The Call of the Wild 《野性的呼唤》
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- 创建于 2013年12月23日
- 最后更新于 2023年12月18日
- 发布于 2013年12月23日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Buck is a strong dog, half sheepdog and half St. Bernard, who lives on a farm in California. He leads a nice life there, but one day, everything changes. The farm’s gardener steals Buck and sells him to dog traders.
巴克是一只强壮的牧羊犬与圣伯纳混血犬。他住在加州的一座农场，过着舒适的生活。不过某天，事情全都变了。农场的园丁把巴克偷走并且卖给了狗贩。
Buck is beaten to obey the traders’ commands along with many other dogs. Then they are sold to two Canadian mail carriers as sled dogs. The two men put Buck on a boat and they leave for Canada. When Buck arrives in the frigid land, he finds that it is an unforgiving place. As soon as the dogs get off the boat, one of them is attacked and killed by a group of huskies. Buck sees this and swears to himself that he won’t die without a fight.
巴克和其他的狗被狗贩们责打以训练他们服从命令。接着他们就被卖给两个加拿大的邮差当作雪橇犬使用。那两个人将巴克送上开往加拿大的船，当巴克抵达那块寒冷的大陆时，他才发现那是一个苛刻无情的地方。才刚下船，他们其中的一只狗就被一群雪橇犬攻击并且杀害了。巴克在看到这样的情况后对着自己发誓他绝不能束手就擒。
Buck slowly regains his wild instincts in Canada. He roams for food, learns to fight, and burrows himself into the snow at night. Of all the dogs on the team, Buck dislikes only one: the team leader, Spitz.
巴克慢慢地在加拿大找回了自己的原始本能。他漫游觅食、学会了作战，并且将自己在夜晚时埋进雪地中。在队伍所有的狗里面，巴克只对一只狗看不顺眼，那就是队长史匹兹。
单词发音
Vocabulary
trader [ˋtredɚ] n. 商人
trade v. 交易
Coffee traders buy and sell coffee beans for profit.
obey [əˋbe] v. 服从；听从
Dogs should be trained to obey the commands of their owners.
carrier [ˋkærɪɚ] n. 运送人；搬运人；送信人
carry v. 携带
Mail carriers often use cars or motorcycles to get around town faster.
swear [swɛr] v. 发誓
(swear-swore-sworn)
The boy swore to his mother that he would never steal money again.
dislike [dɪsˋlaɪk] v. 不喜爱，厌恶
(dislike-disliked-disliked)
Although Hillary enjoys most fruit, she really dislikes bananas.
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lead [lid] v. 过（活）；使过（某种生活）
sled [slɛd] n. 雪橇
frigid [ˋfrɪgɪd] adj. 寒冷的，严寒的
unforgiving [͵ʌnfɚˋgɪvɪŋ] adj. 无情的
roam [rom] v. 漫游；流浪
burrow [ˋbɝo] v. 钻进某处
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As the team of sled dogs pushes across the tundra delivering mail, Buck keeps thinking about how much he dislikes Spitz. The head dog is cruel and starts fights with the other dogs without reason. One day, Buck cannot put up with Spitz’s abuses anymore and attacks him. The two become engaged in a serious brawl, and Spitz meets his match in Buck. After Spitz is defeated, the other dogs attack and kill him.
在这队雪橇犬横越那片冻土送信的期间，巴克持续的想着他有多么的不喜欢史匹兹。这只残暴的领队犬会没来由的与其他的狗争斗。有一天，巴克再也无法忍受史匹兹的虐待而展开反击。两只狗开始了一场激烈的打斗。史匹兹遇到克星了，当他被击败之后，其他狗一拥而上袭击并杀了他。
Buck replaces Spitz as the team’s leader and they become more efficient with him in charge. However, one day the mail carriers turn the dogs over to three American gold hunters－Hal, Charles, and Mercedes. The trio has little experience with sled dogs. They push the dogs too hard, and overfeed them as well. Soon they run out of food for the dogs.
巴克取代史匹兹成为新的领袖，在他的带领下这队雪橇犬变得更有效率。然而，邮差们却将他们转卖给了三名来淘金的美国人－霍尔、查尔斯以及梅赛德斯。这三个人几乎没有驾驭雪橇犬的经验。他们对狗群太严苛，却又喂他们吃得太多。很快地，他们的食物就不够了吃了。
In their darkest hour, the gold hunters meet John Thornton, an experienced outdoorsman. He warns the miners not to cross a river up ahead, as the ice is melting, but Hal ignores Thornton’s warning.
