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1、【国外文学】诱拐. 简介1745年起苏格兰岁月艰难。苏格兰高地人向英格兰乔治国王发动了战争，但失败了。乔治国王的部队把很多苏格兰高地人赶出了他们的家园。来自苏格兰低地的戴维鲍尔弗并不为英格兰部队而烦恼。当他离家去开始新生活时，他并没有预料到任何麻烦或危险。但是，麻烦很快接踵而至。他见到了他那很有钱的叔叔，但他叔叔获悉自己有这样一个穷侄子时一点儿也不高兴。危险一个接一个。戴维来到苏格兰高地，在那儿他遇见了艾伦布雷克，一个骄傲的斯图尔特人。斯图尔特人既恨英格兰人，又恨效忠乔治国王的坎贝尔人，所以艾伦对于戴维来说是一个危险的朋友。接着发生了一宗谋杀案。戴维和艾伦在荒山野岭上逃命罗伯特路易斯史蒂文森于

2、1850年生于苏格兰的爱丁堡。他受训成为一名律师，但21岁时他下决心要当一名作家。他的最著名的作品有：诱拐、金银岛和化身博士。1894年他在萨摩亚岛与世长辞。 1 David meets his uncleIt was early in the month of June，1751，when I shut the door of our house behind me for the last timeAll my life I had lived in the quiet little village of Essendean，in the Lowlands of Scotland，wher

3、e my father had been the dominie，or schoolteacherBut now that he and my mother were both dead，I had to leave the houseThe new dominie would soon arrive，and he would teach at the school and live in the dominies houseSo，although I was only seventeen，there was nowhere for me to live，and no reason for m

4、e to stay in EssendeanBut my heart was beating with excitement as I walked down the road，because in my hand I carried the letter that my father had given me just before he diedDavie，he had said，when I am dead，take this to the house of Shaws，near CramondThats where I came from，and thats where you mus

5、t goPut this letter into the hands of Ebenezer BalfourBalfour！The same name as my own！It was the first time I had heard of any of our family outside EssendeanSo I decided to walk to Cramond，hoping that perhaps this Mr Balfour，in his fine big house，would receive me kindly，and help me to become a rich

6、 man one dayWith my plaid over my shoulder，I walked fast up the hill away from the villageWhat an adventure，to leave that sleepy place，where nothing ever happened，and go to a great，busy house，to be with rich and important people of my own name and blood！But when I reached the top of the hill，I turne

7、d a little sadly，to take my last look at the dominies house，and Essendean churchyard，where my father and mother layMy journey northwards took almost two daysBy midday on the second day I could see the smoking chimneys of Edinburgh in front of me，and soon I arrived in CramondNow I began to ask people

8、 on the road for the house of ShawsTheir answers worried me a littleSome people seemed surprised，some afraid，and some angry，when I spoke the name of Ebenezer BalfourI could not understand this，but it was too far to go back to Essendean that day， and I wanted to find the rest of the Balfour family ve

9、ry much So I continued on my way，and when I met a dark，wild-looking woman coming towards me，I asked her where the house of Shaws was She took me to the top of the next hill，and showed me a large building standing alone in the bottom of the next valleyAlthough the fields around were green，and the far

10、mland was excellent，the house itself looked unfinished and emptyPart of its roof was missingThere was no road to it，and no smoke coming from any of its chimneys，nor was there any garden That！I criedNo，it cant be！ It is！cried the woman angrilyThat is the house of Shaws！Blood built it，blood stopped th

11、e building of if，and blood shall bring it down！Black is the heart of Ebenezer Balfour！Ye can tell him from me that I hope to see him die，and his house fall down around him！ The woman turned and disappearedI stood where she left me，shaking like a leaf，and looking down at the house for a long timeBut

12、when it began to get dark，I noticed some smoke coming out of the chimney，and felt a little more hope fulThere must be a fire，and cooking，and people in the house，I thoughtSo I walked up to the front doorThe house seemed locked up and unwelcoming，but there was fire light shining through the kitchen wi

13、ndow，and I could hear someone talking quietly to himselfBravely，I lifted my hand and knocked loudly on the strong wooden doorThe house was suddenly silent，and there was no replyI knocked and knocked，and shouted as loudly as I couldFinally，the win dow opened，and a man holding a gun put his head outWh

14、at do ye want？he askedIve come here with a letter for Mr Ebenezer Balfour of ShawsIs he here？Who is it from？asked the man with the gunThats none of your business，I replied，getting angryWell，put the letter down by the door，and leaveI will not！I answered sharplyIm going to give it to Mr Balfour himsel

