新综合教程 第三册 教学课件 熊选琴 刘重霄Unit 9 3 U9.pptVIP

Unit 9 Text A: Tess of the D’urbervilles (Excerpt) A young member of the band turned her head. She was a fine and pretty girl, possibly, not prettier than others, but her mobile peony mouth and large innocent eyes, added charm to her color and shape. She wore a red ribbon in her hair, and was the only one of the white company who could boast of such a noticeable adornment. Tess Durbeyfield, at this time of her life, was a mere vessel of emotion, uncontaminated by experience. Phases of her childhood still lingered in her aspect. As she walked alone today, for all her expressive womanly beauty, you could, sometimes, see her twelfth year in her cheeks, or her ninth, sparkling from her eyes; and even her fifth would flash over the curves of her mouth now and then. Once the company was in the field, dancing began. As there were no men in the company the girls danced, at first, with each other but, when the working day was drawing to its close, the men of the villages, together with other idlers and passersby, gathered round the spot, with the intention of seeking a dancing partner. Among these on-lookers were three well-dressed young brothers. These three brothers told casual acquaintances, they were spending their Whitsunday holidays on a walking tour through the Valley of Blackmoor. They lent over the gate by the highway, inquisitive about the meaning of the dance and the white-costumed maids. The two elder brothers, plainly, did not intend to linger more than a moment but, the sight of a group of young girls dancing, without men, seemed to amuse the third. He hesitated to move on, so he took off his pack, put it on the grass, and opened the gate. “What are you going to do, Angel?” asked the eldest. “I want to go and have fun with them. Why don’t we all go in; just for a minute or two? It will not take long.” “No, no!” said the first. “Dancing in public with a troop of country girls; if we were to be seen it would be shameful! Come a