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1、Senior2EnglishReadingTheAlchemistbyPauloCoelhoTheAlchemistPauloCoelhoTranslatedbyAlanR.Clarke.Published1992.PARTONETheboy'snamewasSantiago.Duskwasfallingastheboyarrivedwithhisherdatanabandonedchurch.Theroofhadfalleninlongago,andanenormoussycamorehadgrownonthespotwherethesacr
2、istyhadoncestood.Hedecidedtospendthenightthere.Hesawtoitthatallthesheepenteredthroughtheruinedgate,andthenlaidsomeplanksacrossittopreventtheflockfromwanderingawayduringthenight.Therewerenowolvesintheregion,butonceananimalhadstrayedduringthenight,andtheboyhadhadtospendtheenti
3、renextdaysearchingforit.Hesweptthefloorwithhisjacketandlaydown,usingthebookhehadjustfinishedreadingasapillow.Hetoldhimselfthathewouldhavetostartreadingthickerbooks:theylastedlonger,andmademorecomfortablepillows.Itwasstilldarkwhenheawoke,and,lookingup,hecouldseethestarsthroug
4、hthehalf-destroyedroof.Iwantedtosleepalittlelonger,hethought.Hehadhadthesamedreamthatnightasaweekago,andonceagainhehadawakenedbeforeitended.Hearoseand,takinguphiscrook,begantoawakenthesheepthatstillslept.Hehadnoticedthat,assoonasheawoke,mostofhisanimalsalsobegantostir.Itwasa
5、sifsomemysteriousenergyboundhislifetothatofthesheep,withwhomhehadspentthepasttwoyears,leadingthemthroughthecountrysideinsearchoffoodandwater."Theyaresousedtomethattheyknowmyschedule,"hemuttered.Thinkingaboutthatforamoment,herealizedthatitcouldbetheotherwayaround:thatitwashew
6、hohadbecomeaccustomedtotheirschedule.Buttherewerecertainofthemwhotookabitlongertoawaken.Theboyproddedthem,onebyone,withhiscrook,callingeachbyname.Hehadalwaysbelievedthatthesheepwereabletounderstandwhathesaid.Sothereweretimeswhenhereadthempartsofhisbooksthathadmadeanimpressio
7、nonhim,orwhenhewouldtellthemofthelonelinessorthehappinessofashepherdinthefields.Sometimeshewouldcommenttothemonthethingshehadseeninthevillagestheypassed.Butforthepastfewdayshehadspokentothemaboutonlyonething:thegirl,thedaughterofamerchantwholivedinthevillagetheywouldreachina
8、boutfourdays.Hehadbeentothevillageonlyonce,theyearbefore.Themerchantwasthep