15、fThe letter introduces me to himWho are ye then？was the next questionIm not ashamed of my name Its David BalfourThe man almost dropped his gunAfter a long while，he asked in a changed voice，Is your father dead？I was too surprised to answer，but he continued，Aye，he must be dead，and thats why ye have co

16、meWell，man，Ill let ye in，and he disappeared from the windowNow the door was unlocked，and a voice from the darkness said，Go into the kitchen and touch nothingI obeyed，while the man locked the heavy door carefully againI found myself in the emptiest kitchen that I had ever seenThere was a fire，but no

17、other lightOn the table was a bowl of porridge and a glass of water，in front of the only chairAround the walls were several locked chestsThere was no other furnitureThe man who now appeared in the kitchen was small，mean-looking and white-faced，between fifty and sev enty years old，and wearing a dirty

18、 old nightshirtThe worst thing about him was that he could neither take his eyes away from me，nor look straight into my faceIf yere hungry，he said，ye can eat that porridgeIts grand food，porridge！Let me see the letter！Its for Mr Balfour，not you，I repliedAnd who do ye think I am？Give me Alexanders let

19、ter！Ye may not like me or my house or my porridge，but Im your born uncle，Davie，my man！This was the end of all my hopesI was too tired and miser able to speak，so I silently gave him the letter，and sat down to eat the porridgeYour fathers been dead a long time？he asked，giving me a quick look from his

20、sharp eyesThree weeks，sir，I saidHe was a secretive man，Alexander wasPerhaps he didnt talk much about me？ Or about the house of Shaws？I never knew he had a brother，sir，or ever heard the name of ShawsTo think of that！he repliedA strange man！But he seemed very pleased，and began to look at me with more

21、inter estSoon he jumped up and said，Were going to get on well，Davie！Whats mine is yours，man，and whats yours is mineBloods thicker than water，and theres only ye and me of the name of Balfour Now Ill show ye to your bedHe took me up some dark stairs and showed me into a roomI could not see anything Ca

22、n I have a light，sir？I asked No，ye cantNo lights in this house！Im afraid of fires，ye seeGood night to ye，Davie，my manAnd before I had time to reply，he pulled the door shut and locked it from the outsideThe room was very cold，but luckily I had my plaid with me，so I covered myself with it like a blank

23、et，and soon fell asleepThe next day my uncle and I had a small bowl of porridge and a glass of water for breakfast，lunch and supperHe did not speak much to me，but was clearly thinking hardI often noticed him looking at me，while pretending to do something different， and he never left me alone in the

24、kitchen with the locked chests，in which，I supposed，he kept his moneyI did not like the way he looked at me，and began to wonder if he was a little crazy，and perhaps dangerousAfter supper he said suddenly，Davie，Ive been thinkingI promised your father a bit of money for ye before ye were bornA promise

25、is a promiseand so Im going to give yeforty pounds！ These last words seemed very painful to himHe added，in a kind of scream，Scots！A Scottish pound was the same as an English shillingI could see that his story was a lie，so I laughed at him，saying，Oh，think again，sir！English pounds，surely！Thats what I

26、said，replied my uncle quicklyGo outside for a moment，and Ill get the money for yeI was smiling as I went out，sure that he would give me nothing at allIt was a dark night，and I could hear wind in the hillsThere may be thunder later，I thought，not knowing how important the weather would be to me that n

27、ightBut when my uncle called me in again，he counted thirty eight English pounds in gold into my handsIt clearly hurt him to do it，and he kept back the last two pounds，but I did not mind thatSurprised and pleased，I thanked him warmlyNow，he said，looking cleverly at me，ye can give me something，DavieIm

28、getting old now，and I need helpOf course，sir，I answeredWhat can I do？Well，go outside and climb the stairs at the other end of the house，where the building isnt finished yetGo up to the room at the top，and bring down the chest that yell find thereIts got valuable papers in itCan I have a light，sir？I

29、askedNo，he said sharplyNo lights in my house！ Very well，sirAre the stairs good？Theyre grand， said heThe stairs are grandOut I went into the nightAs I was feeling my way along the outside wall，there was a sudden flash of lightning，then darkness againI found the stairs and started climbingI was about

30、fifteen metres above the ground，when there was another flash of lightningThat was lucky for me，because it showed me that the steps were uneven， and that I could easily fall to my deathThese are the grand stairs！I thoughtPerhaps my uncle wants me to die！Now I was very careful，and I felt each step wit

31、h my hands before I put my foot on itA few steps later my hand felt cold stone，and then nothing moreThe stairs ended there，twenty metres above the groundI felt cold with fear，when I thought of the danger that I had been inSending a stranger up those stairs in the dark was sending him straight to his

