Anne of Green Gables(1) 绿山墙的安妮(节选1）

《绿山墙的安妮》，我们从书名中就能直观地感知这是在讲述安妮的故事。那么，安妮是谁呢？她长相如何？性格怎样？从下面的节选片段找找答案吧！

A child of about eleven， garbed in a very short， very tight， very ugly dress of yellowish gray wincey .She wore a 1）faded brown sailor hat and beneath the hat， extending down her back， were two braids of very thick， decidedly red hair.Her face was small， white and thin， also much 2）freckled;her mouth was large and SO were her eyes， that looked green in some lights and moods and gray in others.

So far， the ordinary observer;an 3）extraordinary observer might have seen that the chin was very pointed and pronounced;that the bigeyes were full of spirit and 4）vivacity;that the mouth was sweet-lipped and expressive;t hat the forehead was broad and full;in short， our discerning extraordinary observer might have concluded that no commonplace soul 5）inhabited the body of this stray woman-child of whom shy Matthew Cuthbert was so 6）ludicrously afraid.

Matthew， however， was spared the 7）ordeal of speaking first， for as soon as she concluded that he was coming to her she stood up， grasping with one thin brown hand the handle of a shabby， old-fashioned carpetbag;the other she held out to him.

"I suppose you are Mr.Matthew Cuthbert of Green Gables？" she said in a peculiarly clear， sweet voice."I'm very glad to see you.I was beginning to be afraid you weren't coming for me and I was imagining all the things that might have happened to prevent you.I had made up my mind that if you didn't come for me tonight l'd go down the track to that big wild cherry tree at the bend， and climb up into it to stay all night.I wouldn't be a bit afraid， and it would be lovely to sleep in a wild cherry tree all white with bloom in the moonshine， don't you think？You could imagine you were dwelling in marble halls， couldn't you？And I was quite sure you would come for me in the morning， if you didn't tonight."

詞组加油站

in short

简而言之

make up one”S mind

下决心，接受， 承认

1）faded['feidid]adj.已褪色的，已调谢的

2）freckled[frekld]adj.有雀斑的

3）extraordinary[ik'stro：denari]adj.非常的，特别的，非凡的

4）vivacity[vi'vaesiti]n.快活，活泼，精神充沛

5）inhabit[In'haebit]V.居住于栖息，占据

6）ludicrously['lu：dikresli]adv.滑稽地;可笑地

7）ordeal[p：'di：]n.严酷考验，痛苦经历，煎熬

十一岁左右的孩子，穿着一件很短、很紧、很难看的黄灰色棉绒裙，戴着一顶褪色的棕色水手帽，帽子下一直拖到后背的是两条粗粗的红发辫子。她的脸又小、又白、又瘦，布满雀斑;嘴巴很大，眼睛也是;一双眼睛在某些眼神和状态;下看，上去是绿色的，而在另外一些眼神和状态下又是灰色的。

这是一个普通的观察者所能看到的一切;更加细心的人或许还会注意到她的下巴长得很尖、很凸出，大大的眼睛中充满锐气与活力，可爱恬美的嘴唇极富于表情，前额宽大而饱满。简而言之，有眼力的观察者也许会得出这样的结论：害羞的马修·卡思伯特荒唐地害怕着这一个举目无亲的小女孩，她绝不是什么普通的家伙。

然而，马修面临着一个严峻考验——先开口说话，因为当她推断他正向她走来，便立刻站了起来，瘦瘦的、被晒黑了的双手一手握住一只破旧的老式毯制手提包包，另一只手伸向了他。

“我猜你就是绿山墙的马修·卡思伯特先生吧？”她以一种独特的清晰甜美的声音说，“非常高兴见到你。我正担心你不来接我了，我想象了所有可能发生的导致你不来的事情。我已经决定如果今晚你不来接我的话，我就沿铁轨走到转弯处的那棵大洋樱桃树下，爬上去，钻进树里，今晚就待在那儿。我一点都不会害怕，月光下，睡在一棵开满白花的洋樱桃树中，将是多么美妙的一件事啊。你觉得呢？你可以想象成正躺在一座大理石建成的城堡里，不是吗？而且我确信如果你今晚不来的话，早晨一定会来接我。”

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1.露西·莫德·蒙格玛利（Lucy Maud Montgomery，1874—1942），加拿大女作家。《綠山墙的安妮》创作于1904年，1908年出版，很快就成为当年的畅销书并风靡全球。1943年，加拿大联邦政府任命蒙格玛利为“国家历史人物”。她的安大略住所和激发她著名小说《绿山墙的安妮》灵感的地方都相继在1997年和2004年被正式认定为国家历史遗址。

2.不知道你看完这段节选，还能回忆起安妮的发色吗？

对的，是红色！我们大多数人的头发颜色是黑色、棕色，红头发的相对较少。那么你们知道以前的欧美人是对红发有歧视的吗？为什么欧美人会歧视红头发的人？

从历史.上看，欧美人一直不太喜欢甚至厌恶红发人群，为红发之人堆砌了许多诬陷不实之词。古罗马时，红发会被抓去当奴隶。过去，法国人路遇红发之人会啐一口唾沫就转身离开。法国有句谚语：红发女人或是暴力或是虚伪，通常还兼而有之。中世纪的西班牙，红发女人被宗教法庭认为是偷了“地狱之火”才头发变红的，要被烧死。总之，以前欧洲许多人相信“红发美女是一种邪恶”。红发遭受歧视的原因，大约如下：一、许多欧洲人一直认为红发之人长相丑陋，个性怪异，他们脾气急躁，稍微疼一点，就大呼小叫。欧洲传说中那位面目可憎的巫婆就是一头红发。二、过去欧洲人相信红头发父母生的“红头发的孩子没有灵魂”。三、更重要的一点，出卖耶稣的犹大就是一头红发，因此，基督徒们因为宗教原因而憎恶红头发。四、十九世纪中叶，爱尔兰突然爆发的大饥荒导致大量穷困饥饿的爱尔兰人移居美国。像苏格兰人一样，爱尔兰人中也有大量的红发。美国是个新教徒国家，美国人对信奉天主教的爱尔兰移民有宗教信仰上的歧见，认为这些信奉天主教的红头发爱尔兰移民贫穷、酗酒、暴躁、不诚实。

这种歧视是迷信而毫无根据的，现在的欧美人也渐渐发觉红发的美啦。我们的红发安妮就是一个活泼的、可爱的女孩子呢！