content to go as far as he could.
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Unit1 The Dinner Party 关于男人是否比女人更勇敢的一场激烈争论以一种颇为出人意料的方式解决了。 晚宴莫娜·加德纳 我最初听到这个故事是在印度，那儿的人们今天讲起它来仍好像确有其事似的——尽管任何一位博物学家都知道这不可能是真的。后来有人告诉我，在第一次世界大战之前不久，一家杂志曾刊登过这个故事。但登在杂志上的那篇故事以及写那篇故事的人，我却一直未能找到。 故事发生在印度。某殖民地官员和他的夫人正举行盛大的晚宴。筵席设在他们家宽敞的餐室里，室内大理石地板上没有铺地毯；屋顶明椽裸露；宽大的玻璃门外便是走廊。跟他们一起就坐的客人有军官和他们的夫人，另外还有一位来访的美国博物学家。 席间，一位年轻的女士同一位少校展开了热烈的讨论。年轻的女士认为，妇女已经有所进步，不再像过去那样一见到老鼠就吓得跳到椅子上；少校则不以为然。 他说：“一遇到危急情况，女人的反应便是尖叫。而男人虽然也可能想叫，但比起女人来，自制力却略胜一筹。这多出来的一点自制力正是真正起作用的东西。” 那个美国人没有参加这场争论，他只是注视着在座的其他客人。在他这样观察时，他发现女主人的脸上显出一种奇异的表情。她两眼盯着正前方，脸部肌肉在微微抽搐。她向站在座椅后面的印度男仆做了个手势，对他耳语了几句。男仆两眼睁得大大的，迅速地离开了餐室。 在座的客人中除了那位美国人以外谁也没注意到这一幕，也没有看到那个男仆把一碗牛奶放在紧靠门边的走廊上。 那个美国人突然醒悟过来。在印度，碗中的牛奶只有一个意思——引蛇的诱饵。他意识到餐室里一定有条眼镜蛇。他抬头看了看屋顶上的椽子——那是最可能有蛇藏身的地方——但那上面空荡荡的。室内的三个角落里也是空的，而在第四个角落里，仆人们正在等着上下一道菜。这样，剩下的就只有一个地方了——餐桌下面。