32、 deathAngrily，I turned and felt my way downThere was a crash of thunder，and suddenly the rain came downAt the bottom of the stairs I looked towards the kitchen，and could see，in the next flash of lightning，a figure standing still in the doorway，listening When the thunder sounded again，louder than bef

33、ore，he ran back inside，and I followed as softly as I couldI found him sitting in the kitchen，drinking whisky straight from the bottle，and shaking with fearQuietly I came up behind him，and，putting my hands sud denly on his shoulders，cried，Ah！My uncle gave a kind of broken cry，and fell to the floor li

34、ke a dead manHis face was a strange blue colour，and I began to think that he really was deadAt last his eyes opened，and he looked up and saw meOh man，are ye alive or a ghost？he cried Get me my medicine，Davieits for my heartI found the medicine bottle and gave him someHe soon began to look a little b

35、etter Why did you lie to me？I asked angrilyWhy did you give me money？ And why did you try to kill me？ Answer me！Ill tell ye tomorrow，Davie，I promiseHelp me to bed now，will ye？He still looked very ill，so I could not refuseBut this time I locked his bedroom door，and went to sleep in front of the kitch

36、en fireWhen I woke up in the morning，I felt very pleased with myselfHe thinks hes cleverer than me，but he isnt！I thoughtWhen I let my uncle out of his room，I asked him again for an explanation After a while，he said，Davie，I have some business with a ships captain at QueensferryNow，we could walk over

37、there，and when Ive done my business，we could visit the lawyer，Mr RankeillorHell answer all your questionsHes an honest man，and he knew your fatherWhat do ye say to that？I thought for a momentI had never seen the sea，but had always wanted to！Its a grand idea，I saidIt was a mornings walk to Queensferr

38、y，Which was west of Edinburgh，but we did not say a word to each other on the waySuddenly，at the top of a hill，we could see the Firth of Forth below us，blue and calm，with white sails on itYe see that public house？asked my uncleCaptain Hoseasons there，to do business with meTheres the ships boat on the

39、 beach，waiting to take him to the shipAnd theres the ship itself！A grand ship！I had to agree with himThe sailors were getting the ship ready for sailing，and I thought what an exciting adventure that would beto sail away to a foreign countryWe walked down the hill to the public house and met the capt

40、ain thereHe was a tall，dark，serious-looking man，who shook hands politely with meStupidly，I left these two men to their business，and ran down to the beach，to talk to the sailors and look at the boatsIt was all new and very interest ing to meAs I was coming back，I met the owner of the public houseGood

41、 morning，he saidDid ye come with Ebenezer？I did，I repliedHe isnt well liked，I understandThats true，he answeredNobody speaks well of himIt all started with that story about Mr Alexander，his brotherWhat story？I askedOh，just that Ebenezer had killed himDid ye never hear that？And why would he kill my f，

42、I mean，Alexander？To get the house，of course，the house of ShawsAye，man？Was mywas Alexander older than Ebenezer？Indeed he was！No other reason for killing him！This was a great surprise to me！I had thought that my fa ther was the younger brother，and I now understood why my uncle had lied to me，and wante

43、d to kill meThe house of Shaws had belonged to my father，not my uncle，and now I had inherited itThe poor country boy who had walked from Essendean was the owner of a fine house and farmland！My head was full of the wonderful things that I could do in my life，as I looked，unseeing，at the seaJust then m

44、y uncle and the captain came out of the public houseThe captain smiled in a friendly way as he spoke to meSir，he said，Mr Balfour has told me a lot about yeIm only sorry I havent time to get to know ye betterBut Id like ye to come on to my ship for half an hour，before we sail，and have a drink with me

45、Now，more than anything in the world，I wanted to see the inside of a ship，but I remembered that I had to be carefulMy uncle and I have to see the lawyer，sir，I replied，so Im afraid we may not have enough timeAye，aye，he answered，I know，but ye see，the ships boat can put ye both down near Rankeillors hou

46、se，after yeve seen the ship，so ye wont lose any time Suddenly he said quietly in my ear，Watch out for the old manhe wants to hurt yeCome and talk about itPutting his arm in mine，he said loudly，What can I bring ye back from my travels？ A friend of Mr Balfours is a friend of mine！By this time we were

47、on the beach， and he was helping my uncle and me into the boatI thought that I had found a good friend and helper，and I was very excited as we came closer to the great ship，full of busy，noisy sailorsThe captain and I were the first to climb up the ships side，and at the top the captain immediately put his arm through mine and began to talk about the shipBut where is my uncle？I asked suddenlyI pulled myself away from the captains arm，and ran to the side of the shipSure enough，there was t