就在他们最煎熬的时刻，这群淘金者遇到了一位经验丰富的强．索顿。他警告他们不要横渡前面的那一条河，因为冰雪正在融化。但霍尔并不理会索顿的警告。
单词发音
Vocabulary
cruel [ˋkruəl] adj. 残忍的，残酷的
In fairy tales, there is often a good hero fighting the cruel and evil enemy.
put up with 容忍, 忍受
One of a babysitter's jobs is to put up with lots of crying from babies.
replace [rɪˋples] v. 取代
(replace-replaced-replaced)
The family bought a new TV to replace their old one.
efficient [ɪˋfɪʃənt] adj. 效率高的
Scooters are more efficient than cars because they can go through traffic easier.
melt [mɛlt] v. 融化
When we leave ice cream under the sun, it will melt very quickly.
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tundra [ˋtʌndrə] n. 冻土地带，冻原
abuse [əˋbjus] v. 虐待
brawl [brɔl] n.（闹哄哄的）争吵，打架
meet one's match 遇到敌手
in charge 主管,看管,在…看管下; 负责
trio [ˋtrio] n. 三人一组
outdoorsman [aʊtˋdɔrzmən] n. 户外生活者（如猎人，渔人等）
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Buck is so hungry and exhausted that he refuses to cross the river. Hal beats Buck for not continuing. In that moment, Thornton sees that Buck is so special that he takes him from the gold hunters. Hal still urges the sled on, until the ice cracks. The miners and the other dogs fall through the ice and are consumed by the cold water below.
巴克又饿又累以至于他不愿意横渡那条河，霍尔因为巴克不继续前进而不断鞭打他。就在这个时候，索顿注意到巴克是只非常特别的狗，因此他将巴克从淘金者们的手里带走了。而霍尔则是依然驾着雪橇前进，直到冰面碎裂。淘金者和其他的雪橇犬从冰上跌了下去并全都溺毙在冰冷的水中。
Thornton cares for Buck and helps him regain his health. Buck is so thankful that he becomes fully devoted to his new master. He even wins $1,600 for Thornton by pulling a massive sled in a competition.
索顿照顾巴克并帮他恢复健康。巴克则全心全意效忠这位新主人以表达他的感激。他甚至在一场竞赛中拉着大型雪橇帮索顿赢得1,600元的奖金。
One night, Thornton falls asleep at his camp and Buck wanders into the forest. When he returns, he is terrified to find that Native Americans who live nearby have killed Thornton. Buck kills several of the natives before running off into the woods. He joins a pack of wolves and turns into a fearsome leader. Yet each year, Buck returns to the spot where Thornton died to honor his master, and then returns once again to the wild.
某天晚上，巴克趁索顿睡在营地时闲晃到了森林中。他回来时却惊吓地发现住在附近的原住民把索顿杀掉了。巴克在杀了其中几名原住民之后便躲进了森林里。他加入了一群野狼并成为一个令人生畏的领袖。然而每一年巴克都会回到索顿过世的地方向他的主人致意，接着便再次回到荒野之中。
－by Bryan Shettig
单词发音
Vocabulary
crack [kræk] v. 裂开，爆裂
To enjoy boiled eggs, we have to crack the shell first.
consume [kənˋsjum] v. 吞噬
(consume-consumed-consumed)
Some scientists are afraid that a black hole will consume the Earth one day.
thankful [ˋθæŋkfəl] adj. 感激的
The children were very thankful for getting new bicycles on Christmas.
competition [͵kɑmpəˋtɪʃən] n. 比赛，竞赛
compete v. 比赛
The school had a spelling competition and gave a prize to the winner.
terrified [`tɛrəˏfaɪd] adj. 非常害怕的﹐极度惊恐的
terrify v. 害怕
Kelly was terrified because she thought that a mouse was under her bed.
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massive [ˋmæsɪv] adj. 巨大的
pack [pæk] n.（猎犬，野兽）一群
fearsome [ˋfɪrsəm] adj. 令人生畏的
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