新编英语教程第三册Unit3.pdfVIP

Unit 3 TEXT I Three Sundays in a Week Text Robert, the narrator of the story, was left in the care of his Uncle Rumgudgeon when his parents died. He grew up with Kate, daughter of Uncle Rumgudgeon. Kate had agreed to marry Robert any time he got her fathers consent. But the old man would not give his consent until three Sundays came together in a week. Robert was greatly upset. Now it so happened that among Kates sailor friends were two men who had just traveled around the globe. They had circled it in a year and come back to England. With their help, Kate and I tried to gain our point indirectly. So we invited the pair up to meet my uncle, and after a half hour or so of idle talk, we began to steer the conversation. Well, well, Mr. Rumgudgeon, Captain Pratt started. Here I am just a year after leaving England — let me see. October 10 — yes, just a year since I called here, you will remember, to bid my friends goodbye. By the way — it does seem a coincidence, really, doesnt it? Captain Smitherton here has also been absent a year exactly — just a year today! Why yes, yes, yes, replied my uncle. Very queer indeed. Both of you gone just a year — very queer indeed. Now, thats what Dr. Double L. Dee would call an extraordinary concurrence of events. Extraordinary! Doctor Doub — To be sure, papa, it is something strange, Kate interrupted hastily. But remember that Captain Pratt didnt go by the same route as Captain Smitherton — that makes a difference, you know. Well, broke in my uncle. I dont know any such thing! How should I? It only makes the thing even more extraordinary. Why papa, Captain Pratt went around Cape Horn, and Captain Smitherton doubled the Cape of Good Hope. Precisely — the one went east and the other went west, you fool! And they both have gone completely around the world. Now, Dr. Double L. Dee — Captain Pratt, you must come and spend the evening with us tomorrow, I said, — you and Captain Smitherton. You can tell us a